In 1985 well-known minimalist sculptor Carl Andre informed police 
 that his wife, avant-garde painter-sculptor Ana Mendieta, had fallen 
out of the window of their SoHo, New York City, apartment following a 
quarrel. Charged with murder, he was acquitted three years later in a 
nonjury trial. Although Katz ( Death in Rome ) does not directly argue 
that Andre pushed his wife to her death, his post-trial investigation 
turned up new evidence that casts doubt on the defense's claim that 
Mendieta's death was accidental or a suicide. At the time of the trial, 
it was divulged that she had a crippling fear of heights and avoided 
windows, and that Andre had scratches on his body the night of his 
wife's death. And the fact that Mendieta, who was planning to file for 
divorce, had photocopied documentation of her husband's suspected 
infidelities was deemed inadmissible. Katz's shocking police procedural 
is at once a glimpse into the tight, elitist New York art world, an 
affecting portrait of a Cuban-American woman artist, and an act of 
remembrance. Photos.

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