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January 2009

COLUMNS
EDITOR’S LETTER
New Year’s Resolution
Tim Griffin
PASSAGES
Christopher S. Wood on Michael Baxandall
BOOKS
Robin Kelsey on Michael Fried’s Why Photography Matters . . .
FILM
Brian O’Doherty on Steve McQueen’s Hunger
MEDIA
Lynne Tillman on Barack Obama
SLANT
Martin Friedman on George Segal
Cecelia F. Klein on Jorge Pardo’s exhibition design at LACMA
TOP TEN
Jim O’Rourke

PREVIEWS
FOCUS PREVIEW
WINTER 2008 EXHIBITIONS: 50 shows worldwide
US NEWS
Nick Stillman on the New Museum Triennial
VAULT
Benjamin Paul on “Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice”
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Gilda Williams on the Whitechapel Gallery’s expansion

FEATURES
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: PROSPECT.1 NEW ORLEANS
Glenn Ligon and Elizabeth Schambelan
WHAT IS THAT PERSON THINKING?: AN INTERVIEW WITH MATT MULLICAN
Tim Griffin
1000 WORDS: JIMMIE DURHAM
Anne Ellegood
ALLEGORICAL IMPERATIVE: SILVIA KOLBOWSKI’S AFTER HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR
Rachel Kushner
OPENINGS: TRIS VONNA-MICHELL
Martin Herbert

REVIEWS
Philip Tinari on the 2008 Gwangju Biennale, Singapore Biennale 2008, and 3rd Yokohama Triennale
Rachel Withers on Nancy Spero
Suzanne Hudson on Tara Donovan
Dan Adler on Scott Lyall
Review Details
FOCUS
Philip Tinari on the 2008 Gwangju Biennale, Singapore Biennale 2008, and 3rd Yokohama Triennale
Rachel Withers on Nancy Spero
Suzanne Hudson on Tara Donovan
Dan Adler on Scott Lyall
NEW YORK
Robert Pincus-Witten on Pablo Picasso
Lauren O’Neill-Butler on Lorna Simpson
David Velasco on Donald Moffett
Joshua Decter on Jonathan Horowitz
Donald Kuspit on Elizabeth Neel
Emily Hall on Annika von Hausswolff
Johanna Burton on Babette Mangolte
Fionn Meade on Stan VanDerBeek
Frances Richard on Jason Middlebrook
Brian Sholis on Rodney McMillian
Ida Panicelli on Jean-Baptiste Huynh
Barry Schwabsky on Paula Wilson
Nick Stillman on Joe Bradley
Caroline Busta on Henrik Olesen
Lisa Turvey on Logan Grider
Michael Wilson on Edith Dekyndt
CAMBRIDGE, MA
Nuit Banai on Adel Abdessemed
BOSTON
Francine Koslow Miller on Lalla Essaydi
CHICAGO
Michelle Grabner on Amy Mayfield
James Yood on Ian Pedigo
DENVER
Kyle MacMillan on Daniel Richter
SAN ANTONIO
Michael Schreyach on Judith Godwin
LOS ANGELES
Chris Kraus on Pauline Stella Sanchez
Christopher Miles on Christopher Pate
SANTA MONICA, CA
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer on Martin Kersels
LONDON
Michael Wilson on James White
Joanna Fiduccia on Patrick Hill
LIVERPOOL, UK
Gilda Williams on the Liverpool Biennial
Yoann Van Parys on “Curiosity”
BERLIN
Dominikus Müller on Sven Johne
AACHEN, GERMANY
Catrin Lorch on Nairy Baghramian
MÖNCHENGLADBACH, GERMANY
Catrin Lorch on Rita McBride
ZURICH
Valérie Knoll on Karen Kilimnik
AARAU, SWITZERLAND
Eva Scharrer on Mark Wallinger
VENICE
Giorgio Verzotti on “Italics”
SAN GIMIGNANO, ITALY
Alessandra Pioselli on Sabrina Mezzaqui
VIENNA
Brigitte Huck on Klaus Weber
PRAGUE
Noemi Smolik on Maki Na Kamura
TEL AVIV
Nuit Banai on Art TLV, “Open Plan Living”
HAARLEM, THE NETHERLANDS
Saskia van der Kroef on Maaike Schoorel
STOCKHOLM
Ronald Jones on Christian Boltanksi
ALMADA, PORTUGAL
Miguel Amado on Pedro Calapez
MADRID
Pablo Llorca on José Manuel Ballester
BARCELONA
Martí Peran on Javier Peñafiel
SEOUL
Shinyoung Chung on Jina Park
MEXICO CITY
Jessica Berlanga Taylor on Mario García Torres
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