No. 456, May 2022 Cover
Bertille Bak This mine is mine, 2022
Features 1 Conversation Pieces
Eric Baudelaire interviewed by Colin Perry 6 The Look of War
Julian Stallabrass argues that it is necessary to not only examine the political manipulation of images of war but also the corporate interests of social media 10 Why Duchamp
Mark Prince considers how Marcel Duchamp remains a vital part of the DNA of 21st-century art
Profiles 15 Bertille Bak
Profile by Tom Denman 17 Jesse Darling
Profile by Adam Heardman
News & Comment 19 Editorial 20 Artnotes 27 Obituary
Mira Calix 1970–2022
Reviews Exhibitions 29 Radio Ballads
Maria Walsh 30 The Comrades They
Were Brave Cherry Smyth 31 Adam Khalil and Bayley
Sweitzer with Oba: Nosferasta Jamie Sutcliffe 33 Ingrid Pollard:
Carbon Slowly Turning Rosa Tyhurst 34 Postwar Modern:
New Art in Britain 1945–1965 Anne Massey 35 Tracey Rose:
Shooting Down Babylon Emmanuel Balogun 36 Ulysses Jenkins:
Without Your Interpretation Daniel Neofetou 37 Toronto Biennial of Art:
What Water Knows, The Land Remembers Xenia Benivolski Books 39 Nancy Perloff: Concrete Poetry –
A 21st-Century Anthology David Briers 40 Charles Haxthausen:
A Mythology of Forms, Selected Writings on Art – Carl Einstein Marjorie Welish 41 Carla Lonzi: Self-portrait
Lucia Farinati
Reports 42 Letter from Milan and Turin
Amy Budd 45 Artlaw
Compliance Henry Lydiate 46 Listings
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