» CONTENTS April 2004
Issue No 275
COVER Roy Lichtenstein In the Car 1963 detail oi FEATURES
Curating: Then and Now Alex Coles finds precedents and precursors for the present 07 I am a Curator
But who says so asks Paul O’Neill
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COMMENT EDITORIAL LETTERS
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ARTNOTES NEWS
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REVIEWS EXHIBITIONS Playlist Sara Harrison
21 3. Berlin Biennale
Michael Corris
23 Cambiarra: New Art from Brazil
Mark Wilsher 25 Irwin
Nick Crowe 26 Mike Kelley
Sally O’Reilly 28 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Morgan Falconer 29 Donald Judd
Patricia Bickers 30 Roy Lichtenstein
Eliza Williams 32 A Kind of Bliss
Ian White
33 Haunted Media
Martin Herbert 34 Wonderful:
Visions of the Near Future
David Barrett
36 Christine Borland
Maria Walsh 37 Conor Kelly
Dan Smith 4 0 ARTISTS’ BOOKS
Anna Best Stephen Bury 41 BOOKS
Real Spaces Martin Patrick
42 music
Max Neuhaus
David Ryan
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POLEMIC DECIBEL When Children of Empire Come Home Rasheed Araeen
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REPORT SCI-ART When Attitudes Became Formed Peter Suchin
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ARTLAW SALEROOM CONTRACTS Sellers, Buyers and Auctioneers Beware Henry Lydiate
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46 LISTINGS
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