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COVER Paul Noble Mall2 0 0 1 - 0 2 detail

FEATURES Art on Parade Pablo Lafu en te ana ly se s a popular fo rm o f in te rven tio n is t art Judgement Call Mark W i lsh e r on the su rre p t it io u s retu rn o f aesth etic s

COMMENT EDITORIAL LETTERS

ARTNOTES

REVIEWS EXHIBITIONS Artists’ Favourites A le x F a rq uh a r son Julian Rosefeldt Christoph Girardet & Matthias Muller M artin H erbert Terminal Frontiers N icky B ird Heimweh: Young German Art Sara H a rr iso n Paul Noble M o rg an F a lc oner Saskia Olde Wolbers Eliza W i lliam s Valie Export Sally O ’ Reilly Emily Wardill B ru c e H a in e s Susan MacWilliam N iam h A n n Kelly ARTISTS’ BOOKS Adam Chodzko M a ria Fusco

35 James Pyman

S tep h en Bury 37 BOOKS

After Criticism Am n a M a lik 38 Film Art Phenomena

M ike S p e r l in g e r 39 FILM

Kenneth Anger lan H u n t 40 NET WORKS

Locative Media M ich ael G ib b s

41 ARTLAW

Wills/Estates H en ry Lydiate

42 LISTINGS

EXHIBITIONS

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