CONTENTS April 2016
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COVER Das Institut with Kathrin Sonntag Am Sonntag 2015 slide projection
1 FEATURES A Bridge Too Far Can artists do anything to address the escalating migrant catastrophe in Europe asks Bob Dickinson 5 Hot Babe Isobel Harbison reconsiders the issue of objectification in the era of social media
9 COMMENT EDITORIAL
10 NEWS ARTNOTES 13 OBITUARY Jon Thompson
14 PROFILE Rachel Pimm Chris Fite-Wassilak
16 REVIEWS EXHIBITIONS James Coleman Sophia Phoca 17 Barthes/Burgin Peter Suchin 18 Nothing Happens, Twice: Artists Explore the Absurdity of Life Beth Bramich 19 The Imitation Game Tom Emery 20 The Green Ray Jamie Sutcliffe 22 Susan Philipsz: Night and Fog Axel Lapp 23 Das Institut Cherry Smyth 24 Brian O’Connell: Palomar Marcus Verhagen 24 Mark Wallinger: ID Lynton Talbot 26 Becky Beasley: Lake Erie from the Northwest Mark Prince 27 Joachim Koester: The Other Side of the Sky Tim Dixon 28 Amie Siegel: Imitation of Life Joanne Laws 29 Edinburgh and Dundee Round-up: Collective . Fruitmarket Gallery . The Hannah Maclure Centre Catherine Spencer
30 London Round-up: Cell Project Space . Carlos/ Ishikawa . Limoncello Kathryn Lloyd 32 FILM AV Festival: Meanwhile, what about socialism? Erika Balsom 33 ARTISTS’ BOOKS Mo-Leeza Roberts: Head Saim Demircan 34 BOOKS Twenty Years of Make magazine: Back to the Future of Women’s Art George Vasey
35 REPORT Art Education: The Value of the Alternative Sara Jaspan
37 ARTLAW Resale Rights: Ten Years Later Henry Lydiate
38 LISTINGS
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