Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Troubleeshooters: C. Carr on Trying Times," by C. Carr; "Remote Control: Barbara Kruger on Courtroom Drama," by Barbara Kruger; "Democracy, Inc.: Our Beating Hearts, A Project for Artforum," by Karen Finley; "Undertone: Miriam Rosen on Ari," by Miriam Rosen; "Commedia Dell'Arte: The Art Deal, A Project for Artforum," by Lynda Barry; "Books: John Miller on 'Notes on the Underground,'" by John Miller; "Believe it or Not: J. Hoberman on American Myths," by J. Hoberman; "A Drawing Page: Virgo and Libra, A Project for Artforum," by Robert Kushner; "The Utopian Adventures of Annette Messager," by Annelie Pohlin; "Still Dead: Elvis Presley Without Music," by Greil Marcus; "Girls will be Girls," by Mira Schor with a project for Artforum by the Guerrilla Girls; "What Will Become...: The 44th Venice Biennale," by Shigeo Anzai, Bojana Pejíc, Giorgio Verzotti, Lars Nittve, Norbert Messler, Alessandra Mammì, and Michael Tarantino; "Abandoned City: A Project for Artforum," by Jon Kessler with photographs by Loren Hammer and Jon Kessler; "Romancing the Stone: Ulrich Rückriem," by Pier Luigi Tazzi; "Clyde Connell: Speaking the South," by Lowery Stokes Sims. Reviews by David Rimanelli, Donald Kuspit, John Yau, James Lewis, Charles Hagen, Dena Sottenkirk, Kirby Gookin, John Miller, Patricia C. Phillips, Lois E. Nesbitt, Melissa Harris, RoseLee Goldberg, Catherine Liu, Jenifer P. Borum, Ronny Cohen, Francine A. Koslow, Eileen Neff, Howard Risatti, James Yood, Charles Dee Mitchell, Bill Berkson, Colin Gardner, Amy Gerstler, Benjamin Weissman, Linda Genereux, Rubén Bautista, Jole de Sanna, Anthony Iannacci, Menene Gras Balaguer, Bojana Pejic, Alan Cueff, Miriam Rosen, Max Wechsler, Sabine B. Vogel, Martin Hentschel, Markus Brüderlin, Sabine B. Vogel, Michael Tarantino, Natasha Edwards. Cover: Ulrich Rückriem.