Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Books: Molly Nesbit on Arturo Schwarz," by Molly Nesbit; "Film: Howard Hampton on Chow Yun-fat," by Howard Hampton; "Film: Bérénice Reynaud on 'Frozen,'" by Bérénice Reynaud; "Hot List: Andrew Hultkrans on Kooks," by Andrew Hultkrans; "Hot List: Reena Jana on Tony Oursler," by Reena Jana; "Spin Cycle: Christoph Cox on Mego," by Christoph Cox; "Spin Cycle: Mike McGonigal on Neutral Milk Hotel," by Mike McGonigal; "Spin Cycle: David Rimanelli on Janet Jackson," by David Rimanelli; "Top Ten," by Thomas Frank; "Elizabeth Janus Talks with Ulrich Loock"; "Hans-Ulrich Obrist talks with Bice Curiger"; "Hans Rudolf Reust talks with Peter Zumthor"; "Hans Rudolf Reust talks with Eva Presenhuber and Claudia Spinelli"; "Hans Rudolf Reust talks with Paulo Colombo"; "Lionel Bovier talks with Christian Bernard"; "Hans-Ulrich Obrist talks with Pipilotti Rist"; "Diedrich Diederichsen on the New Capital," by Diederich Diederichsen; "Thomas Holert on New German Film," by Thomas Holert; "Close Encountered," Brook Adams talks with Chuck Close and Robert Storr, Photography by Tina Barney; "Allover You: The Art of Chuck Close," by Richard Shiff; "Anselm Kiefer: 'Nürnberg,' 1982," by Ted Mooney; "Life Lines," Miriam Rosen talks with Abbas Kiarostami; "Openings: Olafur Eliasson," by Daniel Birnbaum. Reviews by David Rimanelli, Miriam Rosen, Peter Plagens, Rosetta Brooks, Amy Gerstler, Barry Schwabsky, Nico Israel, Donald Kuspit, Jan Avgikos, Tom Breidenbach, Marek Bartelik, Ingrid Schaffner, Mason Klein, Frances Richard, Tom Moody, Justin Spring, Steven Drukman, Francine Koslow-Miller, James Yood, Katy Siegel, Bruce Hainley, Charles Green, Jae-ryung Roe, Pablo Llorca, Massimo Carboni, Luca Marenzi, Frank-Alexander Hettig, Yilmaz Dziewior, and James Hall. Cover: Chuck Close and Robert Storr during the installation of Close's retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 1998.