Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Believe it or Not: J. Hoberman on American Myths," By J. Hoberman; "Marginalia: Thomas McEvilley on the Global Issue," by Thomas McEvilley; "Curie's Children: Vilém Flusser on an Unspeakable Future," by Vilém Flusser; "Exits and Entrances: Jeff Kelley on Border Art," by Jeff Kelley; "Books: Johanna Drucker on Graphic Design in America," by Johanna Drucker; "Democracy, Inc. : Scott L. Malcomson on Vargas Llosa," by Scott L. Malcomson; "Once: A Project for Artforum," by Haim Steinbach; "The Mirror the Other: The Politics of Esthetics," by Lowery Stokes Sims; "Medusa Redux: Ida Applebroog and the Spaces of Post-Modernity," by Mira Schor; "Blue Heights Drive," by Amy Baker Sandback; "Critical Reflections," by Dan Cameron; "Ursula: A Project for Artforum," by Alex Katz; "Christopher Williams' Dark Green Thumb," by Benjamin Weissman; "Chéri Samba: Griot of Kinshasa and Paris," by Miriam Rosen; "Made in Czechoslovakia," by Ed Hill and Suzanne Bloom; "Onwards & Sideways: The Films of Pedro Almodóvar," by Jeanne Silverthorne; "Spring/Summer Collection 1990: A Project for Artforum," by Romeo Gigli. Reviews by Dena Shottenkirk, Donald Kuspit, Hilton Als, Charles Hagen, Jenifer P. Borum, David RImanelli, Jack Bankowsky, Catherine Liu, Lois E. Nesbitt, Patricia C. Phillips, Kirby Gookin, John Yau, James Lewis, John Miller, Ronny Cohen, John Howell, Kathy O'Dell, Francine A. Koslow, Eileen Neff, Howard Risatti, Glenn Harper, James Yood, Charles Dee Mitchell, Jae Carlsson, Bill Berkson, Buzz Spector, Colin Gardner, Benjamin Weissman, Catherine Cafopoulos, Alessandra Mammì, Giorgio Verzotti, Alain Cueff, Miriam Rosen, Max Wechsler, Helmut Draxler, Norbert Messler, Jutta Koether, Norbert Messler, Martin Hentschel, Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, Brian Hatton. Cover: Ida Applebroog.