Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Democracy, Inc.: Bell Hooks, Carol Squiers, and Maurice Berger on the Hill-Thomas Hearings," by Bell Hooks, Carol Squiers, Maurice Berger; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Media Kids: Michael Covino on John Gotti," by Michael Covino; "Troubleshooters: David Sternbach on Johnson and 'Johnson,'" by David Sternbach; "The Cave: Lorraine O'Grady on Black Women Directors," by Lorraine O'Grady; "To Be a Pilgrim: Walton Ford," by Jimmie Durham; "Tektonik: A Project for Artforum," by Franz Graf; "Pepôn Osorio's Plastic Heaven," by Joan Acocella; "WeWha: A Project for Artforum," by Luigi Ontani with photographs by Joney-Jean Henry, Tran Thi Nhu, Margit M. L. Pearson, Giuseppe Schiavinotto; "No Wound Ever Speaks for Itself," by Thyrza Nichols Goodeve; "Under the Veil," by Leïla Sebbar; "Art on the Installation Plan: MOMA and the Carnegie," by David Deitcher; "Double Visions: 'Circa 1492,'" by Homi K. Bhabha; "La Vénus Nègre," by Greg Tate and Arthur Jafa; "The Great Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Al Qatai: A Project for Artforum," by Langlands & Bell; "Openings: Damien Hirst," by Michael Corris. Reviews by Donald Kuspit, Jan Avgikos, Rhonda Lieberman, David Rimanelli, Justin Spring, Lisa Liebmann, A.M. Homes, Tom Kalin, Kirby Gookin, RoseLee Goldberg, Matthew Weinstein, Jenifer P. Borum, John Yau, Patricia C. Phillips, Howard Risatti, Vincent A. Carducci, James Yood, Maria Porges, Lane Relyea, Amy Gerstler, Linda Genereux, José Luis Brea, Anatxu Zabalbeascoa, Massimo Carboni, Francesca Pasini, Jean-Pierre Criqui, Olivier Zahm, Anne Dagbert, Markus Brüderlin, Jutta Koether, Noemi Smolik, Michael Tarantino, Michael Corris, Arturo Silva. Cover: Louise Bourgeois.