Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Appetizer: Book Preview of 'Venus in Furs,'" by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch; "Curies Children: Vilem Flusser on Discovery," by Vilem Flusser; "Special Effects: Carol Squiers on the News and its Pictures," by Carol Squiers; "Like Art: Glenn O'Brien on Advertising," by Glenn O'Brien; "Here There & Otherwise: John Welchman on Elsewhere," by John Welchman; "Folio: Barbara Moore on Artists' Publications," by Barbara Moore; "Books: Daniel Soutif on L'Art Africain," by Daniel Soutif; "Dona Nelson's Time Pieces," by Lisa Liebmann; "The Closed Book : A Project for Artforum," by Michelangelo Pistoletto, photography by Ari Marcopoulos; "Franz West: The Antibody to Anti-Body," by Helmut Draxler; "Houses by Thomas Ruff"; "Through a Glass Darkly," by John Perreault; "Karen Finley's Poisoned Meatloaf," by Maria Nadotti; "Domestic Science," by Charles V. Miller; "Two Exhibitions: Morbid Manners..." by Donald Kuspit and "and Meager Magnatism," by Norbert Messler. Reviews by David Rimanelli, John Yau, Dennis Cooper, Carlo McCormick, John Miller, Donald Kuspit, Charles Hagen, Lois E. Nesbitt, Kirby Gookin, Matthew A. Weinstein, Patricia C. Phillips, Jude Schwendenwien, Ronny Cohen, John Howell, C. Carr, Francine A. Koslow, Eileen Neff, Kenneth Baker, Glenn Harper, Vincent A. Carducci, James Yood, Ed Hill, Suzanne Bloom, Jae Carlsson, Kenneth Baker, Bill Berkson, Benjamin Weissman, Linda Genereux, Richard C. Rhodes, Alessandra Mammi, Pier Luigi Tazzi, Anthony Iannacci, Daniel Soutif, Bernard Marcadé, Max Wechsler, Jutta Koether, Noemi Smolik, Doris von Drateln, Michael Tarantino, Paul Groot, Lars O. Ericsson, Michael Archer. Cover: Elaine Reichek.