Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Regional Exhibitions: Fifty Shows Worldwide"; "Capital Suggestion: Daniel B. Schneider on Creative Capital," by Daniel B. Schneider; "US Shorts," by Matthew DeBord; "Travel Brief: Exhibitions on the Road"; "From the Vault: Thomas Crow on Chardin," by Thomas Crow; "Turner Points: Richard Shone on the Turner nominees," by Richard Shone; "International Shorts," by Rachel Withers; "Fact and Fiction: Michael Brenson talks with Madeleine Grynsztejn," by Michael Brenson; "Noble Cast: The Countess de Castiglione," Carol Squiers talks with Pierre Apraxine; "A Thousand Words: Martin Kersels," by Bruce Hainley; "Sink or Swim: 48th Venice Biennale," by Steven Henry Madoff, Robert Storr, Katy Siegel, David Elliott, Rachel Withers, Daniel Birnbaum; "Betty Goodwin: Seated Figure with Red Angle, 1988," by Anne Carson; "Openings: Nikki S. Lee," by Barry Schwabsky. Reviews by James Meyer, Daniel Birnbaum, Barbara Novak, David Rimanelli, Barry Schwabsky, Katy Siegel, Donald Kuspit, Mason Klein, Frances Richard, David Frankel, Justin Spring, Alexander Alberro, Margaret Sundell, Julie Caniglia, Eileen Neff, Joan Seeman Robinson, Bruce Hainley, Christopher Miles, Giorgio Verzotti, Jerôme Sans, Hans Rudolf Reust, Christian Kravagna, Yilmaz Dziewior, Noemi Smolik, Rachel Withers, Michael Archer, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Charles Green. Cover: Thomas Hirschhorn.