Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Troubleshooters: Alice Yaeger Kaplan on 'French in Action,'" by Alice Yaeger; "Ground Up: Herbert Muschamp on Paris and the Middle," by Herbert Muschamp; "The Cave: Maria Nadotti on Stephen Frears," by Maria Nadotti; "Slant: Maurice Berger in 'Reversal of Fortune,'" by Maurice Berger; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Curies' Children: Vilém Flusser on Three Times," by Vilém Flusser; "Commedia Dell'Arte: A Project for Artforum," by Gary Panter; "A Drawing Page: A Project for Artforum," by Louise Bourgeois; "This is My Body: Felix Gonzalez-Torres," by jan Avgikos; "Barbara Kruger: Resisting Arrest," by David Deitcher; "Smart Women, Younger Choices," by Jeanne Silverthorne; "Epiphany of the Other: Sebastião Salgado," by David Levi Strauss; "Critical Reflections," by Donald Kuspit; "Shades of Derrida," by Michael Kelly; "The Silent Piece: A Project for Artforum," by Guillermo Paneque; "Brave New World," by Colin Gardner; "Life, Death, and Hope in Angstroms," by Regina Tierney with text by Maureen Mangiardi. Reviews by Donald Kuspit, Colin Gardner, Dena Shottenkirk, Jan Avgikos, David Rimanelli, Catherine Liu, James Lewis, John Yau, Lois E. Nesbitt, Sabine B. Vogel, Kirby Gookin, Ronny Cohen, Patricia C. Phillips, Jenifer P. Borum, RoseLee Goldberg, Francine A. Koslow, Eileen Neff, Howard Risatti, James Yood, Jae Carlsson, Maria Porges, Benjamin Weissman, Amy Gerstler, John K. Grande, Judy Cantor, Massimo Carboni, Anthony Iannacci, Francesca Pasini, Miriam Rosen, Norbert Messler, Wolf Jahn, Lars O. Ericsson, Marjorie Althorpe-Guyton, Azby Brown, Charles Green. Cover: Barbara Kruger.