Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "First Break: Brad Gooch on Philip Taaffe," by Brad Gooch; "Books: Richard Shiff on Leo Steinberg," by Richard Shiff; "Film: Howard Hampton on Allen Smithee," by Howard Hampton; "Hotlist," by Chris Finley; "Hotlist: Jane Harris on Mouchette," by Jane Harris; "Slant: Tom Holert on 'The Short Story,'" by Tom Holert; "News: Rachel Kushner on Walter Hopps," by Rachel Kushner; "Richard Shone on the Francis Bacon Studio," by Richard Shone; "Top Ten," by Andrea Bowers; "Regional Exhibitions: Forty Shows Worldwide"; "US Shorts," by Emily Erikson; "Travel Brief: Exhibitions on the Road"; "From the Vault: Jonathan Brown on El Greco," by Jonathan Brown; "From the Vault: Robert Rosenblum on Arnold Böcklin," by Robert Rosenblum; "World Report: Daniel Birnbaum on the Venice Bienal de Valencia," by Reena Jana; "International Shorts," by Rachel Withers; "The Mirror of Fashion: Dale McConathy and the Neo-Avant-Garde," by James Meyer; "Portfolio: James Welling," by Lynne Tillman; "A Thousand Words: Thomas Demand," by Yilmaz Dziewior; "King of the Hills: The Architecture of R. ... [details]
"This anthology brings together seminal articles from one of America's most distinguished architecture magazines, copies of which are now extremely difficult to locate. Published and edited by John Entenza from 1938 to 1962, when he left Los Angeles to direct the Graham Foundation full time, Arts & Architecture played a significant role in the cultural history of Los Angeles and in the development of American modernism in general. ... [details]