Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Film: Best of 2004," by John Waters, Amy Taubin, James Quandt, Chrissie Iles, and Jonathan Romney; "Music: Best of 2004," by Christoph Cox, Marina Rosenfeld, Arto Lindsay, Johanna Fateman, and Dennis Cooper; "Books: Best of 2004" by Arthur C. Danto, Andrea Fraser, Hal Foster, Kerry James Marshall, Greil Marcus, Zak Smith, Yve-Alain Bois, Tony Tasset, Tom Holert, Joan Jonas, Simon Leung, and Roni Horn; "On the Ground: John Kelsey on New York," by John Kelsey; "On the Ground: Jan Tumlir on Los Angeles," by Jan Tumblir; "On the Ground: Martin Herbert on London," by Martin Herbert; "On the Ground: Jeff Rian on Paris," by Jeff Rian; "On the Ground: Isabelle Graw on Berlin," by Isabelle Graw; "On the Ground: Sze Tsung Leong on Beijing," by Sze Tsung Leong; Best of 2004: 13 Top Tens," by Alison M. Gingeras, David Rimanelli, Matthew Higgs, Lynne Cooke, Daniel Birnbaum, Jack Bankowsky, Bruce Hainley, Thelma Golden, Paul Schimmel, Tom Vanderbilt, Pamela M. Lee, Hamza Walker, and Robert Rosenblum; "'Manet at the Prado': Two Views," by Svetlana Alpers and Carol Armstrong; "Everybody Was There: The Wrong uide to New York in 2004," by Ali Subotnick, Massimiliano Gioni, and Maurizio Cattelan; "The Year of Oil," by Bruce Sterling. Reviews by Anne M. Wagner, Barry Schwabsky, Klaus Kertess, Jan Avgikos, Frances Richard, Suzanne Hudson, Meghan Dailey, Nico Israel, Donald Kuspit, Michael Wilson, Martha Schwendener, RoseLee Goldberg, Elizabeth Schambelan, Karen Rosenberg, Jeffrey Kastner, Nell McClister, Paul Galvez, Larissa Harris, James Yood, Ellen Berkovitch, Emily Hall, Glen Helfand, Christopher Miles, Rachel Kushner, Alexandre Melo, Alessandra Pioselli, Filippo Romeo, Claire Moulène, Felicity Lunn, Hans Rudolf Reust, Noemi Smolik, Jennifer Allen, Bettina Funcke, Liutauras Psibilskis, Ronald Jones, Marek Bartelik, Michael Archer. Cover: Tracey Emin.