Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Passages: Robert Storr on Al Held," by Robert Storr; "Books: Michael Hardt on 'Afflicted Powers,'" by Michael Hardt; "Books: T.J. Clark on Retort," by T.J. Clark; "Film: Andrew Solomon on 'Ballets Russes,'" by Andrew Solomon; "Film: Amy Taubin on Chantal Akerman," by Amy Taubin; "Architecture: Aaron Betsky on Herzog & de Meuron," by Aaron Betsky; "Performance: Steven Henry Madoff on the Festival d'Avignon," by Steven Henry Madoff; "Tech: Michelle Kuo on Robert Whitman," by Michelle Kuo; "Top Ten," by Cathy Wilkes; "Man Without Qualities: The Art of Michael Krebber," by Daniel Birnbaum, John Kelsey, and Jessica Morgan; "Tent Community: Art Fair Art," by Jack Bankowsky; "1000 Words: Mike Kelley," by John C. Welchman; "Lost in Translation: Sound in the Discourse of Synaesthesia," by Christoph Cox; "Only Connect: The Art of B. Wurtz," by Bruce Hainley; "A Certain Slant of Light: The Films of Hou Hsiao-Hsien," by James Quandt; "Portrait of an Image: A Portfolio by Roni Horn," by Lauren Sedofsky; "Openings: Michael S. Riedel," by Daniel Birnbaum; "Openings: Matthew Monahan," by Elizabeth Schambelan. Reviews by Anne M. Wagner, John Miller, Barry Schwabsky, James Meyer, Elizabeth Schambelan, Jeffrey Kastner, Claire Barliant, Martha Schwendener, Johanna Burton, Brian Sholis, Jan Avgikos, Michael Wilson, Suzanne Hudson, Emily Hall, Lisa Pasquariello, Domenick Ammirati, Jenifer P. Borum, James Yood, Nord Wennerstrom, Jonathan Raymond, Ellen Berkovitch, Maria Porges, Michael Ned Holte, Bruce Hainley, Christopher Miles, Maria Gainza, Elizabeth Janus, Giorgio Verzotti, Cathryn Drake, Jeff Rian, Hans Rudolf Reust, Astrid Wege, Jennifer Allen, Wolf Jahn, Martin Herbert, Emily Speers Mears, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, and Philip Auslander. Cover: Michael Krebber.