Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Exits and Entrances: Maria Nadotti on Dramatizing Dante," by Maria Nadotti; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Commedia Dell'Arte: A Project for Artforum," by Kim Deitch; "Special Effects: Carol Squiers on kent and Jackson State," by Carol Squiers; "Troubleshooters: Maurice Berger on Black Power/White Fear," by Maurice Berger; "Head to Toe: Valerie Steele on 'Le Théâtre de la Mode,'" by Valerie Steele; "Media Kids: C.Carr on the Poets' Slam," by C. Carr; "A Drawing Page: A Project for Artforum," by Suzan Etkin; "Beyond Redemption: Mike Kelley," by James Lewis; "A Rare Kind of Dread: A Project for Artforum," by Robert Yarber with a text by Ida Panicelli; "Joseph Beuys: The Body of the Artist," by Donald Kuspit; "The Inside Skinside: Wim Delvoye," by Germano Celant; "Saint Mor Faye," by Glenn O'Brien; "Substance Not Shadows," by David Hecht; "Two Big Shows: Postmodernism and it's Discontents, New York: The Whitney Biennial," by Thomas McEvilley and "Berlin: Metropolis," by Norbert Messler; "Critical Reflections," by Mario Perniola; "Openings: Andrea Fraser," by David Rimanelli. Reviews by A.M. Homes, Kirby Gookin, Rhonda Lieberman, Jan Avgikos, David Rimanelli, James Lewis, Donald Kuspit, Catherine Liu, John Yau, Ronny Cohen, Justin Spring, John Miller, Jenifer P. Borum, Lois E. Nesbitt, Patricia C. Phillips, RoseLee Goldberg, Melissa Harris, Francine A. Koslow, Eileen Neff, James Yood, Laurie Palmer, Charles Dee Mitchell, Kenneth Baker, Benjamin Weissman, Amy Gerstler, Colin Gardner, Linda Genereux, Alessandra Mammì, Giorgio Verzotti, Menene Gras Balaguer, Miriam Rosen, Olivier Zahm, Anne Dagbert, Noemi Smolik, Markus Brüderlin, Sabine B. Vogel, Norbert Messler, Bojana Pejic, Frank-Alexander Hettig, Michael Archer, Michael Corris, Arturo Silva, Charles Green. Cover: Wim Delvoye.