Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Editor's Letter: Critical Moments," by Tim Griffin; "Passages: Emily Apter on Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick," by Emily Apter; "Film: Gary Indiana on 'The Baader Meinhof Complex,'" by Gary Indiana; "Film: Amy Taubin on Claire Denis," by Amy Taubin; "Sound: Jay Sanders on Masaya Nakahara," by Jay Sanders; "Sound: Barry Schwabsky on Richard Hell," by Barry Schwabsky; "Top Ten," by Joshua Kit Clayton; "Fall 2009 Exhibitions: 50 Shows Worldwide"; "International News: Jeffrey Kastner talks with curators Jack Bankowsky and Alison M. Gingeras about 'Pop Life;'" "International News: Alexander Scrimgeour on Nottingham Contemporary," by Alexander Scrimgeour; "Venice 2009," by Thomas Crow, Claire Bishop, Lynne Cooke, Tom Holert, Diedrich Diederichsen, Sarah K. Rich, Linda Norden; "The Pictures Generation," by Michael Lobel and Howard Singerman; "Sherrie Levine: Portfolio," Johanna Burton, introduction; "1000 Words: Matias Faldbakken," by Ina Blom; "Openings: Florian Pumhösl," by André Rottmann. Reviews by Johanna Burton, Mignon Nixon, Carroll Dunham, Andrew Solomon, James Meyer, Robert Pincus-Witten, David Frankel, David Velasco, Lisa Turvey, Michael Wilson, Nick Stillman, Suzanne Hudson, Caroline Busta, Fionn Meade, Lauren O'Neill-Butler, Beth Citron, Brian Sholis, Joshua Decter, Francine Koslow Miller, Michelle Grabner, Glen Helfand, Christopher Bedford, Jan Tumlir, Christopher Miles, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Dan Adler, T.J. Demos, Gilda Williams, Maeve Connolly, Joanna Fiduccia, Claire Moulène, Jens Asthoff, Dominikus Müller, Valérie Knoll, Olivier Mignon, Giorgio Verzotti, Francesco Stocchi, Filippo Romeo, Ronald Jones, Juan Vicente Aliaga, Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, Nuit Banai, Shinyoung Chung, Colin Chinnery, Rex Butler, Jessica Berlanga Taylor, Cecilia Brunson. Cover: Sherrie Levine.