Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Show Piece: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Venice, Turin, Paris, Cologne, Berlin, Stockholm, Liverpool, London, Brisbane"; "Film: David Rimanelli on 'Basquiat,'" by David Rimanelli; "Books: Gary Indiana on 'Obscene Bodies,'" by Gary Indiana; "Gadget Love: R.U. Sirius on Nanotechnology," by R.U. Sirius; "Gadget Love: Mark Van de Walle on Web Sounds," by Mark Van de Walle; "Music: Ben Ratliff on Keiji Haino," by Ben Ratliff; "Music: Katherine Dieckmann on The Mekons," by Katherine Dieckmann; "Music: Diedrich Diederichsen on Table of the Elements," by Diedrich Diederichsen; "Music: Mark Van de Walle on Two Dollar Guitar," by Mark Van de Walle; "Real Life Rock: Glenn O'Brien's Top Ten," by Glenn O'Brien; "Letter: Jean-Pierre Criqui from Paris," by Jean-Pierre Criqui; "Olivier Zahm on île de Beauté," by Olivier Zahm; "Miriam Rosen on Civic Art," by Miriam Rosen; "Jérôme Sans on the Musée de l'objet," by Jérôme Sans; "Split Decisions: Jasper Johns in Retrospect, Whole in Two," by Rosalind E. Krauss; "Split Decisions: Jasper Johns in Retrospect, One for All," by Christopher Knight; "Closely Watched Train," Jack Bankowsky talks with Christopher Münch; "Bringing Up Indie," Peter Bowen talks with Andrea Sperling; "A Project for Artfourm: Kara E. Walker," Introduction by Thelma Golden; "Robert Ryman, 'Standard,' 1967," by Klaus Kertess; "Flash Track: Steven Klein Photographs Alexander McQueen," by Bruce Hainley; "Openings: Jennifer Pastor," by David A. Greene. Reviews by David Rimanelli, Mark Van de Walle, Bruce Hainley, Robert Rosenblum, Richard Shone, Lane Relyea, Daniel Birnbaum, Carol Ockman, Barry Schwabsky, Joshua Decter, Nico Israel, David Frankel, Donald Kuspit, Tom Moody, David Levi Strauss, Marek Bartelik, Faye Hirsch, Nicolai Ouroussoff, Francine Koslow Miller, James Yood, Julie Caniglia, Andrew Perchuk, Lisa Anne Auerbach, José Luis Brea, Massimo Carboni, Marco Meneguzzo, Hans Rudolf Reust, Yilmaz Dziewior, Jos Van den Bergh, and James Hall. Cover: Jasper Johns.