Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Books: Brian O'Doherty on Patrick Heron," by Brian O'Doherty; "Books: Emily Nussbaum on 'After Diana,'" by Emily Nussbaum; "Books: Craig Seligman on D.A. Miller," by Craig Seligman; "Slant: John Rajchman on Michel Foucault's Aesthetics," by John Rajchman; "Film: Kristin Jones on the New York Film Festival," by Kristin Jones; "Music: Ben Ratliff on Hermann Nitsch," by Ben Ratliff; "The Best of 1998," by Dave Hickey, Lisa Liebmann, Peter Plagens, Wayne Koestenbaum, Robert Rosenblum, A.M. Homes, Mayer Rus, Ronald Jones, Thomas Frank, Louisa Buck, Diedrich Diederichsen, and David Rimanelli. Reviews by Katy Siegel, Rachel Withers, Yve-Alain Bois, David Frankel, Katy Siegel, Manthia Diawara, Richard Shone, Rachel Withers, Margaret Sundell, Tom Breidenbach, Donald Kuspit, Jan Avgikos, George Baker, Barry Schwabsky, Thad Ziolkowski, Andrew Perchuk, Frances Richard, Tom Moody, Francine Koslow-Miller, Eileen Neff, Joan Seeman Robinson, James Yood, Julie Caniglia, Bruce Hainley, Katia Canton, Giorgio Verzotti, Anne Dagbert, Hans Rudolf Reust, Christian Kravagna, Justin Hoffmann, Yilmaz Dziewior, Harald Fricke, Michael Archer, and Charles Green.