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Cover: 1. Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale (Spatial Map) (detail), 1961, print on silk, 7' 10 1/2“ x 12' 1 5/8”. From “Mehr Teppich, More Carpets.” 2. Vincent Fecteau, Untitled (detail), 2010, acrylic on papier-mâché, 27 x 44 x 12 1/2“. 3. Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds, 2010, porcelain. Installation view, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London. 4. Yayoi Kusama, My Flower Bed, 1962, bedsprings, cotton gloves, paint. Installation view, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2010. From “elles@centrepompidou.” Photo: Georges Meguerditchian. 5. Jean-Léon Gérôme, Working in Marble, or the Artist Sculpting Tanagra (detail), 1890, oil on canvas, 19 7/8 x 15 1/2”. 6. Brion Gysin, Untitled (Dreamachine) (detail), 1963, colored ink and airbrush on paper, 26 x 40 3/8“. 7. Sturtevant, Elastic Tango (detail), 2010, nine-monitor video installation, 11 minutes. 8. Rivane Neuenschwander, At a Certain Distance (Public Barriers), 2010, wood, wire, cement. Installation view, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden. Photo: Helene Toresdotter. 9. Trisha Brown, Sticks, 1973. Performance view, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, France, 2010. Photo: Blaise Adilon. 10. Charles Burchfield, Sun and Rocks (detail), 1918–50, watercolor and gouache on paper, 40 x 56”. 11. Markus Schinwald, Untitled (legs) #15, 2009, wood, 55 1/8 x 31 1/2 x 31 1/2“. 12. Rirkrit Tiravanija, Untitled 1994 (from Barajas to Paracuellos de Jarama to Torrejon de Ardoz de San Fernando or Coscada to Reina Sofía), bicycle, aluminum table, cooking utensils, cups, plates, cutlery, video equipment, folding chairs, dimensions variable. Photo: Philip Ottendörfer. 13. Tatiana Trouvé, Untitled, 2010, concrete, metal. Concrete element: 9 7/8 x 13 x 14 5/8”. Metal column: 118 x 2 x 2“. Installation view, Gagosian Gallery, New York. 14. Hollis Frampton, Hapax Legomena: Critical Mass, 1971, still from a black-and- white film in 16 mm, 25 minutes 30 seconds. Barbara DiBenedetto and Frank Albetta. 15. Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Desert Park, 2010, mixed media. Installation view, Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil. Photo: Eugênio Sávio. 16. Grand défilé of the Paris Opera Ballet and School, Palais Garnier, Paris, September 24, 2010. Clairemarie Osta. Photo: Peter M. Koppers. 17. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, 2010, still from a color film in 35 mm, 113 minutes. Boonmee (Thanapat Saisaymar) and Huay (Natthakarn Aphaiwonk). 18. Sophie Calle, Attendez-moi (Wait for Me) (detail), 2010, black-and-white photograph mounted on aluminum with text. Photograph: 63 x 35 3/8”. Text panel: 15 3/4 x 15 3/4“. 19. Mike Kelley, Day Is Done Judson Church Dance, 2009. Performance view, Judson Memorial Church, New York, November 17, 2009. Peforma 09. Photo: Paula Court. 20. Alice Neel, Andy Warhol (detail), 1970, oil on canvas, 60 x 40”. 21. Suzanne Valadon, La Chambre bleue (The Blue Room) (detail), 1923, oil on canvas, 35 3/8 x 45 5/8“. From “elles@centrepompidou,” Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. 22. Henri Cartier-Bresson, World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium (detail), 1958, black-and-white photograph, 12 x 8 1/8”. © Henri Cartier- Bresson/Magnum. 23. El Anatsui, Ozone Layer and Yam Mound(s), 2010, mixed media. Installation view, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin. From “Who Knows Tomorrow.” Photo: Jens Ziehe. 24. Wang Wei, Historic Residence, 2009, mixed media. Installation view, Space Station, Beijing.

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December 2010 Vol. 49, No. 4

In this issue

Femi Kuti

Masami Akita

Gudrun Gut

Eszter Balint