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Cover captions. Top row, from left: Greer Lankton, Sissy in Pieces (detail), 1985, C-print, 4 × 6“. John Chamberlain, Rainier Falls (detail), 1977, painted and chromium-plated steel, 86 × 36 × 28”. © 2015 Fairweather & Fairweather LTD/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Jannis Kounellis, Untitled (12 Horses), 1969/2015, twelve horses. Installation view, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, 2015. Photo: Brian Buckley. Pablo Picasso, Bull (detail), ca. 1958, plywood, tree branch, nails, screws, 46 1/8 × 56 3/4 × 4 1/8“. © Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Francis Alÿs, Don’t Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River, 2008, two-channel HD-video projection, color, sound, 7 minutes. Production still. View of “James ‘Son Ford’ Thomas: The Devil and His Blues,” 2015, 80WSE Gallery, New York. Photo: Jeffrey Sturges. Second row, from left: Wolfgang Tillmans, Simon, Sebastian Street (detail), 2013, ink-jet print, 83 3/4 × 57 1/4”. Agnes Martin, Friendship (detail), 1963, gold leaf and gesso on canvas, 75 × 75“. © Estate of Agnes Martin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Charles Ray, Huck and Jim (detail), 2014, pattern, 107 3/4 × 53 1/4 × 48 3/4”. Chris Ofili, Confession (Lady Chancellor) (detail), 2007, oil on linen, 110 3/4 × 77“. Peter Doig, House of Flowers (See You There) (detail), 2007–2009, oil on canvas, 119 1/8 × 78 3/4”. Third row, from left: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Untitled (MM) (detail), 2015, one of eight digital slides. © Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Beach Towel) (detail), 2014, acrylic on PVC panel, 60 7/8 × 72 5/8“. Shomei Tomatsu, Protest 1 (detail), 1969/1980, gelatin silver print, 8 3/8 × 12 5/8”. From the series “Oh! Shinjuku,” 1963–69. From “For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1979.” Michael Krebber, MK.300 (detail), 2015, acrylic on canvas, 78 3/4 × 59 18“. Rachel Harrison, Untitled (detail), 2012, colored pencil on paper, 22 3/8 × 27 7/8”. Noah Purifoy, Earth Piece (detail), 1999, mixed media. Installation view, Outdoor Desert Art Museum, Joshua Tree, CA, 2015. © Noah Purifoy Foundation. Photo: Channone Arif/Flickr. Fourth row, from left: Karl Wirsum, Show Girl I, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 34 × 24“. From “What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present.” Giorgio Griffa, Obliquo Rosa (Diagonal Pink) (detail), 1973, acrylic on canvas, 46 × 64 1/4”. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome. Albert Oehlen, I 17 (detail), 2010, paper on canvas, 67 × 90 1/2“. Hedi Slimane, Ariel’s Living room, Ariel Pink, Echo Park/Los Angeles October (detail), 2011, gelatin silver print, 22 1/4 × 26”. Stanley Whitney, Untitled (detail), 2014, gouache on paper, 21 7/8 × 30 3/8".

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December 2015 Vol. 54, No. 4

In this issue

Emre Hüner, Cecily Brown, Peter Fischli, Martine Syms, Hank Willis Thomas, David Diao, Nairy Baghramian on the Best of 2015

John Waters

J. Hoberman

Kim Gordon