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Contents

News Arts news

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Roger Ballen

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Andrew Bird

54 Over There

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Cover image: Marcus Coates, Firebird, Rhebok, Badger and Hare 2008. Photography by Jo Ramirez. Courtesy the artist and Workplace Gallery. Used with kind permission.

Features Nicolas Dickner

searching for Nikolski

Danny Moynihan

When art takes on a life of its own

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16

Chinese Contemporary Art

Beyond the Global Market

24

Roger Ballen

releasing forces within the human psyche

28

The End of Post Modernism

The new strand of thought at the TATE Triennial

32

Angus Fairhurst

A retrospective of “the quiet man of the YBAs”

10 to see

recommended exhibitions this season

Oficial Secrets Act

A Certain romance Andrew Bird

Bittersweet whistling

Sergeant Buzfuz

some Interesting Lyrics

Bradford Film Festival

Combining the classic with the cutting edge

Moscow, Belgium

Finding love in unexpected places

Over There

Personalising the political

live on stage

Theatre round-up

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New books Clare Jay

Excerpt of Breathing in Colour with author Q&A

Reviews Books

Music

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43

Classifieds

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