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25 COVER Cildo Meireles Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Banknote Project: Who Killed Herzog? 1970 detail 01 FEATURES Documenting Documentary As documentary retreats from the public to the private sphere Sarah James asks why Insignificance David Briers celebrates documentary art that transfigures the everyday COMMENT
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Local Stories Katerina Seda Lucy Steeds Tropicália Espaço Aberto/ Espaço Fechado Ian Hunt The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene 1974-1984 Michael Holman Ed Ruscha Clive Phillpot Dan Flavin Paula Feldman Katy Dove Rosie Lesso Martin Kippenberger Tony Wood Mark Titchner Martin Herbert Rod Dickinson & Tom McCarthy Dean Kenning Clodagh Emoe Cherry Smyth Ian Breakwell Eliza Williams You Shall Know Our Velocity: Artists in the North East Paul Usherwood
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Artists Talk 1969-1977 Cliff Lauson 38 RESPONSE On Institutionalisation Peter Suchin NET WORKS Report (Not Announcement) Michael Gibbs SALEROOMS London Auctions Colin Gleadell ARTLAW Copyright Henry Lydiate LISTINGS
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