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22 23 COVER The Copenhagen Free University The Factory of Escape 2004 01 FEATURES Here There and Elsewhere Recent exhibitions of ‘Middle Eastern’ art rely on very old generalisations argues Pryle Behrman Self-institutionalisation For good and ill the process of institutionalisation has become internalised says Jakob Jakobsen 24

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Bruce Nauman Patricia Bickers Mapping the Studio Michael Gibbs Mike Nelson Dean Kenning 15th Biennale of Sydney: Zones of Contact Natalie King Around the World in Eighty Days Rikke Hansen Ellen Gallagher Sotiris Kyriacou Dada’s Boys Martin Herbert Chad McCail Rosie Lesso Deimantas Narkevicius Sarah James Mel Bochner Marjorie Welish Thomas Demand Eliza Williams

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Art and its Institutions Peter Suchin Holiday Reading Andrew Wilson SALEROOMS New York Colin Gleadell ARTLAW Celebrity Rights Henry Lydiate LISTINGS
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