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17 COVER James Rosenquist Pink Condition 1996 detail 01 FEATURES America Rising So much expected so little delivered – Michael Corris on post 9/11 art from the USA In Search of the Ideal Biennale The more the concept of the biennale is said to be in crisis, the happier its organisers become argues Pryle Behrman COMMENT
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James Rosenquist Alison Green The John Moores 24 New Contemporaries Dany Louise Imi Knoebel Andrew Wilson Callum Innes Rosie Lesso Tim Brennan Sotiris Kyriacou Gabriel Orozco Alex Coles Laura Owens David Gleeson Kiki Smith Eliza Williams Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan Martin Vincent Cornelia Parker David Briers The Secret Theory of Drawing Ian Hunt Street: behind the cliché Michael Gibbs China Power Station Martin Herbert

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Pop Michael Bracewell 39
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Experimenta: Under the Radar Cliff Lauson 40 REPORT Space Soon Dean Kenning ARTLAW Copyright Henry Lydiate LISTINGS
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