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Detail of the apse mosaic, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura, thirteenth century, Rome. Photo: Luca Marchi. Cover illustration of Giorgio Agamben’s The Kingdom and the Glory (2011).

Giorgio Agamben’s The Kingdom and the Glory

By Eric L. Santner

Jerome Hiler, Words of Mercury, 2011, still from a color film in 16 mm, 25 minutes.

Jerome Hiler’s Words of Mercury

By P. Adams Sitney

Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, This Is Not a Film, 2011, still from a color video, 75 minutes.

Jafar Panahi’s This Is Not a Film

Pablo Larraín, Post Mortem, 2010, still from a color film in 16 mm transferred to 35 mm, 98 minutes. Mario Cornejo (Alfredo Castro).

Pablo Larraín’s Post Mortem

By James Quandt

Safdie Architects, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 2011, Bentonville, AR. Photo: Timothy Hursley.

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

By David Velasco

Reverse of fragment of silk damask weaving, Spain or Italy, ca. 1600, 20 7/8 x 20".

Collecting Textiles, Introduction by Lauren O’Neill-Butler

By Seth Siegelaub

Artie Vierkant, Image Object Saturday 9 July 2011 5:47 PM, version Wednesday 4 January 2012 5:49 PM, 2012, digital image, dimensions variable.

By Brian Droitcour

March 2012

Loretta Fahrenholz

By Loretta Fahrenholz

Sturtevant, Study for Yvonne Rainer’s “Three Seascapes”, 1967. Performance view, 222 Bowery, New York, May 16, 1967. Photo: Peter Moore/VAGA.

FIRST POSITION: THE EARLY PERFORMANCE WORK OF STURTEVANT

By Bruce Hainley

John Chamberlain, Hano, 1970, mineral-coated polymer resin, 30 x 37 x 34".

PERFECT FIT: JOHN CHAMBERLAIN REMEMBERED

By Lynne Cooke, Larry Bell

Dan Graham, Likes (A Computer-Astrological Dating-Placement Service), 1967–69, printed material, dimensions variable.

PANDORA’S BLACK BOX: ALGORITHMS OF TASTE

By Michael Sanchez

Konrad Klapheck, Die Macht des Vergessens (The Power of Oblivion), 1968, oil on canvas, 61 x 43 1/4".

L’HOMME MACHINE: THE ART OF KONRAD KLAPHECK

By Dieter Roelstraete

Boris Charmatz, héâtreélévision, 2002. Performance view, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, 2011.

1000 WORDS: BORIS CHARMATZ

By Catherine Wood

Abel Gance, Napoléon, 1927/2000, still from a silent black-and-white and hand-tinted film in 35 mm, 332 minutes. Napoléon (Albert Dieudonné).

CLOSE-UP: RESTORED TO POWER

Tony Pipolo on Abel Gance’s Napoléon

Rey Akdogan, AWC, 2011, poster, paper, scenic paint, cotton string, lighting gel, tape, 94 1/2 x 26 x 7".

OPENINGS: REY AKDOGAN

By Alex Kitnick

Alighiero Boetti, Mappa (Map), 1971–72, embroidery on linen, 57 7/8 x 89 3/4".

Alighiero Boetti

View of “De Kooning: A Retrospective,” 2011–12. From left: Untitled XI, 1975; Seated Woman on a Bench, 1972; . . . Whose Name Was Writ in Water, 1975; Untitled I, 1977; Screams of Children Come from Seagulls (Untitled XX), 1975; Untitled, 1977.

Willem de Kooning

By Sarah K. Rich

View of “Sherrie Levine: Mayhem,” 2011–12. Foreground: Bachelors (After Marcel Duchamp), 1991, six-part suite. Photo: Sheldan Collins.

By Martha Buskirk

Richard Pousette-Dart, Angel Forms, 1952–53, oil on linen, 44 x 62 1/2"

Richard Pousette-Dart

Luhring Augustine | Chelsea

By David Rimanelli

“The Wedding (The Walker Evans Polaroid Project)”

Andrea Rosen Gallery

By David Frankel

Donald Baechler

Fisher Landau Center for Art

By Robert Pincus-Witten

Tibor De Nagy Gallery

By Frances Richard

Greene Naftali Gallery

By Suzanne Hudson

Edward Thorp Gallery

By Barry Schwabsky

By Johanna Burton

David Zwirner | West 19th Street

By Lauren O’Neill-Butler

Edwin Dickinson

Driscoll Babcock Galleries

By Donald Kuspit

Zefrey Throwell Klemens

Tanja Grunert Gallery

By Joshua Decter

Greg Parma Smith

Balice Hertling at the Film Center | New York

By Michael Wilson

Matthew Brannon

Robert Bourdeau

Edwynn Houk Gallery | New York

By Brian Sholis

Christopher Henry Gallery

Sanja Iveković

MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art

By Agnieszka Gratza

View of “Katharina Grosse,” 2011.

North Adams, MA

Katharina Grosse

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA)

By Barry Schwabsky

Charline von Heyl, untitled (detail), 2003, photocopy, collage, and ink on paper, fifteen elements, each 24 x 19".

Charline von Heyl

Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania

By Daniel Marcus

Jillian Conrad, Flag (detail), 2011, slide projector, opal shards in resin, Plexiglas, wood, brass clamp, dimensions variable.

Devin Borden Gallery

By Jennifer King

Taryn Simon, Charles Irvin Fain, scene of the crime, the Snake River, Melba, Idaho, served 18 years of a death sentence for murder, rape and kidnapping, 2002, color photograph, 48 x 62". From the series “The Innocents,” 2002.

Milwaukee Art Museum

By Michelle Grabner

Barbara Kasten, Construct PC/I-A, 1981, Polaroid photograph, 24 x 20".

Gallery Luisotti

By Nick Stillman

The Museum of Contemporary Art | MOCA Grand Avenue

By Franklin Melendez

Farrah Karapetian

By Natilee Harren

View of “Donald Judd,” 2012.

Sprüth Magers | London

By Phyllis Tuchman

Gagosian Gallery

By Rachel Withers

Anthony Reynolds Gallery

Mark Geffriaud, The light that moves against the wind, 2011, blown-glass lenses filled with water, light, paper, shelves. Installation view.

By Lillian Davies

Stéphane Bordarier

Galerie Jean Fournier

By Guitemie Maldonado

João Penalva, Petit Verre (Small Glass), 2007, shadow theater, wood, fabric, and PVC (music commissioned from Zhuomin Chan), 63 x 24 1/4 x 24 3/4".

João Penalva Galerie

Galerie Thomas Schulte

By Astrid Mania

GERHARDSEN GERNER | Berlin

By Jens Asthoff

Autocenter Contemporary Art Berlin

View of “Jon Shelton,” 2011. Floor: Study for Brisk Tea, 2011. Wall: Brisk Tea / Dick Armey, 2011. Back room: Start Packin’ Granny, 2011.

krupic kersting

By Noemi Smolik

View of “Diango Hernández,” 2011.

Diango Hernández

Nicolas Krupp Contemporary Art

By Quinn Latimer

Flavio Favelli, Sandokan (Garage), 2011, enamel on iron garage door, 98 x 76".

By Marco Tagliafierro

Atelier Van Lieshout, The Farm, 2011, foam, Japanese rice paper, fiberglass, approx. 65 x 59 x 58".

Atelier Van Lieshout

By Marco Meneguzzo

View of “Vincent Vulsma,” 2011.

Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA)

By Hans den Hartog Jager

Dirk Braeckman, Prague # 1b / 2011, black-and-white photograph, 47 1/4 x 70 7/8". Zeno X Gallery.

Leuven/Antwerp, Belgium

M – Museum Leuven/Zeno X Gallery

By Jos Van den Bergh

View of “Markus Schinwald,” 2011–12.

Markus Schinwald

Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz

By Brigitte Huck

View of “Esther Stocker and Jan Šerých,” 2011–12.

Esther Stocker and Jan Šerých

By Markéta Stará

Vladimir Grig, London Calling, Moscow Speaks, 2010–11, acrylic on canvas, LED light, 63 x 70 7/8".

Saint Petersburg, Russia

By Marek Bartelik

Carla Filipe, Instalação Rorschach (Rorschach Installation) (detail), 2011, books with bookworm damage, Plexiglas shelves, seven elements, overall 17 3/4 x 118 1/8 x 1 3/8".

Galeria Graça Brandão

By Filipa Oliveira

Fernando Bryce, El mundo en Llamas (The World in Flames), 2010–11, ink on paper, ninety-five elements, eighty-three measuring 27 1/2 x 19 5/8", twelve measuring 39 3/8 x 27 1/2".

Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI

By Daniel Quiles

Cover: Sturtevant, Trilogy of Transgression, 2004, still from a three-channel color video, 1 minute 40 seconds. — Cover: Sturtevant, Trilogy of Transgression, 2004, still from a three-channel color video, 1 minute 40 seconds.

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