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18 COMMENT

EDITORIAL

LETTERS 19 NEWS

ARTNOTES

COVER Mierle Laderman Ukeles Touch Sanitation 1977-84 performance

01 FEATURES Eco Art Dean Kenning on art energy in an age of ecology 05 Art Failure Lisa Le Feuvre discusses the paradoxes of failure in art 11 Art & Music David Briers sees increasing links between contemporary music and visual art

24 PROFILE Tris Vonna-Michell Andrew Hunt

26 REVIEWS

EXHIBITIONS Lawrence Weiner Marjorie Welish 27 History will repeat itself Richard Grayson 30 Playback Maxa Zoller 31 If I Can’t Dance Paul O’Neill 32 Conrad Atkinson Michael Corris 34 Peter Fend Sally O’Reilly 35 Tom Woolner Brian Catling 36 Bauhaus 1919-1933 Teresa Gleadowe 37 Louise Lawler David Barrett 39 ARTISTS’ BOOKS Frozen Tears III Maria Fusco

40 BOOKS Art and Architecture David Hills Motherwell’s Writings Marjorie Welish

42 OPINION Art and Theatre Julian Maynard Smith

43 SALEROOMS New York Colin Gleadell

45 ARTLAW Global Art Business Henry Lydiate

46 LISTINGS

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