>> CONTENTS November 2005
Issue No 291
COVER Roderick Buchanan History Painting 2004 detail
01 FEATURES
The Invisible Curator Curators are at their best when they put artists before ideas says Craig Burnett 07 The Co-dependent
Curator Paul O’Neill on the dysfunctional relationship between independent curators and institutions
14 COMMENT
EDITORIAL LETTERS
15 NEWS
ARTNOTES
18 REVIEWS
EXHIBITIONS Istanbul Biennale 9 Iwona Blazwick 20 British Art Show 6
Sarah James 21 Lyons Biennale 2005
Pryle Behrman 24 Rita Donagh
Cherry Smyth 24 Jaki Irvine
Maria Walsh 26 George Brecht
Anna Dezeuze 27 Francis Alÿs
Pablo Lafuente 28 Roderick Buchanan
Gilda Williams 29 Ways of Living
Marcus Verhagen 31 Campus
Martin Herbert 33 Letter from New York
Sally O’Reilly 36 BOOKS
On Criticism Kathy Battista
36 Video Art
Felicity Sparrow 38 NET WORKS
Soft Cinema Michael Gibbs
39 RESPONSE
On Skill Matthew Collings
40 POLEMIC
Cities of Culture Dany Louise
41 ARTLAW
Ways of Working Henry Lydiate
42 LISTINGS
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