>> CONTENTS February 2009

Issue No 323 www.artmonthly.co.uk

COVER Francis Alÿs When Faith Moves Mountains2006 film still

01 INTERVIEW Walking the Line Francis Alÿs interviewed by Anna Dezeuze

07 FEATURES Recovering Radicalism Dave Beech 11 Art & Philosophy Or how philosophers got curated by Maja and Reuben Fowkes

17 COMMENT

EDITORIAL

LETTERS

18 NEWS

ARTNOTES

22 REVIEWS

EXHIBITIONS Getting Even: Oppositions + Dialogues in Contemporary Art Maeve Connolly 23 Michael Snow Sally O’Reilly 24 Never let the truth get in the way of a good story Martin Herbert 26 Darcy Lange Colin Perry 27 Revolution I Love You Matt Price 29 Coalesce: Happenstance Michael Gibbs 30 Nathan Coley Colin Glen 31 Brion Gysin Stewart Home 33 Indian Highway Emilia Terracciano 34 Christiane Baumgartner David Trigg

35 Dogtooth and Tessellate Jennifer Thatcher 37 ARTISTS ’ BOOKS NY Art Book Fair Maria Fusco 38 BOOKS The Big Archive Daniel Miller

39 SALEROOMS Bargains Galore Colin Gleadell

41 ARTLAW Star Wars and Sculpture Henry Lydiate

42 LISTINGS

EXHIBITIONS

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