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DISPATCHES 27 Daniel Guzmán and Steven Shearer double up at the New Museum; Gabriela Fridriksdottir takes inspiration from the uroboros for her new film; artists consider Building, Dwelling, Thinking; the work of Monika Sosnowska and Andrea Zittel reveals surprising crossovers; new landscape photography by Sze Tsung Leong; Top Five: the pick of art to see this month as selected by Paola Antonelli; Under the Influence: Patti Smith on Arthur Rimbaud; Florian Pumhösl on Diagonal Symphony

MANIFESTO 35 Terry Smith

CONSUMED 40 This month’s pick from galleries and shops, including a new edition from Karen Kilimnik; bespoke ecogadget the Wattson; Seth Price’s eight-hour CD; Michael Craig Martin’s lightbulb necklace; charity art auction Heartworks; limited-edition tax disc holders designed by Peter Blake, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk and others; monochrome linocuts from Zach Feuer Gallery’s artists; and wallpaper designed by German artist Markus Linnenbrink

TALES FROM THE CITY 44 Los Angeles, Holly Myers New York, Jonathan T.D. Neil

FEATURE: JOHN CURRIN 50 Can pornography be art? Yes, if you happen to be the painter John Currin Mark Rappolt

FEATURE: MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO 62 An interview with one of Arte Povera’s masters Paola Noé

FEATURE: NINA KATCHADOURIAN 68 The New York-based artist is a connoisseur of doomed arrangements, senseless hierarchies and crackpot taxonomies Brian Dillon

FEATURE: WILLIAM KENTRIDGE 74 Sally O’Reilly speaks with the South African artist, whose work spans four decades and many media, about his enduring interest in universal themes of humanity on the cover: JOHN CURRIN p hotographed by ROE ETHRIDGE

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Michelangelo Pistoletto, 2007 (installation view ).

Courtesy Simon Lee Gallery, London