These pages analyze in depth practices of artists such Liliane Lijn—cover story of this issue—Philippe Parreno's work which tirelessly tests the limits of the exhibition format; the oral practice of Ian Wilson, as well as the curatorial abuses, as Françoise Roche points out in regard to Yona Friedman. The dossier dedicated to Germano Celant (1940–2020) to whom Terry Smith and Pascale Krief essays pay tribute defining how the visionary curator and critic upended the criteria for curating and exhibiting contemporary art. Also in this issue Barbara London's survey on sound-based art practices; Matthew Linde's visual project on the visionary Masahiro Nakagawa's 20471120 clothing brand; a conversation with The Kitchen, New York on the concept of artist residency in relation to the current states of art production through projects by Autumn Knight and Baseera Khan; Letter from the City's first chapter by Ivana Bašić—a brand new column conceived as a correspondance embodying artists thoughts as an overlap between the internal and external world.
These pages analyze in depth practices of artists such Liliane Lijn—cover story of this issue—Philippe Parreno's work which tirelessly tests the limits of the exhibition format; the oral practice of Ian Wilson, as well as the curatorial abuses, as Françoise Roche points out in regard to Yona Friedman. The dossier dedicated to Germano Celant (1940–2020) to whom Terry Smith and Pascale Krief essays pay tribute defining how the visionary curator and critic upended the criteria for curating and exhibiting contemporary art. Also in this issue Barbara London's survey on sound-based art practices; Matthew Linde's visual project on the visionary Masahiro Nakagawa's 20471120 clothing brand; a conversation with The Kitchen, New York on the concept of artist residency in relation to the current states of art production through projects by Autumn Knight and Baseera Khan; Letter from the City's first chapter by Ivana Bašić—a brand new column conceived as a correspondance embodying artists thoughts as an overlap between the internal and external world.