EDITOR'S LETTER 8

HAPPENINGS
STATE OF THE ART
THE CASE OF THE READYMADE MOUNTAIN 86

NEWS
KOLKATA KOLKATA PLANS MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 91 NEW YORK JAPAN SOCIETY CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL THROUGH REINVENTION 92 BANGKOK APICHATPONG BIDS TO UNSHACKLE THAI CINEMA 93 BEIJING BEIJING GALLERIES PUT CAOCHANGDI ON THE MAP 93 VARIOUS LOCATIONS SUMMER HEAT ON THE BLOCK 94 BEIRUT BEIRUT ART SPACE ESPACE SD CLOSES 96 VENICE SCULPTURE ON FIRE 96 SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT STAYS STEADY ON SINGAPORE ART DEVELOPMENT 97 VARIOUS LOCATIONS ROUND UP: GIVE AND TAKE 98 SHANGHAI SHANGHAI'S HI-TECH ART PARK UNDERGOES MUSEUM UPGRADE 98 WHISPERING GALLERY 99

THE POINT
TRANSEXPERIENCE 103

PROFILE
HOWARD FARBER: AN UNLIKELY COLLECTOR SELLS 104 AGUS SUWAGE: SPECTERS OF CIVILIZATION 106 JITISH KALLAT: COPYRIGHT 2007 108 ZHANG HUAN: THINKING BIG 110

HOT SPOT
MIAMI IS JUST THE BEGINNING 112

FEATURES
OPEN DOOR POLICY: SHCONTEMPORARY By The Editors 122
IN A DREAM: YAN PEI-MING By Hou Hanru 128
BELLY OF THE BEAST: TAKASHI MURAKAMI By Andrew Maerkle 134
NEW WORLD PORTRAITURE: KEHINDE WILEY By Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky 140
READY TO LAUNCH: WANG DU By Jerome Sans 144
THE WORLD IS FLAT: ISAAC JULIEN By RoseLee Goldberg 150
BRINGING HOME THE BACON: WIM DELVOYE By Paul Laster

REVIEWS
BRISBANE Dadang Christanto 168 TOKYO Kazz Sasaguchi 168 SHANGHAI Birdhead 169 BEIJING Song Dong 170 HONG KONG Leung Chi Wo 171 BANGKOK Yuree Kensaku 171 PARIS David Noonan 172 LONDON Hema Upadhyay 173 NEW YORK Huang Rui 173 NEW YORK Naoto Nakagawa 174 NEW YORK Chen Qiulin 174 TORONTO "Post Object" 175 VARIOUS LOCATIONS 52nd Venice Biennale and documenta 12 176

FILM REVIEW
CROSSING THE LINE 178

BOOK REVIEW
BROUGHT TO LIGHT II: CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN ART 1966-2006 180

PROJECTS IN THE MAKING
ARMEN ELOYAN: Dark Waters Run Deep 187

WHERE I WORK
KIMSOOJA 188