In this issue Phil Oppenheim investigates Nude Orleans, from Bellocq to Bourbon Street. David Moos writes about Ingrid Calame, who rose to prominence in the late '90s by exhibiting large enamel paintings on trace Mylar with titles like Spalunk...(1997) and b-b-b, rr-gR-UF!, b-b-b (1999). Paul Allen Anderson's article Escape Artistry and Entrapment features Matthew Barney, Mary Kelly and the moment that defines our lives.
This issue comes with a holiday reading supplement with articles like The Politics of Bad Art and How to Spend Your Holidays.
