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An interview is presented with Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Topics include his attitude on feng shui and its influence on his works, the role of performance in his art including his incendiary "explosion projects," and the influence of growing up in Communist China in the 1970s on his career and artistic style.

An interview is presented with the South African video artist Candice Breitz. Topics addressed include: her decision to become an artist, the influence of Andy Warhol on her work, and her views on gender politics and feminism. In addition, Breitz comments on several of her works, including "Ghost Series," "Becoming," and "Mother + Father."

An interview with conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth is presented. When asked about the conceptual underpinnings of his early work, he said that he wanted to show that one could make an art that had life in the culture and not by established theoretical ideas of the medium's form. He describes his exhibition at the Anna Schwartz Gallery in Sydney, New South Wales. Kosuth adds that he also presented a show in Australia in 1970 at the Bruce Pollard's Pinacotheca Gallery in Melbourne, Victoria.

An interview with curator Massimiliano Gioni in Australia is presented. When asked about the programming and philosophy of the Wrong Gallery and its more recent incarnations at Frieze Art Fair and the Tate Modern, he stated that they went out looking for a space that was small enough and easy enough to be run with no money at all. He asserted that they have been criticised for being complicit in a publicity oriented idea of art.

Focuses on artist David Noonan's space-themed installations in Australia. Comparison of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick and Noonan's futurist themes; Noonan's interest in prototypes; Noonan's exhibitions in Melbourne, Victoria and Sydney, New South Wales; Noonan's attempts to combine science fiction and fact.

Focuses on the works of Melbourne artist Lauren Berkowitz. Representation of landscape and site-specific installations in Berkowitz's works; Influence of the paintings of Frank Stella on the artwork `Strata'; Efforts of Berkowitz in installing a geometric, abstract floor-piece in the sculpture park McClelland Gallery.

Features art works on interior decoration from various Australian artists. Presentation of interior decoration in Kate Daw's painting `Voice: Homes and Gardens 1959'; Paintings and sculpture of Stephen Bramm; Tony Clark's mural paintings.

The article presents an interview with Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who is based in Beijing, China. He explains that he deals with found objects because they have something to do with human perception. He points that he had never been invited to participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic 2008 Games in Beijing. He explains that all his work in art, architecture, designing, curating and designing have no real meaning.

The article comments on the vice installation of Barbara Kruger at the Australian Center for Contemporary Art in Melbourne, Victoria. The central component of the exhibition was a video projection titled Twelve. It is comprised of twelve looped conversations between couples, friends, families and colleagues. In the exhibition, Kruger has maintained her outsider's view and her ability to observe from a distance and extract potent phraseology.

The article presents the artworks of Tatsuo Miyajima in Australia. His works involved in a traditional Japanese ideas and brings about the attributes of the idea of being brief or dying. He depicts in his works that the body is continually moving and brings closer to death. His works include Counter voice in Milk, a metaphor that symbolize the diversity in Adelaide, Counter voice in water and the masterpiece, light emitting diode (LED), an installation which consists of red and green LED digital counters.

Critiques the Australian art exhibition NEW05, described as a psychological spree towards subjectivity; Inflection of the exhibit with the artists' personal history and memory; Psychotic episodes, fantasies and self-portraits; Featured artists Stuart Ringholt, James Lynch, Kathy Temin, Destiny Deacon, Virginia Fraser, Mutlu Cerkez and Mira Gojak.

Highlights the art exibition “Peter Booth: Human/Nature,” at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne from November 29, 2003 to February 29, 2004. Profile on the artist; Career highlights; Artistic style; Famous works; Artworks featured in the exhibit.