The article discusses the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, which featured of over 100 international artists and various private and public galleries. The article discusses artists Matt McCormick, Jeff Wall, and Jozef Robakowski.

The article discusses Canadian artist Steven Shearer’s growing devotion to painting. The author discusses Shearer’s early text-based works, the artist’s interest in icons, and portrait-painting in an increasingly dematerialized visual culture. Works discussed include Poems (ongoing series), List (2004), Longhairs (2005), Smoke (2005), 1900 (2005), and The Convalescent (2006).