The essays in this book were first printed — sometimes with different tides and in a slightly different form — in the following publications:
Opening a Gate The Russian Way (Opus 31) by Pentti Sammallahti Photographic Portfolio, Finland, 1996
Steps Towards a Small Theory of the Visible Das Abenteuer der Malerei (The Adventure of Painting), Editions Tertium, Ostfildern, Germany, 1995
Studio Talk Miquel Barceló, Recent Paintings, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, 1998
The Chauvet Cave Guardian, London, 16 November 1996
Penelope Tages Anzeiger, Zurich, 18 April 1997
The Fayum Portraits El Pais, Madrid, 20 December 1998
Degas Die Weltwoche, Zurich, 29 July 1993
Drawing: Correspondence with Leon Kossoff Guardian, London, 1 June 1996
Vincent Aftonbladet, Stockholm, 20 August 2000
Michelangelo Guardian, London, 21 November 1995
Rembrandt and the Body Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt, 2 May 1992
A Cloth Over the Mirror Independent, London, 3 June 2000
Brancusi Die Weltwoche, Zurich, 6 June 1995
The River Po ‘du’ Die Zeitschrift der Kultur, Zurich, November 1995
Giorgio Morandi El Pais, Madrid, 7 February 1997
Pull the Other Leg, It’s Got Bells On It Guardian, London, 3 June 1995
Frida Kahlo Guardian, London, 12 May 1998
A Bed Wet Roks Seen From Above. Paintings: Christoph Hänsli Memory/Cage Editions, Zurich, 1996
A Man with Tousled Hair Le Monde Diplomatique, Paris, December 1991
An Apple Orchard Le Monde Diplomatique, Paris, September 2000
Brushes Standing Up in Jars Aftonbladet, Stockholm, 5 April 1996
Against the Great Defeat of the World Race & Class, London, October 1998-March 1999
Correspondence with Subcomandante Marcos:
The Herons El Pais, Madrid, 27 April 1995
The Herons and Eagles La Jornada, Mexico City, 3 June 1995
How to Live with Stones Le Monde Diplomatique, Paris, November 1997
Will It Be a Likeness? First performed by John Berger at Das Tat Theater im Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt, 1996. Directed by Juan Munoz. Simultaneous radio broadcast: Heissischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt. BBC Radio 3, 1996. First printed La Jornada, Mexico City, 4 August 1996.