An interim report in three new bodies of work by the artist whose Roden Crater project, under way for more than two decades, is scheduled to open this millennial year and promises to be around until the next millennium and beyond.

One of the founders of West Coast Minimalism, John McCracken has long been acclaimed for his flawlessly crafted geometric sculptures. The artist now speaks openly of the link between his work and paranormal phenomena.

Opening on the heels of Martin Kippenberger's death in March 1997 at the age of 43, "3 X3", which had been planned for some time, became an inadvertent memorial exhibition. The range of works on view (there were paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, collages, and multiples) was representative of Kippenberger's anything-goes oeuvre...

The late Francis Bacon, the subject of a retrospective now on view in Germany, was vehement in his disdain for abstraction and illustration. And yet, the author suggests, these techniques were integral to his presentation of violent imagery.

Sports and gambling provided the common theme for an unusually diverse group of recent works by Gabriel Orozco.