Peter Piller's peripheral excursions around Bremen.

New monograph.

Yves Scherer's Tatami mats series.

The new magistral piece from Phill Niblock, played by the Arditti String Quartet, David Watson and the Phoenix Ensemble Basel.

The new magistral piece from Phill Niblock, played by the Phoenix Ensemble Basel.

Reference monograph of Georges Mathieu (1921-2012), a major figure of mid-20th century abstraction, founder of Lyrical Abstraction, inventor of performance art, pioneer of Action Painting, speed and risk, dripping, early inspirer of street art.

A limited edition artist's book, Mnēmē presents the work of the Tunisian artist Nidhal Chamekh through thirty-four independent drawings collected in a luxurious boxed portfolio.

Rethinking the role of the museum today.

A portrait of the Belgian architecture office BAUKUNST founded by Adrien Verschuere.

Artforum turns to efforts by artists, historians, and curators to rethink the underpinnings of the museum institutions.

Part of Bodies of Water, the 13th Shanghai Biennale, and following its lines of research, this publication, a 354-pages book conceived as a unique and parallel platform to the exhibition, offers an ensemble of inspiring texts that reflect and extend the theme of the Biennale.

The Roman period (1974-1976) of the Swiss artist Hannah Villiger (1951-1997), some decisive years where she developed the sculptural approach to photography that would shape all of her later work.

An album created as a loosely structured piece for live performance in 2018-2019, commissioned by CTM in Berlin and Sonic Acts in Amsterdam, and premiered there on the GRM Acousmonium. The music is inspired by—and dedicated to—the pioneering research of American composer and installation artist Maryanne Amacher (1938-2009), and created entirely on the Serge Modular analog synthesizer.

Mahalla – The Survey offers a scientific investigation and an artistic statement which aims at a critical reading and a tentative exploration of a fascinating Uzbek cultural heritage: the mahalla (luxury box set including numerous documents, a 7" vinyl record by Carlos Casas and exclusive art prints by Bas Princen).

A series of drawings, sculpture, and a new film, in which the artist explores the ideas of transformation and metamorphosis.

Second issue of the critical magazine Dixit in which the words of the architect Yony Santos from the swiss architecture practice TYPICALOFFICE and of Marina Otero Verzier, director of research at Het Nieuwe Instituut (HNI), confront each other around the theme of “A Matter of Data”.

First comprehensive monograph on Swiss artist Raphael Hefti (book printed by the artist himself with a specific technique making each copy a unique object).

Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Florian Hecker, Félix Fénéon and anarchism, Jack Pierson...

A comparative analysis of the poetic creation of the second half of the 20th century, under the aegis of the notion of non-dualism, redefining the epistemologies of action peculiar to the poetry of the 1960-80s but also, in perspective, of the extreme contemporary.

Publication based on the eponymous futuristic / dystopian project of the Italian artist and film-maker.

Helen Marten, Carl Craig, Anne Imhof, Julie Mehretu, Kaspar Müller, Promising Young Woman, Hito Steyerl, Telfar, Grace Wales Bonner...

This monograph showcases Elisabeth Wild's kaleidoscopic and vibrantly colored collages titled Fantasías.

The drawing practice of Kara Walker.

When she started writing the Corona Tales, Chus Martínez had been weighing how people and the media were addressing the outbreak of the virus as an unprecedented disaster. One possible contribution, as curator and writer, would be to write a short story a day and post it on an Instagram account that many could access…

The album from Marina Rosenfeld's complex audiovisual installation around the microphone, amplification, notation and listening.

This comprehensive publication by the art foundation Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) engages with more than 100 works of art in over 1,300 pages, proposing a speculative topography that organizes and weaves together sequences of potential narratives and interrogations along with close examinations of different works of art and a collective archive of images.

New monograph.

Perrotin's large hardcover Yearbook presents the gallery's activities across its six international locations over the course of 2019, bringing together exhibition views, conversations with the artists, photographs of workshops and events, and additional exclusive content.

This July/August in Artforum: Ja'Tovia Gary invites five young Black women artists—Eniola Dawodu, Oroma Elewa, Jazmine Hayes, Fatima Jamal, and Sydney Vernon—to share her space in the magazine. Plus, artist's projects from Jamal Cyrus, an interview with Cy Gavin, Paul B. Preciado on revolution, Daniel Marcus on Keith Haring's safe sex, reviews from Paris, Madrid, New Delhi, Hong Kong, and more.

Rehousing is the title of a series of works by Peter Friedl which comprises a selection of individual, intricate, and true-to-scale models of houses. Collectively, these structures materialize as constructed environments that reflect the recent past, different biographies, and ideologies in diverse ways; they are “case studies for the mental geography of an alternative modernity.”

An exploration of the work of sculpture and conceptual artist Carol Bove, by art critic Martin Herbert.

An archeology of Swiss experimental film.

Conceived on the occasion of two exhibitions at CA2M Madrid and CRAC Alsace, this catalogue features extensive documentation and collages of the artist's evolving works as well as essays by the show's curators, Elfi Turpin and Daniel Steegmann Mangrané.

Monographic catalogue: for more than a decade, Israeli installation and performance artist Naama Tsabar subverts the gender roles associated with art and music, with a particular emphasis on rock'n'roll.

Presented as a work-in-progress, this text on American artist Rindon Johnson's video practice offers a reflection on the widening creative possibilities in the multimodal digital landscape, while discussing the political and personal aspirations of a new generation of artists and critics.

A manifesto for artistic research and in defense of its autonomy.

This issue of Flash Art explores a sort of archeology of images, aiming to reflect on issues of appropriation and authenticity in their most contemporaneous sense, whereby any original or preexisting artwork, image, or product can be invested with a multiplicity of meanings.

Catalogue of the artist's exhibition in the Portuguese pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale: a sculpture project engaging the heritage of post-war Italy's architecture and Italian vernacular craftsmanship.

This monographic volume dedicated to the work of Pedro Barateiro spans a period that dates back to 2008 and features extensive visual and written material of key projects presented in solo exhibitions, as well as other relevant installations, videos and performances.

A proposal for a radio project on the diffusion of world music in the digital age, focusing on the concept of “seismographic sound”.

Reference monograph on the singularly radical work of Michel Parmentier—an important addition to the history of painting in the second half of the 20th century.

This October in Artforum Lauren O'Neill-Butler on the art of Agnes Denes, Barry Schwabsky on Jean Dubuffet, and Jace Clayton on Christian Marclay. Plus, 4 artists and critics consider the legacy of Douglas Crimp, Amy Taubin on Steven Soderbergh's The Laundromat, exhibition reviews from Paris, Zurich, Basel, Vilnius, and much more. 

Where does escape end and escapism begin?

The comprehensive catalogue of the 9th Busan Biennale, curated by Cristina Ricupero and Jörg Heiser, on the theme of divided territories caused by war, conflict, or colonization.

This catalogue documents Claudia Comte's project for the 2016 edition of the Printemps de september, based on a selection of 600 parts from the aeronautics industry.

Art beyond good and evil.

A rereading of the work of the Swiss architect.

New works on paper.

The bilingual (English, French) edition of a previously unpublished interview with Walter De Maria conducted by Paul Cummings in 1972 for the Archives of American Art.

A unique example of Amacher's late work.