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Criticism, theory & documents

 
Fundamental writings, anthologies / essays, texts and interviews.
 
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Dorothea von Hantelmann - How to Do Things with Art - The Meaning of Art\'s Performativity
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
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The societal efficacy of art.
Michel Gauthier - Les promesses du zéro - Robert Smithson, Carsten Höller, Ed Ruscha, Martin Creed, John M Armleder, Tino Sehgal
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
An analysis of some major contemporary works that challenge the traditional values of art.
Bob Nickas - Theft is Vision
2008
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
sold out
Essays and interviews by the American curator and critic: a portrait of the American art scene over the last few decades.
Thierry de Duve - Faire école (ou la refaire ?) - Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
An activist analysis of new transmission models in art teaching.
Hans Ulrich Obrist - ...dontstopdontstopdontstopdontstop
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
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A compendium of texts containing famous exhibition case studies, involving some of the more thought-provoking artists, architects, and scientists of our time. A must-have for anyone interested in the unusual strategies of a curator-at-large.
Fabian Stech - J\'ai parlé avec Lavier, Annette Messager, Sylvie Fleury, Hirschhorn, Pierre Huyghe, Delvoye, D.G.-F., Hou Hanru, Sophie Calle, Ming, Sans et Bourriaud
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
A collection of interviews with artists and curators.
Nicolas Bourriaud - Relational Aesthetics
2002
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
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Art as a set of practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context: the manifesto that has renewed the approach of contemporary art since the 1990s.
Alain Coulange - Peut-être - Bertrand Lavier et Niele Toroni
1994
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
Max Reithmann - Joseph Beuys - Si nécessaire nous serons aussi privés de coeur
1994
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
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Brigit Pelzer - Le désir tragique - sur Gerhard Richter
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
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A study on Richter's work with illustrations.
2027
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
forthcoming
Aesthetics of breathing: new ways of getting to know the air we breathe and developing a sensitive culture of air qualities.
2027
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
2027
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
What the imagination of networks does to literature (and vice versa).
Hans Ulrich Obrist - The Indian Files
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
A much-needed mapping of the Indian art scene.
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
Ed Ruscha - A Reader
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
Renewing our understanding of Ruscha's art.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
Renewing our understanding of Ruscha's art.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
A literary adventure resulting from a collaboration spanning several years between an artist experimenting with AI and an academic working on issues of literature, media, and attention.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Al Dante
forthcoming
A comprehensive study of the multifaceted practice of Argentine artist Edgardo Antonio Vigo (1928–1997)—sculptor, printmaker, poet, mail artist, performance artist, typographer, designer, etc.—focusing on his publishing activities in the 1960s and 1970s, set against an extremely repressive political backdrop marked by instability, coups d’état, and violence.
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