It is a hundred and fifty years since Hector Berlioz is caught between storm and passion, violence and adolescence. This book wants to get out of these cliches, even to sink into others.

Special offer for the purchase of two volumes dedicated to correspondence of Gustave Courbet.

A review of the epistolary correspondence of Gustave Courbet, by an ethnologist, a writer, a psychoanalyst, a hunter, a philosopher, a gastroenterologist, a psychiatrist, two curators, and six art historians.

The aesthetics of Gilles Deleuze.

A biographical essay which explores the origins and influences of Charlemagne Palestine, as well as themes related to his life and artistic practice—spirituality, music, performance, avant-gardism—together with an acute analysis of his main works. The study is followed by an interview with the artist, which provides a clever balance between personal anecdotes and reflection.

A biographical essay which explores the origins and influences of Charlemagne Palestine, as well as themes related to his life and artistic practice—spirituality, music, performance, avant-gardism—together with an acute analysis of his main works. The study is followed by an interview with the artist, which provides a clever balance between personal anecdotes and reflection.

Three textual pieces on Kafka, Sade, and Lautréamont, inspired by the author's dreams and nocturnal readings.

24 unpublished letters by Gustave Courbet.

An investigation into the enigma of the first abstract painting by Kandinsky.

A “memorial” consisting of testimonies and interviews with friends, models, collaborators, and specialists of Robert Mapplethorpe (Pierre Apraxine, Pierre Bergé, Germano Celant, Lucinda Childs, Marcus Leatherdale, Richard Marshall, Bettina Rheims...).

Jean-Luc Godard and art (a return on Godard's controversial project at the Centre Pompidou in 2006).

Interpretative destiny of Kant's aesthetics.

The legendary life of Maurizio Cattelan: a fictional biography of which the artist himself is the biographer.

The legendary life of Maurizio Cattelan: a fictional biography of which the artist himself is the biographer.

A biographical approach to Gerhard Richter's work.

A biographical approach to Gerhard Richter's work.

A litterary tribute to Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet by the director, screenwriter and writer Vincent Nordon.

A litterary tribute to Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet by the director, screenwriter and writer Vincent Nordon.