Contemporary art

An artist's document that sheds light on the relationship between drawing and sculpture in the work of Clément Bagot.

On the occasion of Seasons, Maurizio Cattelan's exhibition at GAMeC, art historian Lisa Parola, investigates how contemporary art can redefine the idea of the monument.

For her long awaited second monograph, Liz Johnson Artur follows the legendary London club scene PDA and the community that created it.

New monograph by Paris-based British artist Charlotte Moth, conceived as part of her exhibition at MAMC+ Saint-Etienne.

Performance in the United States as told by those who practiced and theorized it (texts by Al Hansen, Allan Kaprow, Anna Halprin, Carolee Schneemann, Emmett Williams, George Brecht, John Cage, Jonas Mekas, Robert Watts, Yvonne Rainer).

Performance in the United States as told by those who practiced and theorized it (texts by Carl Loeffler, Chris Burden, Claes Oldenburg, Jean Toche, Joan Jonas, Jon Hendricks, Lucinda Childs, Merce Cunningham, Meredith Monk, Vito Acconci, Wolf Vostell).

Conceived by American artist Laura Owens, this publication looks back on the Studio of the South residency, hosted in Arles by LUMA and Owens and undertaken by 23 international artists between September 2020 and July 2023.

First published in 1998, Nicolas Bourriaud's Relational Aesthetics laid out a thesis for art's turn towards participation, experience, and the whole of human relations. Over twenty years after its original release, Relational Aesthetics has been updated with a new translation by Denyse Beaulieu and a new foreword by the author.

Taking its title from the seminal book by the priest, philosopher, and historian Michel de Certeau, this publication, which accompanies the eponymous Capc exhibition, bears witness to unique ways of being in the world through the transformation of materials, tools, and everyday practices, inscribed directly onto the pages of a regional daily newspaper.

Nadya Tolokonnikova, R.I.P. Germain, Petra Cortright, Sophia Al-Maria, Aleksandra Domanović, Dennis Cooper, Philippa Snow, Banks Violette, Simon Denny & Hito Steyerl, Cory Arcangel & Maya Man, Diego Marcon, Jacolby Satterwhite, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, LuYang, Florentina Holzinger, Candela Capitán, Steffani Jemison, Charmaine Poh...

A collection of essays and interviews reflecting on the future through the lens of artistic thought and action.

Reference monograph.

An artistic inquiry into "future nostalgia".

This book brings to life the artistic and literary community that flourished in Carona, Ticino, from 1968 to 1978. Centered on Swiss artist David Weiss (1946–2012) and his circle of friends, it explores their works, processes, and the communal spirit that fueled artistic experimentation.

Catalogue of the 2025 Islamic Arts Biennale, combining ancient heritage and contemporary art.

The possibility and conditions of a "de-Berlinized" world order that overcomes a 140-year history of colonial violence.

The origins, scope, and legacy of Duchamp's revolution in the visual arts.

Centered on the emblematic figure of Pontus Hultén (1924–2006), this issue of Revue Faire explores the director's publishing work during his time at the head of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, from 1960 to 1973.

The first in a series of books dedicated to Jean Jullien's paintings, this book uses paper formats to contrast the artist's preparatory notebooks with exhibition views of his paintings of Mediterranean environments.

Donald Judd's formative years and recognition in the Low Countries and Europe between 1965 and 1971.

A transversal and analytical reading of Éric Baudart's entire body of work.

Specially composed in her Milan studio, Nathalie Du Pasquier presents still lifes bringing together objects, drawings, books, and photographs—assembled like fragments of an intimate language.

A comprehensive overview of the unique work of the Italian artist born in 1931 and "discovered" late on the international scene, with numerous texts and an interview.

In a collection of interviews given over a period of almost twenty years, a poet seeks to find out a little more about what he makes by confronting his practice with other arts (plastic, sound, scenic).

The luxurious annual publication in large format Magma aims to return to the artistic, intellectual, and graphic standards of the avant-garde "revues d'art " from the previous century. The 3rd issue brings together 25 artists, writers, filmmakers, and composers from around the world, and showcases around 100 previously unpublished artworks and texts.

Ayoung Kim, Tom Lloyd, Karimah Ashadu, Photography's Materialities (roundtable and portfolios), Rosemarie Trockel, Amie Siegel...

Morten Søndergaard (co-editor); interviews with panGenerator, Charles Stankievech, Mélia Roger, Adelin Schweitze; articles: Geofónie, Sonic Reorientations; reports: Electric Dreams, The Vinyl Factory: Reverb, Art Must Be Artificial.

Robert Filliou's last major creation, Eins. Un. One..., embodies the humor, freedom, and radical thinking of a "genius without talent".

A visual and text based investigation led by Moroccan artist Bouchra Khalili during many years following the traces left by the Mouvement des travailleurs arabes, a group fighting for the rights of the Arab workers in France at the turn of the 1970s.

A wide selection of paintings and drawings by Margherita Manzelli from the 1990s to the present day.

Andrew Berardini on Artificial Intelligence; Pepón Osorio; Arash Nassiri; Gloria E. Anzaldúa; Marcela Guerrero speaks with C. Ondine Chavoya; Daisy Lafarge; Dani Blanga Gubbay; Davide Stucchi speaks with Alex Bennett; Luca Lo Pinto on Hanuman Editions; Reynaldo Rivera & Abdellah Taïa; Jungle Books...

A broad overview of the contemporary Mexican art scene through a series of conversations with its leading figures.

A selection of the most significant contemporary practices by Portuguese or Portugal-based artists.

Research on materials conducted by two leading figures in 20th-century Italian art, Enrico Prampolini (1894–1956) and Alberto Burri (1915–1995).

Deeply shaped by his long-term residence in Indonesia, the conceptual practice of Italian artist Marco Cassani engages with the country not as a tourist or detached observer, but as an active participant in navigating the reconfiguration of authorship in a globalized landscape.

A comprehensive survey of Ahmet Doğu İpek's artistic journey over a decade.

An artist book providing an immersive entry point into Valentin Noujaïm's cinematic world.

142 drawings realized over a decade, addressing the commitments, obsessions, and conceptual territories that drive Jim Shaw's practice.

This second edition of Alcove deepens the archive of Modern Arab art through 30 new personal essays.

Amalgama is the outcome of the fourth edition of Convivial Tables, a field-based research project commissioned by TBA21–Academy for Ocean Space, dedicated to exploring the relationships between food and ecology, and their impact on bodies of water.

The first comprehensive study of Lucia Marcucci.

This unprecedented catalogue collects over 300 pieces reated by Adriano Costa over three decades, listed in alphabetical order—titles are a key part of Costa's works—, alongside new writing by Fernanda Brenner and Milovan Farronato, two critics who have long followed and championed the artist's practice.

First monograph on the British painter.

The result of a collective reflection undertaken at the Canadian Center for Architecture, this publication is the second volume of a periodical series wishing to explore urgent issues in today's curatorial practices.

Production of exhibitions and production of discourse on exhibitions.

This book celebrates Radicale1924, a contemporary art residency founded in 2020 by Belgian choreographer Chantal Yzermans.

A retrospective of the London-based Dutch artist's work over two decades.

27 features 27 recent works from two series titled Clementine and Merlin (2023–24) by London-based artist Magali Reus. This book, in its beautifully crafted materiality, format and typography, mimics a diary or romantic novel.