search results for "the contemporary condition"
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
A monograph covering more than thirty years of creative work, MONO ICONO GRAPHIE traces the unique career of Delphine Coindet, an artist at the crossroads of sculpture, image, and text, offering for the first time an unprecedented overview, both critical and visual, of a major body of work.
2026
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa revisits a sequence of Morocco's cultural history: the encounter of two anthropologists and the intersecting history of their approaches to popular and traditional art objects.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Zzz
An immersion in the flow of language, words, and images within David Douard's work.
2026
English edition
Tonini Editore - Taccuini d'architettura
Thrid issue of the series Taccuini d'Architettura, dedicated to the architectural office Studiospazio.
2026
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Cura. - Cura.books
Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos engages in a dialogue with the city of Rome, the world of haute couture, and the work and legacy of Valentino (1932-2026).
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
A groundbreaking study on the relationship between Wassily Kandinsky, pioneer of abstract art, and the photographic image.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Espace art actuel
Espace art actuel # 142, focusing on the theme of "prophecies" in contemporary artistic practices.
2026
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The guide and extension of the third edition of the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale (2026), featuring 67 international artists.
2026
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
The definitive publication on Carl Cheng's genre-defying work.
2026
French edition
Exercice(s) d'architecture
ENSAB (Brittany National College of Architecture) - Exercice(s) d'architecture
The 12th issue of the journal of the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Bretagne, featuring a dossier on the theme of desire in architecture.
2026
French edition
Luvah
The 33rd issue of the cross-generational literary journal, focusing on the theme of ghosting and disappearance.
2026
English edition
Kaph Books
The first print edition of Daftar, the online media edited by Afikra, a platform focused on the history, debates, and cultures of the Arab world.
2026
English edition
Artforum
Banks Violette by Rachel Wetzler, Gulf Institutions by Pablo Larios, Alison Knowles (1933-2025) by Nicole L. Woods, Kochi-Muziris Biennale by Meera Menezes...
2026
English edition
JRP|Editions - Anthologies & Art Theory
An alphabetically structured, cross-referenced collection of several hundred mostly unpublished statements by internationally recognized artists, architects, scientists, and writers, including voices such as Vito Acconci, Elizabeth Diller, Hamish Fulton, Thomas Hirschhorn, Emily Segal, Rasha Salti, and Lawrence Weiner.
2026
English edition
Mousse
Mousse - Mousse Magazine
Petrit Halilaj and Danh Vo in conversation; Forensic Architecture (Eyal Weizman, Nour Abuzaid, and Elizabeth Breiner); Gabrielle Goliath; Edward W. Said; Shumon Basar; Dani Blanga Gubbay; Yvonne Rainer; Thomas Eggerer and Jochen Klein; Tobias Pils; Travis Jeppesen...
2026
English edition
Archive Books
A critical examination of the aesthetic, social, and political dynamics of fascism, questioning its appeal and ideological mechanisms.
2026
French edition
La Maréchalerie
An artist's document that sheds light on the relationship between drawing and sculpture in the work of Clément Bagot.
2026
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Retrospective monograph.
2026
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
First monograph.
2026
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
British artist James Bloom uses AI to render the human body's movements dysfunctional as he generates them, and records the sequence in the form of a flip book.
2026
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
André Butzer's most personal book to date.
2026
French edition
Jannink - Wide Open
Artist's book.
2026
trilingual edition (English / French / Italian)
Nero
This monograph retraces Paolo Colombo's career through its recurring concerns: literature and poetry, which he practices himself; Greek culture, from classical to modern; rebetika music; and a sustained dialogue with artists such as Fausto Melotti and Alighiero Boetti.
2026
English edition
Tonini Editore
Special edition of the book Disegno Astratto, created by Henri Frachon and Antoine Lecharny, that includes the multiple "Boat, house, briefs, plane and sea lion".
2026
English edition
Lenz Press
Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys' 2026 artist's calendar.
2026
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Archive Books
A monographic publication featuring multilingual text-film transcripts engaging with the legacy of the German colonial project in Cameroon and Germany, as well as broader questions of border crossings, asylum, and exclusion.
2026
PiedNu
A piece for specially tuned pianos that operates in the negative, by subtracting from the instrument's full harmonic range.
2026
Hands in the Dark / Fragments Editions
Blending Indian harmonium, analog effects, and electronic pulses, Jaime Fennelly's new solo album under the name Mind Over Mirrors, released 14 years after the magnificent Check Your Swing, evokes the wide open spaces of organic, pastoral landscapes.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
ER Publishing
Invited by Mara Hoberman, nine artists from both sides of the Atlantic reflect on Joan Mitchell's life, work and enduring impact.
2026
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Painting as a space for political resistance, irony, and philosophical reflection (an overview of the pictorial work of Basque artist Juan Pérez Agirregoikoa).
2026
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Outrageous Intimacy delves into the artistic practice of Lea Porsager, documenting her work with a particular focus on her earthworks, texts, and use of readymades.
2026
trilingual edition (Arabic / Spanish / French)
Kulte Editions
First monograph.
2026
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Cura. - Cura.books
Complete documentation on the exhibition conceived by Michael E. Smith for the underground spaces of Palazzo Bentivoglio in Bologna.
2026
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Kairos
The second volume of the composer's complete electroacoustic works, in 16 CDs, each designed as a listening program. The box set completes the most ambitious recording project ever devoted to an acousmatic corpus.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Archive Books
An artistic exploration of the political and emotional stakes of translation in the context of asylum law, through the lens of rarely heard testimonies: those of interpreters.
2026
French edition
Les Carnets du BAL
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
The social, political, and anthropological implications of image production by machines, which permeate all spheres of existence and reconfigure the visible.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Cinétisme
ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
A selection of René Berger's lectures and the proceedings of a symposium he had organized around art, technology and communication, offering a closer insight into his thinking on video art and new media.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Perceptions
A seminal exploration into screens' crucial functions and profound impact on human culture.
2026
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Lenz Press
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.
2026
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United Dead Artists
Stéphane Blanquet's new facsimile sketchbook: drawings made on trains, public transport, notes, drawings everywhere.
2026
trilingual edition (English / French / Japanese)
Christophe Daviet-Théry
The catalog of a curatorial project devoted to Wolfgang Tillmans' books and magazines: an inventory as an invitation to literally take a different look at Tillmans' work, in print.
2026
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The first English-language catalogue dedicated to the Guangzhou-based artist.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Daisy editions
A long conversation about the work and life of Portuguese artist Ana Jotta, accompanied by 60 previously unpublished photographs of her homes (in Brazil, Morocco, and Zanzibar) and her years in theater in the late 1970s.
2026
trilingual edition (English / Persian / French)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
First monograph devoted to the explosive and colorful abstract paintings of the Iranian artist.
2026
bilingual edition (English / Arabic)
Kaph Books
A spectacular journey through 80 major works of modern and contemporary art (by Picasso, Kandinsky, Joan Mitchell, and Hockney to Manal AlDowayan, Etel Adnan, and Imran Qureshi) in AlUla, an oasis located on the ancient incense route, taking the image of the "garden in the desert" as a starting point for artistic reflection on the evolving relationship between humans and nature.
2026
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
The third of three projects to engage the resource industries of Vancouver Island, this publication responds to oceanic environments through contemporary art and writing.
2026
English edition
Bruno
currently out of stock
Emerging from the curatorial project FUORI! (Bologna, 2022-2023), this book brings together a series of interviews with theorists, artists, and performers. It focuses on the political, social, and community-based role of contemporary art.
2026
French edition
CPG (Centre de la photographie Genève)
How does photography depict our environment? How does it contribute to its destruction? This book explores this paradox through the analysis of the work of fifteen contemporary artists.
2026
English edition
HELA Press
Eiscafé Europa is a cartwheeling essay collection by Enis Maci on the culture, media, and politics of Europe. Comprehensive in its targets, the author mixes the personal and political to skewer and expose the media strategies and fascist lineage of the Identitarian Movement.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Empire - Books
Reflections by Alexandra Midal, Thierry Chancogne, and graphic design duo Syndicat on books and printed surfaces, based on the hundred or so publications produced by MAC VAL over two decades of commitment to contemporary graphic design.