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

A polyphonic self-portrait.

In this short essay, philosopher Richard Shusterman discusses Arthur Danto's aesthetic theory and develops a new reflection to go beyond the differences between art and life.

French edition of a study which not only offers new interpretations of Rauschenberg's work, but also deepens our understanding of the entire neo-avant-garde project.

A study of the philosophical, ethical and political underpinnings of installation art.

Painter Gerhard Richter and filmmaker and writer Alexander Kluge composed a collection of 39 stories in connection with the history of the 20th century and the month of December, illustrated with 39 photographs.

Richter's texts, essays, letters, manifestos, and interviews.

Richter's texts, essays, letters, manifestos, and interviews.

An essay of political philosophy in which José M. González García examines the role of the metaphor in politics throughout history.

A critical biography.

New translation of Virginia Woolf's book-length essay published in 1938.

The story of objectivity, by two of the greatest historians of science today.

A transcript of the earliest of John Cage's extended writings.

A pioneering and masterly study of the history of art markets in Italy (covering the fields of painting and scultpure, but also architecture, applied arts and performing arts), which demonstrates the possibility of an economic history of art linking social or political mechanisms and symbolic or patrimonial issues.

The carpet paradigm: critical prolegomena to a theory of flatness (an original and stimulating analysis of an essential concept of modern art history).

The unknown and disregarded literary arts of sixteenth century England (graffiti, tatoos, writing on clothes or ceramics...): a startling new perspective of early modern literature and cultural history.

Two talks about John Cage and the concept of structure by American poet, critic, linguist and performance artist.

Forty-two project descriptions by Ben Kinmont.

An anthology of reference texts published in the German magazine "Texte Zur Kunst" between 1990 and 1998.

Writings and interviews.

French translation of Manovich's major book The Language of New Media, the first systematic and rigorous theory of new media.

First translation in French of the study on American beaver by a pioneer of ethology and anthropology in the US, an avant-garde and surprisingly relevant work in an age of global ecological crisis.

Prose poetry work by Italian writer and artist Giulio Marzaioli.

The collection of texts on contemporary art by Jean-Christophe Ammann.

A new approach to Velázquez' work, from the analysis of the "small characters" who haunt his paintings.

A conference on the invention of perspective, Arab science and the art of the Renaissance.

The complete poetic works of singer and musician Clara Elliott, member of punk collective Crass.

Commentary on Walter Benjamin's theses: On the concept of history.

Nicolas Bourriaud's most recent essay: a radicant thought extended to modes of cultural production, consumption and use, against the multiculturalist critical model.

First translation in French of a major work by British social anthropologist.

The central role of female body in the history of anatomy, beyond the historiographical "taboo" around the religious prohibition.

A modernized translation of Dante's Inferno.

Inside the white cube.

The "Anthology of art" established during more than a year a ground of exchange on Internet for artists and art critics worldwide, being interested in the relations between art, its theoretical discourse, the conditions of its production and its distribution. This work collects the contributions.

An artistic reflection on Deacon's project for 2008 Saragossa International Exhibition, on the theme of water and its associated elements.

An artistic reflection on Deacon's project for 2008 Saragossa International Exhibition, on the theme of water and its associated elements. The limited editon of the book contains an original and unique drawing signed by the artist.

Viennese Actionism was one of the strongest effort of the 1960's to develop contemporary art and a forerunner of what is now widely known as Performance Art. Danièle Roussel interviewed not only the former actionists (Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch, Günther Brus, Rudolf Schwarzkogler) but also some journalists, politicians, historians and witnesses of that time.

A major contribution, by German philosoph and art historian Horst Bredekamp, to the current debate on the 'tree of life' in evolutionary biology. The essay deals with the aesthetic and political dimension of the coral, in Darwin's system a model of anarchic evolution which opposes the hierarchical metaphor of the tree.

An adventure novel by Keren Cytter, based on a true story told in a televised interview by the Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier

Russian painter's writings.

Russian painter's writings, with an original artwork signed by the artist.

A journey through mythology, antique civilizations and cities which are cradles and of Jannis Kounellis's own artistic reflection.

Two essays in which the Italian philosopher proposes a study of the concept of festivity.

This brilliant work studies the notion of modernity as it's been defined at the end of the XIXth century, especially through the analyse of the links between the visual culture and several main social debates of the time such as sexuallity, urban crowd, riots and social control mechanisms, the Republic and the Church, nationalism and militarism.

Art as a social practice through Gustave Courbet's œuvre and political commitment.

A thoroughly investigation of the social role of art articulated by the French left during the July Monarchy and Second Republic.

A philosophical essay on time, phenomenology and beyond by the curator and art critic, around the works of Stan Douglas, Eija-Lisa Athila, Doug Aitken, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Tacita Dean, Darren Almond, Tobias Rehberger, Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno.

A collection of texts about music (from Britney Spears to Helmut Lachenmann, passing through Matthew Herbert, The Melvins, Terre Thaemlitz, Stan Douglas etc.), gathered from the numerous publications of the famous art and music critic and including many previously unpublished texts.