Catalogues

The exhibitions, artists and key concepts of the programming: the comprehensive survey of the activities of the Palais de Tokyo in 2009.

Catalogue of the eponymous exhibition curated by François Aubart at Art et Essai, Rennes, France, in 2010, featuring the works of Pierre-Olivier Arnaud, documentation céline duval, Aurélien Froment, Mark Geffriaud and The Infinite Library.

This catalogue is an extension of a series of exhibitions featured at Gallery La Box, in Bourges. Each invited artist produced a site-specific intervention which tried to answer the question: Can the artists help us living together?

Publication dedicated to Casino Luxembourg on the occasion of the art forum 15th year.

This book reassembles the most significant texts and images of works of the 80's art scene, focusing on the problematics of images and representations.

A Glossary of artists' utopias.

Fifteen years of curatorial experiment on 550 pages.

The second in a series of publications drawing content and inspiration from the world-renowned Performa biennials.

A book envisaged as a critical work based on exhibitions bringing together eight French and British artists: a new approach to contemporary painting, beyond the traditional opposition between figuration and abstraction.

Four approaches (aesthetic, geographic, poetic and photographic) of the river.

A reflective review of abstraction in contemporary art: more than 100 paintings, sculptures and installations by 60 international artists.

First monograph on the French artist's enigmatic “glam” oeuvre: a rock opera / curio cabinet juxtaposing his works with 45 historic and contemporary artists and naturalia.

The exhibitions, artists and key concepts of the programming: the comprehensive survey of the activities of the Palais de Tokyo in 2008.

The catalogue of the annual contemporary art festival in Toulouse, France.

The catalogue of the 10th edition, curated by Hou Hanru, from September 2009 to January 2010.

Catalogue of the first Rennes Biennal, exploring what artistic activity and corporate/business activity have in common (and what sets them apart): work and labour, creators of value. With 60 international artists (Adel Abdessemed, Boris Achour, Jean-Marc Chapoulie, Claude Closky, Hans Peter Feldmann, Robert Filliou, Claire Fontaine, Pierre Huyghe, Jean-Charles Massera, Mathieu Mercier, Gianni Motti, Jean-Luc Moulène, Simon Starling...).

Documenting works by artists dealing with performative issues between the 1960s and today, this catalogue, gathering numerous essays, questions the nature and the relevance of “performative” objects in contemporary practices (also available in English edition).

A series of works by international artists presented in the style of a natural history museum collection.

From Open Reel to Multichannel.

Three different ‘generations' of painters and three unique artistic approaches.

“Fare una scenata” was the first group show at Fondazione Morra Greco in Naples. It featured the work of nine international artists who are either commissioned new work, or asked to adapt existing work specifically to the picture-gallery and basement spaces of this newly established foundation located in an old palazzo in the heart of Naples.

Edward Steichen's The Bitter Years exhibition (1961, MoMA New York) offers the starting point for Great expectations. Just like Steichen photographed the aftermaths of the Great Depression, this catalogue gathers contemporary photographs to look at today's Bitter years (catalogue).

Publication accompanies the 5th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art from April 5–June 15, 2008.

Collection catalogue.

(Swiss) art now: catalogue of a group exhibition dealing with issues of identity and focusing on the traces of globalisation to be found in contemporary art.

A book / magazine to prolong in texts and images a season of exhibitions in 35 French art centers: a guide to apprehend the current art scene and the specificities of its places of exhibition.

Luxurious publication in a box conceived by the graphic design team documenting the project by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Philippe Parreno (limited edition).

Catalogue of an exhibition which assembles the recent work of 50 international artists who interrogate the artificiality of the current world and render up intensified visions of it.

Otra de vaqueros documents the eponymous residency and exhibition project that took place in Mexico City in 2007.

Expanded catalogue of an exhibition bringing together works on paper by nineteen international artists to explore the notion of landscape, with numerous essays.

An unique view into the creative universe and the artistic circle of agnès b. by bringing together major works she has collected and some special contributions.

The story of the Centre d'édition contemporaine in Geneva.

Retrospective catalogue of the French art center.

Retrospective catalogue of the ancient rural synagogue transformed in a major contemporary creation space: installations views, presentation of each exhibition, artists' contributions and essays.

This publication presents the 2004-2006 program of Forde independent contemporary art space (with John Baldessari, Philippe Decrauzat, Scott King, Wade Guyton, Mathieu Mercier, Mai-Thu Perret, Seth Price...).

The Institute for Contemporary Art in a two volumes boxset: memories, symposiums, conferences, images of the main exhibitions, specific projects.

First publication devoted to the French architects collective specialized in wood constructions, gathering twelve exemplary buildings.

Mapping a new sensibility.

Selected works from the Ringier Collection (including 500 color illustrations and statements by John Baldessari, Paul Chan, Liam Gillick, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Richard Phillips, Richard Prince, Josh Smith, Sturtevant, Lawrence Weiner...).

The main schools and illustrious figures of Contemporary Chinese Art.

Artists invite artists.

A reflection on contemporary representations of man in the context of a continuous expansion of the field of visibility.

A deliberately unrepresentative compilation of genre-hopping textual and visual material around the work of four artists who represent Switzerland at the 52nd Venice Biennial 2007.

A part of the Dutch Pavilion at the 52nd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.

An exploration of narrative in contemporary art.

Swiss exhibition catalogue focused on the theme of the acceleration in globalization (with Kader Attia, Francis Baudevin, Daniele Buetti, Chris Cunningham, Philippe Decrauzat, Wim Delvoye, Mathieu Mercier...).

Magazine published for the 4th edition of the contemporary creation festival in Toulouse .

Catalogue of the Lyon Biennal 2007 (also available in English edition). The publication is thought of as a history, geography, and contemporary art book, resulting of a series of delegations, invitations, and programs of those who conceived the event.

A tribute to the foundator of the famous Marseille Gallery, the ARCA and the Art Dealers fair, with contributions by artists Daniel Buren, Dan Graham, Pierre Huyghe, Bernar Venet, Jeff Wall...

This publication explores the reexamination or the redeployment of forms and devices drawn from Minimal art by numerous contemporary artists (Achour, Afif, Armleder, Boyce, Creed, Curlet, Dafflon, Decrauzat, Gastaldon, Guyton, Hempel, Mercier, Monk, Mosset, Nicolai, Parrino, Peinado, Pettibon, Pinaud, Tremblay, van Golden, Walsh...).