France

Anniversary dictionary of the The French National School for Decorative Arts, which brings together the students and teachers who contributed to the reputation of the school, from Rodin to Xavier Veilhan, Martial Raysse, Francis Picabia, Cieslewicz, and Matisse.

At the crossroads of theater, performance, and poetry, this collection of texts puts forward women's voice to express their power of resistance against their condition.

A collection of texts written between 1983 and 2016, enabling us to comprehend the singularity of Sivan's work. Prefaces in opening section offer insights into this unusual poetry, pointing the links between Sivan's poetic universe and those of Denis Roche, Raymond Roussel, Charles Olson, Maurice Roche, Marcel Duchamp…

Eric La Casa continues his series dedicated to Paris with the reedition of the classic AIR.ratio, a study of the sounds generated by ventilation systems in various Parisian buildings.

Conceived as a "bio-monograph", this catalogue offers a unique insight into the life and work of the French artist, sculptor and ceramist Valentine Schlegel (1925-2021). It features a large iconography, archives, and texts by sculptor and Schlegel specialist Hélène Bertin (new expanded edition with English texts).

Never before released soundtrack of the film Rock directed by Michel Treguer, composed in 1982 by Bernard Parmegiani (remastered from the original master tapes, with exclusive liner notes).

A striking selection of words extracted from the notebooks of Isabelle Champion Métadier during a journey in New York. These quotes are arranged and accompanied by unpublished photographs.

Collection of handwritten sentences revealing a lesser-known side of Jean-Pierre Raynaud's personality and of his relationship to art.

This monograph documents over a decade of works and exhibitions, and offers an intimate portrait of an artist who put the language at the center of his visual practice.

Publication based on the eponymous film by Etienne Chambaud and Vincent Normand in which the authors develop the concept of the “Decapitated Museum.” The voice-over in the film has been made into a one-edition book, which was rephotographed according to the technique the authors used to make the film. The outcome is a photography book that is as much a text document than an imaginary scene.

A tale loosely inspired by both the contemporary astrophysicist Aurelien Barrau's work on multiverses and the turn-of-the-century author H.P. Lovecraft's mystical stories. The book entwines astrophysics and fantasy literature through fiction, deconstructing the frameworks of narration, logic, identity, space, and time. Illustrated by Andréa Marchal, after Barrau's works.

A well documented bilingual (English / Japanese) publication presenting ten recent paintings by the artist, and highlighting the special relationship between Pierre Soulages and Japan, where his work was exhibited very early in his career and quickly enjoyed significant recognition. A unique catalogue, published on the occasion of the opening of Perrotin Tokyo.

Photographic book celebrating the collaboration between the “UrbEx” photographer Francis Meslet and the “Mind Travels” Series—a series of albums dedicaded to ambient, neo-classical, and industrial music produced by French music label Ici, d'ailleurs. Meslet's photographs of abandoned places give a special echo to the musical approach of the series. The publication is sold with an audio compilation of selected musical pieces taken in the “Mind Travels” Series.

The first title in a series of publications dedicated to artists' residencies at Maison Bernard, a masterpiece of organic architecture carried out in the 1970s by Antti Lovag in association with Pierre Bernard. The book documents a site-specific project by Paul-Armand Gette, the first artist ever to exhibit at Maison Bernard.

Two-volume publication gathering a booklet accompanying Pierre Bismuth's 2015 solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien, and a catalogue raisonné indexing his typically serial and often humorous work of the last three decades.

A striking selection of words extracted from the notebooks of Isabelle Champion Métadier during a journey in New York. These quotes are arranged and accompanied by unpublished photographs, with an original artwork signed by the artist.

Collection of handwritten sentences revealing a lesser-known side of Jean-Pierre Raynaud's personality and of his relationship to art, with an original collage signed by the artist.

2 CD set gathering instrumental pieces from this last five years. Christophe Guiraud uses old instruments such as the Hotteterre flute, the viola da gamba or the viola bass, combining them with electronics.

First publication to gathers all theatrical works by artist Guy de Cointet, written between 1973 and 1983. 25 plays, published with an explanatory apparatus and numerous documents from the de Cointet Estate at the Centre Pompidou's Kandinsky Library.

First publication to gathers all theatrical works by artist Guy de Cointet, written between 1973 and 1983. 25 plays, published with an explanatory apparatus and numerous documents from the de Cointet Estate at the Centre Pompidou's Kandinsky Library.

The 10th issue of Nazi Knife takes the form of a vast album covering a dozen iconographic sequences of unclassifiable aesthetics.

Double QR-Code LP (an empty sleeve with no discs), edition of 100 copies. The recording to listen online is a 5-hour composition for computer voice, first presented in Paris on March 25, 2000: a deepening of the idea of a dematerialized disc.

Created by Aidan Baker (Nadja), Gaspar Claus (Pedro Soler, Angélique Ionatos…), Franck Laurino (Zëro), and Maxime Tisserand (Chapelier Fou), this extraordinary project offers 11 tracks of ambient post-rock music that would have integrated the whole notion of freedom in jazz.

Created by Aidan Baker (Nadja), Gaspar Claus (Pedro Soler, Angélique Ionatos…), Franck Laurino (Zëro), and Maxime Tisserand (Chapelier Fou), this extraordinary project offers 11 tracks of ambient post-rock music that would have integrated the whole notion of freedom in jazz.

A poetical and political questionnaire focusing on social exclusion and isolation issues in a French ghetto.

The catalogue raisonné of the The Franche-Comté Frac, including exhibition views, archives, reproductions, documents, index and essays.

A tale loosely inspired by both the contemporary astrophysicist Aurelien Barrau's work on multiverses and the turn-of-the-century author H.P. Lovecraft's mystical stories. The book entwines astrophysics and fantasy literature through fiction, deconstructing the frameworks of narration, logic, identity, space, and time. Illustrated by Andréa Marchal, after Barrau's works.

A very cinematic improvised instrumental session by Thierry Müller (Ilitch) and Quentin Rollet.

In this new book time and space, which are fundamental aspects of Arena's work, are encapsulated in six horizons, six roads and ten landscapes. Essays by Mario Fortunato and Andrea Viliani, together with statements written by Arena himself on each work here published, examine in depth the practice of one of the most interesting artists in the Italian and International artistic scenes.

Taking as their starting point Susan Sontag's book On Photography (1977), Marcelline Delbecq and Ellie Ga embarked on a long-term words-and-images dialogue addressing films, books and artworks that have marked their individual trajectories, together with historical events related (or not) to the year 1977.

Artist book whose title embodies the aesthetical research led by Arthur Fouray on the shift between painting and the cinematographic experience. The publication alternates a series of painting/serigraphy on cushions and textual and typographical experimentation.

A series of unpublished photographs by Brigitte Bauer: the German artist's images recall with distance and sensibility the uprooting and the transition to adulthood.

This leporello is the result of a collective photographic stream of consciousness based on a project lead by the Bureau d'investigation photographique: In random order, each member of the group opts for an image to which the following member answers by association and according to his own subjectivity.

The catalogue of Claude Closky's exhibition of artists' books at CDLA, as part of the 40th anniversary of the Centre Pompidou. Kalavryta—the font used in the publication was created specially for the occasion by the French artist.

Arcana 2 is the second volume of a series of books designed to mount an archive of the present through a collection of emblematic documents of the twenty-first century, culled from the media, advertising, and the Internet. Based on the Nordic myth of Odin, this volume investigates the contemporary representation of the male body.

Arcana 3 is part of a series of books designed to mount an archive of the present through a collection of emblematic documents of the twenty-first century, culled from the media, advertising, and the Internet. This third volume focuses on advertising imagery targeting women.

An insurrectional youth in quest for alternative words: a poetic and visual work by photographer Sadie von Paris and writer Véronique Bergen.

This publication stems from The Devil's Peak (in beige), an installation created in the Californian desert of Amboy by Maxime Bondu and Bureau A (Leopold Banchini & Daniel Zamarbide). The project deals with how the absence of water conditions life in the desert.

This narrative intertwines text and image to reflect on the sinking of the Sewol ferry in April 2014 on the Korean peninsula. At the heart of this tragic story lies the controversial personality of Yoo Byung-eun, an evangelical pastor, guru, patron and photographer.

Handbook documenting a series of site-specific installations in Paris by a pioneer in textile art.

Publication dedicated to Noël Dolla's pictorial experiments in nature: this lesser-known side to the artist's work offers a unique insight today on the painter's research on the medium. The book features a chronological documentation exploring in detail these 13 “Spatial Restructurings”, along with texts by Fabrice Flahutez and Rachel Stella.

An account of a three-year research program focusing on working women's struggles in Britany: the publication provides an overview of the studies and artworks produced within the framework of the program, as well as extracts of lectures and a set of original archives.

A musical portrait of contemporary Beirut, as part of a trilogy dedicated to the Mediterranean Basin: a rich and complex work, intertwining acoustic elements with electronica, with the help of local musicians.

An in-depth exploration of the Canadian artist's anthropology-based research method in the form of a conversation with Corinna Ewald, Smaranda Olcèse, and Julie Pellegrin (inaugural title of the “Digressions” series initiated by La Ferme du Buisson in collaboration with Captures editions).

A conversation with French performer Benjamin Seror with Keren Detton, Julie Pellegrin and Eva Wittocx. Together they look at Seror's recent projects and influences, and discuss the notions at the core of his practice (inaugural title of the “Digressions” series initiated by La Ferme du Buisson in collaboration with Captures editions).