search results for "the contemporary condition"
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
ER Publishing
forthcoming
Invited by Mara Hoberman, a group of artists from both sides of the Atlantic share their views on Joan Mitchell's work.
2026
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
forthcoming
Through Sinnokrot's agriculture research platform Sakiya, and other ongoing projects that span moving image, sculpture, and socially-engaged practice, Palestine Is Not a Garden examines the potential to develop counter-strategies that effectively decolonial the social, political, economic, and narrative structures that goven relationships to nature in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
2026
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
forthcoming
Readers are invited into an immersive, oceanic way of seeing—where the boundaries between body, technology, and environment dissolve into continuous transformation.
2026
French edition
Lenka lente
forthcoming
A short story by Victor Segalen (1809-1884), set to music by Nurse With Wound.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
forthcoming
The autobiography, translated into French for the first time, of Ré Soupault (1901-1996), trained at the Bauhaus, photographer, filmmaker, stylist, writer and traveler, translator of Dada and Surrealism, major protagonist of European artistic, literary and intellectual life, and companion of the avant-garde throughout the 20th century.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Délashiné!
forthcoming
The first major study of the Japanese avant-garde collective emblematic of the post-war artistic revival, bringing together composers, visual artists, musicians, poets, critics and technicians who in the 1950s explored various forms of interdisciplinary collaboration, questioning the classical frameworks of artistic presentation, the relationships between sound and image, time and space.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
forthcoming
What translation does to performance and what performance does to translation: a collective publication exploring the relationship between translation and performance, including the fields of theater, dance, sound and visual poetry, and film.
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art
forthcoming
An overview of the early days of video art in Europe, drawing on a network of some fifty researchers.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
forthcoming
Art as a set of practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context: the manifesto that has renewed the approach of contemporary art (also available in English edition).
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Immédiats / Analogues - Monographs
forthcoming
Le Temps vibré documents Laurie Dall'Ava's long-term research into an organic pigment based on chlorophyll and cyanobacteria, tracing the artist's field of investigation over a period of fifteen years.
2026
English edition
Bierke
forthcoming
Published several years after the fact, "Exposure" is a catalogue for Patricia L. Boyd's solo exhibition "Hold" at Kunstverein München in 2021.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
forthcoming
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
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
forthcoming
A radicant thought extended to modes of cultural production, consumption and use, against the multiculturalist critical model.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Perceptions
forthcoming
D. N. Rodowick examines the complex relationships between contemporary art and cinema, around questions of movement, image, time, and history.
2026
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Archivio
forthcoming
Archivio n°11 offers an international overview of technology archives, divided into three sections—Stories, Institutions, and Collectors & Collectives.
2026
Faitiche
forthcoming
For his debut release on Faitiche, in an award-winning radio collage, the well-known drummer and composer Martin Brandlmayr (Radian, Polwechsel) explores the quiet moments in music and film recordings.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Daisy editions
forthcoming
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
French edition
CPG (Centre de la photographie Genève)
forthcoming
A sensitive and critical examination of the relationship between photography and ecology.
2026
Staalplaat
forthcoming
Recorded live at Amsterdam's Oude Kerk during the 2025 Sonic Acts Festival, The Organ is the World's Greatest Synthesizer finds Charlemagne Palestine returning to the Staalplaat catalog. Taking its title and cover from a drawing made by Palestine during the performance, the work expands his singular mythology of sound and spirit (hand screenprited cover).
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
A cross-disciplinary and critical reflection on the philosophical stakes of so-called "artificial intelligence", from an epistemological, political and cultural point of view, beyond naive fascination and ignorant rejection.
2026
French edition
Les Carnets du BAL
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
forthcoming
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)
forthcoming
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 – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
forthcoming
A seminal exploration into screens' crucial functions and profound impact on human culture.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
forthcoming
A history of art in France from the women's perspective.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
A reflection on the ways in which current artistic and curatorial practices, with their emphasis on cooperation, and pedagogical practices informed by feminist, anti-racist and ecological epistemologies, interact today to create another pedagogical turning point.
2025
bilingual edition (English / Arabic)
Kaph Books
forthcoming
Two Thousand Years of Non-Urban History revisits the founding principles of architectural and landscape discourse in the Arabian Peninsula. The publication explores instances of pre-oil planning, ranging from desert kites to fish traps and water channels, upending the toolset for thinking through architecture's relationship to its context.
2025
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Lenz Press
forthcoming
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.
2025
Students Of Decay
forthcoming
Comprised of two expansive, sidelong pieces composed entirely on the Serge Modular synthesizer, The Dip signals a subtle yet significant shift in the Berlin-based artist and composer Thomas Ankersmit's trajectory, imbuing the hyper-physical, psychoacoustic intensities of his live performances with introspective, atmospheric, and even melodic elements.
2025
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
forthcoming
The first comprehensive monograph dedicated to the filmic works of the British-born Nigerian artist and film director Karimah Ashadu, winner of the Silver Lion for Promising Young Artist at the 2024 Venice Biennale.
2025
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
forthcoming
a panoramic view of John Cornu's practice since 2006, with thirty-eight works accompanied by thirty-eight texts by historians, curators, conservation experts, art critics, and contemporary artists, with as many different approaches and possible readings.
2025
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
forthcoming
The first English-language catalogue dedicated to the Guangzhou-based artist.
2025
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
forthcoming
This publication aims to provide a critical and profound reading of Alice Neel's humanism, constructing a journey through her artistic and personal life. The book includes texts by academics and artists, enriched by an extensive number of illustrations, archival photographs and documents.
2025
English edition
Tonini Editore - Taccuini d'architettura
forthcoming
Thrid issue of the series Taccuini d'Architettura, dedicated to the architectural office Studiospazio.
2025
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
forthcoming
A massive anthology of photographs made by Ari Marcopoulos between 2009 and 2018, featuring an introduction text by the artist as well as an essay by art critic, curator, and New York figure Bob Nickas..
2025
bilingual edition (English / French)
Cécile Fakhoury
forthcoming
New monograph of the Beninese painter.
2025
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
JRP|Editions - Documents (co-edition Les presses du réel)
forthcoming
A much-needed mapping of the Indian art scene.
2025
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
forthcoming
This pioneering group study accompanies the reader on a modern Grand Tour amid Italy's contemporary ruins.
2025
English edition
Rab-Rab Press
forthcoming
Edited, designed and printed by Matrijaršija, this riso-printed book is the first in the Tehnika series and is based on research into the left-wing union of typographers and printers active in Yugoslavia in the 1920s and 30s.
2025
English edition
Kaph Books
forthcoming
Published in the Noor's Heroes children's book series that celebrates inspiring figures from the Arab world, this volume explores the creative life of Saloua Raouda Choucair, a pioneering Lebanese artist who challenged norms through geometry, abstraction, and sculpture.
2025
French edition
Soldes Almanac
forthcoming
An illustrated almanac on arts, science, and society, dedicated to the wise men and the fools.
2025
bilingual edition (English / Arabic)
Kaph Books
forthcoming
A broad overview of the evolution of the Saudi art scene from the 1950s to the present day.
2025
English edition
Afterall
forthcoming
Conceived during a period of rapid and often unchecked technological development, this issue of Afterall aims at reconsidering and expanding our understanding of what 'technology' is.
2025
French edition
La Maréchalerie
forthcoming
An artist's document that sheds light on the relationship between drawing and sculpture in the work of Clément Bagot.
2025
Black Truffle
forthcoming
Black Truffle presents a new edition of Kassel Jaeger's "Fernweh", returning François J. Bonnet's electroacoustic project to the label five years after the acclaimed "Meith".
2025
English edition
Bierke
forthcoming
For her long awaited second monograph, Liz Johnson Artur follows the legendary London club scene PDA and the community that created it.
2025
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
forthcoming
An innovative monograph of conceptual artist Agnieszka Kurant's work, focussed on the phenomenon of collective intelligence, alongside newly commissioned texts by renowned thinkers across science, philosophy, technology, anthropology, and economics.
2025
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
forthcoming
The first monograph dedicated to the Neapolitan feminist and pacifist artists' group.
2025
Hands in the Dark / Fragments Editions
forthcoming
Mike Majkowski makes his debut on Hands in the Dark Records with Invisible, a selection of six moody and mysterious pieces produced between 2019 and 2025—a deep dive into loop-based, gritty ambient dub electronica.
2025
bilingual edition (English / French)
Empire - Books
forthcoming
This book, the first dedicated to the work of Michaela Sanson-Braun, traces thirty years of practice across Germany, London, and France. Bringing together paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures and installations, it also features sixteen paintings conceived especially for this publication and printed on uncoated paper.