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Helen Khal - Gallery One and Beirut in the 1960s
2023
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Catalogue of an exhibition centered on the work of the artist and writer Helen Khal (1923-2009), an influential figure in the Lebanese art scene.
Jean-Luc Nancy - Thinking With - Jean-Luc Nancy
2023
texts in English, German, French
Diaphanes - TransPositions
A collection of about thirty texts to resume the passionate conversation that Jean-Luc Nancy was engaged in throughout his life, with philosophers and artists from all over the world.
Jérôme Noetinger - Outside Supercolor (CD)
2023
Room40
Leaving aside temporarily his practice of Revox and magnetic tape played live, Jérôme Noetinger proposes two drones: a monolithic vibration, enriched by sputtering and a few electronic elements, and a piece playing with the grain of sound matter, gradually densified before a long lull in a kind of white noise.
Dominique Paul - Silent Fall - Devenir oiseau / Becoming Bird / Convertirse en ave
2023
trilingual edition (English / Spanish / French)
various
Monograph surveying more than ten years of the Canadian visual and performance artist's career, whose engaged practice addresses social and environmental issues, with two essays by Chantal Pontbriand and Ayelet D. Aldouby.
 Salvo - Io sono Salvo - Works and Writings 1961-2015
2023
English edition
Nero
A monograph conceived as a self-portrait: the story of the artist's career through works and writings from 1961 to 2015, collected in chronological order to illustrate the ever-evolving, organic nature of Salvo's activities, which constantly interacted with the history of art.
 The Dwarfs of East Agouza - High Tide In The Lowlands (vinyl LP)
2023
Sub Rosa
(last copies available!)
Hypnotic instrumental improvisation-based explorations by the trio from Cairo featuring Maurice Louca (Alif, Bikya), Sam Shalabi (Land of Kush, Shalabi Effect) and Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls, The Invisible Hands, Alvarius B.) are propelled by North African percussion loops and shimmering keys, a West African tinged free jazz guitar and a driving Krautrock-style acoustic bass.
Marine Forestier - Les Lichennes
2023
French edition
ESAAA (Higher School of Art Annecy)
sold out
A novel of anticipation anchored in queer ecologies, a frenetic odyssey interwoven with songs and short poems, mixing the genres of feminist science fiction, young adult literature, space-opera and marvelous fable.
Anna-Eva Bergman - L\'alchimie de la lumière (DVD)
2023
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
a.p.r.e.s editions - Documents & Video Works (DVD)
Simone Hoffmann's films invites us to rediscover one of the world's most important contemporary artists in the context of her retrospective exhibition at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris in 2023.
Lacritique.org
2023
French edition
Naima
An anthology of 72 texts published by the online French contemporary art journal Lacritique.org.
A Search for the Universal - The Axel & May Vervoordt Foundation
2023
English edition
MER. Books
A publication dedicated to the Axel and May Vervoordt Foundation, a Belgian art foundation containing over 700 artworks from both contemporary artists (Jef Verheyen, Anish Kapoor, Angel Vergara, etc.) as well as old ancient objects and artworks.
Giuseppe Ielasi - Down On Darkened Meetings (vinyl LP)
2023
Black Truffle
Giuseppe Ielasi's first album released on Oren Ambarchi's Black Truffle label continues the renewed exploration of the guitar that marks much of his solo work over the last few years: a major new work from a quiet master of contemporary experimental music
Revue & Corrigée
2023
French edition
Revue & Corrigée
Victoria Shen; contemporary Arabic poetry: Rasha Omran; Anthony Pateras by Delphine Dora; Christina Kubisch in conversation with Carole Rieussec and Elena Biserna; Alexandre Chanoine; Sister Iodine; Léo Dupleix; Jeanne Lee; 80 album reviews...
Is Now the Time for Joyous Rage? - (A Series of Open Questions, vol. 4)
2023
English edition
Sternberg Press - A Series of Open Questions
On the themes found in the work of Lorraine O'Grady: Black female subjectivity, intersectional feminism, institutional critique, music, and translation.
Offline
2023
French edition (texts in English)
Offline
ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
The 12th issue of the annual magazine of the ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design), with Atlas Studio, Eurostandard, Nathalie Herschdorfer, Elisa Medde, Jonathan Olivares, Samuel Spreyz, Manon Wertenbroek.
Astèr Atèrla
2023
trilingual edition (English / French / Creole)
Frac Réunion
A wide-ranging panorama of La Réunion's artistic scene, through the works of 34 artists and texts by five authors, art historians, poets, and researchers: an exciting exploration of artistic creations that question postcolonial society, migration, displacement, cultural hybridization, as well as our understanding living together.
Inter - Décroissance
2023
French edition
Inter, art actuel
Intervention - Inter, art actuel
Inter #141 invites to approach degrowth as a paradigm of a possible way out of the planetary crisis, and to imagine new ways of living in the world.
Diaphanes - Matrices porteuses
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
Diaphanes
Diaphanes - Diaphanes (magazine)
Diaphanes #11 explores practices of human and non-human substitution, plays with the myths and visions of motherhood and procreation, gathers artistic and theoretical positions on reproduction and communication, gender and genus, addressing and conception.
Extra Muros - Switzerland (vinyl LP)
2023
Flee
A collective musical experiment based on the vast sound archives of the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva.
MUdec United - Rainbow
2023
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Nero
MUdec United, the new publication of the MUDEC – Museo delle Culture di Milano, one of the Italian leading institutions, is a book-zine dedicated to interdisciplinary research on world cultures. The first issue addresses the themes explored with an exhibition project composed of different stories related to the rainbow as a natural, cultural, spiritual and human phenomenon.
Artforum - Summer 2023
2023
English edition
Artforum
Rosemarie Trockel, Mike Nelson, Lygia Pape, Tom Burr, Simone Forti, Deepfake Generation...
Toilet Paper
2023
no text
Toilet Paper
Damiani - Toilet Paper
29 new dreamlike (or nightmarish) living tableaux by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari.
Espace art actuel - Porn-O
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
Espace art actuel
The multiple issues of sexual representations in art / the complex relationships between art and the various forms of pornography.
In Plain Sight - Scenes from Aridly Abundant Landscapes
2023
English edition
Kaph Books
What architectural possibilities can emerge when we reimagine arid landscapes as spaces of abundance? (a collective book conceived as a travelogue that challenges preconceptions around aridity: the official publication of UAE's National Pavilion at Venise Biennale of Architecture).
Flash Art - Summer 2023 – Anti Cynism
2023
English edition
Flash Art
Flash Art - Flash Art International (magazine)
(last copies available!)
Anne Imhof; General Idea / AA Bronson; P. Staff; Jamian Juliano-Villani; Richard Kennedy; Sara Sadik; Pol Taburet; Ligia Lewis...
Mouvement
2023
French edition
Mouvement
ASMR's low masses, the Russian punk scene's exile in Belgrade, Harry Gruyaert, insurrection and literature in Turin's prisons, Susanne Kennedy, Nicolás Pereda, a sociological analysis of police violence by Paul Rocher...
Joël Andrianomearisoa - Our Land Just Like A Dream
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
Zamân - Zamân Books
Malagasy artist Joël Andrianomearisoa explores Moroccan traditional knowledge and engages dialogue with diverse artistic perspectives, for the very first monographic exhibition dedicated to a contemporary artist at MACAAL, Marrakech.
Petr Bakla - Late Night Show (CD)
2023
Sub Rosa
Three "night music" pieces by Czech composer Petr Bakla, centered around the piano.
Boris Baltschun - Desert Dictionary (vinyl LP)
2023
Arbitrary
An imaginary dictionary that navigates between language and landscape, notation and noise.
Jo·hana Blanc - Les déserteuses
2023
French edition
Clinamen
(last copies available!)
The first novel by Swiss artist Johana Blanc.
Jennifer Caubet - Je gage, iels gagent, nous gageons
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
Empire - Books
Retrospective monograph: a panorama of Jennifer Caubet's work over fifteen years.
Luigi Coppola - Ex Situ - Compatible with life – Plants for a word waiting to germinate
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
Kunstverein Publishing Milano
A long-term project by the Italian artist and agroecologist on rethinking the relationship with the earth, both from the point of view of humans and plants.
Xavier Drong - C\'est
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
Naima
First monograph of the painter Xavier Drong.
Julius Eastman - Femenine (2 vinyl LP)
2023
Frozen Reeds
The definitive edition of the historical recording of Julius Eastman's major piece performed in 1974 by S.E.M. Ensemble, remastered by Jim O'Rourke, available on vinyl for the first time.
 Fosbury Architecture - Spaziale - Everyone belongs to everyone else / Ognuno appartiene a tutti gli altri
2023
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Globetrotter
The volume "Spaziale. Everyone belongs to everyone else" brings together the voices of all the protagonists involved in the Italian Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
Karen Kilimnik - Early Drawings - 1976–1998
2023
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
Karen Kilimnik's artist's book Early Drawings 1976–1998 brings together the artist's own rich and varied selection of around 130 never before published early works on paper.
 Kink Gong - Tanzania 2 (vinyl LP)
2023
Discrepant
8 years almost to the day after releasing his unique re-interpretation album of his field recordings made in the late 90's in Tanzania, Kink Gong is back with another volume of bushmen madness.
Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux - SMS - Stop Making Sense
2023
French edition
Loevenbruck
This luxurious publication in large format presents 365 collages made by the artist between 2021 and 2022.
Marvin M\'toumo - Concours de larmes
2023
French edition
Clinamen
At the intersection between theatre, fashion design and poetry, Concours de larmes is a powerful text, both prophetic and unsettling. Based on the play of the same name presented at the TU - Théâtre de l'Usine in Geneva in 2022, it is presented in the form of set of divinatory cards, each character referring to a specific part of the text.
Stefan Marx - Autobiography
2023
English edition
Tonini Editore - Autobiography
(last copies available!)
Stefan Marx uses different media in his "Autobiography". Sketches, paintings, photographs and some texts, all carried out through the iconic style that made him a legend.
 Ogives - La mémoire des orages (2 vinyl LP)
2023
Sub Rosa
Post-rock by a chamber music ensemble from Belgium, mixed by Steve Albini.
 Ogives - La mémoire des orages (CD)
2023
Sub Rosa
(last copies available!)
Post-rock by a chamber music ensemble from Belgium, mixed by Steve Albini.
Pablo Pijnappel - Cinemas (vinyl LP)
2023
bilingual edition (English / Portuguese)
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
The recording of a literary interpretation of a performance by the artist Pablo Pijnappel.
Andrea Salvino - Autobiography
2023
English edition
Tonini Editore - Autobiography
In his "Autobiography", Andrea Salvino uses different visual elements that characterized his production through the years: movie stills, details of master paintings, images of celebrities and many others.
P L  S – The magazine of the Palais de Tokyo - The Gnawing of the Termites
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
Palais
Palais de Tokyo - Palais magazine
As a prefiguration of its new formula, this issue of the Palais de Tokyo magazine is accompanying, but above all deepening
Louis Ucciani - Avant-garde et contre culture
2023
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
Three perspectives (philosophical, sociological and artist's word) on the meaning of the avant-garde, and its relationship to the counter-culture.
The Rainbow Book
2023
English edition
Nero
currently out of stock
The reprint of a cult book of post-1968 psychedelic culture:, an encyclopedia of the cultural and artistic manifestations of the rainbow first published in 1975 in Berkeley, California, on the occasion of The Rainbow Show exhibition held at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
LSD - A DIY Issue
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
LSD (Le Signe Design)
Le Signe – National Graphic Design Center - LSD
currently out of stock
The third issue of Le Signe Design (the Cahiers of the National Graphic Design Center) is about DIY practices and is based on the work of Gilles de Brock, graphic designer who became a ceramic tile manufacturer.
Aria Dean - Bad Infinity - Selected Writings
2023
English edition
Sternberg Press - Institut für Kunstkritik
currently out of stock
The most significant critical, theoretical, and art historical texts by the artist, writer, and filmmaker Aria Dean.
 Lagoss - Imaginary Island Music Vol.2 - Ascension (vinyl LP)
2023
Discrepant
currently out of stock
Sophomore album from Tenerife based trio Lagoss (Gonçalo F. Cardoso, Mladen Kurajica and Daniel García), moving away from their megamix vignette based first volume to experiment with a more song based approach whilst still keeping their trademark jam infused tropicalia and electronic freak outs with an offering to their 1970's sci-fi masters.
Cura. - Manifesto
2023
English edition
Cura.
Cura. - Cura.magazine
sold out
CURA. celebrates its 40th issue with a special collector's edition featuring a collection of over one hundred contributions expressly created by artists, writers, thinkers, and philosophers who have collaborated over the years with CURA.'s editorial and curatorial platform, since its founding in 2009.
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