Les presses du réel – editions
2001
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
An anthology of Parreno's writings.
2001
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph.
2001
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments,
this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
2000
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
sold out
Richard Huelsenbeck's En avant dada is his first proclamation of Dada in Berlin.
2000
English edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions
sold out
From “polemical” texts to extensive theoretical essays, passing through Ed Ruscha, Bruce Nauman or John Baldessari, these writings have proved to be among the most challenging ones.
1999
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
A collection of Dan Graham's articles about rock and experimental music.
1999
trilingual edition (German / French / Italian)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Exhibition catalogue.
1997
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
Artist's writings.
1996
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
A monumental monograph: works (1964-1995), texts (around thirty since 1970), the most important solo and group shows since 1969.
1995
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
How to exhibit the architecture? Two Swiss architects answer this question (a conversation with Rémy Zaugg).
1995
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
In his influential 1986 text, Swiss artist Rémy Zaugg (1943–2005) laid out fundamental ideas on the art museum. For him, the museum is an everyday tool that enables the encounter between viewer and work—raising the question of the kind of architecture appropriate for such a space (available in
English edition)
1994
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
1994
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
1994
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
Artist's writings.
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
A study on Richter's work with illustrations.
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Limited edition signed by Birgit Pelzer and Gerhard Richter.
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Misceallenous
sold out
A study of German Renaissance painters and the social movements of the time.
1992
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Drawings and photographs by the artist / text by Lydia Lunch (hand numbered limited edition).
1991
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Preliminary graphic designs for paintings.
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
2027
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
2027
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
What the imagination of networks does to literature (and vice versa).
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
A much-needed mapping of the Indian art scene.
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
Renewing our understanding of Ruscha's art.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
Renewing our understanding of Ruscha's art.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
A literary adventure resulting from a collaboration spanning several years between an artist experimenting with AI and an academic working on issues of literature, media, and attention.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
forthcoming
A pioneering study of the relation between the fine arts and philosophy in France, from the aftermath of the 1789 revolution to the end of the nineteenth century, when a philosophy of being called "monism"—the concept of a unity of matter and spirit—emerged and became increasingly popular among intellectuals, artists and scientists.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
forthcoming
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Al Dante
forthcoming
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
forthcoming
Drawing on a material, cultural and social history of art, Hugo Daniel proposes to understand the recognition and redefinition of drawing by the avant-garde in the 1950s and 1960s, between the questioning of artists, the evolution of critics and the projects of gallery owners and curators, to show how drawing is understood as a complex reality, in act.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Cinétisme
forthcoming
An anthology of texts devoted to cinematographic editing (Eisenstein, Tarkovski, Bazin, Godard, Wiseman, van der Keuken, Deleuze, Agamben...), from the beginning of the 20th century to today (new expanded edition).
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.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Délashiné!
forthcoming
A detailed overview and history of "ero-guro-nansense", an editorial, artistic and literary movement of iconoclastic and subversive magazines in Japan in the 1925-1930s, ancestor and precursor of the post-war Japanese underground.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
This card game invites artists and/or researchers to use divination arts to practice the methodology known as research-creation, in a horizontal and friendly way.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – esthétique:critique
forthcoming
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art
forthcoming
A critical history of a fundamental video art event: the large-scale study of the entire history of Locarno's VideoArt Festival, the culmination of a four-year research project.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
forthcoming
Aesthetics of breathing: new ways of getting to know the air we breathe and developing a sensitive culture of air qualities.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
forthcoming
An aesthetic and political reflection on contemporary monumental and commemorative art, at a time of critical revision of history.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
The classic question of “proof by image” rethought in the light of contemporary practices and technological developments, notably the transformation of the way images are captured and circulated in the digital age.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Figures
forthcoming
An essay on the figure of the writer-curator, which examines the nature of the relationship between art and literature, the place of literature in contemporary creation in general, and its role in strategies for promoting heritage and legitimizing cultural institutions.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – ArTeC
forthcoming
The choreographic in cinema.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
A reflection on our present, through a series of portraits of contemporary artists.
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
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Délashiné!
forthcoming
The history of NHK electronic music studio and the making of an international "center" for contemporary music: a wide-ranging, totally unprecedented study of the role and position of a Japanese avant-garde music institution founded in 1955 within international production until the late 1960s, based on first-hand documentation.