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Azimuts - Pourquoi continuer à produire des objets aujourd\'hui ?
2026
French edition
Azimuts
Cité du design / ESADSE
Why continue to produce objects today? In a world saturated with artifacts and facing ecological urgency, the very legitimacy of production seems to waver. Starting from this question, issue 61 of Azimuts brings together designers, researchers, artists, and students around contemporary object practices.
Azimuts - Why continue to produce objects today?
2026
English edition
Azimuts
Cité du design / ESADSE
Why continue to produce objects today? In a world saturated with artifacts and facing ecological urgency, the very legitimacy of production seems to waver. Starting from this question, issue 61 of Azimuts brings together designers, researchers, artists, and students around contemporary object practices.
K-NOW! - Korean Video Art Today
2026
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
forthcoming
A look at a href="index_theme.php?id=224&menu=4">South Korea's contemporary art scene through the medium of video art.
David Martens - Écrivains commissaires - La littérature au service des musées
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Figures
forthcoming
An essay on the figure of the writer-
Emmanuel Alloa - Le contemporain, l\'intempestif et l\'imminent - Petits arrangements avec une époque
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.
Pieter Henket - Birds of Mexico City
2026
English edition
Damiani - Photography
A collection of portraits by Pieter Henket that focuses on a new generation of young Mexicans who are redefining contemporary expressions of gender, identity, tradition, and spirituality.
C.A.S.A. - Casablanca Art School Archives
2026
French edition
Zamân - Zamân Books
forthcoming
A historical and thematic book that aims to tell the adventure of the Casablanca Art School, through a polyphony of stories, experiences and actors.
Biennale de l\'Image en Mouvement 2024 - A Cosmic Movie Camera
2026
English edition
Lenz Press
forthcoming
The catalogue of the 18th Geneva Biennial, dedicated to artists' film and video, curated by Nora N. Khan and Andrea Bellini.
Mousse
2026
English edition
Mousse
Mousse - Mousse Magazine
forthcoming
Scholar and curator Christine Eyene serves as guest editor for this special issue, featuring a central section dedicated to the work and place of women—particularly Lubaina Himid—within the Black Arts Movement.
 A Maior - Retail Vérité - Vancouverama
2026
English edition
Bierke
forthcoming
Retail Vérité: Vancouverama is A Maior's second novella, and the outcome of writing workshops led by A Maior at Western Front in February 2025. Through a blend of improvisation, LARPing, and speed dating, the participants sketched the characters, narrative, and setting in real time.
Amina Agueznay - Asǝṭṭa
2026
trilingual edition (English / Arabic / French)
Kulte Editions
forthcoming
A work conceived as an installation, as part of the project created by Amina Agueznay for the Moroccan Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale.
Gianfranco Baruchello - Last Lines
2026
trilingual edition (English / French / Italian)
Nero
forthcoming
A book dedicated to the last drawings created between 2021 and 2022 by Gianfranco Baruchello, who passed away in January 2023.
Lucía C. Pino - You Who Have Beautiful Manners
2026
bilingual edition (English / Spanish)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
forthcoming
First monographie.
Guglielmo Castelli - Sweet Baby Motel
2026
trilingual edition (English / German / Italian)
Lenz Press
forthcoming
First comprehensive monograph on Guglielmo Castelli's painting and sculpture.
Gilles Coudert - Quand l\'art habite le village (DVD)
2026
French edition
a.p.r.e.s editions - Quand l'art... (DVD)
forthcoming
A tour of works by artists Georges Rousse and Vladimir Skoda created in rural public spaces as part of an art biennial in a small village in Saône-et-Loire, in the Burgundy region.
Brunhild Ferrari - L\'oreille voleuse (vinyl LP)
2026
Persistence of Sound
forthcoming
Brunhild Ferrari's new work L'oreille voleuse (The Thieving Ear) and an extraordinary live reinterpretation by Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O'Rourke, recorded in October 2025 in Paris.
Robert Filliou - Enseigner et apprendre, arts vivants par Robert Filliou et le lecteur, s\'il le désire avec la participation de John Cage, Benjamin Patterson, Allan Kaprow, Marcelle Filliou, Vera, Bjössi, Karl Rot, Dorothy Iannone, Diter Rot, Joseph Beuys
2026
French edition
Incertain Sens - Artist's books and editions
forthcoming
A legendary artist's book finally reissued in an updated and revised version, Enseigner et apprendre, a truly collaborative work, provides a valuable introduction to Robert Filliou's work and his pioneering and innovative ideas on the educational dimension of artistic creation.
Ivo Gattin -
2026
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
forthcoming
The first volume of a new series of art history publications dedicated to the artistic scenes of former Yugoslavia, this publication offers the first comprehensive overview on the life and work of Ivo Gattin (Split, 1926–Zagreb, 1978).
Joseph Grigely - This Is Where We Are
2026
English edition
Palais de Tokyo - Catalogues & artist's books
forthcoming
Artist's book, produced in limited print run in the Palais de Tokyo's risography micro-publishing workshop.
Dhewadi Hadjab -
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Mennour
forthcoming
The first monograph on the Paris-based Algerian artist, whose strikingly realistic paintings meticulously explore the movements of the body in intimate spaces.
Edi Hila - Edited by Anri Sala
2026
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
forthcoming
An artists' book in which Anri Sala interacts with the corpus of paintings by Edi Hila.
Nabil Nahas - Don\'t Get Me Wrong
2026
bilingual edition (English / Arabic)
Kaph Books
forthcoming
A comprehensive guide to the monumental, immersive installation created by Nabil Nahas for the Lebanese Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale.
Shirin Sabahi - Zenit
2026
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
forthcoming
Emilija Škarnulytė - Waters Call Me Home
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.
Johannes van de Weert - The Adventures of Red Rat and BIGGO – The Present
2026
English edition
Rab-Rab Press
forthcoming
A children's book by Johannes van de Weert, a veteran of the punk underground (Rondos, The Ex, Red Rat, Raket).
Artur Varela - L\'Âne qui voulait savoir des choses
2026
French edition
Daisy editions
forthcoming
The story of Tony the Donkey! A children's book illustrated by Artur Varela (1937–2017), completed shortly before the Portuguese artist's death, adapted and published posthumously by Daisy Publishing.
Artur Varela - The Donkey who wanted to know things
2026
English edition
Daisy editions
forthcoming
The story of Tony the Donkey! A children's book illustrated by Artur Varela (1937–2017), completed shortly before the Portuguese artist's death, adapted and published posthumously by Daisy Publishing.
Edgard Varèse - Conversation
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Lenka lente
forthcoming
A few months before the death of Edgard Varèse (1883–1965), Gunther Schuller (1925–2015) sat down with the composer for an in-depth conversation: his career and friendships, collaborations, new instruments, and the rare freedom he allowed the sounds they produced... A rare testament published for the first time in English and French.
 Women\'s History Museum - Grisette à l\'enfer
2026
English edition
Bierke
forthcoming
Conceived as a hybrid between an exhibition catalogue and a fashion lookbook, as well as a document of their practice and a sculptural object in its own right, the Women's History Museums' first publication interweaves newly commissioned texts with illustrated image spreads that reference iconic precedents, from Matsuda's 1990s lookbooks to early Vivienne Westwood.
Harun Farocki - On the History of Labor / Häuserbauen und Filmemachen
2026
bilingual edition (English / German)
Bierke
forthcoming
A transcript of a lecture by Harun Farocki exploring the relationship between architecture and cinema.
Traduire la performance / performer la traduction
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.
Massimiliano Gioni - High Waters - An Oral History of The Venice Biennale
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
JRP|Editions - Documents (co-edition Les presses du réel)
forthcoming
A 33-year journey through the Venice Biennale (1993–2026).
Artforum - May 2026
2026
English edition
Artforum
The Queen of Kitsch by Olivia Kan-Sperling, Palantir Goes to MoMA by Simon Denny, The Totemic Returns by Glenn Adamson, Ben Lerner's Devices by Gemma Sieff...
Toilet Paper
2026
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Toilet Paper
Damiani - Toilet Paper
22 new dreamlike (or nightmarish) living tableaux by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari.
Flash Art Volumes - Opacity
2026
English edition
Flash Art
Flash Art - Flash Art Volumes
The third issue, titled "Opacity", of Flash Art's yearly review.
Maryanne Amacher - Intelligent Life
2026
English edition
Blank Forms - Books
Comprehensive and previously unpublished documentation on the unproduced magnum opus of American composer Maryanne Amacher (1938–2009).
Joseph Grigely - Nous en sommes là
2026
French edition
Palais de Tokyo - Catalogues & artist's books
Artist's book, produced in limited print run in the Palais de Tokyo's risography micro-publishing workshop.
Jean-Claude Guillaumon -
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Jannink - Wide Open
The first retrospective of the work of Jean-Claude Guillaumon (1943-2022), a self-taught artist who defies categorization, associated with the French Fluxus scene, avid practitioner of happenings and other forms of ephemeral art.
Bruno Munari - Xerografia
2026
French edition
Christophe Daviet-Théry
The first reprint since its 1970 release of Bruno Munari's legendary artist's book Xerografia: an intimate look into Munari's groundbreaking experimentation with the Xerox machine, where technology becomes a tool for poetic and visual exploration.
Bruno Munari - Xerografia
2026
English edition
Christophe Daviet-Théry
The first reprint since its 1970 release of Bruno Munari's legendary artist's book Xerografia: an intimate look into Munari's groundbreaking experimentation with the Xerox machine, where technology becomes a tool for poetic and visual exploration.
Antoni Muntadas - Media Architecture Projects
2026
trilingual edition (English / Spanish / French)
Anarchive
Based on the relationship between the visible and the invisible in the development of Antoni Muntadas' projects, this publication examines the five series of works that bring together significant projects reflecting Muntadas's artistic approach since 1999.
Maria Bottero - Forays beyond the Modern - The Architecture of Umberto Riva
2026
trilingual edition (English / French / Italian)
Caryatide / Cosa Mentale
A monumental anthology of critical essays devoted to the figure of Umberto Riva, introduced and edited by Maria Bottero, accompanied by a collection of sketches and drawings from the architect’s personal archives (new revised edition).
2026
English edition
Bierke
forthcoming
Alexandra Midal - Witches of Design - Ann Lee: Design, Trance and Feminism
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design – Misceallenous
MUDAC (Lausanne's Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts)
Witches of Design interweaves design with the rebellious and feminist figure of the witch, based on the history of the messianic, socialist, utopian, and egalitarian Shaker sect in the 18th century.
Alexandra Midal - Sorcières du design - Ann Lee : design, transes et féminisme
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design – Misceallenous
MUDAC (Lausanne's Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts)
Witches of Design interweaves design with the rebellious and feminist figure of the witch, based on the history of the messianic, socialist, utopian, and egalitarian Shaker sect in the 18th century.
Alexandra Midal - Sorcières du design - Ann Lee : design, transes et féminisme
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design – Misceallenous
MUDAC (Lausanne's Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts)
Witches of Design interweaves design with the rebellious and feminist figure of the witch, based on the history of the messianic, socialist, utopian, and egalitarian Shaker sect in the 18th century.
Alexandra Midal - Witches of Design - Ann Lee: Design, Trance and Feminism
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design – Misceallenous
MUDAC (Lausanne's Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts)
Witches of Design interweaves design with the rebellious and feminist figure of the witch, based on the history of the messianic, socialist, utopian, and egalitarian Shaker sect in the 18th century.
Miroslav Beinhauer - Pieces for Broken Piano (CD)
2026
Sub Rosa
Miroslav Beinhauer performing Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Milan Knížák, Gordon Monahan, Elliot Sharp, Milan Gustar, and Yoon-Ji Lee, on a famous broken piano.
Erin Brannigan - Cinédanse, chorégraphie et image en mouvement - Une généalogie féminine
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts – ArTeC
The choreographic in cinema.
Saad Almasari - Geometry as Thought
2026
bilingual edition (English / Arabic)
Kaph Books
First monograph of pioneering Saudi artist Saad Almasari, tracing a practice shaped by place, memory, and the enduring logic of geometry.
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