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Emanuele Coccia
A searching account of the ethics and aesthetics of the home- the place that is most important in determining human happiness
A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these…
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A celebration of forty years of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain.
In 1984, acting on a suggestion by the artist Cesar, Alain Dominique Perrin, who was then President of…
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A gorgeously printed philosophical photobook that reenchants the natural world
This project is the result of a unique fusion between photographer Viviane Sassen and philosopher Emanuele Coccia, two key figures…
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Charriere's immersive environments voice concerns on our changing climate
French-Swiss conceptual artist Julian Charriere (born 1987) addresses urgent ecological concerns stemming from his fieldwork at volcanoes, glaciers and oil palm…
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E Coccia
We barely talk about them and seldom know their names. Philosophy has always overlooked them; even biology considers them as mere decoration on the tree of life. And yet plants…
Invisible figures and forgotten facts arise through Andreani's translation of archival work to portrait painting
Archives, specifically black-and-white photographs, are the primary source of inspiration for Giulia Andreani (born 1985)…
Claims advertising is nothing but a metaphysical hypothesis about the moral nature of things: objects aren’t purely physical or economical entities. Any object, regardless of its nature, can become a…
Emanuele Coccia,Donatien Grau
First published in language as Le musaee transitoire.
A brilliant reflection on the interconnectedness of all life –
Qu secretos del pensamiento custodiaba la legendaria Escuela de Graz fundada y liderada por el gran Alexius Meinong? Qui n era este pensador del que muchos de sus contempor neos…
Emanuelle Coccia,Stefano Mancuso
300 monotypes by Luiz Zerbini highlighting the beauty, architecture, and diversity of tropical flora as well as rare species of plants and flowers
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This book is a rehabilitation sensibility. It defines what we call sensibility or sensible life by defining the ontological status of images. It shows that images have an intermediate ontological…
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Emanuele Coccia,Marina Vishmidt,Vivian Ziherl
The work of 38 established and emerging artists explore the creative potential of risk-taking and transgression in contemporary life
V Zonca
Covering almost 8% of the earth’s terrain, lichens are living beings which are familiar to everyone, known to no one. They are one of those organisms that seem to offer…
Fabrice Hyber
French artist Fabrice Hyber is moving between the worlds of science and art. Green is his color; drawing, painting, sculpture, and video are his playgrounds, along with a lush valley…
This volume documents Philippe Parreno’s (born 1964) transformation of the Gropius Bau into a gigantic automaton driven by a bio-reactor. Yeast cultures multiply and set architecture, light, sounds and images…
Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst’s new series of paintings, published here for the very first time to accompany their exhibition at the Fondation Carter pour l'art contemporain, Paris
A gorgeous botanical tour of art and design across the ages
This handsome volume invites readers on an intimate stroll through centuries of jewelry, botany, drawing, prints, video-game imagery and…
Bien que centrales dans nos vies dont elles sont des conditions absolues d'existence, les plantes ont tres peu occupe l'esprit des philosophes classiques. Depuis quelques annees, cependant, l'etude des plantes…
A century of innovation from the Bible of fashion and of high society, featuring magazine covers, illustrations, ephemera and more
Founded in 1921, the iconic French fashion magazine L'Officiel was…
Kiwanga seamlessly integrates film, photography, performance, ephemera and sculpture to play with the mutability of historical narratives -Artsy
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Spatial interventions from 19 artists in dialogue with the architecture of the Bourse de Commerce
This volume accompanies a group show that gathers works from 19 artists exploring the materiality…
