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The Secession Talks

Exhibitions in Conversation 2011–2022

Translated by Marc Hiatt, Louise Pain, Gegensatz Translation Collective ...

by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, John Akomfrah, Diana Al-Hadid, Francis Alÿs, Edgar Arceneaux0, Lutz Bacher1, Nairy Baghramian2, Yael Bartana3, Hannes Böck4, Ulla von Brandenburg5, Gerard Byrne6, Vija Celmins7, Olga Chernysheva8, Chto Delat9, David Claerbout0, Attila Csörgő1, Alex Da Corte2, Svenja Deininger3, Liz Deschenes4, Peter Doig5, Heinrich Dunst6, Nicole Eisenman7, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster8, Anthea Hamilton9, Bakani Pick-Up0, Maria Hassabi1, Edi Hila2, Anthony Huberman3, Robert Irwin4, Tess Jaray5, Tillman Kaiser6, Bouchra Khalili7, Joseph Leo Koerner8, Moritz Küng9, Ferdinand Schmatz0, Pablo Lafuente1, Dustin Ericksen2, Hilary Lloyd3, Asier Mendizabal4, Thomas Locher5, Inés Lombardi6, Tala Madani7, Till Megerle8, Jean-Luc Moulène9, Rudolf Polanszky0, Lisl Ponger1, R. H. Quaytman2, Ed Ruscha3, Payam Sharifi4, Danh Vō5 ...

The Secession Talks is a collection of artist talks on exhibitions that took place at the Secession from 2011 to 2022. They contextualize the exhibition history of the Secession and allow for a new consideration and evaluation of the program. As a collection, these conversations between artists and well-known art critics, art historians, curators, and artist colleagues form a unique interface ... Read more

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The Secession Talks is a collection of artist talks on exhibitions that took place at the Secession from 2011 to 2022. They contextualize the exhibition history of the Secession and allow for a new consideration and evaluation of the program. As a collection, these conversations between artists and well-known art critics, art historians, curators, and artist colleagues form a unique interface
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The Rise of Arab Art

by Tarek Abou El Fetouh, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Bilal Akkouche, Zeina Arida, Richard Armstrong, Kader Attia, Dana Awartani, Negar Azimi, Sam Bardaouil, Yto Barrada, Myriam Ben Salah, Antonia Carver, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Mai Eldib, Reem Fadda, Ben Floyd, Massimiliano Gioni, Valerie L. Hillings, Abdellah Karroum, Alexandre Kazerouni, Ali Khadra, Mona Khazindar, Anneka Lenssen, Sophie Makariou, Rabih Mroué, Abdullah Al-Mutairi, Silvia Naef, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jean-Marc Prevost, Hoor Al Qasimi, Jim Quilty, Walid Raad, Khalil Rabah, Yasmine El Rashidi, Sarah Rifky, Sarah Rogers, Kareem Sakka, Alia Al-Senussi, Nada Shabout, Wael Shawky, Suha Shoman, Farida Sultan, Rayyane Tabet, Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Christine Thomé, William Wells, Akram Zaatari, JMMP – Julian Mader Max Prediger GbR ...

Since the 1990s, contemporary art in the Arab world has experienced exponential growth and numerous changes. With the appearance of artists from the region in international exhibitions, the dynamics within the art scenes changed significantly. Museums & art foundations began to collect, biennials were launched, contemporary art galleries, fairs, residencies and schools emerged in many countries, ... Read more

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Since the 1990s, contemporary art in the Arab world has experienced exponential growth and numerous changes. With the appearance of artists from the region in international exhibitions, the dynamics within the art scenes changed significantly. Museums & art foundations began to collect, biennials were launched, contemporary art galleries, fairs, residencies and schools emerged in many countries,
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Reclaiming Artistic Research

Expanded Second Edition

by Katayoun Arian, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Stephanie Dinkins, Sher Doruff, Em'kal Eyongakpa, Ryan Gander, Mario García Torres, Liam Gillick, Natasha Ginwala, Sky Hopinka, Manuela Infante, Euridice Zaituna Kala, Grada Kilomba, Yo-Yo Lin, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Sarat Maharaj, Emma Moore, Richard Mosse, Rabih Mroué, Christian Nyampeta, Yuri Pattison, Falke Pisano, Sarah Rifky, Samson Young, Katarina Zdjelar ...

This expanded second edition of Reclaiming Artistic Research explores artistic research in dialogue with 24 artists worldwide, reclaiming it from academic associations of the term. Embracing artists' dynamic engagement with other fields, it foregrounds the material, spatial, embodied, organizational, choreographic, and technological ways of knowing and unknowing specific to contemporary artistic ... Read more

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This expanded second edition of Reclaiming Artistic Research explores artistic research in dialogue with 24 artists worldwide, reclaiming it from academic associations of the term. Embracing artists' dynamic engagement with other fields, it foregrounds the material, spatial, embodied, organizational, choreographic, and technological ways of knowing and unknowing specific to contemporary artistic
... Read more

Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects

by Hans Ulrich Obrist ...

A unique opportunity to learn about the lives and creativity of the world's leading artistsHans Ulrich Obrist has been conducting ongoing conversations with the world's greatest living artists since he began in Switzerland, aged 19, with Fischli and Weiss. Here he chooses nineteen of the greatest figures and presents their conversations, offering the reader intimacy with the artists and insight ... Read more

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A unique opportunity to learn about the lives and creativity of the world's leading artistsHans Ulrich Obrist has been conducting ongoing conversations with the world's greatest living artists since he began in Switzerland, aged 19, with Fischli and Weiss. Here he chooses nineteen of the greatest figures and presents their conversations, offering the reader intimacy with the artists and insight
... Read more
Multi-media

Video – Installation – Performance

by Nick Kaye ...

Multi-media charts the development of multi-media video, installation and performance in a unique dialogue between theoretical analysis and specially commissioned documentations by some of the world’s foremost artists. Nick Kaye explores the interdisciplinary history and character of experimental practices shaped in exchanges between music, installation, theatre, performance art, conceptual art, ... Read more

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Multi-media charts the development of multi-media video, installation and performance in a unique dialogue between theoretical analysis and specially commissioned documentations by some of the world’s foremost artists. Nick Kaye explores the interdisciplinary history and character of experimental practices shaped in exchanges between music, installation, theatre, performance art, conceptual art,
... Read more
The Next Thing

Art in the Twenty-first Century

by Pablo Baler ...

The Next Thing: Art in the Twenty-first Century is a highly visual collection of essays about the future of art and the art of the future. This anthology brings together writings by world-renown theorists, artists, critics, novelists and philosophers, all of them engaged in current discussions about new and emerging artistic trends and sensibilities.From “post-human” installations, to transgenic ... Read more

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The Next Thing: Art in the Twenty-first Century is a highly visual collection of essays about the future of art and the art of the future. This anthology brings together writings by world-renown theorists, artists, critics, novelists and philosophers, all of them engaged in current discussions about new and emerging artistic trends and sensibilities.From “post-human” installations, to transgenic
... Read more
In Your Computer

by Domenico Quaranta ...

«There is this hacker slogan: “We love your computer.” We also get inside people's computers. And we are honored to be in somebody's computer. You are very close to a person when you are on his desktop.» Jodi, 1997 This book is a collection of texts written by Domenico Quaranta between 2005 and 2010 for exhibition catalogues, printed magazines and online reviews: a pocket version of what the ... Read more

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«There is this hacker slogan: “We love your computer.” We also get inside people's computers. And we are honored to be in somebody's computer. You are very close to a person when you are on his desktop.» Jodi, 1997 This book is a collection of texts written by Domenico Quaranta between 2005 and 2010 for exhibition catalogues, printed magazines and online reviews: a pocket version of what the
... Read more
Susan Sontag

The Complete Rolling Stone Interview

by Jonathan Cott ...

The candid and far-reaching interview with the public intellectual and author of Illness as Metaphor, conducted in 1978 Paris and New York.Over the summer and fall of 1978, Susan Sontag engaged in a series of deeply stimulating, provocative and intimate conversations with Jonathan Cott of Rolling Stone magazine. While the printed interview was extensive, it covered only a third of their twelve ... Read more

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The candid and far-reaching interview with the public intellectual and author of Illness as Metaphor, conducted in 1978 Paris and New York.Over the summer and fall of 1978, Susan Sontag engaged in a series of deeply stimulating, provocative and intimate conversations with Jonathan Cott of Rolling Stone magazine. While the printed interview was extensive, it covered only a third of their twelve
... Read more
Graphic Design Theory

Readings from the Field

Edited by Helen Armstrong ...

Graphic Design Theory is organized in three sections: "Creating the Field" traces the evolution of graphic design over the course of the early 1900s, including influential avant-garde ideas of futurism, constructivism, and the Bauhaus; "Building on Success" covers the mid- to late twentieth century and considers the International Style, modernism, and postmodernism; and "Mapping the Future" opens ... Read more

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Graphic Design Theory is organized in three sections: "Creating the Field" traces the evolution of graphic design over the course of the early 1900s, including influential avant-garde ideas of futurism, constructivism, and the Bauhaus; "Building on Success" covers the mid- to late twentieth century and considers the International Style, modernism, and postmodernism; and "Mapping the Future" opens
... Read more
The Story of Contemporary Art

by Tony Godfrey ...

An introduction to the rich and diverse history of contemporary art over the past 60 years—from Modernism and minimalism to artists like Andy Warhol and Marina Abramović.Featuring lavish illustrations, this is the perfect gift for art history fans and anyone looking for a more inclusive perspective on ‘the old boys’ club.’Encountering a work of contemporary art, a viewer might ask, "What does it ... Read more

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An introduction to the rich and diverse history of contemporary art over the past 60 years—from Modernism and minimalism to artists like Andy Warhol and Marina Abramović.Featuring lavish illustrations, this is the perfect gift for art history fans and anyone looking for a more inclusive perspective on ‘the old boys’ club.’Encountering a work of contemporary art, a viewer might ask, "What does it
... Read more
Morocco - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Jillian C. York, Culture Smart! ...

Series series Culture Smart!
Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. Morocco is a joy to the senses. Graced with spectacular scenery, the country's rich history is carved into its architecture and baked into its cuisine. Its marketplaces are filled with tantalizing scents and colorful sights, and the call of the muezzin seems to draw people from every corner of the globe. In 1956 Morocco gained independence from ... Read more

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Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. Morocco is a joy to the senses. Graced with spectacular scenery, the country's rich history is carved into its architecture and baked into its cuisine. Its marketplaces are filled with tantalizing scents and colorful sights, and the call of the muezzin seems to draw people from every corner of the globe. In 1956 Morocco gained independence from
... Read more

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After Art

by David Joselit ...

Series series POINT: Essays on Architecture
Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. In this trenchant illustrated essay, David Joselit describes how art and architecture are being transformed in the age of Google. Under the dual pressures of digital technology, which allows images to be reformatted and disseminated effortlessly, and the exponential acceleration of cultural exchange enabled ... Read more

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Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. In this trenchant illustrated essay, David Joselit describes how art and architecture are being transformed in the age of Google. Under the dual pressures of digital technology, which allows images to be reformatted and disseminated effortlessly, and the exponential acceleration of cultural exchange enabled
... Read more

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