Correspondences: de Appel 1975–2025
Published by de Appel, Amsterdam, 2025, 384 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 23 × 32 cm, English
Price: €40

Correspondences: de Appel 1975–2025 traces the activities of de Appel through letters, telegrams, airmail, postcards, faxes, and emails, sent to and by de Appel. The book features materials by more than a hundred different authors and includes paper-based and digital correspondence by, amongst many others, Laurie Anderson, James Lee Byars, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, General Idea, Mona Hatoum, Patricia Kaersenhout and Carolee Schneemann. Context is provided by written guest contributions by Alice Butler, Alison Burstein, Annet Dekker, Susan Gibb and Brian Fuata and de Appel’s archivist Nell Donkers. An edition by Alison Knowles in the shape of a ribbon forms a special prompt to the reader of the book.

Edited by Martha Jager & Hannah Cheney. Designed by Bardhi Haliti & Zuzana Kostelanská.

#alisonknowles #bardhihaliti #caroleeschneemann #deappel #generalidea #hannahcheney #jamesleebyars #marthajager #monahatoum #nelldonkers #patriciakaersenhout #theresahakkyungcha #zuzanakostelanska
Günther Förg
Published by Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1996, 152 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 23 × 31 cm, English
Price: €23

Produced on the occasion of Günther Förg’s exhibition at the Kunstverein Hannover und Orangerie Herrenhausen, 8 December, 1995–25 February, 1996.

Over a career spanning five decades, Günther Förg (1952–2013) developed a distinctive and prolific body of work, including experiments in abstraction and monochrome painting, against the general trend of figurative painting predominant in Germany in the 1980s. Wall paintings, sculptures, large format photographs, portraits and architectural views, as well as drawings and graphics, executed in a range of mediums, bear witness to the innovative diversity of the artist’s approach.

Designed by Walter Nikkels.

#1996 #guntherforg #walternikkels
John Latham
Published by the Tate Gallery, London, 1976, 48 pp. (b/w ill.), 16 × 16 cm, English
Price: €20

John Latham (1921–2006) was a pioneer of British conceptual art, who, through painting, sculpture, performances, assemblages, films, installation and extensive writings, fuelled controversy and continues to inspire. A visionary in mapping systems of knowledge, whether scientific or religious, he developed his own philosophy of time, known as ‘Event Structure.’

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#1976 #johnlatham
I Am Only the Housekeeper, but I Don’t Know…
Luca Lo Pinto, Olaf Nicolai
Published by Humboldt Books, Milan, 2025, 48 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 24 × 34 cm, English
Price: €25

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jože Plečnik (1872–1957), a key figure of the Modernist movement in architecture and creator of numerous buildings and monuments around the city of Ljubljana, in 2022 Luca Lo Pinto and Olaf Nicolai curated an exhibition titled I Am Only the Housekeeper, but I Don’t Know… in the Slovenian architect’s former home. The publication retraces the contemporary interventions undertaken by the curatorial duo, who invited twenty-five internationally recognised Slovenian and foreign artists, allowing them to enter the house through their own works to commemorate Plečnik’s oeuvre and place its reading into a different and more contemporary context.

Works by John Armleder, H. C. Artmann, Nairy Baghramian, Avi Beracha, Pierre Bismuth, Monica Bonvicini, Pablo Bronstein, Michael Dean, Jason Dodge, Hansi Fuchs, Lena Grossmann, Ana Kučan, Janette Laverrière, Enzo Mari, Hana Miletić, Carsten Nicolai, Saša Pavček, Julie Peeters, Manfred Pernice, Florian Pumhösl, Fabio Quaranta, Ana Roš, Giovanna Silva, Mladen Stilinović, Diamond Stingily, Sophie Thun.

Photography by Giovanna Silva. Graphic design by Julie Peeters with Laura Martens.

#2025 #anakucan #diamondstingily #enzomari #florianpumhosl #giovannasilva #hanamiletic #janettelaverriere #jasondodge #johnarmleder #juliepeeters #lucalopinto #manfredpernice #michaeldean #mladenstilinovic #nairybaghramian #olafnicolai #pablobronstein #pierrebismuth #sophiethun
Francis Picabia
Published by Seibu, Tokyo, 1984, 149 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 22 × 27 cm, Japanese/​English/​French
Price: €40

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Francis Picabia, at The Museum of Modern Art, Seibu Takanawa, 21 July–5 September, 1984 and the Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo 9 September–21 October 1984.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#1984 #francispicabia #painting
1999/2000
Francis Picabia
Published by APT International, Tokyo, 1999, Two volumes in cardboard slipcase, 225 pp. & 120 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 18 × 25 cm, English/​French/​Japanese
Price: €95

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Francis Picabia, which travelled to Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, 12 August–7 September, 1999; Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, 17 October–14 November 1999; Kintetsu Art Museum, Osaka, 26 January–9 February, 2000.

Francis Picabia was a French avant-garde painter, writer, filmmaker, magazine publisher, poet, and typographist. He was one of the early major figures of the Dada movement in the United States and in France and was later briefly associated with Surrealism, but would soon turn his back on the art establishment.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#1999 #francispicabia #painting