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The View from the Train

by Patrick Keiller
Essays by the iconic British filmmaker on the relationship between film, cities and landscape
The Art-Architecture Complex

by Hal Foster
A leading art theorist analyses the global style in art and architecture
4 posts
Derek Bailey

by Ben Watson
Lifts the lid on an artistic ferment which has defied every known law of the music business
A New Kind of Bleak

by Owen Hatherley
The urban state of the nation—from Olympic dreams to broken Britain
14 posts

Aisthesis

by Jacques Rancière
Rancière’s magnum opus on the aesthetic
1 post
Anywhere or Not at All

by Peter Osborne
A new reading of the philosophy of contemporary art by the author of The Politics of Time
All Over the Map

by Michael Sorkin
Robert Hughes once described Michael Sorkin as “unique in America––brave, principled, highly informed and fiercely funny.” All Over the Map...
5 posts
Civil Imagination

by Ariella Azoulay
The “Copernican Revolution” in studying photography brings to light how images can both reinforce and resist power regimes.
5 posts

Artificial Hells

by Claire Bishop
A searing critique of participatory art by an iconoclastic historian.
5 posts
In Broad Daylight

by Gabriele Pedulla
The metamorphosis of the spectator and the arts in the age of YouTube.
2 posts
Quasi Una Fantasia

by Theodor Adorno
Adorno’s own selection of his essays and journalism from more than three decades of music writing.
3 posts
Investigating Sex

Edited by José Pierre
"The surrealist's approach to sexuality was original and important ... I feel this book will amaze us all."—George Melly
1 post

Cities Under Siege

by Stephen Graham
A powerful exposé of how political violence operates through the spaces of urban life.
13 posts
A Short History of Cahiers du Cinéma

by Emilie Bickerton
An unique account of cinema's most influential journal.
Savage Messiah

by Laura Oldfield Ford
The acclaimed art fanzine’s psychogeographic drifts through a ruined city.
12 posts
Close to the Edge

by Sujatha Fernandes
"A classic of hip hop writing and a poignant tribute to urban youth."—Jeff Chang, author of <em>Can't Stop Won't Stop</em>
11 posts

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