Texte zur Kunst

Texte zur kunst is a German contemporary art magazine.

History

Texte zur kunst was founded in 1990 in Cologne by Stefan Germer and Isabelle Graw and is published in Berlin since 2000. Since the death of Stefan Germer, Graw is the sole publisher and manager.

Contents

Texte zur kunst is published in the relatively small format of 166 x 230 mm and contains approximately 300 pages. Each issue focusses on a theme and features German and English essays, interviews, round-table discussions and reviews in which contemporary art, film, and music but also fashion and design are discussed. In in-depth essays, art-historical questions and topics relating to socio-political theory and cultural policy are discussed. Thematic focus is on areas of institutional critique, feminism, media criticism and theory of subjectivity.

Editions

With each edition, Texte zur kunst offers an artist's edition by a contemporary artist.

Editorial staff

The editorial staff consists of Caroline Busta (V.i.S.d.P.) and Hanna Magauer.^[1] The editorial advisory board consists of Sven Beckstette, Sabeth Buchmann, Diedrich Diederichsen, Helmut Draxler, Jutta Koether, Clemens Krümmel, Susanne Leeb, Dirk von Lowtzow, Juliane Rebentisch, André Rottmann, Beate Söntgen, Gregor Stemmrich and Astrid Wege.

Exhibition

In 2010, artist's editions from the 20 previous years were shown in the Sammlung Haubrok^[2]

Bibliography

• Erste Wahl. 20 Jahre „Texte zur Kunst“. 2 Bde. Philo Fine Arts, Hamburg 2011.
  • 1. Dekade. Philo Fine Arts, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86572-667-4. (Fundus-Bücher. 200)
  • 2. Dekade. Philo Fine Arts, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86572-668-1. (Fundus-Bücher. 201)

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