300 copies
13 x 21 cm.
158 pages
January 2021

This book brings together a collection of previously unpublished lectures on contemporary art given by the French philosopher Alain Badiou over a period spanning just under fifteen years, between 2006 and 2019. The informed reader will recognize that this is not, by any stretch of the imagination, the first time Badiou has discussed art (an interest that, to be fair, has accompanied him from very early on in his career and even throughout his biography, considering that his mother was an agrégée of French Literature). However, his reflections on contemporary art, which span disciplines such as the visual and plastic arts, music, film, poetry, and architecture, have not yet been compiled in a single volume—a colossal undertaking yet to come, of which the French philosopher is aware.

300 copies
13 x 21 cm.
158 pages
January 2021

This book brings together a collection of previously unpublished lectures on contemporary art given by the French philosopher Alain Badiou over a period spanning just under fifteen years, between 2006 and 2019. The informed reader will recognize that this is not, by any stretch of the imagination, the first time Badiou has discussed art (an interest that, to be fair, has accompanied him from very early on in his career and even throughout his biography, considering that his mother was an agrégée of French Literature). However, his reflections on contemporary art, which span disciplines such as the visual and plastic arts, music, film, poetry, and architecture, have not yet been compiled in a single volume—a colossal undertaking yet to come, of which the French philosopher is aware.