October Files
October Files is a series of inexpensive paperback books edited by the editors of October journal. Each book addresses a body of work by an artist of the postwar period who has altered our understanding of art in significant ways and prompted a critical literature that is sophisticated and sustained. Each book in this series traces not only the development of an important oeuvre but also the construction of the critical discourse inspired by it.
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David Hammons
ISBN: 9780262549363
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 28, 2025
The first anthology of texts on the luminary contemporary artist David Hammons.
Tacita Dean
ISBN: 9780262552387
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 20, 2025
A highly anticipated and richly illustrated anthology of essays on the work of artist Tacita Dean.
Kara Walker
ISBN: 9780262544474
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 22, 2022
Selected texts that survey the full range of Kara Walker's artistic practice, emphasizing the work itself rather than the debates and controversies around it.
Hollis Frampton
ISBN: 9780262543576
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 10, 2022
The first collection of critical writing on the work of experimental filmmaker Hollis Frampton.
Carrie Mae Weems
ISBN: 9780262538596
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 1, 2021
Essays and interviews explore the work of Carrie Mae Weems and its place in the history of photography, African American art, and contemporary art.
Donald Judd
ISBN: 9780262539456
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 2, 2021
Artists, architects, art historians, critics, and curators explore the work of Donald Judd as both artist and critic in essays spanning all of Judd's career.
Michael Snow
ISBN: 9780262537728
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2019
Essential texts on the work of the influential artist Michael Snow: essays and interviews spanning more than four decades.
Sherrie Levine
ISBN: 9780262535724
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 4, 2018
Texts—including essays, reviews, and statements by the artist—on the work of Sherrie Levine.
Gerhard Richter
ISBN: 9780262513128
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 28, 2009
The first collection of essays on Gerhard Richter, who has been called “the greatest modern painter.”

David Hammons
ISBN: 9780262549363
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 28, 2025
Tacita Dean
ISBN: 9780262552387
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 20, 2025
Kara Walker
ISBN: 9780262544474
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 22, 2022
Hollis Frampton
ISBN: 9780262543576
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 10, 2022
Carrie Mae Weems
ISBN: 9780262538596
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 1, 2021
Donald Judd
ISBN: 9780262539456
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 2, 2021
Michael Snow
ISBN: 9780262537728
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2019
Sherrie Levine
ISBN: 9780262535724
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 4, 2018
Gerhard Richter
ISBN: 9780262513128
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 28, 2009