PUBLICS Library
Open
Wednesdays 12–6pm
Exceptional opening hours
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And by appointment
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PUBLICS Library Guide
Download and browse our free Library Guide here. Library guides feature practical information on our collection, Library manifesto and Reading Lists from each Curatorial Reading Group.
→ Library Guide 1
→ Library Guide 2
→ Library Guide 3
→ Library Guide 4
→ Library Guide 5
Out of the Library
Every now and then we bring attention to some of the Library contents, and focus upon some key topics and thematics.
→ Geographies of Resistance
→ Collaborative Articulations
→ Nomadism
→ The Publishing Reader
→ 2084
→ Education
→ Black Studies
→ Shimmer & Gordon Hall
→ WITH Askeaton Contemporary Arts
CCT Reading Lists
Curatorial Reading Group runs as part of The Centre For Curatorial Thinking. After each Reading Group, we publish ready to browse Reading Lists.
→ Maaretta Jaukkuri & Tominga O’Donnell
→ Maria Lind & Martí Manen
→ Brian Dillon
→ Maria Fusco
Welcome to our Library!
PUBLICS Library is a public research space dedicated to critical social thinking, learning and education – a place for coming together, discussing, reading and thinking about contemporary art and its many publics. The library is dedicated to representing and challenging the many concepts, theories and practices of curating contemporary art and publicness.
Library is open to the public every scheduled Wednesday & by appointment. Books are available to read, study and browse on site. Currently we have more than 9000 titles. Our collection is constantly being updated and catalogued online, with new books added weekly. PUBLICS Library is structured around the following 16 categories:
— P1 Philosophy
— P2 Art Theory
— P3 Public Art
— P4 Curatorial
— P5 Group Shows
— P6 Art Writing
— P7 Biennials
— P8 Solo Shows
— P9 Book Series
— P10 Small
— P11 Education
— P12 New
— P13 Archive
— P14 Magazines
— P15 Sound
— P16 Foreign Languages
We now also have a special collection of the first 100 Books published by Lugemik. The collection has been donated to our Library by Lugemik, an independent publishing initiative based in Tallinn, Estonia, founded in 2010. Lugemik 100 Books exhibition took place at PUBLICS in autumn 2023. During the show, Lugemik presented all their titles published between 2010–2023.
You can find our Reading Lists and materials from Out of the Library program & Curatorial Reading Groups available on the right.
PUBLICS Library and its 60 Publics Stool (a special version of one of the most iconic pieces by Alvar Aalto) are designed by Julia.
