What scares a nation - gunmen who hold children ransom or infamous terrorists? Useful Photography 011 rifles through the history of human targets culled from US shooting ranges. In this age of high impact gun crime, are the participants seeking protection or accelerating the violence?

With elementary materials – wood, paper, clay, tape, paint – artist Fleur van Dodewaard creates ephemeral compositions that play with the possibilities of photography, sculpture, and painting. Situated at the intersection of these disciplines, her work uses photography to achieve the final result. ‘The Fold’ presents ten years of practice, reshaped according to the principles of book production methods such as folding, cutting, and binding. Operating like a “making-of” documentary...

'Teaching Objects' is a journey through art and culture. Jeroen Lutters takes us to see a number of artworks that give new insights into the foundations of twenty-first century civilisation and humanity. In this highly personal ans passionate account, he discusses his individual choice of great works – works that not only reflect the history of Western culture, but also continue to be a source of inspiration and meaning.

The fourteenth edition of Erik Kessels' found photography series presents a semi-nude detective story: who chopped the heads off all the sunbathers? This latest series was discovered in the late eighties by the photographer Toon Michiels. Edited & designed by Erik Kessels.

Dumas’ first solo show in South Africa after moving to The Netherlands 30 years ago provided occasion for this catalogue. Featured are more than 50 paintings, drawings and prints presented at the exhibition, as well as personal letters, documents and photographs collected by the artist. A selection of the artist’s own writings is included, ranging from her unique commentaries on art to aphoristic writings and poetry that are once insightful, witty and thought-provoking.

This cahier is a visual sketchbook for an exhibition by Marlene Dumas at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens, in dialogue with the museum's collection. Although the exhibition has been postponed towards 2025, this anticipatory publication already arose from Dumas' enthusiasm and affection for this combination. The enigmatic Cycladic antiquities, dating from 3000-2000 BC, speak to us in the same timeless language as Dumas' contemporary works.

"I can resist everything", wrote Oscar Wilde, "except temptation". What is it that makes a painting so attractive, so irresistible? In this collection of essays, Dominic van den Boogerd writes with passion about the exhibitions he has seen, the painters he has spoken with, and the talks by artists that he has organised as the director of De Ateliers in Amsterdam. About the pleasures and pitfalls of painting, forbidden favourites and the flirtation between the art of painting and other muses.