Pierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin
@verdur.in
https://verdur.in - cultural project and event space, concept store, and soon publisher in London.
https://petitpoi.net - art criticism and writing by Pierre d'Alancaisez.
https://petitpoi.net - art criticism and writing by Pierre d'Alancaisez.
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INVERSION, Gay Life After the Homosexual
Out now in paperback and eBook.
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With Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, @oliverjdavis.bsky.social, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.
Out now in paperback and eBook.
Order at buff.ly/jbCZT9e
With Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, @oliverjdavis.bsky.social, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.
Blake Smith: For the Love of the Gay World
What do gay men have in common? Smith traces gay’s historical evolution, proposing that the articulation of shared cultural interests might help build a ‘gay world’ once more.
What do gay men have in common? Smith traces gay’s historical evolution, proposing that the articulation of shared cultural interests might help build a ‘gay world’ once more.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Blake Smith: For the Love of the Gay World
What do gay men have in common? Smith traces gay’s historical evolution, proposing that the articulation of shared cultural interests might help build a ‘gay world’ once more.
What do gay men have in common? Smith traces gay’s historical evolution, proposing that the articulation of shared cultural interests might help build a ‘gay world’ once more.
It’s a strange versions of iconoclasm where it’s the viewer, and not the artwork, that is to be hidden from sight.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It’s a strange versions of iconoclasm where it’s the viewer, and not the artwork, that is to be hidden from sight.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Coming up at Verdurin: Recitations
How should we adapt to authorless stories? If the machine imitates our narrative abilities, can we trust its output in the way we believe the work of a writer?
With @jchwenger.bsky.social, Nina Power, Sam Riviere, Isobel McCrum, and @hamiltonmorrin.bsky.social
How should we adapt to authorless stories? If the machine imitates our narrative abilities, can we trust its output in the way we believe the work of a writer?
With @jchwenger.bsky.social, Nina Power, Sam Riviere, Isobel McCrum, and @hamiltonmorrin.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Coming up at Verdurin: Recitations
How should we adapt to authorless stories? If the machine imitates our narrative abilities, can we trust its output in the way we believe the work of a writer?
With @jchwenger.bsky.social, Nina Power, Sam Riviere, Isobel McCrum, and @hamiltonmorrin.bsky.social
How should we adapt to authorless stories? If the machine imitates our narrative abilities, can we trust its output in the way we believe the work of a writer?
With @jchwenger.bsky.social, Nina Power, Sam Riviere, Isobel McCrum, and @hamiltonmorrin.bsky.social
INVERSION, Gay Life After the Homosexual
Out now in paperback and eBook.
Order at buff.ly/jbCZT9e
With Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, @oliverjdavis.bsky.social, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.
Out now in paperback and eBook.
Order at buff.ly/jbCZT9e
With Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, @oliverjdavis.bsky.social, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
INVERSION, Gay Life After the Homosexual
Out now in paperback and eBook.
Order at buff.ly/jbCZT9e
With Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, @oliverjdavis.bsky.social, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.
Out now in paperback and eBook.
Order at buff.ly/jbCZT9e
With Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, @oliverjdavis.bsky.social, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.
Last weekend at Verdurin with J.F. Martel, Quentin S. Crisp, Jack Hunter, @petersjostedth.bsky.social, and Daniel Corrick, plus Amir Naaman.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Last weekend at Verdurin with J.F. Martel, Quentin S. Crisp, Jack Hunter, @petersjostedth.bsky.social, and Daniel Corrick, plus Amir Naaman.
Last weekend at Verdurin with J.F. Martel, Quentin S. Crisp, Jack Hunter, @petersjostedth.bsky.social, and Daniel Corrick, plus Amir Naaman.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Last weekend at Verdurin with J.F. Martel, Quentin S. Crisp, Jack Hunter, @petersjostedth.bsky.social, and Daniel Corrick, plus Amir Naaman.
So I've been invited to apply to be invited to max out my credit card to go on an "artist-led" "exclusive retreat" in Andalusia where gay men, "facilitated" by the likes of Jonathan Katz and Paul Burston, can think about what they've done.
Thanks, but I might just read my own book.
Thanks, but I might just read my own book.
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
So I've been invited to apply to be invited to max out my credit card to go on an "artist-led" "exclusive retreat" in Andalusia where gay men, "facilitated" by the likes of Jonathan Katz and Paul Burston, can think about what they've done.
Thanks, but I might just read my own book.
Thanks, but I might just read my own book.
Latest arrivals at the bookstore, including writing by @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social, Sam Riviere, Jack Hunter, Daniel Corrick, and @petersjostedth.bsky.social who will be speaking at Verdurin events this month.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Latest arrivals at the bookstore, including writing by @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social, Sam Riviere, Jack Hunter, Daniel Corrick, and @petersjostedth.bsky.social who will be speaking at Verdurin events this month.
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INVERSION is out next Wednesday.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
INVERSION is out next Wednesday.
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notes and notices: Christopher Wool at Gagosian ★★★☆☆
Wool’s convoluted lines – in bent copper-plated steel, scrawled enamel, oil, or silkscreen – encourage the belief that, despite life’s difficulties, what starts at A will make it to B and, eventually, somehow back to A again.
Wool’s convoluted lines – in bent copper-plated steel, scrawled enamel, oil, or silkscreen – encourage the belief that, despite life’s difficulties, what starts at A will make it to B and, eventually, somehow back to A again.
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
notes and notices: Christopher Wool at Gagosian ★★★☆☆
Wool’s convoluted lines – in bent copper-plated steel, scrawled enamel, oil, or silkscreen – encourage the belief that, despite life’s difficulties, what starts at A will make it to B and, eventually, somehow back to A again.
Wool’s convoluted lines – in bent copper-plated steel, scrawled enamel, oil, or silkscreen – encourage the belief that, despite life’s difficulties, what starts at A will make it to B and, eventually, somehow back to A again.
Reposted by Pierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin
Announcing: INVERSION, Gay Life After the Homosexual
Out 12 November. Pre-order now: buff.ly/cYWH4jK
With Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, Oliver Davis, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.
Out 12 November. Pre-order now: buff.ly/cYWH4jK
With Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, Oliver Davis, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.
September 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Announcing: INVERSION, Gay Life After the Homosexual
Out 12 November. Pre-order now: buff.ly/cYWH4jK
With Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, Oliver Davis, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.
Out 12 November. Pre-order now: buff.ly/cYWH4jK
With Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, Oliver Davis, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.
Back to Haunt Us at Verdurin on 8 November will bring together thinkers and artists pursuing questions of the supernatural and the paranormal.
Quentin S. Crisp will speak of the supernatural as a literary subject-matter and about literature as potentially supernatural in itself.
Quentin S. Crisp will speak of the supernatural as a literary subject-matter and about literature as potentially supernatural in itself.
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Back to Haunt Us at Verdurin on 8 November will bring together thinkers and artists pursuing questions of the supernatural and the paranormal.
Quentin S. Crisp will speak of the supernatural as a literary subject-matter and about literature as potentially supernatural in itself.
Quentin S. Crisp will speak of the supernatural as a literary subject-matter and about literature as potentially supernatural in itself.
Puzzles, Picasso and prophecies: my thoughts on Tesfaye Urgessa's paintings (on show at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich) in the November issue of The Critic. On doormats today and on newsstands soon.
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Puzzles, Picasso and prophecies: my thoughts on Tesfaye Urgessa's paintings (on show at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich) in the November issue of The Critic. On doormats today and on newsstands soon.
notes and notices: Liliane Lijn: Seeds of Tomorrow at Sylvia Kouvali ★★★☆☆
Lijn’s kinetic sculptures are prone to typecasting, except that their type depends entirely on content. Through Lijn’s long career, her trademark rotating cones and columns have borne text, abstract marks, and light
Lijn’s kinetic sculptures are prone to typecasting, except that their type depends entirely on content. Through Lijn’s long career, her trademark rotating cones and columns have borne text, abstract marks, and light
October 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
notes and notices: Liliane Lijn: Seeds of Tomorrow at Sylvia Kouvali ★★★☆☆
Lijn’s kinetic sculptures are prone to typecasting, except that their type depends entirely on content. Through Lijn’s long career, her trademark rotating cones and columns have borne text, abstract marks, and light
Lijn’s kinetic sculptures are prone to typecasting, except that their type depends entirely on content. Through Lijn’s long career, her trademark rotating cones and columns have borne text, abstract marks, and light
Inversion hitting its sales targets.
October 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Inversion hitting its sales targets.
notes and notices: Hannah Black: HUSH MR GIANT at Arcadia Missa ★☆☆☆☆
Black is one of those artists whose career depends more on others not making work than her making some herself. Her activism, likewise, hinges on denial. She could, therefore, be a fitting prophet of the oncoming
Black is one of those artists whose career depends more on others not making work than her making some herself. Her activism, likewise, hinges on denial. She could, therefore, be a fitting prophet of the oncoming
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
notes and notices: Hannah Black: HUSH MR GIANT at Arcadia Missa ★☆☆☆☆
Black is one of those artists whose career depends more on others not making work than her making some herself. Her activism, likewise, hinges on denial. She could, therefore, be a fitting prophet of the oncoming
Black is one of those artists whose career depends more on others not making work than her making some herself. Her activism, likewise, hinges on denial. She could, therefore, be a fitting prophet of the oncoming
Spotted in the wild.
October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Spotted in the wild.
Back to Haunt Us at Verdurin on 8 November will bring together thinkers and artists pursuing questions of the supernatural and the paranormal.
What is the radically meaningless? Daniel Corrick will explore the event's key terms, including concepts such as the meaningful and'accessible...
What is the radically meaningless? Daniel Corrick will explore the event's key terms, including concepts such as the meaningful and'accessible...
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Back to Haunt Us at Verdurin on 8 November will bring together thinkers and artists pursuing questions of the supernatural and the paranormal.
What is the radically meaningless? Daniel Corrick will explore the event's key terms, including concepts such as the meaningful and'accessible...
What is the radically meaningless? Daniel Corrick will explore the event's key terms, including concepts such as the meaningful and'accessible...
notes and notices: Richard Knowlden: Negations at House Work Presents ★★★☆☆
Evacuating a two-up two-down 1970s council home seems like overkill for a weekend pop-up exhibition. A visitor who makes it past Knowlden’s steel spike sculpture – like an exhausted porcupine held together only by zip ties
Evacuating a two-up two-down 1970s council home seems like overkill for a weekend pop-up exhibition. A visitor who makes it past Knowlden’s steel spike sculpture – like an exhausted porcupine held together only by zip ties
October 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
notes and notices: Richard Knowlden: Negations at House Work Presents ★★★☆☆
Evacuating a two-up two-down 1970s council home seems like overkill for a weekend pop-up exhibition. A visitor who makes it past Knowlden’s steel spike sculpture – like an exhausted porcupine held together only by zip ties
Evacuating a two-up two-down 1970s council home seems like overkill for a weekend pop-up exhibition. A visitor who makes it past Knowlden’s steel spike sculpture – like an exhausted porcupine held together only by zip ties
Back to Haunt Us at Verdurin on 8 November will bring together thinkers and artists pursuing questions of the supernatural and the paranormal.
@petersjostedth.bsky.social will speak about the ‘crisis of European existence’, prognosticated by Husserl, that stemmed from ‘a barbarian hatred of Mind’.
@petersjostedth.bsky.social will speak about the ‘crisis of European existence’, prognosticated by Husserl, that stemmed from ‘a barbarian hatred of Mind’.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Back to Haunt Us at Verdurin on 8 November will bring together thinkers and artists pursuing questions of the supernatural and the paranormal.
@petersjostedth.bsky.social will speak about the ‘crisis of European existence’, prognosticated by Husserl, that stemmed from ‘a barbarian hatred of Mind’.
@petersjostedth.bsky.social will speak about the ‘crisis of European existence’, prognosticated by Husserl, that stemmed from ‘a barbarian hatred of Mind’.
75kg of books just arrived, getting ready to launch the first title in Verdurin’s new publishing list.
INVERSION, Gay Life After the Homosexual
INVERSION, Gay Life After the Homosexual
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
75kg of books just arrived, getting ready to launch the first title in Verdurin’s new publishing list.
INVERSION, Gay Life After the Homosexual
INVERSION, Gay Life After the Homosexual
Back to Haunt Us at Verdurin on 8 November will bring together thinkers and artists pursuing questions of the supernatural and the paranormal.
Dr Jack Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion, ecology, and the paranormal.
Dr Jack Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion, ecology, and the paranormal.
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Back to Haunt Us at Verdurin on 8 November will bring together thinkers and artists pursuing questions of the supernatural and the paranormal.
Dr Jack Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion, ecology, and the paranormal.
Dr Jack Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion, ecology, and the paranormal.
Back to Haunt Us at Verdurin on 8 November will bring together thinkers and artists pursuing questions of the supernatural and the paranormal.
The writer and author of 'Art in the Age of Artifice' J.F. Martel will consider these terms in relation to the "possible". For more than two centuries,
The writer and author of 'Art in the Age of Artifice' J.F. Martel will consider these terms in relation to the "possible". For more than two centuries,
October 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Back to Haunt Us at Verdurin on 8 November will bring together thinkers and artists pursuing questions of the supernatural and the paranormal.
The writer and author of 'Art in the Age of Artifice' J.F. Martel will consider these terms in relation to the "possible". For more than two centuries,
The writer and author of 'Art in the Age of Artifice' J.F. Martel will consider these terms in relation to the "possible". For more than two centuries,