Past Events


Lou Stoppard in conversation with Lauren Collins at The American Library, Paris

Tuesday 30 April

Exteriors: Annie Ernaux and Photography brings together the celebrated writing of Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, with photographs from Maison Européenne de la Photographie’s collection. To celebrate the launch of the book and exhibition of the same name at Maison Européenne de la Photographie, ⁠Lou Stoppard will be in conversation with writer and journalist Lauren Collins about Exteriors and the dynamic interplays between writing and seeing.

Petra Blaisse at Athenaeum Boekhandel, Amsterdam

Friday 17 May

Join us for a celebration of Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse’s dazzling retrospective Art Applied in the practice's home city of Amsterdam, followed by drinks and a book signing.

in-ter-play at Reference Point, London

Friday 17 May – Sunday 19 May

in-ter-play is a weekend of free screenings, performance, and conversation presented by MACK and SPBH Editions in collaboration with Reference Point. Taking place within the library, bookshop, and bar space of Reference Point, the programme brings together events from esteemed artists and writers, including Teju Cole, Carmen Winant, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, Charlie Engman, and Philippa Snow.

Torbjørn Rødland at Bildband Berlin
Friday 15 September

Join Torbjørn Rødland at Bildband, Berlin to mark the launch of his new book The Pregnant Virgin. This highly-anticipated new series of photographs reveal Rødland’s signature style, negotiating the tensions between reality and archetype and recalling everyday life in intensely physical and opaquely elusive scenes. The launch event will include a book signing.
An Evening With Sofia Coppola

Saturday 16 September

Join us for an evening with Sofia Coppola to celebrate the launch of her new book Archive. In conversation with Lynn Hirschberg, Coppola will discuss this remarkable new publication, which offers an intimate, personally annotated, behind-the-scenes encounter with her eight films to date. This event will be hosted in The Great Hall located in the Foundation Building at Cooper Union at 7 East 7th Street between Third & Fourth Avenue
Adam Caruso at SPAZIO, Milan

Thursday 7 December

Join Adam Caruso at SPAZIO for a discussion about Caruso St John’s Collected Works: Volume 2 2000–2012 and the influence of twentieth-century Milan.