Publications
Aiming to embed itself within the region’s higher education, MCAD produces exhibition-related catalogues, artists’ catalogues as well as monographs that promote the generation and propagation of new ideas in contemporary art and design.
All published materials are available for purchase directly at the museum. To inquire about individual prices, please email us at mcad@benilde.edu.ph or leave us a message here.
Catalogues
MCAD publishes catalogues that document the museum’s exhibitions and elaborate presented thematics through essays and photography.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Sourcebook: The Serenity of Madness
Encompassing the full complexity of the artist’s practice across media, The Serenity of Madness compiles a wide range of source materials and texts that have informed his work over the last two decades.
The Spectre of Comparison
A catalogue for the Phillippine Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017, produced by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
Locomotion: Michael Lin
The first catalogue done in collaboration with the artist himself, it has four versions of the cover.
The Surface of the World
The discussion of the works of the twelve artists/filmmakers were done by co-curator Claire Carolin, Cocoy Lumbao (one of the featured artists), and Rob Wilson.
The Vexed Contemporary
With essays by Mara Coson, Patrick Flores, Marian Pastor Roces, this publication accompanies the exhibition The Vexed Contemporary.
Safe Place in the Future: Dystopia Now Utopia Never
The Jim Thompson Art Center, the James H.W Thompson Art Foundation and MCAD’s exchange produced the exhibition for which this catalogue was made.
Other Publications
MCAD produces digests celebrating the works of featured creatives whose works have made significant contribution in the formation of ideas about contemporary art within the region.
