SKUTA HELGASON | DATE 10/24/2026

Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore presents Theo Deutinger and Daniel Jonas Roche launching 'All About U.S.'

Saturday October 24 at 4 PM, Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore presents the launch of Theo Deutinger's All About U.S.: 250 Years of the United States of America, published by Lars Müller Publishers. To celebrate the release, Deutinger will be in conversation with news editor and lecturer Daniel Jonas Roche.

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On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Adopting a stance from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Theo Deutinger (born 1971), author of the bestselling Handbook of Tyranny, opposes ongoing attempts to rewrite American history, and thus the history of Europe. All About U.S.: 250 Years of the United States of America challenges the manifold myths—from white lies to monolithic propaganda—that have contributed to the idea of American exceptionalism. Participation in the transatlantic slave trade, a deeply ingrained sense of unlimited expansionism and the spread of half-baked technological innovations mark US–European history as a shared, fraught project. Through its concise, transparent language and fact-based narrative, All About U.S. provides insights into the current state of America, Europe and the world, embedded in a historical context.

Theo Deutinger is an architect, author and curator. He founded and heads The Department (TD), a studio working at the intersection of architecture, research and visualisation. He became known in 2018 for Handbook of Tyranny, a mapping of the architecture of control such as refugee camps, prisons and border installations. Ultimate Atlas: Logbook of Spaceship Earth (2019) and Joy and Fear: An Illustrated Report on Modernity (2023) followed. Deutinger publishes regularly on European urban culture and global resource distribution, and lives between Europe and the Netherlands.

Daniel Jonas Roche is news editor of The Architect’s Newspaper. He is also a part-time lecturer at The New School. Roche's writing has been featured in eflux, Brooklyn Rail, New York Review of Architecture, and other outlets. He holds degrees from the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture, and Design and Catholic University School of Architecture.

Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore
Theo Deutinger and Daniel Jonas Roche: 'All About U.S.'
Saturday October 24, 4 PM EST
22-25 Jackson Ave (at 46th Ave.)
Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 433-1088
RSVP and pre-order a signed book here.