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Teresa Margolles

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Teresa Margolles

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
Edited with text by Inés Katzenstein, Ana Janevski. Text by Sayak Valencia.

Drawn from the physical processes surrounding death, decay and burial, Margolles’ conceptual works manifest the most searing stories of our time with piercing insight

Hbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 160 pgs / 100 color. | 11/24/2026 | Awaiting stock
$55.00


Teresa Margolles: How Do We Get Out?

SKIRA
Edited by Denise Wendel-Poray. Text by Imma Prieto, Zairong Xiang, Udo Kittelmann.

Margolles reappropriates the morgue as a mirror of society in her austere, dread-inducing installations

Hbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 272 pgs / 170 color. | 8/11/2026 | Awaiting stock
$75.00


          

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Teresa Margolles: Frontera

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
Text by Alpha Escobedo, Leobardo Alvarado, Rein Wolfs, Letizia Ragaglia.

Clth, 6.75 x 9 in. / 144 pgs / 70 color. | 2/29/2012 | Not available
$54.95


Teresa Margolles: What Else Could We Talk About?

RM
Edited by Cuauhtémoc Medina. Text by Taiyana Pimentel, Elmer Mendoza, Ernesto Diazmartínez, Teresa Margolles, Antonio Escohotado, Mariana Botey.

Hbk, 9.25 x 6.5 in. / 160 pgs / 48 color. | 3/31/2010 | Not available
$35.00


Teresa Margolles: 127 Cuerpos

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
Text by Heriberto Yepez, Nike Bätzner, Patrizia Dander.

Hardcover, 9.25 x 6.5 in. / 215 pgs / 165 color. | 3/1/2007 | Not available
$61.00


Teresa Margolles

HATJE CANTZ
Essays by Santiago Sierra, Udo Kittelmann, Elmer Mendoza and Gabriela Jauregui.

Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 256 pgs / 40 color / 10 bw. | 8/2/2004 | Not available
$35.00


Teresa Margolles: How Do We Get Out?Teresa Margolles: How Do We Get Out?

Published by SKIRA.
Edited by Denise Wendel-Poray. Text by Imma Prieto, Zairong Xiang, Udo Kittelmann.

Informed by her training in forensic medicine and her experience working in morgues, Mexican conceptual artist Teresa Margolles (born 1963) incorporates materials such as bodily fluids, fabric scraps and other physical evidence into her installations and performances.



PUBLISHER
SKIRA

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in. / 272 pgs / 170 color.

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Forthcoming

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Catalog: FALL 2026 p. 155   

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ISBN 9788857254395 TRADE
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STATUS: Forthcoming | 8/11/2026

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Teresa MargollesTeresa Margolles

Published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Edited with text by Inés Katzenstein, Ana Janevski. Text by Sayak Valencia.

For nearly 30 years, Teresa Margolles (born 1963) has gone where few artists have gone: investigating the social and aesthetic dimensions of conflict and violence, and creating sculptural installations, photographs, films and performances that bear witness to suppressed stories and unspeakable acts. Trained as a forensic pathologist, Margolles creates works that examine the implications of transnational violence through methodical research, site-specific interventions and a radical rethinking of the memorial. Her works often use found objects and seemingly ordinary materials like concrete and earth to make palpable the forces that underlie and enable violence, and to bring pressing systemic issues into the personal realm.
Published in conjunction with the first major survey of the artist’s work in the United States, presented at MoMA PS1 and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, this book is the most extensive exploration to date of her powerful practice, including close studies of her work on the US–Mexico border, drug trafficking and global migration, and Latin American feminism.



PUBLISHER
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9 x 10.5 in. / 160 pgs / 100 color.

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Forthcoming

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Catalog: FALL 2026 p. 86   

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ISBN 9781633451902 TRADE
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STATUS: Forthcoming | 11/24/2026

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Teresa Margolles: Ya Basta Hijos de PutaTeresa Margolles: Ya Basta Hijos de Puta

Published by Silvana Editoriale.
Edited with text by Diego Sileo.

Characterized by a minimal yet vivid stylistic grammar and crude realism, the works of Mexican artist Teresa Margolles (born 1963) presented in this monograph contend with the prevalence of death and violence, particularly in contemporary Mexico, investigating them in connection with social and economic inequality.



PUBLISHER
Silvana Editoriale

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9 x 11 in. / 328 pgs / 300 color.

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Catalog: FALL 2018 p. 195   

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ISBN 9788836639168 FLAT40
List Price: $60.00 CAD $84.00

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Teresa Margolles: FronteraTeresa Margolles: Frontera

Published by Walther König, Köln.
Text by Alpha Escobedo, Leobardo Alvarado, Rein Wolfs, Letizia Ragaglia.

The sculptures of Mexican artist Teresa Margolles (born 1963) superficially evoke the cool neutrality of minimalist art, but turn out to be deeply freighted with political content. Her Spartan sculptures, often connoting medical conditions, explore the chaos of her country’s drug wars and point to a more general tabooing of death and violence. This volume looks at her recent works.

PUBLISHER
Walther König, Köln

BOOK FORMAT
Clth, 6.75 x 9 in. / 144 pgs / 70 color.

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Out of print

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Catalog: SPRING 2012 p. 110   

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ISBN 9783865609762 TRADE
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STATUS: Out of print | 00/00/00

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Teresa Margolles: What Else Could We Talk About?Teresa Margolles: What Else Could We Talk About?

Published by RM.
Edited by Cuauhtémoc Medina. Text by Taiyana Pimentel, Elmer Mendoza, Ernesto Diazmartínez, Teresa Margolles, Antonio Escohotado, Mariana Botey.

According to press reports, more bullets were fired in Mexico in 2008 than in any other year in recent history. What Else Could We Talk About? gathers Teresa Margolles' reflections on the crusade against drugs, revealing some tangled and murky interconnections.

PUBLISHER
RM

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9.25 x 6.5 in. / 160 pgs / 48 color.

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Out of print

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Catalog: SPRING 2010 p. 143   

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ISBN 9788492480661 TRADE
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Teresa Margolles: 127 CuerposTeresa Margolles: 127 Cuerpos

Published by Walther König, Köln.
Text by Heriberto Yepez, Nike Bätzner, Patrizia Dander.

The Mexican artist Teresa Margolles presents delicate remnants of threads that were used to sew up bodies after their autopsies. Each of 127 threads represents a particular person who died a violent death. The work explores the role of memory, the past and social, political and economic issues.

PUBLISHER
Walther König, Köln

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9.25 x 6.5 in. / 215 pgs / 165 color.

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Out of print

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Catalog: SPRING 2007 p. 160   

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ISBN 9783925974663 TRADE
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Teresa MargollesTeresa Margolles

Published by Hatje Cantz.
Essays by Santiago Sierra, Udo Kittelmann, Elmer Mendoza and Gabriela Jauregui.

The work of Mexican artist Teresa Margolles revolves around what is perhaps the last great taboo topic of our time: death. Her approach is even more daring, for she is not interested in folklore and ritual but in the palpable reality of the corpse. “What does a corpse have to go through?” wonders Margolles, who is also a forensic medical assistant and a scholar in the field of communications. Employing a minimalist aesthetic, she transforms extinguished life, rendering it perceptible through artistic intervention, thereby rescuing “her” decedents from anonymous oblivion. This first publication devoted to Margolles' work presents an examination of her place in art history by Gabriela Jauregui, concluding remarks by the Spanish artist Santiago Sierra, and a literary text by the Mexican crime novelist Elmer Mendoza. His short story, written in experimental prose, offers impressions of life in Culiacan, one of the bastions of the narcotics business in Mexico.

PUBLISHER
Hatje Cantz

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 256 pgs / 40 color / 10 bw.

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Pub Date
Out of print

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Catalog: FALL 2004

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ISBN 9783775714730 TRADE
List Price: $35.00 CAD $40.00

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STATUS: Out of print | 11/28/2010

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