Beaux Arts Magazine Selects Four Autumn Reads on Luz, Marina Abramović, Jacques Guérin, and André Derain
Beaux Arts Magazine has selected four books for autumn reading that delve into art and history. "Un diamant dans les gravats" by Luz, from the "Ma nuit au musée" series (Stock, 288 pages, €20.50), contemplates lost artworks and personal memories tied to the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks. Carlo Jansiti's "Les Plaisirs et les jours de Jacques Guérin" details his 1980s meeting with perfumer Jacques Guérin, revealing links to Cocteau and Genet from the interwar period. Marie Petitcuénot's "Heures sauvages" (Éd. Héloïse d'Ormesson, 144 pages, €17) examines Marina Abramović's 1974 performance in Naples. Michel Bernard's "L'Automne d'André Derain" (Éd. Les Belles Lettres, 180 pages, €21.50) investigates Derain's journeys to Germany in 1941. These titles were featured in issue 508 of Beaux Arts Magazine, published in October 2026.
Key facts
- Beaux Arts Magazine recommends four books for autumn 2026 reading.
- Luz's "Un diamant dans les gravats" is set in the closed Centre Pompidou and published by Stock, 288 pages, €20.50.
- Carlo Jansiti's book on Jacques Guérin revives the interwar period and Guérin's connections with Cocteau, Genet, and Madeleine Castaing.
- Marie Petitcuénot's "Heures sauvages" (Éd. Héloïse d'Ormesson, 144 pages, €17) centers on Marina Abramović's 1974 Naples performance with 72 objects.
- Michel Bernard's "L'Automne d'André Derain" (Éd. Les Belles Lettres, 180 pages, €21.50) covers Derain's 1941 trip to Germany organized by Nazi cultural services.
- The selection appeared in Beaux Arts Magazine issue 508, October 2026.
- Luz's book is part of the "Ma nuit au musée" collection.
- The performance by Abramović at age 27 in Naples involved objects including a scalpel, knife, and loaded revolver.
Entities
Artists
- Luz
- Marina Abramović
- Jacques Guérin
- André Derain
- Pierre Soulages
- Francis Bacon
- Giuseppe Penone
- Jacques Monory
- Otto Mueller
- Gébé
- Cabu
- Charb
- Tignous
- Wolinski
- Carlo Jansiti
- Jean Cocteau
- Jean Genet
- Madeleine Castaing
- Marie Petitcuénot
- Michel Bernard
- Claude Monet
Institutions
- Beaux Arts Magazine
- Centre Pompidou
- Stock
- Éditions Héloïse d'Ormesson
- Les Belles Lettres
- Charlie Hebdo
- maison D'Orsay
Locations
- Naples
- Italy
- Germany
- France