About

Magma revives the tradition of the great twentieth century revues d’art. Conceived as a forum for artistic expression, artists and writers collaborate and co-create. Magma is an invitation to participate in a dialogue that transcends the usual boundaries of the art world. It is a meeting place. Each artist’s contribution is an original or an unseen work, created for the publication or published for the first time. The journal brings together humans from different generations and backgrounds — artists, photographers, writers, directors, sculptors, architects. They have a free hand, both in form and content, to address a subject and build a narrative by producing a unique and original piece. Hans Ulrich Obrist, who wrote the publication preface, remarks: “Magma brings worlds into contact with other worlds.” Large format, bound like a book for annual publication, Magma is a rare object in an ever-faster paced society, providing us the opportunity to look, read, and collect. The publication is distributed worldwide.

Magma is published annually by Documents — an independent publishing house specialising in art publications based in Paris, France, founded by Paul Olivennes in 2021. Documents is also a creative consultancy, a curation studio, and a production company. With a practice rooted in publication design, exhibition development, content production and conceptual, creative & strategic advisory, Documents works closely with artists, institutions and brands on all stages of a project.