Large-scale collection of essays edited by Alexander Alberro, Blake Stimson. Includes texts by Alberro, Stimson, Eduardo Costa, Raúl Escari, Roberto Jacoby, Christine Kozlov, Hélio Oiticica, Sol LeWitt, Sigmund Bode, Mel Bochner, Daniel Buren, Olivier Mosset, Michel Parmentier, Niele Toroni, Michel Claura, Michael Baldwin, Adrian Piper, Lucy R. Lippard, John Chandler, Terry Atkinson, Yvonne Rainer, Hanne Darboven, Georges Boudaille, María Teresa Gramuglio, Nicholás Rosa, Gregory Battcock, Dan Graham, Art-Language, Ian Burn, Lee Lozano, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, John Murphy, Piero Gilardi, Jean Clay, Rolf Wedewer, Joseph Kosuth, Charles Harrison, Seth Siegelaub, Athena Tacha Spear, Kynaston McShine, Jack Burnham, Harold Rosenberg, Luis Camnitzer, Cildo Meireles, Jeanne Siegel, Victor Burgin, Terry Smith, Catherine Millet, Robert Smithson, Hans Haacke, Sarah Charlesworth, Art & Language, Marcel Broodthaers, Allan Sekula, Martha Rosler, Mary Kelly, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Robert Barry, Deke Dusinberre, Jeff Wall, Thomas Crow. "Compared to other avant-garde movements that emerged in the 1960s, conceptual art has received relatively little serious attention from art historians and critics of the past twenty-five years. This landmark anthology collects for the first time the key historical documents that helped give definition and purpose to the movement. It also contains more recent memoirs by participants, as well as critical histories of the period by some of today's leading artists and art historians. Many of the essays and artists' statements have been translated into English specifically for this volume. A good portion of the exchange between artists, critics, and theorists took place in difficult-to-find limited-edition catalogs, small journals, and private correspondence. These influential documents are gathered here for the first time, along with a number of previously unpublished essays and interviews." -- publisher's statement.