Publications

Youssef Nabil - The Beautiful Voyage

Texts by: Bob Colacello, Layla S. Diba
Publisher: The Third Line Gallery
Dubai
2022

Regard sur les Artistes Modernes et Contemporains Arabes

Texts by: Brahim Alaoui, Pascale Le Thorel
Publisher : SKIRA
France
2022
ISBN : 978-2370741950

Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse

Publisher : DelMonico Books
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA
USA
2022
ISBN : 978-1636810188

GQ Magazine

Artist of The Year 
Interview 6 pages 
December/ January 2021/ 2022
Middle East Edition 

Au-Delà de la Couleur: Le Noir et le Blanc dans la Collection Pinault

Texts by: Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Colin Lemoine
Publisher: Dilecta
France
2021
ISBN :  978-2373721065

Becoming Van Leo

Publisher: The Arab Image Foundation (Beirut) and Archive Books (Berlin)
2021
ISBN : 978-3-948212-80-3

The Art Newspaper

May 2021
Number 30
France

La Lettura - Corriere Della Sera

February 7th, 2021
Issue 480
Italy

Reflections: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa

Texts by: Venetia Porter, Charles Tripp, Natasha Morris 
Publisher: British Museum
England
2021
ISBN : 978-0714111957

Divas, D'Oum Kalthoum à Dalida

Publisher : Rizzoli
Institut du Monde Arabe
France
2021
ISBN : 978-2370741349

A Boundless Drop to a Boundless Ocean

by Shiva Balaghi
Publisher: Orlando Museum of Art
USA
2021
ISBN 978-1-880699-25-6

Youssef Nabil - Once Upon a Dream

Texts by: Youssef Nabil, André Aciman, François Pinault, Matthieu Humery, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Linda Komaroff
Publisher: Marsilio
Italy
2020
ISBN :  978-88-297-0421-7

Histórias Da Dança

by Adriano Pedrosa; Julia Bryan-Wilson; Olivia Ardui
Publisher: MASP Museum
Brazil
2020
ISBN 978-65-5777-001-6

Whitewall Magazine

Issue 57
Interview 8 Pages
Spring 2020
USA

Africa State of Mind: Contemporary Photography Reimagines a Continent

by Ekow Eshun 
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
England
2020
ISBN :  978-0500545164

Les Langages De L’image - De la peinture aux Big Visual Data

by Maria Giulia Dondero 
Publisher: Hermann Editions
France
2020
ISBN :  979-1037002716

Arles, Les Rencontres de la Photographie - 50 Ans d'Histoire

by Françoise Denoyelle
Publisher: Editions de la Martinière
France
2019
ISBN : 978-2-7324-9088-5

ARABICITY

by Rose Issa and Juliet Cestar
Publisher: Saqi Books 
England
2019
ISBN : 978-0863566882

The Shapes of Birds: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa

by Francine Weiss
Newport Art Museum
Publisher : Hollis Publishing
USA
2018
ISBN: 978-1-884186-66-0

Contemporary Voices from the Asian and Islamic Art Worlds

by Olivia Sand
Publisher : Skira
Italy
2018
ISBN: 885723476

Al Musiqa, Voix et Musiques du Monde Arabe

Publisher :La Découverte & Philharmonie de Paris
France
2018
ISBN : 978-2-7071-9917-1

African Lights : A New Contemporary

Publisher : Langages du Sud

Morocco

2018
ISBN : 978-9954-695-19-7

Lipstick Flavor
A Contemporary Art Story with Photography

By Jérôme Sans, Marla Hamburg Kennedy.
Publisher Damiani
Italy
2016
ISBN 9788862084260

Botticelli Reimagined

Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum Publishing
England
2016
ISBN 978-1851778706

Canvas

Interview, 12 Pages
November/December 2015
U.A.E

The Botticelli Renaissance

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag
Germany
2015
ISBN 978-3-7774-2370-8

Tribe Magazine

Interview, 10 pages
December 2015
U.A.E

Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East

Publisher : LACMA
USA
2015
ISBN 978-1-943042-00-5

The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists

by Simon Njami
Publisher: Kerber
Germany
2014
ISBN-13: 978-3866789319

After Orientalism: Critical Perspectives on Western Agency and Eastern Re-Appropriations

Publisher : BRILL
USA
2014
ISBN 978-90-04-28252-0

Die Göttliche Komödie / The Divine Comedy

Publisher: Kerber

Germany

2014

ISBN 978-3-8667-8920-3

Music Palace, the Power of Music seen by Visual Artists

Publisher : Boghossian Foundation
Belgium
2014
ISBN 978-9-07832-230-6

L'OFFICIEL Art - Middle East

Interview, 12 pages

Isabelle Adjani by Youssef Nabil

U.A.E.

2014

N°2 - 2014

View From Inside Contemporary Arab Photography Video and Mixed Media Art

Publisher: Thames and Hudson

England

2014

ISBN 978-9-0533-0825-7

Ri-conoscere Michelangelo La scultura del Buonarroti nella fotografia e nella pittura dall'Ottocento a oggi

Publisher: Giunti

Italy

2014

ISBN 978-8-8097-9017-9

L'OFFICIEL Art - France

Interview, 12 pages

Isabelle Adjani par Youssef Nabil

France

December - January - February 2013-2014

Le théoreme de Néfertiti: Itinéraire de l'oeuvre d'art: la création des icônes

Publisher: Skira
France
2013
ISBN 978-88-572-1629-4

Youssef Nabil

Texts by: Youssef Nabil, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Marina Abramovic

Publisher: Flammarion

France

2013

ISBN 978-2-0813-0111-5

Matisse à Nice

Publisher: Beaux Arts Éditions

France

2013

ISBN 979-1-0204-0022-2

Harper's Bazaar Art

Interview, 8 pages

 

May/June 2013

Issue 7

U.A.E.

INSIDEART

Interview, 8 pages

Italy

March/ April/ May 2013

Issue 93

Libération

France

February 21st 2013

Issue 9884

Le Quotidien de l'Art

France

January 11th 2013

Issue 294

Photography: A Cultural History

4th edition

By Mary Warner Marien

Publisher: Pearson

USA

2013

ISBN 978-0-2059-8894-5

Ici, Ailleurs

Publisher: Skira/ Flammarion

France

2013

ISBN 978-2-0812-9538-4

Safar Voyage

Contemporary Works by Arab, Iranian and Turkish Artists

Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre

Museum of Anthropology

Canada

2013

ISBN 978-1-7710-0101-4

Last of the Dictionary Men Stories from the South Shields Yemeni Sailors

Publisher: Gilgamesh

England

2013

ISBN 978-1-9085-3140-7

Tea with Nefertiti

Publisher: Qatar Foundation

Qatar

2012

ISBN 978-9-9921-9564-2

Royal Academy of Arts Encounter

Publisher: Fortune Cookie Projects

Singapore

2012

ISBN 978-9-8107-4387-1

Light from the Middle East: New Photography

Publisher: The Victoria & Albert Museum

London

2012

ISBN 978-3-8693-0557-8

Il corpo solitario. L'autoscatto nella fotografia contemporanea.

Publisher: Rubbettino

Italy

2012

ISBN 978-8-8498-3616-5

100 ideas that changed Photography

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

England

2012

ISBN 978-1-8566-9793-4

Égyptomanies depuis le XIXe Siècle

Édouard et Cléopâtre

Publisher: Boghossian Foundation

Belgium

2012

ISBN 978-2-8712-6056-1

25 ans de Créativité Arabe

Publisher: Institut du Monde Arabe

France

2012

ISBN 978-8-8366-2431-7

Connaissance des Arts - hors-série

Publisher: Connaissance des Arts

France

2012

ISSN 1242-9198

Collect Contemporary Photography

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

England

2012

ISBN 978-0-5002-8854-2

Le corps découvert

Publisher: Hazan & Institut du Monde Arabe

France

2012

ISBN 978-2-7541-0648-1

NY ARTS

USA

Vol 19 Winter 2012

Images

Interview, 8 pages

France

 

January 2012

ISSN 1764-1896 

Photographie Contemporaine, mode d'emploi

Publisher: Flammarion

France

2011

ISBN 978-2-0812-6144-0

Contemporary Art: World Currents

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

USA

2011

ISBN 978-0-2057-8971-9

diptyk

Interview, 8 pages

Morocco

April/ May 2011

ISNN 2028-0548

A tu per tu con i grandi fotografi

Publisher: Postcart

Italy

2011

ISBN 978-8-8867-9558-6

Islamania

Publisher: Les Beaux-Arts Éditions

France

2011

ISBN 978-2-8427-8785-1

Arab Photography Now

Publisher: Kehrer

Germany

2011

ISBN 978-3-8682-8189-7

Told, Untold, Retold

Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art

Publisher: Skira

Qatar

2010

ISBN 978-8-8572-0819-0

Youssef Nabil
I Live Within You

Publisher: SCAD

USA

2010

ISBN 978-0-9797-4407-5

Photography and Egypt

Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press

2010

ISBN 978-9-7741-6335-7

Art of the Middle East

Publisher: Merrell

England

2010

ISBN 978-1-8589-4500-2

AFRICA

Interview 8 pages
Publisher : PHILLIPS de Pury & Company
USA
May 2010

Youssef Nabil
I won't let you die

Texts by : Youssef Nabil, Shirin Neshat, Ghada Amer

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Germany

2008/2009

ISBN 978-3-7757-2306-0

Visionaire 57

Publisher: Visionaire Publishing

New York

2009

ISBN 978-1-8886-4579-8

Contemporary African Art since 1980

By Okwui Enwezor & Chika Okeke-Agulu

Publisher: Damiani

Italy

2009

ISBN 978-8-8620-8092-7

Unconditional Love

Publisher: Buro 17

Russia

2009

ISBN 978-5-9045-9601-9

Contemporary French & Francophone Studies

Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

England

2009

ISSN 1740-9292

Qu'est-ce que la Photographie aujourd'hui ?

Publisher: Les Beaux-Arts Éditions

France

2009

ISBN 978-2-8427-8697-7

Making Worlds

La Biennale di Venezia

53. Esposizione Internationale d'Arte

Publisher: Marsilio / Rizzoli

Italy

2009

ISBN 978-88-317-9696

New Vision Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century

Publisher: Transglobe Publishing / Thames & Hudson

England

2009

ISBN 978-0-9545-0835-7

Future Images

Publisher: Motta

Italy

2009

ISBN 978-8-8717-9622-2

Contemporary Art in the Middle East

Publisher: Black Dog Publishing

London

2009

ISBN 978-1-9061-5556-8

Aish

Publisher: Skira

Italy

2009

In the Arab World... Now

Publisher: Enrico Navarra

France

2008

ISBN 978-2-9115-9638-4

JUXTAPOZ Magazine
The African Art Issue

Interview 12 pages

Publisher: High Speed Productions, Inc
USA
Nov 2008

Eyemazing

Portfolio, 14 pages

The Netherlands

2008

ISSN 1572-3119

DISGUISE

Publisher: Michael Stevenson

Cape Town

2008

Summer 2007/2008

Publisher: Michael Stevenson

Cape Town

Youssef Nabil
Sleep in My Arms

Texts by: Tracey Emin, Michael Stevenson, Simon Njami, Mark Sealy

Publisher: Autograph-London

& Michael Stevenson-Cape Town

2007

ISBN 978-0-6203-8754-5

Youssef Nabil
Portraits/Self Portraits

Publisher: The Third Line

Dubai

2007

Gegenwart aus Jahrtausenden Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Ägypten

Kunstmuseum, Bonn

Publisher: Wienand

2007

ISBN 978-3-8790-9938-2

Dialogues Méditerranéens

Publisher: Les Beaux-Arts Éditions

France

2007

ISSN 0757-2271

Créations Artistiques Contemporaines en Pays d'Islam

Publisher: Éditions KIMÉ

Paris

2006

ISBN 2-841-74402-7

Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East

The British Museum

London

2006

ISBN 978-0-7141-1163-6

NAZAR Photographs from the Arab World

Publisher: Aperture

New York

2005

ISBN 1-931-78885-5

Youssef Nabil
Portraits

Publisher: The Third Line

Dubai

2005

Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains

Institut du Monde Arabe

Paris

2005/2006

ISBN 2-843-06139-3

Bamako 03 Fotografia Africana Contemporania

MACBA

Barcelona

2004

ISBN 8-477-94975-1

Area Revues

Interview, 8 pages

Les Méditerranées

Septembre 2003

France

ISSN 1633-3543

Ves Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine Rites Sacrés/Rites profanes

Bamako

2003

ISBN 2-710-70710-1

Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie

Publisher: Actes Sud

Arles

2003

ISBN 2-742-74409-6

Modern Egyptian Art 1910-2003

By Liliane Karnouk

Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press

2003

ISBN 9-774-24859-7

Youssef Nabil

Townhouse Gallery

Cairo

2002

Youssef Nabil
Rétrospective

Centre Culturel Français

Alexandrie

2001

Arts & The Islamic World

Egypt, The arts in view

Volum 35

London

2001

Youssef Nabil
Obsesiones

Centro de la Imagen

Mexico City

2001/2002

Youssef Nabil
Première

Cairo Berlin Gallery

Cairo

1999