Alphabet is not a new art magazine, it’s a new artists’ magazine, created by artists to establish a space where they run the show. According the manifesto 'They write, they make images, they select their own works, they interview the figures they admire, they tell us what we did not know about them nor could have ever fathomed about life. This magazine is conceived entirely to put them in the driver's seat, and to enable readers to become part of the unique vision of some of today's greatest luminaries.’
Founded by Donatien Grau and Thomas Lenthal, Alphabet is to be a biannual release. It draws contributors from all fields, generations and cultural threads – writers, musicians, designers, painters, sculptors, poets and other creatives who want to share this new, groundbreaking space for their editorial projects. Each cover is designed with the word 'Alphabet' by a different artist, initiating a cultish, collectable series.
Alphabet contains essays, fictions, poetry, visual projects, DIY methods, recommendations from those who know, even games and astrology – anything, the publisher says, ‘that has ever formed a section of a magazine could find its way here.’
The first issue features contributions by Mathias Augustyniak, Naomi Campbell, Théo Casciani, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Michael Chow, Claire Fontaine, Pan Daijing, Es Devlin, Hedi El Kholti, Edwin Frank, Theaster Gates, Nicolas Godin, David Hockney, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michèle Lamy, Paul McCarthy, Ian McEwan, Eileen Myles, Marc Newson, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Ariana Reines, Julian Schnabel & Jason Momoa, Hanna Schygulla, Iké Udé, McKenzie Wark, Diana Widmaier Picasso and Yohji Yamamoto.
