Jalal Toufic is a thinker whose influence in the Beirut artistic community over the past two decades has been immense—notwithstanding that, as he put it, many, if not all of his books, most of which were published by Forthcoming Books, “continue to be forthcoming even after their publication.” In relation to one of these books, he wondered: “Does not a book titled Forthcoming suggest, ostensibly paradoxically, a second edition?” Here’s the revised edition of Forthcoming, a book first published nearly a decade and a half ago by Atelos press.

— Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle

I once wrote, “I am not able to find my thoughts without passing through his [Jalal Toufic’s] words, books, and concepts.” Now eight years later things seem to have gotten worse (or better).

— Walid Raad