Expo: 10/4/2018 - 5/8/2018, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid - 8/9/2018 - 13/1/2019, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is the most important painter of sketches in the history of European art. His Italian and Flemish predecessors had for the most part prepared their paintings by using drawings. Rubens transformed this process by systematically making sketches in colour, with oil paint, and nearly always on panel supports. Rubens's oil sketches were essentially a ne...

We Are The Market! claims a liberal ALL-INCLUSIVITY to push the stretch of our cultural offer in the eye of the final commonplace; the capitalist commons of the high street.

Anticipating to a hegemonic culture encroaching on the city centre, one that’s turning exclusive due an engagement towards a “publics” while narrowing the diversity of cultural production for and by the majority; We Are The Market! commissioned 18 unannounced achievements that offered an alternative. As well as this...

It's because feminism has become a fashionable commodity now, that we're in desperate need of a more inclusive and varied reflection on contemporary girlhood, gender equality struggles, and the relationship between gender, politics and philosophy.

This book documents the exhibitions and thought processes of 6 engaging artists and designers regarding the theme, and features a collection of essays by artists and academics, writers and rioteers, curators and journalists.

With the participation o...

The Book of the Bird celebrates the bird in art with an elegant, international collection of paintings, illustrations and photographs, featuring all kinds of birds from the smallest tits and wrens to colourful exotics.

Interspersed though the illustrations are short texts giving background to the pictures and information on bird species. This is the perfect gift for all bird lovers.

Part of the Tate Introduction series, this book offers a concise and engaging account of Picasso's life and the key aspects of his prolific career.

Ursula Härting, Alexander Keirincx (1600-1652) - Der Baummaler unter Mitwirkung von Richard P. Townsend und Rick C. Coone Baumriesen, mächtige Individuen dominieren die Landschaftsgemälde von Alexander Keirincx (1600 Antwerpen-Amsterdam 1652). Eine Zeitlang lebte Keirincx in London gleich neben Cornelis van Poelenburch (1594/5-1667), der häufiger seine arkadischen Landschaften mit raffaelesken Figuren staffierte, manches Mal mit Nymphen, ausgelassenen Satyrn und erotischen Badeszenen. So ...

Featuring all kinds of dogs – big, small, graceful, cute, funny – The Book of the Dog is a cool and quirky collection of dog art and illustration by artists around the world. Interspersed through the illustrations are short texts about the artists and different breeds, paying homage to man's best friend. Beautifully designed and packaged, the book will appeal to dog lovers of all ages.

Hoe vergroot je het bewustzijn over de milieuproblematiek en de gevolgen daarvan voor de bijenpopulatie zonder als zeurende wereldverbeteraar uit de hoek te komen? Door het brengen van een positief verhaal waarin dit bijzondere insect een glansrijke hoofdrol vertolkt. Dat is precies wat art director Iris Rombouts doet in het kunstboek 'The Poetry of the Bee' dat op 25 oktober verschijnt.

De bij bestuift meer dan 80 procent van alle bloeiende planten en is onontbeerlijk voor onze voedselketen....

Tijdens een aantal ontmoetingen gingen Jeroen Lutters en Mieke Bal in gesprek over de kunst van kennisoverdracht. Op zoek naar een dialoog die ook zou raken aan de beeldende kunst, bracht Lutters schilderijen van Banksy, Marlene Dumas, en George Deem mee als teaching objects — voor elke conversatie één. Hij vroeg Mieke Bal wat deze schilderijen zouden kunnen zeggen over lesgeven en kennisoverdracht in bredere zin. Het resultaat is The Trade of the Teacher: Visual Thinking with Mieke Bal, ...