In C.STONE, the artist and authors deliver a kaleidoscopic image of tentative alternative understandings of social and individual phenomena. Art plays its role of catalyst and provocateur of complex human and creative processes. The place in which the book is set is the problematic border area of Mexico and Texas, USA, the goal of the publication is a state-of-the-art scanning of the attracting and repelling forces that appear between intellectual and sensual antipodes. The book's leitmotif i...

Firstly I remember the way Lucassen used to look at things, his eyes so indescribably still and attentive. The eyes of a painter looking at things in order to make them still. Painters look with intense patience so that they will not disregard even the smallest of things. They look that way at a painting for a long time while it is being made – until the work is finished. It is finished when the painter no longer knows how to continue.

But still he goes on looking and peering to see what th...

A selection of works examining of the most beautiful, transformative and amusing expressions of the autumn season drawn from Tate's collection. Divided into key themes - 'Fields of Gold', 'A Bountiful Harvest', 'Indoors & Outdoors', 'Symbolism', 'Bump in the Night' and 'Abstraction' - this little book considers how the traditional season of harvest and falling leaves has influenced artists over the centuries. Works of art - including paintings, drawings, sculptures, illustrations and installa...

Following Tate's recent publications Winter (2019) and Spring (2020), this engaging selection of works presents some of the most beautiful and stirring moments of the summer season drawn from Tate's collection. Divided into key themes - 'Return of Helios', 'The Green Tide', 'Sweltering Bodies', 'Winding Down' and 'Mercury Rising' - this book traces the hazy evenings and heated moments in the relationship between this season and the artists who sought to capture it. Summer, both languid and fi...

Between 2017 and 2020, street artist and political activist Banksy issued an unknown number of limited edition art objects in Palestine, only available to guests staying at the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem. Like the hotel, these hand-painted polymer resin multiples were intended to highlight the living conditions of the Palestinian people. The miniatures were created by Banksy, who supervised decorations carried out by Palestinian artists – copies of the iconic graffiti he has painted on t...

The first book to celebrate great artists who died before their time.