In dit prachtig geïllustreerde werk werpt een internationaal team van auteurs en curatoren een nieuwe blik op de lange carrière en de wervelende monumentale schilderijen van de Nederlandse kunstenares Jacqueline de Jong.

De Nederlandse avant-garde kunstenares Jacqueline de Jong (geb. 1939) staat vooral bekend om haar deelname aan de Situationist International en om haar wervelende monumentale schilderijen, hoewel ze zich gedurende haar gevarieerde, zes decennia lange carrière ook waagde aa...

The innovation of higher education is incredibly important to the future of our society. In this volume, Jeroen Lutters traces the source of his pedagogical philosophy on higher education, the Free University of Bernard Lievegoed, founded in 1971. Fifty years after this alternative form of higher education was launched, the concept remains a crucial guideline for Lutters in creating a non-reductionist, de-disciplined, multi-level form of higher education. Essential reading for those looking f...

A quaint, inspirational collection with delightful images at every turn of the road. No Sat Nav here.

The Bird is a splendid celebration of ornithological illustration, featuring remarkable images of all kinds of birds, from the smallest wrens to colourful exotics.

Francis Bacon is considered one of the most important painters of the 20th century. A major exhibition of his paintings at theRoyal Academy of Arts explores the role of animals in his work - not least the human animal.

Having often painted dogs and horses, in 1969 Bacon first depicted bullfights. In this powerful series of works, the interaction between man and beast is dangerous and cruel, but also disturbingly intimate. Both are contorted in their anguished struggle, and the erotic lurks no...

“Our hearts are calling out to us, but we are too busy calling out to the hearts of others. Checking in with them, yet forgetting to check in on ourselves.”

The poems written in this book portray my personal experience and shed some light on a few observations I have made about different types of issues in today’s society. Through my poems, I hope to give some insight into both my opinions and my mind. By writing about these topics and sharing them with the world, I aim to spread knowle...

“Nature is the great Creator, the maker of all things; I am merely her instrument” says Catherine François, with the humility of the greatest. The oeuvre of the sculptor reflects the escalating chaos that grips the world and feeds her anxiety and our own. The disorder is deep, organic. But for the artist, these accidents are the source of an ambitious research which aims, through art, to underline the necessity for humankind to finally respect Nature, on which our survival depends. This ...

In 2021 rondde Yannick Wijnants (Atelier Herkenrode) de restauratie af van de zogenaamde 'Peter Benoit-piano', een concertvleugel van de firma Pleyel, Wolff & Cie uit 1884. Dankzij de restauratie kunnen muziekliefhebbers, voor het eerst in decennia, opnieuw kennismaken met de warme klank van dit schitterende instrument. Sinds de piano in 1895 in Antwerpen arriveerde, heeft hij bovendien een intrigerende band met een van Vlaanderens beroemdste componisten: Peter Benoit (1834-1901). In dit cahi...

Joselyn is a Costarican engineer and artist who migrated to The Netherlands in 2020 in the middle of one of the biggest events of the century.

At the beginning of the lockdown when she and her family were separated because of the closed borders, she drew this book as a way to heal her mind of the unprecedented circumstances.

To Heal You and Heal Me is not just a coloring book, it is one of the most personal healing tools that the author could find in the middle of the storm.