Art is artificial; it is a fake version of reality. The imagery of art represents, illustrates suggests and provides stillness- it sharpens our perspectives and deepens the experience of reality.

Esther Tielemans's work aligns opposites, like the two- and three-dimensional, the abstract and figurative, reality and artificiality. It forms an environment in which the experience of the new precedes the habitual of the familiar.

The authors of this book, Maria Barnas and Hans den Hartog Jager, de...

'The Book of Happiness and Sadness' is de eerste monografie van Irina Birger. Het boek richt zich op haar werken die ze in de laatste zes jaar heeft gemaakt. Daarnaast toont het ook haar projecten van de afgelopen tien jaar. De publicatie bevat talloze tekeningen die nooit of slechts zelden zijn getoond, documentatie van haar installaties en performances en video- en animatiestills. De verschillende projecten zijn zo samengebracht dat hun onderlinge verbinding wordt versterkt. The Book of Hap...

An incredible detective story! The exact location of Vermeer's famous Little Street has occupied art historians for centuries. Did Vermeer paint his own house, his view or did he invent this wonderful composition? With new information Frans Grijzenhout is finally able to identify the site of the Little Street. His story was world news. An astonishing discovery that sheds new light on Vermeer's life and work, and his family. In Delft you can visit the location of the Little Street. English lan...

The first serious study on the work of one of the most iconoclastic artists living today

Even though peeing is something we all do several times a day, it is still a taboo subject. From an early age, we are taught to master our urinary urges and to use decent words for this most necessary physiological activity. This paradox has not gone unnoticed by artists through the ages.

For this Relief, Much Thanks! Peeing in Art is a journey through time and space, stopping along the way to look at many different art forms. The reader-viewer will see how peeing figures – men and women, y...

The Surrealists made abundant use of photography, and some even devoted themselves to it entirely. But Magritte never considered himself a 'photographer' - he reserved this practice for special moments and specific uses: family photos, models for paintings and advertising work, photos of paintings in progress, and scenes improvised with friends. Nevertheless, Magritte's photographs and films are closely related to his paintings and demonstrate a similar methos in their grasp on reality.

Die erste Monographie des Nu architectuuratelier, das räumliche Projekte in Zusammenarbeit mit Künstlern oder Experten aus verschiedenen Bereichen entwickelt und hinterfragt. Sie zeigt einige der wichtigsten Realisierungen des Büros anhand von Plänen, Zeichnungen und Fotografien des belgischen Architekturfotografen Stijn Bollaert.

Ed.: Eline Dehullu, Stefan Devoldere, Iwan Strauven. Text: Stefan Devoldere, Lisa De Visscher, Eline Dehullu, Iwan Strauven, Emma Filippides, Ben Rea.

Uwe Frank Laysiepen (born 1943), better known as Ulay, has been a pioneer of Polaroid photography and one of the central figures of performance art since the 1970s. A singular presence among the artists of his generation, his radically innovative work, partly known for his twelve-year partnership with Marina Abramovic, has received critical acclaim worldwide.

Whispers: Ulay on Ulay reveals an extremely innovative oeuvre that is coherently rooted in a personal life philosophy, which is guided ...

Liesbeth Piena (1993) maakt krachtige schilderijen waarin planten en natuurlijke landschappen worden teruggebracht tot essentiële vormen. Ze kijkt met een analytische blik naar de werkelijkheid, waarin kleine details haar aandacht trekken. Uit haar observaties isoleert ze opvallende fragmenten en stelt daarmee nieuwe beelden samen. Liesbeth Piena is prijswinnaar van de Sieger White Award 2020 voor getalenteerde jonge kunstenaars.

liesbeth Pienna (1993) makes powerful paintings in which plan...

Figuratief schilderes Juane Xue (1962) komt oorspronkelijk uit China en was als kind al een klein tekenwonder. Zij kreeg van haar vader de bijnaam "Hui", wat "zonneschijn" betekent.

Xue woont sinds 2001 in Nederland. Haar unieke stijl is in tegenspraak met de beroemde uitspraak van Rudyard Kipling "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet". Haar werk combineert de subtiele tonaliteit van het Oosten met het uitgesproken gevoel voor kleur, dat zo typerend is voor de Frans...