A treasure trove for dog-lovers and porcelain enthusiasts alike, this book celebrates a collection of more than 100 porcelain pugs, most of which were designed in the mid-18th century by Johann Joaquim Kändler, the eminent modeler in the Meissen porcelain factory in Germany. Stunning new photography of the objects is accompanied by essays that place the figures in their historical and artistic context. Pugs were introduced to Europe in the late 16th or early 17th century and quickly gained p...

Na het internationale succes van de eerste en de tweede editie van 'Carnets d'une chorégraphe'/'A Choreographer's Score', verschenen in 2012 en 2013, grijpen de Belgische choreografe Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker en performance-theoreticus en musicologe Bojana Cvejic´ naar dezelfde formule terug voor Drumming en Rain, twee producties die tot op de dag van vandaag op het repertoire staan bij verschillende gereputeerde dansgezelschappen.

'Carnets d'une chorégraphe: Drumming & Rain'/'A Choreog...

This is the first book to explore the oeuvre of contemporary Belgian sculpor Carole Solvay (b. 1954). Using primarily feathers and thin wire, Solvay has, over the past 25 years, created ethereally beautiful sculptures that seem to defy gravity. This publication illustrates over 100 of her works alongside short quotations from Solvay's favorite literary works, including by Carson McCullers, Syvia Plath, Mahmoud Darwish, Fernando Pessoa, and Yi Jing, among many more. These writers have inspi...

In 1998 keerde Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker terug naar twee van haar grote jeugdliefdes: de “pure dans” en de muziek van de minimalistische componist Steve Reich. Na een rijkgevuld choreografisch parcours van twee decennia eigende ze zich Reichs Drumming toe, een lang en hypnotisch werk geschreven voor een groot geheel van percussie-instrumenten dat ze laat openbloeien in een koortsig en radicaal dansspektakel waarin de essentie van haar stijl lijkt te zijn gedistilleerd: mathematische moti...

A beautifully presented and imaginatively curated collection of highlights from the Tate collection over the past 500 years, now reprinted in an accessible paperback format. A must-have treasure for those wanting to take home a piece of British Art for their own homes.

Through a selection of over 100 world-class drawings created by Flemish artists in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this book gives an insightful and comprehensive overview into how these drawn sheets were used as part of artistic practice, within or beyond the artist’s studio.

An illustrated publication on the controversially debated topic on the colonial history of collections of art works from indigenous cultures and the loudly voiced claims for their restitution.

The most comprehensive and detailed study and representation of the Tai people, with stunning photographs and beautifully presented.

During a press conference at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in November 2018, the author of this book revealed that one of the two known photographs of the painter Vincent van Gogh was in fact of his brother Theo. The series of events that led to this unexpected discovery is full of yet- unpublished anecdotes, fascinating encounters and twists worthy of a thriller.

Following this first revelation, Yves Vasseur established contact with the descendants of Samuel Delsaut, who discovered two dr...