Breathtaking work by Hans Memling, the Flemish Primitive in Bruges

The Flemish Primitive artist Hans Memling (c. 1435–1494), who played a crucial role in early Netherlandish painting, is inextricably associated with Bruges. Among his most impressive creations are the St John Altarpiece and the St Ursula Shrine, which he created for St John’s Hospital in the city. Seven more of this fifteenth-century master’s finest works can also be seen in Bruges, at what is now the St John’s Hospita...

The first monograph of Rogan Gregory, the artist/designer on the forefront of contemporary organic form-making

A fascinating study of the art and influence of one of Britain's greatest landscape painters.

Jan Fabre's latest series of works includes brilliant coral sculptures, as if ready to be offered to a temple, and blood drawings.

Scarlett Hooft Graafland (1973) creates magical photographic images of highaltitude salt flats in Bolivia, remote farming sheds in Iceland, the beaches of Dubai, Madagascar, the polar region and the village of Gorinchem, The Netherlands. Her work touches upon major themes such as the disappearance of traditional cultures and the fragility of nature, yet the tone is always light, colourful and surreal. Initially, Scarlett mainly took pictures to document her sculptures and performances, but he...

Thanks to his great technical know-how and boundless craftmanship, the Dutch ceramicist Geert Lap (1951-2017) left an oeuvre that is cherished around the world in many museums and private collections.

This book is the result of a unique photo project. Erik and Petra Hesmerg spent years travelling the world to document Geert Lap’s work. They were granted exclusive access to the homes of private collectors and their photographs bear witness to the diverse and sometimes astonishing combinatio...

Major oeuvre overview of the conceptual painter Jef Verheyen

As a driving force of the international avant garde, Jef Verheyen (1932–1984) occupies an important position in the European art world. In the late 1950s the art of painting arrives at a “zero point” in part thanks to his vision.

Verheyen developed an inimitable monochrome painting technique by layering such thin layers of paint over each other that they seem to be misted onto the canvas. And so the painting became a contempla...

Deze prachtige uitgave 'James Aldridge, As above so below', hardcover, 104 pagina's en op groot formaat, gaat in op de serie van 8 indrukwekkende schilderijen. Door de riante hoeveelheid detailfoto's krijgt de lezer een innige weergave van de imposante, originele kunstwerken. De teksten zijn van Mathias Ussing Seeberg, curator van het Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denemarken. De vormgeving en uitgave zijn in vertrouwde handen van Galerie Christian Ouwens.

De schilderstijl van de kunstenaa...

De Australische kunstenaar Harold Leslie Thornton (1915-2004) woont en werkt een belangrijk deel van zijn leven in Amsterdam. Hij begint zijn carrière in Sydney als signwriter, schilder van gevels en winkelramen. Sporen daarvan zijn in Nederland nog te zien in met name de Nieuwmarktbuurt. Coffeeshop the Bulldog is het bekendste en nog steeds bestaande voorbeeld.

Geleidelijk ontwikkelt Thornton zijn enorme talent als portretschilder en er komen steeds meer muurschilderingen. Maar hij beperkt...