The library of the Miramare Castle reveals for the first time its treasure chest of books on botany, flowers, plants and gardens. Text in English and Italian.

Russische avant-gardisten zoals Kazimir Malevitsj en Wassily

Kandinsky maakten naam met hun radicale vernieuwingen in

de schilderkunst. Maar zij stortten zich ook op het ontwerp van

interieurs en theaterdecors, gebruiksvoorwerpen en boeken.

De meest verrassende drager voor de nieuwe artistieke

beeldtaal was porselein, nota bene het favoriete materiaal van

de tsaren.

Na de Russische revolutie werd de Keizerlijke Porseleinfabriek

in handen gegeven van de avant-gardisten. De fabriek werd

een bro...

When post-war art in Western Europe was characterised by happenings and installations, the artist Raimund Girke (1930–2002), born in Heinzendorf (today Poland, then Lower Silesia (Germany)), continued to regard art as a two-dimensional application of paint on canvas or paper. Although he exhibited several times with artists of the ZERO movement, founded by his fellow students at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, he was determined not to be a part of it. Later, he was associated with some other...

English edition of Dutch publication BRUEGHEL EN ZIJN TIJDGENOTEN (isbn 978 94 6262 315 6)

Mercy (Politics) derives from Zlatko Kopljar and Luc Tuymans’ two-person exhibition titled Mercy (December 22-February 23, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania). The book revolves around the politics in the artists’ work, as well as their political views. It consists of an extensive interview with each of the artists and a curatorial statement by Ory Dessau, the editor of the book and the curator of the exhibition mentioned above.

Illustrating the full range of Hogarth's most important paintings and prints, this book shows them in a new light, juxtaposed with work by major European contemporaries who influenced him or took their inspiration from him in their painting of modern life - including Watteau, Chardin, Troost and Longhi.

The ingenious physical and augmented reality artworks from the most viewed art exhibit in history by the acclaimed artist KAWS

"Masked Warriors" provides new insights into the approach of form, function and meaning of the Japanese armor masks. The diversity and the connections with existing mask disciplines, especially nō masks, shows us that the Japanese armor masks form an integral part within the Japanese mask culture. This study also shows that nō-masks have been of much greater influence on the development of armour masks (menpō) than previously understood.

It is comprehensive display of artefacts illustratin...

To accompany a landmark exhibition of the art of J.M.W. Turner, this book presents Turner as a pioneer painter of contemporary life, finding new ways to picture the momentous events and dizzying changes of modernisation.