In dit boek beschrijft conservator Erwin Joos het jeugdwerk van Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930) tussen 1894 en 1905. Aan de hand van 645 afbeeldingen geeft het een uniek overzicht van de evolutie onder de invloed van beroemde tijdgenoten als Munch, Steinlen, Forain en Toulouse-Lautrec. Bijzondere aandacht wordt besteed aan de invloed van de literaire-anarchistische vereniging De Kapel waar hij in contact kwam met schrijvers en figuren als o.a. Frans Franck, Frederik van Eeden, Stijn Streuvels,...

Steve Brouwers (creative director at SBS) interviewed 42 makers – painters, photographers, graphic designers, conceptual artists, furniture designers, video artists, advertisers – from all around the world. He asked them about their childhood, their creative process, their inspirations and their most memorable achievements.

The question that kicks off every interview – “What is creativity to you?” – resulted in an inspiring collection of personal conversations that provide an ext...

The legacy of the world-famous surrealist is summarised by Magritte expert Julie Waseige, who made a selection of no less than 400 images from an oeuvre of thousands of artworks. Naturally the book shows his most important and well-known pieces, but it also contains a number of less-known works, such as gouaches, drawings, sculptures, and even painted bottles. In short, a surprising perspective on Magritte that will charm aficionados and amateurs alike. Interspersed with many archival photogr...

Tells the story of 1960s pop art through the voices of its creators. In 1965, British artist and university lecturer John Jones left the United Kingdom with his wife and daughters to live in the United States for a year and interview some 100 artists. The family moved to Greenwich Village and spent three months on a road trip west to visit artists beyond the immediate reach of New York. Some of the artists, like Yoko Ono and Claes Oldenburg, became Jones’s personal friends. Although Jones�...

This unique portrait of Mark Rothko captures his astonishing use of color as it illustrates the story of his life, career, struggles, and philosophy.

A "whimsical" itinerary through 800 glass masterpieces from the 18th century to the present, acquired by the Galleria Rizzarda in Feltre, Veneto

The volume presents a collection of over 800 pieces ranging from the eighteenth century to today allows to marvel, in particular, at the Murano production and its great glassmakers.

Collects the best works from the Ceil Pulitzer Collection of African Art, put together over more than 30 years.

Precies vijfhonderd jaar geleden kwam er een einde aan de legendarische reis (1520−1521) die Albrecht Dürer door de Nederlanden maakte. Omdat de kunstenaar nauwgezet een dagboek bijhield, is deze interessante tocht uitvoerig gedocumenteerd. In het verslag noteerde Dürer niet alleen nauwkeurig alle kosten en uitgaven maar ook de talrijke geschenken hij ontving. Tijdens zijn verblijf was Antwerpen zijn uitvalsbasis. Vanuit de Scheldestad bezocht de Neurenberger verschillende andere steden...

Henry van de Velde (1863–1957) is considered one of the pioneers of modern architecture, but is much less well-known for his work as a draughtsman and painter. Besides that, he was also a talented visual artist. Ten years after completing his education at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Van de Velde traded painting for applied arts and architecture. But it was only after his death that interest in his creations as a painter took hold. This catalogue comprises roughly 60 paintings an...