The Book of the Bird celebrates the bird in art with an elegant, international collection of paintings, illustrations and photographs, featuring all kinds of birds from the smallest tits and wrens to colourful exotics.

Interspersed though the illustrations are short texts giving background to the pictures and information on bird species. This is the perfect gift for all bird lovers.

‘Art is the flower, life is the green leaf’ – Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Haphazard bunches, formal bouquets, chance arrangements, quiet and thoughtful rural encounters – The Book of the Flower is a sylvan collection of beautiful depictions of flowers by artists, photographers and illustrators.

Interspersed through the illustrations are short texts about the artists and their interest in particular flowers, from Georgia O’Keeffe’s sumptuous close-ups of Jimson Weed and cactus flower...

100 Years of Fashion documents in pictures the most exciting and diverse period in fashion: from 1900 to today, covering high society, uniforms, sportswear, streetwear and couture. It will appeal to everyone with an interest in fashion as well as students.

The last hundred or so years bore witness to the transformation of women's fashion. The restrictive corsetry of the early twentieth century gave way to looser styles such as those made fashionable by French fashion designer Paul Poiret. As ...

How to transcend land grab economies, even by means of art? The reader REALTY moves from the safety of critique to the vulgarity of suggestions. The pandemic's effect on mobility presents a historic opportunity. Rarely has criticism of our extractive artworld logic of one-place-after-another been louder. REALTY is a long-term curatorial program by Tirdad Zolghadr (*1973), initially commissioned by the KW Institute for Contemporary Art. With the help of numerous artists and experts who contrib...

Following on the widely read The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues, which explored how museums are changing through conversations with today's generation of museum directors, New York-based author and cultural strategy advisor András Szántó's new compilation turns its attention to architects. The conclusion of The Future of the Museum was that the "software" of art museums has evolved. Museum leaders are "working to make institutions more open, inclusive, experiential, culturally polyphon...

Yoko Ono ist eine führende Vertreterin der experimentellen Kunst. In den 1950er Jahren brach sie mit traditionellen Kunstregeln und stellte originäre Fragen zum Kunstverständnis. Konzeptkunst, Fluxus, Performances und Happenings waren die Wege, mit denen sie auch eine neuartige Beziehung zum Publikum und zu anderen Künstlern schuf, wie etwa zu John Lennon.

In Anlehnung an Yoko Onos revolutionäres Pocketbook Grapefruit konzentriert sich die Publikation auf Aktion, Partizipation und Imagin...

"Making and Meaning" präsentiert ausgewählte Werke aus dem Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center des Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. In bebilderten Essays, Werktexten, Gedichten und einer Zeitleiste offenbart der Band den überwältigenden Reichtum einer Sammlung, die sich von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart erstreckt.Der Band verdeutlicht die enorme Vielfalt der Sammlung anhand von Gemälden, Grafiken, Fotografien, Skulpturen und Kunsthandwerk. Die Texte von Kurator*innen und Dozent*inn...

Met grote verbazing hebben wij allen een bemerkt hoe de twee evenwijdige rails van een spoorbaan elkaar in de verte raakten. De optische ruimte zoals we die ons op grond van onze ervaring hadden voorgesteld, blijkt dus onder bepaalde omstandigheden schijnbaar niet te kloppen! Aangezien het netvlies van ons oog tweedimensionaal is, verschaft juist deze eigenaardigheid ons een gefundeerd oordeel over de ruimtelijke diepteverhoudingen.

Wanneer de antieke of middeleeuwse schilders een aanduiding ...