This inspiring book addresses questions such as: How can we become active within our own learning and unlearning process? What happens when we open to the wisdom of the body? Or for the knowledge that comes from conversations around the dinner table? How can we make time to really listen and not to understand? This publication is an invitation to deal openly and critically with numerous artistic learning methods such as making, listening, talking, researching, voting, asking questions and col...

This publication forms the catalogue of three solo-exhibitions of artist Katinka Bock in Paris, London and Toronto that were linked to the work 'Zarba Lonsa' which she created during her residency at Les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers in Paris in 2016. Katinka Bock (°1976) creates sculptures and installations that explore temporality and space using clay, natural and found materials, and more recently bronze. She creates a continuous movement between outdoor and indoor spaces, often dealing wi...

Katten worden al sinds de oudheid vereerd door kunstenaars vanwege hun schoonheid, gratie, onafhankelijkheid en mysterieuze sfeer. Gedomesticeerd, maar met een vleugje wild over hen, delen ze onze huizen en fascineren ze ons eindeloos. Katten in kunstwerken is een coole en eigenzinnige verzameling van katachtige kunst en illustraties van kunstenaars uit de hele wereld. Doorsneden door de illustraties zijn korte teksten over de kunstenaars en hun onderwerpen. Prachtig ontworpen en verpakt, zal...

De zonnebloemen-schilderijen behoren tot de bekendste werken van Vincent van Gogh. Hij maakte ze in Arles, in Zuid-Frankrijk, in 1888 en 1889. In stralende tinten geel schilderde hij vijf grote stillevens van zonnebloemen in een vaas, die nu in musea over de hele wereld hangen. In dit boek staat Zonnebloemen uit de collectie van het Van Gogh Museum centraal. Het meesterwerk is onderzocht met de nieuwste technieken, om erachter te komen welke materialen Van Gogh gebruikte, wat de conditie van ...

How old is the oldest chat-up line between men? Who was the first lesbian? Were ancient Greek men who had sex together necessarily gay? And what did Shakespeare think about cross-dressing? This title deals with these questions.

Gives you an understanding of the ways in which modern art differs from realistic works of earlier centuries. This book examines 100 works of modern art that have attracted critical and public hostility from Cy Twomblys scribbled "Olympia", Jean-Michel Basquiats crude but spontaneous "LNAPRK", and more.

A compact, introductory guide to modern art that explains styles, schools, and movements from Impressionism to the present day

The definitive introduction to the understanding and practice of archaeology, now in its second edition.

A renewed examination of Jeffrey Deitch’s pivotal exhibition

Originally exhibited in 1992, Jeffrey Deitch’s groundbreaking exhibition Post Human brought together the work of thirty-six young artists interested in new frontiers of body and identity transformation. The prescient exhibition, which traveled to five international venues, introduced the art world to posthumanism - how the human body continues to merge with and diverge from technology. Both the show and it catalogue, which featu...