To coincide with the opening of the exclusive Club Matador in Madrid, Matador magazine devotes an extra issue to the world of private clubs and their secret worlds available only to members. Featuring
The tension between tradition and innovation is fundamental to the discipline of architecture, as architects borrow readily and heavily from past designs and yet scramble in a competition for original
The Magazine of Photography and Ideas. This edition of Aperture presents a mix of new photographic work exploring questions of queer identity, as well as past figures and projects that are the subject
The Philippe Meaille Collection. Art Language Uncompleted. The Philippe Maille Collection provides a detailed and revealing view of one of the most complex aesthetic identities of the second half of t
The Magazine of Photography and Ideas. At a cultural moment when images are arguably placing increased pressure on the written word, "Aperture"'s "Lit" issue looks at the many relationships between ph
In 1960, after an intense year photographing a notorious Brooklyn street gang "The Jokers", Bruce Davidson decided to remove himself from the tension and depression of that work. He received an assign
E. Brady Robinson’s Art Desks features photographs of the desks and working spaces of artists, curators, art dealers and critics throughout the East Coast. Her subjects include collector Mera Rubell,
For the Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto, who defines himself as a sculptor, his works are created to be passed through, lived in, felt and even smelt, which enables the spectator to experience their own
Linda Troeller and Marion Schneider collaborate in the work, Orgasm; Photographs & Interviews, which features photographs and interviews of 25 women described byThe Huffington Post as a raw, s
The Magazine of Photography and Ideas. The theme for Aperture's Fall 2014 issue is "Fashion," produced in collaboration with the groundbreaking fashion-photography duo Inez & Vinoodh. The issue explor
Photographer Hiroshi Watanabe's digital pictures range from seemingly ordinary details of quotidian life to poetic visual metaphors. "Ominous and touching,"The Day the Dam Collapses
American artist John von Bergen's oeuvre is not limited to just one medium, but encompasses a mixture of the most varied materials and themes. The monograph "CORE" presents drawings and objects, as we
This is the first book from the Croatian-born, Amsterdam-based artist. Maljkovic produces both monochrome paintings and installations that show the influence of the Futurists and a fascination with wh
Humorous and Dadaistic writings from the original Velvet Gentleman and pioneering composerThis is the largest selection, in any language, of the writings of Erik Satie (1866-1925). Although once dismi
Poetry. Art. A BOOK OF GLYPHS is a facsimile, color reproduction of legendary author, musician and Fugs founder Ed Sanders' first book-length work of glyphs, which he created in Florence, Italy in 200
"In Peter Halley's paintings colours clash and conjoin to create a dizzying sensation. at times the optical effect created by the Day-Glo's luminosity is so jarring that the paintings almost hurt the
The Magazine of Photography and Ideas. This edition of Aperture features some of the best photography and critical writing being produced in Brazil today, as seen through the prism of the dynamic city
A visual tour of disease before color photography shares illustrations of afflicted patients from rare medical books as well as historic maps, case notes, and charts.
Flexible working hours, cheap flights to every far-flung corner of the planet, millions of downloadable films, television programs and songs at our disposal: we have become a society of leisure devote
Mariette Pathy Allen documents the transgender community of Cuba that is growing in visibility and acceptance. Under a slowly evolving model of communism, "the women [inTranscuba] are engaged
Mike Osborne’s Floating Island revolves around a community bordering Utah and Nevada. Once home to an important World War II aviation training facility, the town is now a gaming destination with five
Photographs and interviews reveal the plight of gays and lesbians in the military and shed light on the cultural consequences of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Adrain Chesser and ritualist Timothy White Eagle traveled throughout western US with a loose band of comrades, practicing a hunter-gatherer way of life. A lyrical portrait of a contemporary nomadic ex
Born in Piraeus in 1936 but living in Rome since the mid-fifties, Jannis Kounellis is considered one of the pioneers of Arte Povera, a movement which seeks to construct installations using cheap and p
Bull City Summer: A Season At The Ballpark unites a group of artists and documentarians (Hiroshi Watanabe, Alec Soth, and Hank Willis Thomas) around the 2013 season of minor league baseball in Durham,
Everybody's talking about Green these days; sustainable architecture and urbanism are getting almost universal attention. And they deserve it. Who could possibly oppose Green?But there's also a lot of
Following the success of Hans Ulrich Obrist's "A Brief History of Curating," this publication gathers the influential curator's interviews with some of the foremost musicians and composers of the 1950
This publication accompanies the first major museum exhibition in the world to focus on the visualization and drawing practices of master chef Ferran Adrià. His complex body of work positions the draw
Published in Valiz's new "Antennae" series devoted to new research in art, photography, architecture and design, "Moving Together" examines contemporary dance from both a practical and theoretical per
Part six of the "Design and Politics" series compares the Dutch Randstad region with Sao Paulo, Istanbul and Detroit, speculating on the much esteemed region as an alternative model or vision for the
In 2012, seven major Dutch urban development projects were presented at the fifth International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam. The projects include the Zuidas business district in Amsterdam and t
Los Angeles-based artist and filmmaker Morgan Fisher first achieved widespread recognition in the late 1960s and 1970s for a body of experimental films that deconstructed the language of cinema, both
This catalogue documents the most important films, collages and sculptures of Austrian artist Hans Schabus (born 1970), made between 1999 and 2011. The book compiles 1:1 detail photographs (c. 9 x 12
"Lydia's Funeral Video" is a one-woman play written and performed by Samantha Chanse, a writer, performer, educator and arts organizer based in New York and San Francisco. In this apocalyptic satire,
"You Should've Heard Just What I Seen is a unique exploration of the ineluctable and ever-expanding link between visual art and music. The book brings together an unrivaled collection of artworks and
A volume of selected essays, interviews, curatorial texts, and other materials examines art's intrinsic problems and considers its functions, ethics, and contradictions in contemporary society.
