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Berardi draws an image of contemporary Italy as "Berlusconiland," where the Italian language has been debased, and the policies of "Mafia media moguls" permeate culture like a "psychopoison."

Using humour, sensitivity, and precise interventions, the American artist Brad Downey investigates the underlying structure of our cities, our landscapes, our sacred sites, as well as the forgotten pe

Jean-Michel Basquiat | Xerox is the first concentrated examination of the extraordinary body of work that the artist created using Xerox copies as his principal medium and compositional focal point. T

When photography found its way into the world of journalism at the turn of the twentieth century, it permanently transformed the landscape of the press. Using the example of the weekly magazine Berlin

The human figure between abstraction and figurative representation: using the intense color tones and reduced forms of Modernism, Rodney Gladwell took up classical themes. From early on, he developed

The Renaissance experienced some of the most important advances in human history: the invention of the printing press using movable letters, the discovery of an unknown continent, and the formulation

Using the visual rhetoric and neutral patina of documentary photography, Bettina Lockemann (born 1971) portrays urban environments steeped in the paranoiac atmospheres of surveillance and conspiratori

Sigalit Landau (*1969 in Jerusalem) develops subjective environments in which she alludes to both the historical and the contemporary. Using materials such as bronze, papier-mâché, and machine parts,

The Dead Sea tells its own stories. Its salt crystals are like prisms. Through them you can see the world anew. Israeli artist Sigalit Landau creates this vision by using the world’s saltiest sea as h

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

For many years now, Jakob Straub (*1975 in Berlin) has been taking photographs of the interiors of domes in churches and profane buildings in Rome using an analog medium-format camera. In this long-te

Multimedia artist Anthony James (* 1974) works with heavy equipment. Using a chain saw he cuts birch trees down to size and arranges them in mirrored glass boxes. For the installation KO he unflinchin

Ben Willikens (*1939 in Leipzig) has probed the historical and symbolic dimensions of space in his paintings and prints for more than four decades. Using clinical interiors, he has pursued the theme o

Serbian artist Goran Djurovic (*1952 in Belgrade), who currently lives and works in Berlin, studied painting in Dresden. Using delicate colors yet with succinct gestures and only ostensibly purely nar

Alternating between abundant visual information and material reticence, Aldrich's diffuse painting practice creates a constellation of formal interpretationsAmerican artist Richard Aldrich is renowned for working within an expanded definition of painting. His works alternate between expressing an abundance of visual information and material reticence. His imagery might range from richly dappled abstractions in oil and wax to a primed canvas containing purely a line written by British psychiatrist Henry Maudsley in 1918. Such variation in imagery is matched by radical interventions into the materiality of the painting itself. Aldrich’s exhibitions are constellations of interrelated but heterogeneous parts that reflect on each other to create different levels of potential understanding, which in a broader sense seek to consider how intelligence is attributed to objects in the act of interpreting them.Featuring newly commissioned essays, this monograph presents the widest-ranging overview

The definitive guide to one of Klimt's major works that helped define the Viennese Art NouveauGustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze (1902) is the supreme monument of Viennese Modernism—a work as significant and revolutionary as Picasso’s Demoiselles, Matisse’s Dance, and Duchamps’s Readymades. Is it is among the most visited tourist destinations in Vienna. In his largest and most ambitious work, Klimt launched his famous motif of the Kiss and his signature color: gold. Four interdisciplinary essays by renowned scholars explore the enduring relevance and cultural-historical context of Klimt’s large-scale wall cycle, as well as its conservation and history. This new publication will be the definitive book on Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze.

Photographic journalism at its bestIndependent photojournalism and documentary pho tography are indispensable tools of political education for a democratic society play an essential role in shaping public opinion—especially in our so-called “post-factual” era. In recognition of this, the independent nonprofit organization World Press Photo Foundation, based in Amsterdam, has been presenting the World Press Photo Award for the best photo, the best story, the best long term project of the year for more than six decades. The winning images in the various categories tell bold sto ries and provide invaluable insights into the state of our world. The award-winning photos will be announced at the same time as the book launch and presented in a PHotogrApHY WORLD PRESS PHOTO YEARBOOK 2025 traveling exhibition. So it is and remains extremely excit ing to see which works will be selected from thousands of submissions—and, of course, which photo will be the actual cover illustration!

Still at the helm after 36 years, founders Govaert and Vanhoutte steer their firm with a view toward minimalistic, functional, authentic and timeless styleGuided by a clear design philosophy, the architecture by Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects is characterized by functionality in concept, simplicity in complexity, and the context as a guiding element. As a result, their designs are timeless in aesthetics, establishing an authentic architectural identity that is recognized both nationally and internationally.The monograph includes an in-depth introduction into the firm and its two founding partners, Benny Govaert & Damiaan Vanhoutte, outlining their architectural upbringing and how it influences the way they think and design architecture to this day. Numerous architectural projects are presented through photographs, plans and sketches, including uncompleted and conceptual projects, revealing their long-term dedication, consistency, authenticity and passion for the art of architec

Traditional Christian dogma meets 20th-century sensibilities in modernist church spaces across Europe Spurred on by the modernizing impulses of the Second Vatican Council in the early 1960s, the Catholic Church searched for an appropriate architectural language that showed its relevance to the modern world. Sacred Modernity documents this dramatic shift in ecclesiastical architecture across postwar Europe. Among these structures, some exude a joyful antagonism, while others emanate a cold minimalism. Boldly designed, outrageous and provocative for their time, the aesthetic of this period still ignites great debate between modernists and traditionalists. Half a century on, this study traces how their materials and ideals have matured and patinated. The book represents the first attempt to collate the religious architecture of the mid-century high modern years that took many forms, from Brutalism to Structural Expressionism.Architects include: Alvar Aalto, Dominikus B鐬m, Justus Dahinden,

While German painting of the postwar period essentially concerned itself with coming to terms with the past and presenting it in gestures ranging from the heroic to the ironic, Daniel Richter focuses

A primer on Documenta 15's theme of "lumbung," with profiles of the exhibiting artists and collectivesDocumenta 15 is no ordinary art exhibition. Working with the guiding concept of "lumbung," the Indonesian collective ruangrupa--the exhibition's curators--are less concerned with individual works than with models of collaborative practice. This guide offers insights into and orientation for the processes that evolved in the creation of the exhibition.A comprehensive resource both for visitors of Documenta in Kassel and anyone interested in collective practices, this guide presents all the collectives and artists featured in Documenta 15 through in-depth profiles by international authors. Taking the question "what is lumbung?" as an organizing principle, the book offers an introduction to the concept and cultural background of Documenta 15, with documents and photographs tracing the collectives' working processes. A chapter surveying the show's locations in Kassel, as well as a large fo

The legacy of the art and cultural scientist Aby Warburg offers many subjects for reassessment, following Warburg’s transdisciplinary approach, this publication examines his guiding principles in assembling his collection as well as his reading of Pueblo art and culture.

The catalog accompanying the major exhibition at the Völklinger Hütte World Cultural Heritage Site is devoted to the history and present of music videos.

This catalog accompanying the opening exhibition of Kunsthalle Praha, Kinetismus – 100 Years of Electricity in Art, explores how electricity has transformed artistic practice from 1920 to the present day.

Photographer Michael Tewes devotes himself to the roads that have relentlessly carved paths across our country and through its nature, as well as to their special architectures.

This lavishly illustrated book that even features a pictorial glossary sets the stage for the internationally renowned collection of still lifes housed in Dresden’s Gemäldegalerie (Picture Gallery).

This catalogue for the exhibition at Kunstmuseum Luzern covers the entire oeuvre of the outstanding British artist David Hockney. With more than 80 paintings, drawings, and prints, this life’s work spans Hockney’s London student years to his most recent, monumental iPad drawings.

It’s All About Freedom' presents a comprehensive cross-section through nine decades of Tomi Ungerer’s artistic work for the first time―from drawings from the nineteen-thirties to objects from the two thousand–tens.

The urban research projects of Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman made the Tijuana-San Diego border region a global laboratory for engaging the central challenges of urbanization. The projects engage u

The Swiss artist Heidi Bucher was a major feminist figure on the international neoavantgarde art scene, whose work is characterized by a unique performative, yet material concept of sculpture. As earl

Margrit Linck is one of the twentieth century's most prominent ceramics artists. Over the course of her five-decade-long career, the ceramicist developed utilitarian pottery as well as a unique artist

Heidi Bucher's fascination with the interplay between art and fashion gave rise to wearable genderless body sculptures back in the early 1970s in California. The works celebrated her concept of sculpt

If data is the greatest collective treasure of a digital society, basic material for business and politics: Why are the places where it is stored still so invisible? Niklas Maak, architectural critic

Published on the occasion of Ali Kaaf's exhibition Ich bin ein Fremder. Zweifach Fremder at the Museum fur Islamische Kunst in the Pergamonmuseum Berlin, the catalogue documents the sculptural interve

In collaboration with the sculptor Leelee Chan, a world- and time-spanning project has been selected for the 8th BMW Art Journey-an initiative of BMW and Art Basel. Chan explores old and new materials

At the onset of WWII, the visionary Dada artist Hannah Hoech retreated to a secluded house on the outskirts of Berlin, fleeing persecution for her radical collage work and her unflagging opposition to

Four cultural history museums in Basel joined forces for this ambitious project on the relationship between humans and animals. In the summer of 2021, they realized four individual exhibitions, each w

As the first comprehensive publication on the artist’s work, this book elucidates the multi-facetted explorations of Haitian Canadian artist Manuel Mathieu. The publication focuses on how Haiti has in

Berlin's Gemaldegalerie is known for its outstanding collection of European paintings from the thirteenth to eighteenth century. Each chapter in this book is dedicated to one painting from the collect

DeConceptualize is based on the hypothesis that Minimalism and Conceptualism in artistic writing have laid highly relevant foundations for Artistic Research. Writing here serves as self-exploration, s