Although Emil Nolde is famous for his dramatic ocean views and colorful flower gardens, his love of the fantastical and grotesque has received less attention to date. Yet, it is clear from his autobio
Although Emil Nolde is famous for his dramatic ocean views and colorful flower gardens, his love of the fantastical and grotesque has received less attention to date. Yet, it is clear from his autobio
What would it have looked like, Leibniz’s Warehouse? What kinds of objects would the polymath have stored in a chamber of curiosities of his own? The artists Renate Heyne and Floris Neusüss play with
Roni Horn (*1955 in New York) has been working in diverse visual and material media since the beginning of her career in the late 1970s, creating drawings, photographs, texts, artist books, and sculpt
When Valentin Carron (*1977 in Martigny) was free to install his sculptures in the Swiss Pavilion in the Venice Giardini within the scope of the 2013 Biennale, the international art scene long since k
To be able to simply drift in the infinity pool on the roof terrace of the fifty-seven-floor Marina Bay Sands Hotel, while in the background you can enjoy the urban soundscape of Singapore’s imposing
It may come as a surprise that a comprehensive volume on the buildings by the Liechtenstein architect has never been published. A partial reason for this may be found in the ambiguous personal backgro
The dome gets taller and taller, one balustrade spans the next―yet this spectacular tower was never built; it is merely the result of the collage technique applied by the South Korean artist Won Beoms
Stefano Cerio (*1962) directs his attention to alternative worlds: for his elaborate series he takes pictures of recreational paradises―ski arenas, cruises, water and fun parks. For the artist, Italia
The revised and expanded BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents 236 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public―large and small, famous and still undiscovered. Succinct
Norbert Bisky’s artistic cosmos is as colorful as it is gruesome. Many of his figurative paintings are suffused with densely packed body parts―heads, torsos, arms―caught in flood waves and wedged into
Ominous, overwhelming, and harshly lit at night―Korean photographer Taewon Jang (1976 in Seoul) puts industrial plants at the center of his work. He documented abandoned steel factories, nuclear react
Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) is considered to have introduced the practice of socially engaged painting, and he is viewed as one of the most important representatives of Realism. The direct and honest
In African cities, life takes place on the streets, where public and private spheres blend. A sidewalk inconspicuously becomes a family kitchen or is suddenly transformed into a shop. A traffic jam mi
Marcel Dzama (*1974 in Winnipeg) is known for his prolific drawings, which are characterized by their distinctive palette and subject matter. He has recently expanded his practice to encompass film an
Belgian artist Michael Borremans (born 1963) is among the most brilliant painters of emotion of the past half-century. An heir to the sober, enigmatic character studies of Manet and Velazquez and the
For Regina Schmeken , the depiction of motion is a focal point of her artistic work. Her serial photographs concentrate on the crucial moment between standstill and motion in dance, soccer, pole vault
Swedish photographer Johan Willner (born 1971) is well known for his enigmatic images that draw on inspirations from music, literature and philosophy. The "Boy Stories" series is based on personal mem
Contemporary art in India has enjoyed a tremendous flourishing since the early 1990s, thanks in part to the country''s economic growth and the increased availability of media technology. As Indian art
As living conditions among the world''s poor continue to decline, with more and more people occupying slums and shantytowns, architects and artists are attempting to apply new models of collaboration
Almost all of the great twentieth-century portraitists photographed Pablo Picasso, including Cecil Beaton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Man Ray, Irving Penn, and Lee Miller. Picasso was one
The revised and extended BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents nearly 300 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public ― featuring large and small, famous and the relat
The revised and extended BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents nearly 300 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public―featuring large and small, famous and the relative
The updated BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents 256 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public― featuring large and small, famous and the relatively unknown. Succinc
The updated BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents 256 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public― featuring large and small, famous and the relatively unknown. Succinc
The Museum of Modern Art in New York has a reputation like a thundering echo―the oldest American museum of modern art surely holds the most spectacular collection of this kind worldwide. With pioneeri
The revised and expanded BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents 236 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public―large and small, famous and still undiscovered. Succinct
From May 29 to August 3, 2014 the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, curated by Juan A. Gaitán, presents an exhibition at three venues throughout the city: Haus am Waldsee, Dahlem Museums – Nat
The representatives of Neo-Impressionism permanently liberated paint from the blend on the palette as well as from its traditional method of application, just as it had been revived through the atmosp
The representatives of Neo-Impressionism permanently liberated paint from the blend on the palette as well as from its traditional method of application, just as it had been revived through the atmosp
25 towns in the Wild West are the protagonists in this book, including famous places like El Paso, Rio Bravo, and Lahood―not as clichés, but as constructed reality. Detailed maps offer a previously no
Ron Galella (born 1931) is the original paparazzi photographer-"the Godfather of the U.S. paparazzi culture," as "Time" magazine once dubbed him. Before Galella, celebrity photographs were tightly con
Fernando Romero (*1971 in Mexico City) worked from 1997 to 2000 at the offices of Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam; in 2000 he started his own office, known as Laboratory of Architecture. LAR has a vast coll
“I’m pursuing the impossible . . . I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house, and boat are to be found―the beauty of the air around them . . .” Claude Monet wanted to capture more than ju
“I’m pursuing the impossible . . . I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house, and boat are to be found―the beauty of the air around them . . .” Claude Monet wanted to capture more than ju
From the utilitarian inns that punctuated ancient trade routes to the worldwide network of Hilton and Hyatt, the hotel has transitioned from a marginal building type to a cultural phenomenon within th
In 1969 the SPIEGEL publishers moved into a new space in Hamburg, and the company had it decorated to its specifications. The Danish designer Verner Panton (1926-1998) redesigned the building, assigni
Millions of Berliners gained access to information in its library and at screenings of films. Robert Kennedy and Willy Brandt came to visit. It was attacked with eggs and Molotov cocktails, and it was
When, in the eary eighties, minimalist and conceptual approaches were dominant in art, the consistently figural and emphatically sculptural representations of everyday subjects by Katharina Fritsch
