Lara Nickel’s 12 life-size paintings of horses as a homage to Jannis Kounellis’s Untitled (12 Horses) project. The Horse has been represented in the History of Art by almost every culture in every tim
A book about writing and its shadow side. It examines a number of practices, from the early 20th century to the present day, in which writing leaves behind its communicative function and moves toward
Common Practice seeks to examine the ways in which contemporary art relates with the sport and surrounding culture of basketball. Basketball has long proven to inform and inspire works of art across g
A 15-year photography project dedicated to mythic sites of the ancient Roman world, reinterpreted by the great Austrian photographer in surprising, unexpected waysThrough a wide selection of extraordi
Celebrities “au naturel”, without makeup and hairstyling, in the photographer’s portraits.Private Sitting is a project Gianluca Fontana undertook in order to break beyond a limit, to try to cross the
Metropoli gathers some of the most important series in Gabriele Basilico’s oeuvre, from his first important collection, Milano. Ritratti di fabbriche, followed by Beirut photographed in 1991 and in 20
How cinema and other moving-image media have transformed, throughout their history, our perception of time.Both a book and an exhibition, Time Machine: Cinematic Temporalities takes as a starting poin
An aesthetic investigation of environmental complexity through a selection of works realized by the Spanish artist since 1998.Published in conjunction with the solo show at Pirelli HangarBicocca, this
Taking the solo show at Pirelli HangarBicocca as its starting point, the monograph casts new light on the Welsh artist’s installations of light and sound.The monograph presents a significant selection
A major anthology on opera edited by leading specialists in the field. The title is inspired by the epic drama The Last Days of Mankind by Karl Kraus. Published in full in 1922, the author ridicules t
The new chapter in the series Le Stanze del Vetro is dedicated to Studio Glass and presents an extraordinary diversity of contemporary American art and design in glass.After Glass from Finland in the
An in-depth survey of Lucio Fontana’s ceramic production.Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), the artist recognized for taking abstract painting into the third dimen sion by slashing his canvases, unsurprisingl
Petra Cortright’s varied style is finally encapsulated in a wide-encompassing monograph that covers the directions her art has taken throughout her career. Known for her video works available on YouTu
A tribute to the master of Urbino on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death.The most important exhibition devoted to the painter in 2020.Published in collaboration with the greatest museum
The thirty year artistic career of one of China’s most respected artists, Qiu Zhijie, co-published by Skira and Galleria Continua.This volume brings together all the significant works of maps of one o
Gianfranco Zappettini (1939) is one of the most relevant living abstract Italian painters. He was one of the founders of the Analytic Painting international movement in the 1970s (across Italy, German
Showcasing the very first international contemporary art exhibition in Nursultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan.Exploring the free spirit of nomadism that is common to all these artists from Kazakhst
Sheela Gowda (Bhadravati, Karnataka, India, 1957; lives and works in Bangalore) is one of the leading names in contemporary art in India.The book presents, in addition to two new productions, a wide s
Anri Sala (Tirana, 1974) uses film, music, sculpture, photographs and drawings to create installations that explore the cracks, gaps, overlaps, and echoes through which reality unfolds in time and eve
The works of Roberto Matta (1911-2002) on the occasion of the first exhibition in Russia devoted to one of the last Surrealist masters.Published on the occasion of the first exhibition in Russia, the
On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, the history of the renowned Italian company: 70 years of design, art and creativity linked to industry.Throughout its history Kartell, a leading company in the
A photographic book of the artist’s studios in three cities: Moscow, Paris and New York. Thanks to the stunning images of the British photographer and photojournalist James Hill, the book offers a rar
A comprehensive survey on Islamic geometry in modern and contemporary art. In a groundbreaking volume about the use of Islamic geometry in modern and contemporary art from the region, Middle East a
A book devoted to the Chinese artist famous for his photography work. Chen’s multimedia works toe the line between experimental illusion and the quotidian realities of contemporary society, focusing
Alongside Edvard Munch, Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) is Norway’s most famous artist. He made his debut in 1889, and during the 1890’s he established himself as one of Norway’s most promising sculptors.
Alongside Edvard Munch, Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) is Norway’s most famous artist. He made his debut in 1889, and during the 1890’s he established himself as one of Norway’s most promising sculptors.
Designers often tend to deny the influence of changing tastes on their work. William Morris’s “joy in labour,” or the Bauhaus principle of “truth to materials,” are well- known principles of this kin
Over the past thirty years, Y.Z. Kami has built a resounding oeuvre that spans both portraiture and abstraction, using direct observation, poetic reference, and repeated geometries to create poignant
Born in Camaguey, Cuba in 1955, Demi depicts a vibrant and intimate universe centered upon children, but hers is neither a sugar-coated nor an innocent vision. Demi paints luminous and powerful chil
A publication devoted to the British-Liberian artist to commemorate her first solo museum exhibition. Lina Iris Viktor’s mixed media works reflect on the relationship between art, prophecy, and spirit
One hundred years after his deportation, Antonio Ligabue (1899–1965) is now returning to his lost homeland with the exhibition at the Museum im Lagerhaus. After growing up in Eastern Switzerland as th
Most famously shot against a ruined wall in Westbury, Johannesburg, Rhode’s images cling nostalgically-yet-hopelessly to the particularity of a place in the very moment that longing is canceled out.
The photographs presented in the book, made with the ambrotype process – resulting in one-of-a-kind images captured on glass – represent a new stage in photography, the so-called “antiquarian avant-
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) was founded in London in 1834 for the advancement of architecture and began assembling its collection of architectural photographs from the outset. It
Stockholm-based artist PG Thelander (1936) is a unique figure in the contemporary art world. In the 1970s, his paintings, drawings and etchings seemed to spring directly from a sharp critical observat
Kemal Seyhan is a painter in love with looking structures. He searches for the brief encounter, that fleeting moment when a small detail of everyday life, a lonely line, a graffiti, a lavish colour
The book presents about seventy paintings, gouaches and drawings by René Magritte and includes interesting studies by international researchers such as Julie Waseige and Xavier Canonne both on the a
The story of a new Loro Piana excellence, told through the photos of wonderful landscapes and extraordinary people in Australia and New Zealand. There is excellence nature bestows upon man with an im
Jirí Dokoupil was born in Krnov, former Czechoslovakia, in 1954. After the invasion of the Soviet army in Prague in 1968, he fled with his family to Germany. Dokoupil was founding-member of the Germ
