Haim Steinbach (born 1944, Rehovot, Israel) is a leading figure in American art. Since the 1970's he has been conceiving structures and framing devices for the presentation of objects. Steinbach displ
Harvey Wang explores the shift from film to digital through a collection of portraits and interviews with more than forty prominent photographers.From Darkroom to Daylight is "at once an homa
Published on the occasion of his exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion of the 2011 Venice Biennale, "Establishing a Critical Corpus" is the first theoretical book to extensively examine the practice and ar
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
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
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
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
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
Drawn from one of the richest private collections of Latin American photography in the world (that of Stanislas and Leticia Poniatowski), the project Mutant Cities is a visual exploration of various c
Comprises of a selection of more than 150 works drawn from the exceptional collection of modern and contemporary photographs of Irish-American collector David Kronn, which he has pledged to the Irish
Richard Aldrich's abstract painting juggles delicacy of line and palette with warmth of touch, a combination that fills his works with a cheerful humanity, or what Art in Review memorably described as
"I Owe You the Truth in Painting" surveys recent work by Dutch painter Robert Zandvliet (born 1970), known for his large paintings of everyday objects rendered in clear outlines and monochrome blocks.
After cofounding "Fantom" in 2009 in Milan and New York in 2009, Cay Sophie Rabinowitz is continuing the endeavor by launching her magazine with the new name of "Osmos." Nourishing contemporary perspe
In "Lunar Landscapes: Maasvlakte 2," Dutch photographer Marie-Jose Jongerius (born 1970) documents the expansion of the Port of Rotterdam--the largest in Europe and third largest in the world. In thes
El Chaco The Campo del Cielo Meteorites Vol II. The artists Guillermo Faivovich and Nicols Goldberg have been researching Campo del Cielo, a meteorite shower that occurred in northern Argentina four t
"No Core" is the first monograph on the increasingly celebrated oeuvre of Berlin-based artist Pamela Rosenkranz (born 1979). From works using Ralph Lauren-branded latex paint and soft drinks to plasti
This volume is the first monograph on the two-decade-plus career of German painter Thilo Heinzmann (born 1969), who uses materials such as raw pigment, absorbent cotton, Styrofoam, fur and porcelain--
First published in French in 1990, "Between-the-Images" unites 20 illustrated essays written between 1981 and 1989 by Raymond Bellour (born 1939), one of the world's most prominent film theorists. Bel
"Thinking Europe: The Scenario Book" is a curatorial project that aims to construct a representation of the European community from the perspective of the arts. Ten curators from Europe and Asia were
Peruvian photographer Milagros de la Torre (born 1965) has worked for over 15 years on this series, which explores the overlap between photography and the darker side of human nature, particularly in
The Brooklyn-based Jonny Negron, editor of the ongoing anthology zine "Chameleon," emerged in 2011 as a web sensation, appearing in many anthologies and the subject of numerous features in "Vice Magaz
"Hong Kong Artists" is the first international publication dedicated to a new generation born between the late 70s and early 80s, currently emerging in the Hong Kong art scene. This catalogue introduc
Art Situations is the name of a new private initiative in the Iberian Peninsula that aims to promote younger contemporary artists from that region with an annual exhibition and publication. The projec
In our thirst for Hollywood action heroes and caped crusaders, we sometimes overlook the everyday heroes in our midst. U.S.-based Mexican photographer Dulce Pinzon (born 1974) pays homage to Mexican i
On the occasion of the inauguration of the Centro de Artes Visuales Fundacion Helga de Alvear, Hans Ulrich Obrist interviewed a range of architects and artists associated with the venue. His interview
In Axel Teichmann's colorful but ominous narrative tableaux, humanity is depicted as beset by machines such as rockets or complex winch systems, struggling for control over them as both nature and tec
The Viennese architect Michael Wallraff has spent years examining the use of vertical spaces in the city's fabric and devising new ways of fostering public spaces. This first overview of Wallraff's pr
"Notes from a Quiet Life" provides a rare opportunity to view works by a true photographer's photographer, who has traded prints with America's leading artists, but who refused museum and gallery exhi
With this ambitious volume, The Why Factory throws down the gauntlet to the city of Hong Kong. A theoretical and visual expedition into Hong Kong's future, "Hong Kong Fantasies" plots out alternative
Between 1903 and 1964, when he laid down his camera for good, Ortiz Echague (1886-1980) documented a vanishing, pre-industrial, rural Spain with heroic diligence, traveling thousands of miles to photo
Venezuela's primary exponent of Kinetic and Op art, Jesus Soto (1923-2005) is one of the most important Latin American artists of the twentieth century. Here, in conversations with Ariel Jimenez, Soto
This elegant volume collects Claudio Abate's photographs of works by James Lee Byars (1932-1997) as installed at the Benrath palace in Dusseldorf and its surrounding parkland. This regal setting for B
After years of making large charcoal drawings, James Drake (born 1946) found himself making drawings that were predominately white and airy, from which he extracted images using an exacto knife. The r
Published on the occasion of his exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion of the 2011 Venice Biennale, "Establishing a Critical Corpus" is the first theoretical book to extensively examine the practice and ar
"Check in / Check out" describes this international trend using case studies from cities that include Shanghai, Tokyo, London and Rio de Janeiro, as well as developments in the Netherlands. What are t
Bruce Nauman is one of the world's best-known and most influential artists, despite leading a comparatively private life on his farm in New Mexico. His vast, multifaceted oeuvre forms the centerpiece
Comparing a number of radical movements in architecture in the 1960's, this book traces a moment in the history of architecture when revolutionary ideals were paramount and dreams became drawings. The
In a torrent of collages, drawings, photos of the artist and bold Teutonic graphics, Jonathan Meese's Totale Neutralitat expresses his dream of a utopian "dictatorship of art," with the credo that "ar
The huge Richter retrospective that closed in 1994 in Madrid, after showing in Paris, Bonn, and Stockholm, has only confirmed the key position of the artist among his contemporaries. This book forgoes
