Many of the terms applied by art historians and curators to describe prints, drawings, and watercolors are not readily understood by the majority of exhibition visitors and art enthusiasts. These terms can also be difficult to find in reference books...

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Artwork by Janine Antoni, Matthew Barney, Robert Gober, Ann Hamilton, William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat, Fred Wilson. Edited by Lynn Herbert. Contributions by Rick Lowe, Dana Friis-Hansen. Text by Paola Morsiani, Marti Mayo.

96 pages 28 illustrations some in color. Paperback exhibition catalogue, bound in illustrated paper covers. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas May 15-July 4, 1999.

The painter, designer, and architect Henry van de Velde (1863–1957) played a crucial role in expanding modernist aesthetics beyond Paris and beyond painting. Opposing growing nationalism around 1900, he sought to make painting the basis of an aesthetic...

How does contemporary art best respond to social crisis? Through reflection on its own crisis of formCriticism of contemporary art is split by an opposition between activism and the critical function of form. Yet the deeper, more subterranean terms of...

"Besides his work with the stars, Schapiro and his camera accompanied the greatest political and social upheavals of the sixties and seventies. These photographs have also achieved iconic status. " - Matthias Harder, head curator of the Helmut Newton...

This is the first title in a new prestigious cultural tourism project by Lannoo Publishers. The Peter Paul Rubens Atlas illustrates the life of Rubens on a timeline: important dates and periods in the life of the Old Master are indicated and elaborated...

The controversial, Pulitzer Prize-winning author offers a boldly original exploration, filled with reproductions of Picasso's works, of the artist's early life and career, particularly his first great love affair. 100,000 first printing. $100,000...

Briefly traces the life and career of the French impressionist, looks at a variety of his paintings and describes the critical reception of his work

Insightful and interdisciplinary, this book considers the movement of people around the world and how contemporary artists contribute to our understanding of it In this timely volume, artists and thinkers join in conversation around the topic of global...

"The book gathers together the most recent scholarship on Hartley's work, discussing such topics as the artist's working methods, his self-portraits, the influence of Cezanne on his work, and Hartley's attitudes toward Native Americans. A chronology...

"When I got to know Charlotte De Cock, she was a wild child and she still is." Luc Tuymans "Sitting still feels a little like dying" Charlotte De Cock Charlotte de Cock has painted lifesize portraits of thirteen 'masters', among which are Luc Tuymans,...

An experiment in interactive design and a bold reimaging of the museum exhibition This catalogue pioneers a new approach to the art museum exhibition, using the power of design to explore how we experience the world through our varied senses. Six...

Christian Marclay: Festival was a pioneering exhibition during which musicians performed Marclay's scores live, in the gallery, at least twice a day. The catalogue was conceived in this same inprovisatory, spontaneous spirit, and is composed of three...

Christian Boltanski's votive installations, archives and objects, revolving around the fragile polarities of memory and amnesia, identity and anonymity, have made him one of the world's most renowned contemporary artists. And yet, despite the centrality...

The “intimate and expansive” (Time) memoir of “one of the most important artists working in the world today” (Financial Times), telling a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while also illuminating his artistic process   “Poignant . ...