Axel and May Vervoordt believe in art’s intrinsic power to change lives and add perspectives to the past, present, and future. Their collection embodies this unique approach and includes more than 750 works, spanning geographies and periods and including pieces from archaeology to contemporary art. Their interests in questions about space, time, and concepts of the void form the basis of a collection that grew from an intuitive and untameable curiosity and genuine friendships with artists. ...

In dit boek gaan we terug in de tijd naar 1902 wanneer Theodore Davis zijn concessie krijgt om opgravingen uit te voeren in het Dal der Koningen.

Hij heeft in totaal 30 graven terug gevonden waaronder veel graven van de familie van Toetanchamon. Maar ook al 3 aanwijzingen dat er in het Dal nog een graf moet zijn van een onbekende Koning.

In 1915 levert hij zijn concessie in met de woorden dat het dal leeg is er geen graven meer zijn. Dit geloofd Carter absoluut niet en hij vraagt Carnarvon o...

In this book, the author argues that atheism should deepen its roots. Atheism should not only present itself as a cognitive matter, the denial of the existence of god(s), and as a moral matter, the confirmation of freedom from religious rules, but should develop a sentimental-emotional dimension. Atheism should cultivate a cluster of basic human emotions: the experience of reality as both a creative and destructive process that remains fascinating, miraculous, and mysterious, notwithstanding ...

In de jaren 1909 tot 1914 ontwikkelde Fernand Léger zich tot een vooraanstaand kubist. Een belangrijke rol in die ontwikkeling speelde een serie schilderijen die hij in 1911-1912 maakte, de zogenaamde Fumées sur les toits (Rook boven de daken). Hij schilderde het uitzicht vanuit zijn atelier in Parijs, waar hij uitkeek over daken met daarboven rookpluimen. De combinatie van de zachte vormen van de rookwolken en de harde en hoekige massa’s van de architectuur greep hij aan om zich een weg ...

Firstly I remember the way Lucassen used to look at things, his eyes so indescribably still and attentive. The eyes of a painter looking at things in order to make them still. Painters look with intense patience so that they will not disregard even the smallest of things. They look that way at a painting for a long time while it is being made – until the work is finished. It is finished when the painter no longer knows how to continue.

But still he goes on looking and peering to see what th...

Crowned the “Prince of Painters” by Giorgio Vasari, Raphael (1483–1520) was one of the most popular artists of the Italian Renaissance. Famous for his serene and harmonious series of Madonnas and his work at the Vatican Palace, he was an extremely influential painter, both during and after his own lifetime. Raphael in Detail shows his masterpieces in unprecedented, large-format details. The art historian and specialist of the Italian Renaissance, Stefano Zuffi, takes the reader on a voy...

A selection of works examining of the most beautiful, transformative and amusing expressions of the autumn season drawn from Tate's collection. Divided into key themes - 'Fields of Gold', 'A Bountiful Harvest', 'Indoors & Outdoors', 'Symbolism', 'Bump in the Night' and 'Abstraction' - this little book considers how the traditional season of harvest and falling leaves has influenced artists over the centuries. Works of art - including paintings, drawings, sculptures, illustrations and installa...

A captivating visual exploration of motherhood as seen through the eyes of artists over the last 150 years.

René Magritte died in 1967, exactly fifty years ago, but Belgium’s most famous surrealist continues to seduce and surprise us with his confusing images of birds that are clouds, men in bowler hats floating in the air, a bleeding statue and a train coming out of an open hearth.

Magritte unveiled: a biography in 50 pictures aims to penetrate the secret world of René Magritte and lift the veil to show the meaning of his works. Taken together, the fifty carefully selected works give a chronol...