Long awaited, the first survey of the work of one of America's foremost contemporary fine art photographers

The essential survey showcasing the work of more than 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Latin America

Latin American artists have gained increasing international prominence as the art world awakens to the area’s extraordinary art scenes and histories. In an accessible A-Z format, this volume introduces key artworks by 308 artists who together demonstrate the variety and vitality of artwork being made. Focusing on those born, or who have lived, in the 20 Spanish and Portug...

"The Mexican... is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it; it is one of his favourite toys and his most steadfast love." – Octavio Paz, El laberinto de la soledad, (The Labyrinth of Solitude, 1961)

The Day of the Dead is a comprehensive, visual compilation of all forms of artistic material celebrating the world-famous annual Mexican festival. According to Mexican tradition, one day in the year belongs exclusively to the dead, a day on which they are ...

A lifestyle guide for the modern goth, How To Be A Goth celebrates the most hallowed of all subcultures.

The most complete study of Salvador Dali's painted works yet. After years of research, Robert Descharnes and Gilles Neret located previously inaccessible works that epitomize Dali's depictions of the subconscious and its strange workings. Complete with updated captions, this opulent edition contextualizes Dali's paintings with his own writings,...

Frida Kahlo transcended art history like no woman artist before her. She was a key figure of Mexican revolutionary modern art and a pioneer of the politics of gender, sexuality, and feminism. This monograph combines Kahlo’s paintings with rare photos, diary pages, and an illustrated biography.

Now available again in an expanded edition and featuring a variety of work from artists both well-known and under the radar, this book reveals how women artists reclaimed control of the feminine image in everything from painting, to video, to performance art.

A pioneering artist who subverted conventions in her depictions of the nude, self-portraits, and still-lives. An iconoclast in her own time, Modersohn-Becker is today considered an icon of modernity.

Throughout her career, Paula Modersohn-Becker boldly experimented with styles while steadfastly pursuing the truth of everyday life and her own female experience. This monograph looks at the entire spectrum of her work-figure drawings, still-lifes, self-portraiture, landscape, nudes, a...