What public institutions are capable of

This generously illustrated volume on the work of Monet makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation.

Considered a founding father of modern painting, Vincent van Gogh is also one of the most famed tragic figures in art history. This comprehensive introduction brings together a detailed account of the artist's life with a complete catalog of his 871 paintings.

Enter the world’s finest homes in this dependable global digest featuring talents like Shigeru Ban and Marcio Kogan alongside up-and-comers like Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia, Desai Chia, and Shunri Nishizawa. Organized by architect and brimming with crisp photography and plans, the result is a sweeping survey of the contemporary house.

Giants, dwarves, living fossils - many animal species living on remote islands have developed extravagant features that would have denied them a chance of survival elsewhere. Text in English and German.

Douala, het economisch en cultureel centrum van Kameroen, is een van de belangrijkste steden van Centraal-Afrika. Het stedelijk karakter van Douala wordt gekenmerkt door nederzettingen, particuliere handelsnetwerken en spontaan gebruik van de publieke ruimte. Deze snel groeiende stad is de omgeving waarin doual'art - een onderzoekcentrum voor stedelijke ontwikkeling - sinds ruim zestien jaar actief is.Medeoprichters Marilyn Douala Bell en Didier Schaub zetten vaak kunst en cultuur in bij publ...

With fifty-three paintings on paper Ed van der Kooy (The Hague, 1956) reflects on the current juncture, at which a volatile pandemic, racial riots and a persistent climate crisis dominate news reports. Sometimes the pictures are dark and intense. Sometimes they just appear to be idyllic, because there is a snake in the grass, disturbing the dream. In a painterly respect, too, nothing seems to be self-evident.

At his request, his daughter Floortje van der Kooy (The Hague, 1993) writes her refl...

This large book features an astonishing selection of Ghanaian hand-painted film posters from the collection of Mandy Elsas, a Dutch merchant dedicated to seeking out and preserving this disappearing facet of Ghana's art historical heritage. With reproductions of almost 200 posters, it also provides an in-depth look at everyday popular culture through short biographies of artists, writings by specialists in the field, and a foreword by Ablade Glover, perhaps today's most preeminent artist. The...