'Ema (Nude on a staircase)' pulls the reader into the mind of Ema, the young woman descending the staircase in Gerhard Richter's 1966 painting, 'Ema'. Ema is a young artist who wants to discover what her greatest form of creativity is. She embarks on a journey of awakening, a quest for mastery that brings her into dialogue with her teachers and with her great mentors, the artists Gerhard Richter, Marcel Duchamp and John Cage. Ema explores her field, finds her own voice, considers the world an...

Marcel Wanders lanceert Special Edition van Rijks, Masters of the Golden Age

Nieuwe uitgave is toegankelijk vervolg op succesvolle Limited Edition

Ontwerper Marcel Wanders brengt op 1 september een Special Edition uit van Rijks, Masters of the Golden Age. Deze nieuwe uitgave is het vervolg op de Limited Edition die in 2016 uitkwam welke is uitverkocht. Rijks, Masters of the Golden Age is Marcel Wanders’ eerbetoon aan de 17e-eeuwse Nederlandse meesterwerken uit de Eregalerij van het Rijksmus...

Places we've been before, but never seen before

Artivisme lijkt tegenwoordig een modewoord te zijn geworden voor de empowerment van vrouwen door middel van activistische kunst. Dit boek wil de diversiteit aan praktijken en realiteiten onder de paraplu van kunstactivisme en activisme in de kunsten in zijn breedte tonen. De verzameling bijdragen (32!) van kunstenaars, journalisten en onderzoekers vertegenwoordigt een reeks kritische inzichten, perspectieven en praktijken en verkent en reflecteert op de rol van feministische interventies op h...

The definitive guide to the life and work of Marina Abramovic, the world's most famous performance artist

The Short Story of Women Artists tells the full history - from the breakthroughs that women have made in pushing for parity with male artists, to the important contributions made to otherwise male-dominated artistic movements, and the forgotten and obscured artists who are now being rediscovered and reassessed.

Accessible, concise and richly illustrated, the book reveals the connections between different periods, artists and styles, giving readers a thorough understanding and broad enjoyment ...

Designed to demystify jargon-based art languageYou'll know your Dada from your diptych in no time!

A feast of colour and texture, Chila Burman's first major monograph celebrates one of Britain's most exciting contemporary artists and her extraordinary body of work from across four decades.

Chila Burman is a British Asian artist known for her radical feminist practice, her joyful neon light installations and her use of kaleidoscopic colours. Since the mid 1980s her work has explored the experiences and aesthetics of Asian femininity and female empowerment, and the impact of imperialism, col...

Helene Binet's architectural photography is here revealed in all its subtlety and quiet sensitivity.