Zou een ruimte de gebeurtenissen uit een leven kunnen absorberen en zo de tijd kunnen laten stollen?

Lara de Moor maakt schilderijen van plekken met een getuigenisgevende waarde. Het zijn plekken waar ze gewoond heeft of die ze heeft opgezocht. In deze ruimtes bouwt ze stillevens op die soms grenzen aan installaties maar zich ook kunnen beperken tot een enkel commentaar.

Haar schilderijen tonen veelal geladen situaties waarin leegte en afwezigheid voelbaar zijn. Er gebeurt weinig, toch zijn e...

Phoebus Focus XXXIII

Deze Phoebus Focus vertelt het bijzondere verhaal van de man die voor het eerst weer geïdentificeerd kan worden als Johannes I Gansacker (1592-1664) en de opmerkelijke geschiedenis van zijn portret. Het laat toe Gansacker te duiden als een van de vele jonge, ambitieuze ondernemers in het zeventiende-eeuwse Antwerpen. Een self-made social climber die zich maar al te graag aan het begin van die klim liet portretteren door een schilder met precies dezelfde ambities als hij,...

A contemporary view of the masterly works of Dieric Bouts

Dieric Bouts (ca. 1410/20-75) is one of the most elusive figures in the history of Western art. Flemish primitive of the second generation, painter of silence – such are the labels that are usually attributed to him. But was the Master of Brabant not more than that?

This book, published in association with the exhibition, DIERIC BOUTS. Creator of Images, at M Leuven, attempts to get closer to this enigmatic figure. Dieric Bouts had b...

"Daily Spins. Thomas Trum" shows almost 600 powerful artworks in the clearly recognizable, colorful, abstract-geometric visual language of the artist, and is designed by Team Thursday. Each cover is hand sprayed with two colours by Team Thomas Trum, making every edition of this monograph unique.

Thomas Trum (1989) works on the intersection of art and design. Most of his work evolves around a material research of paint and techniques to apply this. Using the studio as a place for experiment, h...

A short but flourishing era of Avant-Garde in Georgia brought back to life

In the turbulent global context following the fall of the Russian Empire and the October Revolution, Georgia declared its independence in 1918. Between then and the beginning of Soviet rule in 1921, an Avant-Garde creative scene burgeoned. Artists met, mainly in the many taverns and cafés in Kutaisi and the capital Tbilisi, to organise multidisciplinary events. Their frequent collaborations and interactions, which bor...

Phoebus Focus XXXIVLet yourself be captivated by the floral splendour of Vase of Flowers with Vanitas Symbols by Jan Davidsz. De Heem (1606-1684). De Heem belongs to the canon of Dutch Baroque painting and astonishes everyone with the refined painting technique with which he creates his flower still lives. Through historical sources and material-technical research, you will be introduced to the flourishing seventeenth century and the exuberant and colourful Baroque painting of the time.

Cindy Wright creates large-scale oil paintings on canvas. At first glance the monumental still life paintings appear to be photo-realistic, using the photographic methods of cropping compositions and intense source lighting. But on closer inspection, the range of mark-making and painterly applications become astoundingly apparent. Wright’s work echoes the morbid tradition of ‘vanitas’ from the Dutch Old Masters of the 16th and 17th Century. Between beauty and decay, archetypal symbols l...

Sarah Lucas is an internationally celebrated artist known for the provocative use of materials and imagery in her work. Incorporating ordinary objects in unexpected ways, she has consistently challenged our understandings of sex, class and gender over the last four decades.

Looking beyond the generation of 1990s Young British Artists during which Lucas emerged, this visually stunning exhibition book invites the public to marvel at the diversity of her work across sculpture, installation and ...

The World of Banksy is an immersive dive into the world of Banksy, including the most recent works made in Ukraine.

The first monograph to be published on the impressive work of artist Lita Cabellut. Text in English and German.