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In Pursuit of Beauty
The Interiors of Timothy Whealon
2021 || Hardcover || Timothy Whealon e.a. || Rizzoli
An appealing approach to creating elegant, worldly interiors that are rooted in the comforts of home. Interior designer Timothy Whealon is beloved for his accessible style, his seamless blend of classic and modern influences, and his skillful use of artwork and antiques, thanks to an extensive knowledge of fine and decorative arts. Whealon's design philosophy finds its roots in classicism; however, he approaches each project with a fresh, twenty-first-century eye that makes it both modern and...
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About Face
Stonewall, Revolt, and New Queer Art
2023 || Hardcover || Jonathan D. Katz e.a. || Phaidon Press Limited
A unique survey of 350 artworks by a global and diverse array of LGBTQ+ artists - many underrecognized and overlooked - from the last 50 years
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Pollock Confidential
a Graphic Biography
2020 || Hardcover || Onofrio Catacchio || Laurence King Publishing
Forceful, intense and visionary – in an incredibly short and turbulent life Jackson Pollock changed painting forever. This vivid graphic novel delves into his pioneering physical approach to making art, highlights the key characters surrounding the New York mid-century art scene and reveals the intriguing relationship between Pollock’s painting and the covert activities of the Cold War.
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One of a Kind
The Unique World of Island Animals
2022 || Hardcover || Mario Ludwig || Persell Trading
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.
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Ed van der Kooy - Distorted reality
2021 || Hardcover || Ed van der Kooy e.a. || VanSpijk
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...
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Cannons and Sail
|| Hardcover || Jan de Quelery || Dokmar Maritime Publishers BV
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Bloodywood - Ghanian Filmposters from the Collection of Many Elsas
Ghanaian filmposters from the collection of Mandy Elsas
2016 || Hardcover || Armand Jacques Elsas e.a. || VintageVoodoo
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...
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Berlinde De Bruyckere
2021 || Hardcover || Stijn Huijts e.a. || Exhibitions International || met inkijkexemplaar
Following two mid-career retrospectives illustrating the period 2000-2014, De Bruyckere is now showing her most recent work. She focuses on the period from 2014 up to the present. The book includes work that has never be seen before. These monumental works are inspired by the idea of an angel, as portrayed in myths, stories, literature and art history. Conceived in the loneliness and isolation of the corona crisis, the angel guards against a lonely existence and, even more importantly, agains...
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Gert Robijns. Re Set
2021 || Hardcover || Tommy Simoens e.a. || Idea Books B.V.
Belgian artist Gert Robijns has spent the past decade working on his “Reset” concept, wherein the recreation and revaluation of the landscape are key. In 2010, Robijns made a copy of the small town of Gotem, his birthplace, out of white wood and metal on a scale of 75:100, including the church and rectory. From then on, he became dedicated to following this idea of “Reset” in various projects, among them Reset Charbon, a reflection on Limburg’s mining history, and Reset Mobile, a so...
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1600-1700
2018 || Hardcover || Gregor Weber || Rijksmuseum Amsterdam