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The real history of photography is a vast collection of interconnected stories stretching from East Asia to West Africa, from New Zealand to Uzbekistan. It parallels acknowledged greats with forgotten ...

Following World War II, Western painting went in completely new directions. A young generation of artists turned their backs on the dominant styles of the interwar period: Instead of figurative ...

This beautifully illustrated new volume on the Surrealist movement uncovers the influence magic, myth and the occult had on its development. Like no other 20th-century movement, Surrealism was keenly inspired ...

This landmark volume offers a major reassessment of the art that emerged in Britain in the twenty years following the end of the Second World War: a period of anxiety, ...

In the 19th century, numerous photographers chose the same motifs as Impressionist painters: the forest of Fontainebleau, the cliffs of Etretat or the modern metropolis of Paris. They, too, studied ...

How 'modern' is modernist architecture? And what has happened to the styles foundational utopian ideals? Nicolas Grospierres masterful photographic survey catalogues both famous and little-known buildings, challenging the viewer to ...

In dialogue with Edward Munch'discover the many ways the expressionist painters work has influenced modern and contemporary artists. While Munchs pessimistic, melancholy world view crucially defines our understanding of his ...

Made from prefabricated concrete panels, Plattenbauten rose from the ruins of Berlin, providing a quick and inexpensive solution to the severe housing shortage faced by the city after World War ...

This highly original and personal exploration of Tadao Ando's work, one of Japan's leading architects, traverses both the physical and spiritual world. In 2012, Philippe Seclier visited Tadao Ando's iconic ...

Since its founding in 1881, H. Schmincke & Co has been a premier producer of artists' paints. Artists such as Otto Dix, Emil Nolde and Oskar Kokoschka relied on Schmincke ...

Encompassing the entirety of Isamu Noguchis work in sculpture, ceramics, photography, architecture, design, as well as the artists playscapes, gardens and stage sets for modern dance and theatre performance, this ...

Gathered over the course of four decades, the Thomas Murray collection of Indonesian textiles is one of the most important in the world. The objects comprise ritual clothing and ceremonial ...

For eight years before the First World War, a young Georges Braque and his friend Pablo Picasso shaped what was perhaps the most revolutionary stage in the history of modern ...

As one of the founding figures of Impressionism, Camille Pissarro exerted considerable influence over the movements other members, such as Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, Edgar Degas, and Mary ...

BRUTALISM REINVENTED: 21ST CENTURY MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE

Calders sculptural works can fit in the palm of a hand, or tower over a city square. This fascinating exhibition catalog examines how the artists sensitivity to matters of size, ...

Charmion von Wiegand started painting figuratively in 1926, when she received encouragement from her friend and painter, Joseph Stella. After being hired as an American reporter based in Soviet Moscow ...

Despite its name, documentas primary concerns are neither with the simple documentation of individual artists and their work nor with developments in art history, but instead with providing a historical ...

In 1940s occupied Paris, Jean Dubuffet began to champion a progressive vision for art; one that rejected classical notions of beauty in favor of a more visceral aesthetic. Taking a ...

Although her reputation exploded in 2016 with her iconic portrait of Solange Knowles for the artists album A Seat at the Table, self-taught photographer Carlota Guerrero has been producing work ...