In 1956, William Klein, who had recently published his now classic Life Is Good & Good for You in New York, arrived in Rome to assist Federico Fellini on his film Nights of Cabiria (1957). Since the start of filming was delayed, Klein instead strolled about the city with Fellini, […]
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Immortalizing the people and moments that have defined the past 60 years, world-renowned photojournalist Harry Benson has become as much a part of history as the photographs themselves. The scope of his accomplishments as a photojournalist is nothing short of remarkable: he has photographed every US president since Eisenhower, as […]
In 1951, Jack Kerouac wrote ‘On the Road’ on his typewriter as a continuous 120 foot-long scroll, feverishly recording in twenty days his experiences during road trips in the United States and Mexico, which he began with Neil Cassady in the late 1940s. On the Road was finally published in […]
Gagosian Gallery has published a new book featuring the work by Jeff Koons. This recent publication features Jeff Koons’ painting series, Hulk Elvis, in which he creates large works of the Incredible Hulk, inflatable monkeys, geishas, birds, and the Liberty Bell, all bursting with energy and precision. These spectacular pictorial […]
Archaeology and Landscape in the Mongolian Altai: An Atlas is a chronicle of 15 years of research and documentation in northwest Mongolia, and it is now available from ESRI Press. With its extensive maps and outstanding photographs, the atlas presents the 12,000-year history and cultural heritage of the people living […]
Bronx Architecture” is an online guide to the architecture of the borough developed by Lehman College Art Gallery/CUNY. Designed as a companion to “Public Art in the Bronx,” the Web site features over 75 buildings, background on architects, neighborhood walking tours, maps, lesson-plans for high school teachers, neighborhood histories, a […]
The Dallas Museum of Art will present a rich and comprehensive look at African visual culture through The Arts of Africa, the first catalogue dedicated to exploring the Museum’s collection of nearly 2,000 objects—acclaimed as one of the top five of its kind in the United States. Commemorating the 40th […]
DigitalFusion announced that nearly 100 years after C. G. Jung, the famed Swiss psychologist began to draw, paint and write about his personal thoughts and dreams, his seminal work, the Red Book, will be published for the first time. DigitalFusion’s team delivered fine art digital capture services and pre-press for […]
On Friday 11 December, the final day of the blockbuster exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, Anish Kapoor will make a rare appearance to sign copies of his new monograph published by Phaidon at the pop-up Phaidon Store on Piccadilly, 18.00 – 19.00. To secure a place in the […]