Thames & Hudson presents David Hockney: A Bigger Picture to accompany a major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, open 21 January – 9 April 2012. Illustrated with paintings, iPad drawings and video stills, many of which have never been seen before, this landmark publication confirms David Hockney as one of the greatest artists of his generation. David Hockney has always been closely associated with Pop Art and California, where he has lived for much of his life but this ... Read More
The Frick’s Center for the History of Collecting has awarded Mary L. Levkoff its Sotheby’s Book Prize for a Distinguished Publication on the History of Collecting in America for her critically acclaimed 2008 monograph Hearst the Collector (Abrams and Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Comments Frick Director Ian Wardropper, “Since its inception at the Frick Art Reference Library four years ago, the Center for the History of Collecting has fostered a high-level of discourse through ... Read More
Magnum Contact Sheets is a new book of pre-digital photos and contact sheets presenting a remarkable selection of contact sheets and related material, Magnum Contact Sheets lays bare the creative methods, strategies and editing processes behind some of the world’s most iconic images. Contact sheets were once integral to the process of choosing images for print, and have often been compared to an artist’s sketchbook. With digital photography now the norm for photojournalism, the ... Read More
Each year Mona Kuhn embarks on a twenty-six hour crossing, through 9 time zones, from her house in Los Angeles to her small isolated home on a remote region near Bordeaux, France. There is no electricity but a collection of oil lamps. The house is minimal with no superfluous material items, but there is an abundance of spirit. During the course of this yearly interval, existing here provides a sanctuary of simple life in an unembellished dwelling. Time spent is cherished by extended family ... Read More
January 2012 will see publication of the catalogue raisonné “Cindy Sherman. The Early Works 1975-1977″. For more than 35 years, Cindy Sherman (born in 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) has been visualising a multitude of role models and female identities. The artist elevated the game of transformation into her artistic concept and, in her early years, created numerous hitherto unknown photographs. SAMMLUNG VERBUND has academically edited the conceptual beginnings of her œuvre into ... Read More
Paris after World War I was teeming with Americans. Bon vivants seeking escape from prohibition mingled with artists and intellectuals, all pursuing their dreams in the City of Light. The American Modernist Man Ray (1890–1976) spent the 1920s and 1930s in Paris, where experimental expression was flourishing. While he considered himself to be primarily a painter and also worked in film, sculpture, and collage, his best-known and most innovative medium was photography. Man Ray arrived in ... Read More
When Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence was published in 2006, one of the country’s most important collections of American folk art and Americana was brought to the public’s attention for the first time and met with an unprecedented level of interest and approval. This praise inspired the continued research and study of the Jane Katcher Collection and led to Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence: Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana, Volume II, edited by Jane ... Read More
Ode to Numbers, a new book by Ameyer, has been released by RoseDog Books. Numbers are real, but they can be irrational; numbers are natural, but they can be negative. Arabic or Roman, numbers depict quantities, combinations, permutations and probabilities. They are used to add, subtract, multiply and divide; To measure pain, space, volume and time. Numbers exist with exponents, logarithms and reciprocals. Numbers represent discounts, register markups, form indexes, or determine value. Numbers ... Read More
The Art Model’s Handbook Explains How to Pose for Art Classes and Fine Artists
Artforum February 2012
Contrasto Books publish Francesca Woodman. The Roman Years. Between Flesh and Film
The Latin American Photobook by Horacio Fernandez
Bonniers Konsthall announces New book by Tomas Saraceno
Getty Publication Publishes Herb Ritts. L.A. Style
Royal Academy of Arts Publishes A Yorkshire Sketchbook by David Hockney
Thames & Hudson announces David Hockney. A Bigger Picture
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