Fine Art

Considered one of the most important photographers to emerge from the1980s, Herb Ritts (1952-2002) possessed a distinctive sense of style. He had the ability to seamlessly switch gears between his personal work that helped revive the male nude genre, and his commercial photography incorporating fashion and portraiture. His work is […]

In recent years David Hockney has returned to England to paint the East Yorkshire landscape remembered from his youth. Although his passionate interest in new technology has led him to develop a virtuoso drawing technique on an iPad, he has also been accompanied outdoors by the traditional sketchbook, an invaluable […]

The Catalogue of the 12th Istanbul Biennial, edited by Jens Hoffmann and Adriano Pedrosa with coordinating editor Pelin Derviş, is now available. It is designed by Jon Sueda of Stripe. It provides a comprehensive overview of the 12th Istanbul Biennial, including information on participating artists, their exhibited works, and a […]

Worldly Pleasures, Earthly Delights features three hundred of the finest woodblock prints from the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The prints were chosen for their rarity, remarkable state of preservation, and superb artistry. From the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they represent the creativity of forty artists, including such […]

An international jury of art scholars and professionals has awarded the third annual Prix International du Livre d’Art Tribal (International Tribal Art Book Prize) to Ancestors of the Lake: Art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. The Menil Collection published the book – which was edited by Virginia-Lee […]

Manifesta Journal announce the launch of its third series. The format of Manifesta Journal (MJ), like the Manifesta biennial, is a changing model. It aims to facilitate a platform for a critical analyses into international curating and biennials in general. Every six editions, a new editorial team from diverse areas […]

At 10 am on Saturday, 10 December 2011, author Brian Dillon sat down at Cabinet’s event space in Brooklyn, New York, and began writing a book. By 10 am the next morning, the completed book was at the printers and is now available here. Thomas Rowlandson, The Brain-Sucker, or The […]

Two publications finish off Associação Cultural Videobrasil’s activities in partnership with SESC in 2011: Olafur Eliasson – Your body of work, the first Brazilian book on the artist, and the new edition of annual contemporary art reflection publication Caderno SESC_Videobrasil 7 – A Revista (The magazine). The book and magazine […]

David Hockney: Bigger Picture is film-maker Bruno Wollheim’s account of David Hockney’s return to his native Yorkshire, after 25 years of living in California. Filmed over three years, it finds the artist at a crisis point in his life and art. Hockney has come back to oil painting after a […]

Steven Holl Architects and William Stout Architectural Books are pleased to announce the release of a new book, Horizontal Skyscraper. Richly illustrated with photographs, drawings, and watercolors, the book documents the design and construction of the Horizontal Skyscraper – Vanke Center, which opened in Shenzhen, China in 2009. Horizontal Skyscraper […]