"Vasily Kandinsky was one of the first painters of abstract art and a founding member of the Blue Rider movement. Although he trained as a lawyer, Kandinsky abandoned this career path to devote himself to art, both as a creator and an influential teacher and theorist at the Bauhaus. Over time, Kandinsky s works grew more abstract, and he is best known for large, expressive paintings that free color from form and line. The book covers the ..."
"Samia Halaby: Centers of Energy will bring together approximately thirty-five of Halaby's paintings, prints, and drawings in the first-ever American survey of her work, and features Halaby's writing about her artistic practice."
Katharina Grosse Why Three Tones Do Not Form a Triangle by HirmerPublishers Softcover, Published 2024 by HirmerPublishers ISBN-13: 978-3-7774-4246-4, ISBN: 3-7774-4246-1
George Segal Themes and Variations by HirmerPublishers Hardcover, Published 2024 by HirmerPublishers ISBN-13: 978-3-7774-4273-0, ISBN: 3-7774-4273-9
Yury Kharchenko Painting 20182023 by HirmerPublishers Hardcover, Published 2024 by HirmerPublishers ISBN-13: 978-3-7774-4188-7, ISBN: 3-7774-4188-0
Lyonel Feininger by HirmerPublishers Hardcover, Published 2024 by HirmerPublishers ISBN-13: 978-3-7774-4178-8, ISBN: 3-7774-4178-3
Lotte Laserstein A Divided Life by HirmerPublishers Softcover, Published 2024 by HirmerPublishers ISBN-13: 978-3-7774-4186-3, ISBN: 3-7774-4186-4
Everything at Once Postmodernity 19671992 by HirmerPublishers Softcover, Published 2024 by HirmerPublishers ISBN-13: 978-3-7774-4276-1, ISBN: 3-7774-4276-3
Not my Circus, not my Monkeys Das Motiv des Zirkus in der zeitgenössischen Kunst Hirsch, Helen; Thun, Kunstmuseum and Sperry, Katrin by Helen Hirsch, Katrin Sperry Paperback, Published 2023 by Hirmer Verlag Sep 2023 ISBN-13: 978-3-7774-4179-5, ISBN: 3-7774-4179-1
"A collection of works by provocative artist Gottfried Helnwein. Gottfried Helnwein's paintings of children are both touching and disturbing. The hyperrealistic character of his images serves to intensify this effect still further."
"The Museum Schnütgen boasts a uniquely diverse collection from a wide range of periods and genres, assembling works from late antiquity to the nineteenth century, and including sculpture, ivory carvings, gold work, textile art, and more. A compact, chronological overview of this internationally famous, multi-faceted collection, this volume attractively presents some two hundred and fifty works accompanied by trenchant and informative co ..."
"Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote, “We don’t know the contour of a feeling; we only know what molds it from without.” Inspired by the enigmatic shape of emotion, Ursula von Rydingsvard has become famous for her large-scale sculptures, her abstract shapes, and her signature use of cedarwood, which together evoke the power and majesty and mystery of nature. Guest-curated by Mark Rosenthal, this exhibition catalog illuminates van Rydingsvard’s ..."
"This survey in 14 essays of Fatimid art between the 10th and 12th centuries showcases the pottery, rock crystal, metalwork, textile, architectural, wood, and calligraphic creations of one of t he most artistically inventive periods in ..."
"In the last five decades, the popularity of outsider art—that is, pieces by artists working outside of the artistic establishment—has grown exponentially, to the point that these powerful works have been embraced by museums, galleries, and the public worldwide. Victor Keen’s collection of more than 250 works at the Bethany Mission Gallery in Philadelphia is one of the premier outsider art collections in the United States. Gathering mast ..."
"The Swiss artist Johannes Itten (1888–1967) was a pioneering art theorist and a prominent teacher at the Bauhaus, and he left behind an extensive and wide-ranging oeuvre. Creating paintings and graphic works to sculptures, textiles, and furniture, Itten was an unusually versatile artist who also produced one of the most important works on the theory of colors in the twentieth century. His art is examined here in depth for the first time ..."
"Pointillism is one of the few artistic movements to achieved near-ubiquitous recognition. Works like Paul Signac’s Portrait of Felix Feneon or Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte appear in almost every major museum, where we delight in examining the thousands of tiny, distinct dots before stepping back to watch them blend together, as if by magic, to form richly detailed masterpieces of exceptional brigh ..."