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Contemporary Aboriginal and Western artwork from two important private collections on view at the Fondation Opale.
A collection of black and white images of hidden artefacts from Pompeii, held at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples
Many of Gauguin's portraits of Breton and Polynesian sitters, as well as his self-portraits, include inanimate objects. Intriguing as these are, the works in Paul Gauguin's portrait "gallery" have never really been the subject of a thorough study. Text in French.
The book is a new take on perception and preconceptions about the unclothed body and how, through art, the naked becomes the nude.
The theatre is the central theme of this fourth volume in our series titled 'Art Brut - The Collection', published to coincide with the fourth Art Brut Biennale.
This book presents the Josette and Jean-Claude Weill Collection. Expanded over the decades under the enthusiastic stewardship of their son Jean-Pierre, the collection now includes over 120 works of the very highest order, covering Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
This book is the most important monograph devoted to the Swiss artist-photographer Beatrice Helg. Text in English and French.
Presenting a collection of photographs of the Aeolian Islands, this work is a personal visual journey rather than a detailed document of the islands. The photographer identifies with the essence of the locations, blending with them and expressing their changing moods. He also aims to encapsulate the essence of life on these small islands.
This title is a look at the study of paintings produced in France in the 15th century, which has led to the rediscovery of several forgotten personalities (such as Jean Hey, Antoine de Lonhy).
A lavishly illustrated catalogue on Asian textiles from the 1920s.
The book explores the role of Jacques Kaufmann in the world of international contemporary ceramics, and his impact in architectural ceramics since he first became interested in the field several years ago.
A key reference book on Chinese monochrome ceramics. Two hundred masterpieces brought together for the first time.
A chronological survey of 17th-century Roman sculpture featuring masters such as Bernini alongside lesser-known important figures.
This book presents a remarkable collection amassed by a knowledgeable and impassioned art lover that combines sensitivity with quality - a quality of forms meticulously selected among different African cultures.
This is the first book dedicated to Fernando Costa, an eclectic, self-taught artist, born in France to a family that arrived in the country on foot from Portugal while fleeing the dictatorship of Salazar in 1970.
The book brings together such relevant archaeological findings of Roman glass manufacturing in Tuscany, as the glass cameo from Torrita di Siena or the chrysography of Arezzo.
Accompanying the first exhibition devoted entirely to Grimm's work and held in the Kunstmuseum in Bern in 2014, this monograph restores Grimm to his rightful place in history of British painting.
A new kind of figurative art appeared during the 1960s in Europe and the United States. This catalogue includes all its key works, with commentary and analysis by curators and art historians specialising in a movement that left an indelible mark on 1960s Europe.
This book is the first important monograph dedicated to the work of Pablo Reinoso, a Franco-Argentinian artist and designer, a curious and largely self-taught jack of all trades.
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum houses an extraordinary collection of 'prisoners' objects' made by prison inmates and presented to the ICRC delegates who visited them. Each bears the imprint of a personal story loaded with emotion, inviting the reader on a journey through time and collective history.
Kulango Figurines is designed to introduce various miniature works created by the Kulango in northeastern Cote d'Ivoire, who were formerly vassals of the two kingdoms that inhabited the country. Their extraordinarily varied art, which can be both intriguing and disconcerting, is relatively unknown.
Featuring visionary creators from various fields, from art and contemporary dance to architecture and robotics, this lavishly illustrated book reports from the forefront of the cross-disciplinary synthesis that creates new forms of art.
This gorgeous book highlights seventy works from an important private collection built over more than four decades with discipline, curiosity, and passion. It is one of the finest private collections of African art from West and Central Africa, through South Africa and Madagascar.
Carlos Luna, one of the foremost contemporary Cuban award-winning painters is part of a generation of Cuban artists who embrace their strong heritage and traditions but have reinvented themselves along the way. This monograph illustrates Luna's blend of influences and will take the reader through the artist's amazing world of bright colour.
Art lovers well know the works of the different groups of peoples generally referred to as 'Guro' who live in the centre of the Ivory Coast. Masks have a particular importance that goes well beyond the value attributed to them for their aesthetic qualities on the art market.
Headrests are simple, utilitarian objects. Widely used across Africa, they are predominantly found in the eastern, central, and southern part of the continent. The volume features full-colour pictures of very rare and fine headrests that have never before been published.
This catalogue of pre-Columbian art is a fresh attempt to examine and come to terms with artworks produced by a section of mankind that came to the attention of Europeans only after the voyages of Columbus and other explorers.
Micro Monumentality is the first title in a new series, Micro-Africa, which aims to highlight the artistic and cultural value of miniature objects made in Africa.
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