‘I think of the Earth as a being, like our body: water, air, trees, stones and plants are beings just like our body.’ Otobong Nkanga, 2022
The art world underwent a major change in the 1960s with the emergence of minimal art, characterised by a stripped-down aesthetic and a paradigm shift in the relationship between the artwork and the audience. No longer mere spectators, audiences were invited to engage with the artwork and interact directly with it.
The result of a unique collaboration with Yann Kebbi, this book traces more than forty years of daring exhibitions and passionate commitment to contemporary art at the Fondation Cartier.
Artist's book published following Caroline Corbasson's artist residency at the Lee Ufan Arles Foundation as part of the Art & Environment 2024 prize, Lee Ufan Arles × Guerlain
Stucco decorations have traditionally been studied mainly for their artistic and formal qualities, but little attention has been given to the professional role of the stucco makers and to their technical skills.
On the occasion of her exhibition À toi de faire, ma mignonne (It's up to you, my dear) at the Picasso Museum in Paris, Sophie Calle unveiled her unfinished ideas, which are also her failures.
Laure Pigeon (1882–1965) is one of the major figures of Art Brut, alongside Aloïse Corbaz and Adolf Wölfli. Her graphic work is dense and spiritual, combining messages from the beyond with unique creations.
Based on Philip Guston's drawings inspired by Philip Roth's book Our Gang, the catalog highlights the links between Guston's painting and the satirical, caricatural verve of his drawings inspired by President Nixon and his administration. See exhibition details
The book provides insights into Picasso's creative process and motivations, as well as the typology and creative processes behind his ceramic series. Exhibition details
Christian Bonnefoi's work occupies a highly unique place in the field of painting and, more generally, in the history of contemporary art. The artist has developed a distinctive pictorial language, combining painting, drawing, collage and montage, blending forms and blurring boundaries.
Jean-Marie Appriou is an alchemist in the medieval sense of the term: he gives form to the formless and explores materiality by questioning the relationship between Man and the cosmos.
At the crossroads between spirituality, physical demands and popular culture, Japanese sumo fascinates with its intensity as much as its rigour. Exhibition details
This book is the first to be devoted entirely to the artwork of Jivya Soma Mashe (1934–2018). This legendary figure of the Warli tribe (Maharashtra, India) was one of those artists – or authors, as Dubuffet would have said – like Bill Traylor or Frédéric Bruly-Bouabré, who open our eyes to the richness and diversity of our cultures.
This book presents all of Toulouse-Lautrec's restored posters, comparing them with the work of other renowned poster artists such as Jules Chéret and Alfons Mucha.
Bringing together nearly sixty drawings from the Louvre's collections, this exhibition highlights Jean-Honoré Fragonard, as well as his artistic circle: his son Alexandre-Évariste, his wife Marie-Anne Gérard, and his sister-in-law Marguerite Gérard, shedding new light on the unique trajectory of this artistic dynasty. Exhibition details
Make Way for the Young!” So, who exactly was Berthe Weill? For forty years, from 1901 à 1941, this trailblazing and determined art dealer unstintingly exhibited works by fledgling artists in her Parisian gallery.
In 2025, the Boulogne-sur-Mer museum will receive a donation of over a hundred works of contemporary indigenous art from Alaska, made by Alice Rogoff, an American collector and co-founder of the Alaska Native Art Foundation.
Die Glasmalereien der Ariana Sammlung datieren von 1140 bis 2007 und stammen hauptsächlich aus der Schweiz sowie aus angrenzenden Gebieten.
This groundbreaking study interrogates a rich and diverse repertoire of images from all over the world to answer the fundamental question: how are the meanings of images conveyed, recognized and accepted ?
Fragonard is opening a new museum in the heart of Arles, dedicated to fashion and costume, echoing the Provençal Museum of Costume and Jewellery in Grasse, which has housed Hélène Costa's collections since 1997.
Great names in painting and sculpture brought together by the collector with a single common thread: ‘the soul of the artist reflected in the heart of their creations’. Balthus, Bonnard, Camille Claudel, Cezanne, Corot, Degas, Giacometti, Matisse, Morandi, Morisot, Monet, Picasso, Renoir, Seurat, Van Dongen, Vuillard... Exhibition details
Leading expert Marco Tanzi presents this stunning monograph dedicated to the Portrait of a Lady in White Satin
Caught between two shores, between Vietnam and France, Bao Vuong explores memory, exile and matter in an approach that is both intimate and universal. Exhibition details
Il catalogo ci invita a riscoprire le molteplici sfaccettature dell'universo creativo di Picasso, sottolineando la profonda influenza che le sue radici culturali, familiari e mediterranee hanno esercitato sulla sua opera nel corso della sua vita.
This Cahier offers a new perspective on the work of the Master of the View of Saint Gudula, who was one of the most productive painters in the capital of the Dukes of Burgundy, and to whom to date no major publication has been dedicated.
This new monograph and catalogue raisonné of Le Moyne’s career and œuvre represent the results of forty years of additional research since the publication in 1984 of the author’s first work on this artist, the master of both Charles-Joseph Natoire and François Boucher.
How do we imagine living environments in a world facing planetary shifts and ecological challenges? Magical Realism: Imagining Natural Dis/order brings together over thirty artists at WIELS and beyond, offering new ideas and perspectives on the relationship with our planet. Exhibition details
The book presents a private collection of around a hundred French drawings from the 17th to the early 19th century, brought together by a passionate amateur collector. This collection of drawings, most of which have never been published before, is dedicated to artists who worked in Provence, whether they were natives of the region or not. Exhibition details
Ce livre montre tout le génie et la facétie du maître japonais Hokusai (1760-1849). Peintre et « fou de dessin », il s'inscrit dans une évidente modernité au sein de l'ukiyo-e.
Two volume box set, presenting the complete work of Théo Tobiasse (1927-2012), a French artist born in 1927 in Jaffa in Israel, and died in 2012 in Cagnes-sur-Mer.
Vertigo is a unique exploration of the links between the perception of natural phenomena and abstraction in art since the 1950s. See exhibition details
Monograph on the Brazilian artist Anna Maria Maiolino of Italian origin and her work. Her artistic experiments in drawing, sculpture and performance art explore issues such as language, censorship and the body.
Simple shapes; fractal figures; muted or dazzling colors; spiny or downy exteriors; extravagant architectures—cactuses and other succulent plants have been an object of fascination for centuries.
Françoise Pétrovitch’s art is closely tied to the torments and fissures of adolescence—that in-between state that probes the mysteries of the human psyche. Exhibition details
Claire Vasarely, a life in colour is the first retrospective dedicated to Claire Vasarely (born Klára Spinner, 1909-1990).
Die Entwicklung des Designs und das Erbe der Jahre 1900 bis 1930, sowie der Dialog mit Einzelstücken im Geiste eines Picasso, bringen eine Produktpalette hervor, die von einer ungeahnten Kreativität geprägt ist.
This beautiful catalogue showcases a private collection of extremely rare outdoor views daguerreotypes, offering a unique insight into mid-nineteenth century America as it started to become an industrial power. The catalogue's atmospheric illustrations capture the rich tonal nuance of daguerreotypes, reclaiming their rightful place in the American visual...
The catalogue presents the intellectual and artistic friendship between Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre and Alberto Giacometti. Exhibition details
"Othoniel Cosmos or the Ghosts of Love " is a sketchbook written by Colin Lemoine with drawings by Jean-Michel Othoniel.
This monograph pays tribute to the printer and publisher Éric Seydoux (1946-2013). Exhibition details
Yiqing Yin, the first designer of Chinese origin to be awarded the French haute couture label, is a multi-disciplinary artist. At the crossroads of the arts, her evanescent sculptural works weave a dialogue between the fragility of the human being and the creative force of nature.
Katalog zur weltweit größten Privatsammlung von Helen Frankenthalers Gemälden. Erschienen anlässlich der Sonderausstellung im Museum Reinhard Ernst. Helen Frankenthaler Move and Make.
Since Michael Kenna first travelled to Japan in 1987, Asia has not ceased to influence his sensitive and singular gaze, through which he reveals the refined beauty of the continent's landscapes. Exhibition details
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's Environmental Photography Award was launched in 2021. The book (bilingual French-English version), includes all the shortlisted photographs, accompanied by explanatory texts or photographers’ testimonials.
A new, expanded edition of Nathanaëlle Herbelin's first monograph. This bilingual French-English publication traces the artist's work from her beginnings on the French and international scene to recent works dating from 2025.