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Fancy another surprise? Then our surprise bag is just the thing for you! We have put together 10 beautiful surprise titles that come in a wonderful bag.

Each bag was specially printed by our colleague Christina.

If you love books and like surprises, you can get a real bargain now! Every suprise bag is truly unique - inside and out!

Just in: Many lovely books!

New arrivals, finally back in stock and long awaited titles – this week we've received some exciting books: from Cult of Boy and Soy Isla to Making of Weegee and Book of Doom.

This week's bargains: Ellsworth Kelly – Wood Sculpture & Doug Aitken – Sleepwalkers

These two wonderful books have just arrived at our warehouse:

In the spring of 2007, Doug Aitken – Sleepwalkers premiered as a monumental outdoor video projection onto seven facades of the Museum of Modern Art in midtown Manhattan. The Sleepwalkers Box, a limited edition of 1000 copies, is Doug Aitken's groundbreaking multi-screen film re-imagined as a tactile multimedia experience.

Ellsworth Kelly…

New & fresh: Brilliant titles from Yale University Press

We are extremely pleased to finally be able to get some recent titles from Yale University Press. They have just arrived from the UK. And all of them are excellent ... really all of them!

They include the catalogue for the upcoming major exhibition on Albrecht Dürer’s journeys at the National Gallery, two outstanding titles on Sol LeWitt, a Metropolitan Museum publication on Goya's fantastic prints,…

Focus on: Artemisia Gentileschi & Imogen Cunningham – Two pioneering artists

Artemisia is a pioneering painter of the 17th century and holds a unique place in art history as a successful female Baroque artist. In her lifetime she was celebrated internationally, but her reputation languished after her death. Finally, in the second half of the 20th century, her work was reconsidered.Artemisia Gentileschi – The Language of Painting provides a revolutionary look at her later…

This week's darling: Graham – Beyond Caring

Originally self-published in 1985, Paul Graham’s renowned series, "Beyond Caring", was made in the waiting rooms and corridors of the Social Security and Unemployment offices around the UK, documenting the long waits, queues and poor conditions of an overburdened system. Denied official permission to make the work, Graham’s photographs were taken discreetly.

The work shocked many on its release.…

Soooo many new books!

Including Davidson, Burri, Agnes Martin, Roni Horn, Mailaender, Fischli Weiss, Krull, Schmidt, Vincent van Gogh, Stuart Davis, Max Beckmann ...

Big bargain: Jasper Johns – Catalogue Raisonné for only €300 (instead of €1350)

Our biggest new arrival from the U.S.!

This definitive 5-volume catalogue raisonné documents the entire body of painting and sculpture made by Jasper Johns from 1954 through 2014, encompassing 355 paintings and 86 sculptures.

Finally back in stock! Gregory Crewdson – Sanctuary

A few copies of this beautiful book have now reached us from the U.S.

The book focuses Gregory Crewdson's "Sanctuary" called series of photographs, shot on location at the legendary Cinecittà studios on the outskirts of Rome. These haunting black-and-white photos of crumbling façades and deserted streets show Crewdson's interest in “the blurred lines between reality and fiction, nature and artifice,…

Focus on: Two anniversaries, two masters, two eras – Albrecht Dürer & Joseph Beuys

One shook up the art world over 500 years ago, the other caused a sensation in the last century. They both had a profound impact on art and they both celebrate their birthdays in May: One was born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, the other on May 12, 1921 in Krefeld. This year marks their 550th or 100th anniversary. So this month is all about these two exceptional German artists. We celebrate Dürer and…

This week's darlings: Haas – New York in Color & Cartier-Bresson – Photographer

Ernst Haas's color works reveal the photographer's remarkable genius: For him, the new medium of color photography was the only way to capture New York, a city pulsing with energy and humanity. This is the first book dedicated to Haas's classic and newly discovered New York City color photographs of the 1950s and 60s.

„Henri Cartier Bresson – Photographer“ offers an outstanding retrospective…

Just arrived!

From Knoebel, Bacon, Ruscha, Twombly and Banksy to Capa, Avedon, Templeton and Rautert: this week's new arrivals.

This week's darling: Deanna Dikeman – Leaving and Waving

Deanna Dikeman’s Leaving and Waving documents 27 years of goodbyes and is a heartfelt exploration of family, the passage of time and the sadness of leaving.

From 1991 until 2017, Deanna Dikeman photographed her parents waving goodbye as she left their home after a visit. The book chronicles their farewells as seasons change and years go by.

In 2009, Dikeman’s father passed away. His absence…

Special bargain: The Book Covers in the Weimar Republic

Beautiful book, nice topic! Book Covers in the Weimar Republic assembles 1,000 of the most striking examples from this golden age of publishing activity and innovation.

Limited Edition! Agent Provocateur & Kate Moss – The Four Dreams of Miss X

An astounding collaboration between Agent Provocateur, Mike Figgis and internationally revered supermodel Kate Moss, "The 4 Dreams of Miss X" is the first endeavour of its kind.

Beautifully presented in a luxury display box, the limited-edition book complete with silk binding, is accompanied by the DVD of all four films and 5 limited edition prints of Kate Moss produced by Mike Figgis.

Not in very perfect condition but at a very low price: The fifth volume of the Gerhard Richter Catalogue Raisonné.

These few copies are available for only €128 instead of €248. The dust jacket is missing; the overall condition is good yet not perfect.

The six-volume scholarly catalogue raisonné of all the paintings and sculptures features numerous full-page color reproductions of the works, as well as complete technical information on all of the art and the artist’s handwritten notes, as well as provenance,…

What's new? From Guidi to Schiele

... and Davey & Hujar, Bey, Leiter, Baumgarten, Pape, Chagall, Weinberger, Judd, Albers, Vantongerloo, Street Photography World Atlas, Baselitz, Rickard ...

This week's bargains: Egon Schiele & Frank Horvat

Egon Schiele's radical body studies and Frank Horvat's visual autobiography:

Now in his late eighties, the photographer Frank Horvat, a pioneering fashion photographer, can look back at around 70 years of activity and a dazzling career. With this volume, Horvat furnishes us with a personal insight into his long life.

The catalogue of the Egon Schiele exhibition comprises drawings, gouaches and paintings…

This week's darling: Joanna Piotrowska – Stable Vices

In Joanna Piotrowska’s stark black-and-white pictures the themes of power dynamics, protection, freedom and oppression appear consistently. Through three photographic series, Stable Vices focuses on these notions to crystallise a spectrum of concerns that drive her work.

There are also a few signed copies available!

Back in stock! Last copies! Gordon Parks – The Atmosphere of Crime

In 1957 Parks embarked on a six-week journey that took him and a reporter to the streets of New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The resulting photo-essay “The Atmosphere of Crime” published in Life magazine was noteworthy for how it challenged stereotypes about criminality then pervasive in the mainstream media.

Gordon Parks – The Atmosphere of Crime includes an expansive selection…

New arrivals, freshly unpacked!

Featuring Corbijn, Lagerfeld, Mapplethorpe, Moser, Gossage, Trier, Schnabel, Mthethwa, Friedlander, Horvat, Vitali, Dikeman, Lynch and many more.

This week's bargain: Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting

The outstanding catalogue to the celebrated exhibition at the Musée du Louvre:

A landmark exploration of the engaging network of relationships among genre painters of the Dutch Golden Age: Enlivened with 180 superb illustrations, "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting" highlights the relationships among Vermeer and his contemporaries, including Jan Steen, Pieter de Hooch, Gabriel Metsu, and Frans…

This week's darling: Alessandra Sanguinetti – Adventures of Guille and Belinda

For more than two decades, Alessandra Sanguinetti has been photographing the lives of Guillermina and Belinda, two cousins living in rural Argentina, as they move through childhood and youth toward womanhood.

This volume, originally published in 2010 and reissued now as the first instalment of a trilogy, chronicles the first five years of their collaboration.

There are also a few signed copies…

Focus on: East Germany and Berlin in photography

In these books, the photographers document the eventful history of Berlin and the eastern federal states of Germany, the post-war and the GDR period, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German Unity; they capture daily life, social movements, private and public scenes, political activities, cityscapes and interiors.

This week's darling: Shore – Steel Town

Just released: Stephen Shore's Steel Town (There are some signed copies available!)

Through unfailingly engrossing images by one of the world’s acknowledged masters, Steel Town provides an immersive portrait of a time and place whose significance to our own is ever more urgent.

This week's bargains: Valie Export – Archiv & Richard Serra – Drawings

Valie Export is an Austrian avant-garde feminist artist. She is best known for her photography and radical performances that explore the female body and the 'male gaze'. The catalogue presents the artist's work in conjunction with her extensive archive. This includes newspaper articles and sketches, film scripts, and polaroids, collages and conceptional drawings.

For more than 40 years Richard Serra…

Outstanding exhibition catalogues at very reasonable prices:

The Kunsthaus Bregenz is a museum of contemporary art in the city of Bregenz and one of the most celebrated buildings designed by Peter Zumthor.

The program of the museum mostly features special exhibitions in which the artists are invited to create a dialogue between their work and the architecture of the Kunsthaus.

The crème de la crème of the contemporary art scene has already presented their…

Lots of new stuff!

These books have just arrived at our warehouse: Chinese Art Book, Capa, Made in North Korea, Birk, Sun and Moon, Graham, Capitol Records, Lagerfeld, Vitamin T, Khnopff and many other titles.

This week's darling: Champs Elysées

The Champs Elysées occupy a special place at the heart of French history. Forming a majestic backdrop to regime changes, invasions and coups d'état on the one hand, and to the most elegant and exuberant manifestations of a uniquely French art de vivre on the other, it now forms a stylish setting for the world's major luxury brands.

The book offers a comprehensive guided tour to the most visited…

Focus on: New books on fashion

"Fashion, in short, comes from a dream and the dream is an escape from reality." –Christian Dior

These are our new arrivals to escape from reality for a while and dive into the world of fashion:

Easter Bunny's Wish List: many new books ...

It’s Easter Bunny time! Our bunny is inspired by Albrecht Dürer, but more funky. And it brings many new books instead of eggs:

Big bargains: Leonardo da Vinci Luxury Edition & The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons

Gigantic dimensions, great design, impressive content and a super reduced price!

The Leonardo luxury edition is now available for only €99 instead of €460.

And finally back in stock: The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons at a bargain price of €29.95.

New arrivals!

This week you'll find many beautiful photo titles among our new arrivals: Eijkelboom, Furuya & Gössler, Brandt, Rautert, Mark, Held, Nichols, Seiler ...

And finally back in stock: Art in Vienna, Gaultier and Eisner.

Have fun browsing!

New arrivals in Theory, Practice and History of Photography

Let's have a look at our new arrivals in theory, practice and history of photography, among them some classics and bestsellers: from "Photography and Belief" and "Seeing Science" to "The Photographer's Eye" and "The Dutch Photobook".

Focus on: Santu Mofokeng

Santu Mofokeng (1956-2020) is one of South Africa’s most acclaimed photographers.

His photographic work visualizes the complexities of a multi–layered society, from the apartheid era to the time thereafter. His poetic, resonant and sublime images explore landscape and social identity, show the struggle against apartheid and everyday life in South Africa's townships.

This week's darling: Matisse – The Books

Henri Matisse (1869–1954) was one of the greatest artists to work in the genre of the artist’s book. Brimming with powerful themes and imagery, these works are crucial to an understanding of Matisse’s oeuvre, yet much of their content has never been seen by a wider audience.

Matisse – The Books shows how the artist constructs an intriguing dialogue between word and image.

Anniversary: Imagine John Yoko

John Lennon's Imagine turns 50!

In 1971, John Lennon & Yoko Ono conceived and recorded the critically acclaimed album Imagine. The book tells the story of John & Yoko’s life, work and relationship during this intensely creative period, featuring exclusive, hitherto-unpublished archive photos and footage sequences.

This wonderful publication is a tribute to John & Yoko and their iconic song.

Focus on: Women artists and photographers – all new arrivals!

These new arrivals are all top titles! Amazing books on outstanding women artists and photographers – from Diane Arbus and Anni Albers to Mary Ellen Mark and Bridget Riley. Some of them will go straight to our own wish list ...

More beautiful new books!

From "Dutch Photobook" to "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting", from "Photography is Magic" to "Photographer's Cookbook", from "Mexican Portraits" to "Seeing Science", from "Public, Private, Secret" to Welling, Christenberry, Evans, Ventura, Tomatsu ...

Just arrived!

We're feeling like kids in a candy store ;-)

With these beautiful new books which we've received, we're thrilled to bits: Warhol, Henson, Klimt, Klint, Klein, Twombly, Leonardo, Rembrandt, Albers, Meiselas ...

From our neighbourhood: StrzeleckiBooks

The Cologne-based publishing house StrzeleckiBooks is located more or less in our neighbourhood. Their unique program includes a diverse and exciting selection of books. Here we've gathered some of them.

Pre-order now! John Myers – The Guide

Forthcoming from RRB Photobooks is John Myers’ “The Guide“, containing 79 of Myers’ best loved images and the stories behind them.

Every pre-ordered copy will come with a signed postcard.

And you can benefit from the pre-order price of 35 Euros or rather of 160 Euros for the special edition. The pre-order period ends with publication and delivery in early April of 2021, when the price will…

This week's darling: Dieter Rams – Less and More. A real classic!

Dieter Rams established himself as one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century. True to the principle of “less but better” his elegantly clear visual language not only defined product design for generations, but also our fundamental understanding of what design is and what it can and should do.

Less and More offers boundless inspiration for anyone interested in the aesthetic…

Brand new in stock: Books from Fotohof

The Salzburg-based Fotohof specializes in contemporary photography and includes a gallery, an archive, a library and a publishing house. Some ten to fifteen photo books are published every year. Now, a small but fine selection of Fotohof titles has arrived in our warehouse.

Nazraeli Press: "One of the photography world’s jewels"

Founded in 1990, Nazraeli Press has published over 600 titles on photography working closely with some of the most important photographers: Alec Soth, Robert Adams, Edward Burtynsky, David Maisel, Stephen Shore, Martin Parr, Michael Kenna, Daido Moriyama…and many others.

Formats range from postcard-sized artist’s books to oversized monographs. And the Press produces special book series, for example…

Our 2020 bestsellers

Let's take a look back at the past year and all the great books which we received. Some of them are real highlights, some are insider tips, and others are classics. Here we've gathered our 2020 bestseller's list.

Focus on: Video Art

Video art has become one of the prominent genres of 20th-century art.

The list features titles on historical and current positions in video art: from Bill Viola and Nam June Paik to Pipilotti Rist and Hito Steyerl.

Oversized books: Monumental & voluminous

Thick tomes, multivolume catalogues raisonnés, corpulent encyclopaedias, impressive book sets and massive coffee table books: These books are real giants and and make a tremendous impression.

Book of the week: Marina Abramovic – The Cleaner

The radical artist's major retrospective:

At once controversial and revered, Marina Abramovic is one of the most discussed artists today. Famous for her groundbreaking performance works, she continues to expand the boundaries of art.

The fabulous and absolutely impressive exhibition was shown in Stockholm, Humlebæk and Bonn.

Meisterwerke im Detail Sets

Now available in four special sets:

Van Eyck, Leonardo, Dürer, Raffael, Bosch, Bruegel, Caravaggio and Vermeer in different sets at a reasonable price.

The volumes show groundbreaking artists and the amazing, enigmatic and fascinating details in their grandiose works.

Brandnew: Dürer – Meisterwerke im Detail

Never before have we come so close to the master.

Dürer was provocative, curious, a brilliant creator and a visionary genius. He painted himself with equal self-assurance, wether in the pose of Christ or completely naked, was a master of self-marketing, and created the first logo in history with his initials.

Dürer – Meisterwerke im Detail looks at all areas of the artist's wide-ranging production…

Limited, signed and special editions

Real treasures! Photobooks as limited editions, signed, with prints... From Tom Hunter to Alec Soth.

Titles from Hartmann Books

Founded in 2016, Hartmann Books concentrates on producing high quality photo books which are characterized by a balanced interplay of subject, form, content and design. The small publishing house publishes only 10-12 titles a year, but already presents an impressive portfolio.

Gift Voucher

Do you need a last minute gift? Or a special gift for a art book lover who already has an extensive library? Just order a gift voucher that will be sent to you by mail (including a wonderful greeting card) or by e-mail (PDF).

After you have entered the billing and shipping address, the field "additional shipping instructions" will appear. Here you enter "BY MAIL" or "PDF“. If you choose "BY MAIL“,…

Do you already know our website's tag search feature?

We love books. That's why we take care of them and don't leave this to a creepy algorithm. We've categorized and tagged most of our available titles, sometimes we take pictures and describe special features.

If you are looking for books on a certain topic, you have the possibility to find them by using the tag search. To get the most suitable result, you can also combine several keywords: for example, Impressionism & Painting, Bauhaus & Design, Industry & Photography ... Have fun browsing!