Soviet Design, London in the Company of Painters, Cut and Fold Techniques, Art of the Northern Renaissance, Making the Americas Modern, New York Sketchbook, Fashion & Music, Aenne Biermann, Robert Frank, Mikael Olsson, Haussmann, Williamson ...
These wonderful books are warehouse discoveries: Charline von Heyl – Now or Else, Maria Lassnig, Niki de Saint Phalle & Josef Koudelka – Decreazione. They are all out of print and some have become quite expensive. Of course, you can get them here at very good prices ...
Here we'll have a look at our selection of books on photo theory and history, among them some classics, new entries and bestsellers: from Daido Moriyama – How I Take Photographs to Sally Stein – Migrant Mother, Migrant Gender.
In his creative artistic work, Wolfgang Tillmans revolutionized the medium of photography in an unprecedented way. This catalogue is published on the occasion of an extensive exhibition of Tillmans’s oeuvre at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel. It arranges and groups his works in a fresh way. And on top of that, this book is a real bargain: Only €25 instead of €58.
These are all wonderful books! The Fondation Beyeler is famous for its outstanding exhibitions, the catalogues are at least as good. Among them are: Balthus, Baselitz, Dubuffet, Klee, Monet, Tillmans, to name but a few.
Treehouses, zero-energy architecture, modern houses, history of architeture and graphic design, typography, editorial design and furniture design.
It's quite shocking that books on female artists are very much underrepresented on our bookshelves. This must be changed! Let's start with Jorinde Voigt, one of the most outstanding contemporary German artists. The books "Codification of intimacy", "Immersion" and "Shift" provide a deep insight into her diverse and multi-layered work.
In her book “Oh Man“, Lise Sarfati takes us back to the oddly deserted heart of the city of Los Angeles. In “Revolution in Hungary“, Erich Lessing documents the Hungarian uprising in 1956 and its aftermath in a series of world-famous photographs. Available now for just €20 | €15.
In our search for great books, we came across these titles, which we've just received with enthusiasm: Struth, Becher and Van der Elsken, Richter, Baldessari and Matsuoka, Vasarely, Le Corbusier and many many more.
Seiland’s epochal photographic study: For many years now, Alfred Seiland has been visiting antique sites around the Mediterranean, capturing them with his analog, large-format camera. His destinations are the ruins of the Roman Empire from Egypt, Libya, and Israel to Italy, and the museums of Spain to Turkey. His motifs are often difficult to access—some are not public places and otherwise hidden…
Hartmann Books presents two new photo books: For five years, Jörg Brüggemann was photographing the German "Autobahn" that runs through the landscapes and interconnects the cities. His photos show the increasing ambivalence towards the freeway and pose questions about the present and future of mobility. In April 2019, Monika Fischer and Mathias Braschler started a road trip through 40 states of…
Elmgreen & Dragset, Henry Moore, Dieter Rams, Naoto Fukasawa, Shaping Cities in an Urban Age, Stephen Shore, Art in Vienna, Snarkitecture, Joel Meyerowitz, Verner Panton ...
Steidl famously publishes outstanding and high-quality art and photography books showing very special attention to detail. Now some new special editions have been announced by the publisher – real highlights which are for a short time available at a spectacular introductory price. For example, William Eggleston's »The Outlands« is available for €280 instead of €380, and you can save €250…
The impressive catalogue of the retrospective of the German photographer Michael Schmidt (1945-2014) shows his complete work. The photos, work prints or book dummies as well as archival material as invitation cards, posters and exhibition provide insights into Michael Schmidt's working methods.
This week we've received some very beautiful new books: Surreal Objects, Maria Lassnig, Renoir, Yves Klein, Segantini and Erwin Wurm as well as Charles Brittin, Helga Paris, Just Loomis, Jamie Johnson, Dotan Saguy, Jeffrey Ladd, Alessandra Sanguinetti...
Buchkunst Berlin has just released a new publication: STANDING BY THE WALL by Josef Wolfgang Mayer. In the summer of 1990, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Mayer took numerous photos of the German-German border area. These photographic triptychs arranged on fold-out pages show the gaps in the wall and the remaining elements of the border's fortifications which continue to dominate the…
Street Photography from a new perspective. Drug deals, hook-ups, break-ups and secret codes - Jeff Mermelstein's photographs show the daily life in NYC in all its ups and downs. Since 2017 Mermelstein has been secretly snapping shots of New Yorker's text messages. His images have now been collected in #nyc, a new book published by MACK.
René Groebli is one of the most important Swiss photographers and participated in the famous exhibition “Family of Man“ at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His books Das Auge der Liebe (1954) and Magie der Schiene (1949) are real rarities and photo book classics, which have now been published in a new edition.
Dutch Art from Rembrandt to Vermeer: In the 17th century the Netherlands experienced a Golden Age: the economy flourished, overseas trade developed and art production reached its peak. During this golden era Jan Steen, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Pieter de Hooch, Frans Hals and, last but not least, Rembrandt and Vermeer created iconic works.
From Anton Corbijn's Hollands Deep to Helen Levitt's A Way of Seeing.
“The only revolutionary force is the power of human creativity.“ (Joseph Beuys) Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) became one of the most charismatic creative personalities of the 20th century. His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism and social philosophy and culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture.
We glance northwards: to the Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and Icelandic photography scene; to the Swedish master photographer Strömholm, to Engström who is well known for his carefully designed photobooks, to Nelli Palomäki, an important representative of the Helsinki School, to Torbjørn Rødland, who composes impressive photobooks, conjuring a world of ambiguous scenes. We hope you will…
The circle around Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Gabriele Münter, August Macke, Alexej Jawlensky and Marianne von Werefkin as well as the group around Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian and Georges Vantongerloo are among the most influential art movements of modernism. The highlights of our selection are the exhibition catalogues "Vasily Kandinsky – From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus" and “Van Doesburg…
Monet's Impressionist landscapes, Turner's ports, Le Gray's seascapes, Cuisset's campagnes françaises, Becker's broken line, sunsets, sunrises, forests, mountains, beaches – beautiful, delicate, eerie, melancholic, flooded with light and shadow. All this can be found in our selection of titles:
Documentary photographer Lauren Greenfields “Generation Wealth“ is an extraordinary visual history of our growing obsession with wealth. We visit the homes and observe the rituals of the international elite – from Bel-Air to Monaco, Russia to China. We gain intimate access into the lives of those that rose to extraordinary wealth. And we encounter the A-list celebrities we follow on reality…
Real treasures! Photobooks as limited editions, signed, with prints... From Tom Hunter to Alec Soth.
“I was interested in ideas—not merely in visual products.” (Marcel Duchamp) A 100 years ago Marcel Duchamp elevated a urinal into a work of art. And in doing so, he sparked a discussion about what art is.
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.
From Corbijn to Shore, from Meyerowitz to Seliger, from Jil Sander to Anita Rée, from Klee to Pieter Hugo and much more.
The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons is a slip-cased, two-volume, A to Z collection of cartoons by the magazine’s artists from 1924 to the present. Bob Mankoff – for two decades the cartoon editor of the New Yorker – has organized nearly 3,000 cartoons into more than 300 categories of recurring New Yorker themes and visual tropes, including cartoons on banana peels, meeting St. Peter, being…
The sea, the beach, the sun, a lemonade in the park, a relaxing afternoon in the garden or on the balcony, a visit to a lake ... and a book: the perfect holiday. But holiday literature is not necessarily fiction. That's why we compiled a selection of art books: From catalogue to biography or textbook, small, compact, witty entertaining... and some at very reduced prices.
From Basquiat to Hopper, from Christo to Gaudí, from Eisner to Goldsworthy, The Story of Color in Art, Fanzines, 21st-Century Art Book: all new books!
“I'm more interested in being good than being famous.” The legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz has captured the defining moments and people of our time. She is best known for her intimate and iconic portraits of celebrities like John Lennon, Demi Moore, Barack Obama, the Queen, Hillary Clinton, David Hockney, Zaha Hadid. This large-format book shows her portraits from the years 2005 to 2016…
Described as a “photographer without a camera”, Katrien De Blauwer blends photographic material from old international magazines and newspapers to create new images. She is one of today’s most distinguished photomontage artists. We'd like to present three of her lovely book projects: Why I hate cars, I Close My Eyes, Then I Drift Away and cheveux longs... cheveux courts.
This week's new arrivals cover a broad spectrum: The complete works of the famous architect Santiago Calatrava, Madonna Nudes by Schreiber, Rankin's popular celebrity portraits, Sneaker Freaker, Winehouse, Claxton and Naude's Sightings of the Sacred.
This week we've received some wonderful new titles: August Sander, Hellen van Meene and Katrien De Blauwer, Lindbergh and Newton, Klimt, Basquiat and Schiele, Kander, Avedon, Evans, Mapplethorpe and Haring.
We've gathered some titles on furniture and interior design. So if you'd like to rearrange your furniture and need some inspiration – voilà: Vignelli, Putman, Le Corbusier, Mid-Century Modern Complete, Total Design, Art of Things...
Jules Chéret lead the way for this art form and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec perfected it: At the end of the 19th century the poster was not merely a means of advertisement or political campaigns. Sketched by artists, posters became a favourable artwork to collect, poster-societies were installed and poster-exhibitions presented the diversity of designs. The Affichomanie reached its climax. After the turn…
Very special and exclusive offer just for you: the two collector's editions with hand-signed and numbered print for 550 € each (instead of 2000 €). The normal edition is available for 68 € and the signed book for 85 €. A real bargain!
Really great art books and current exhibition catalogues: The impressive catalogue raisonné of Dürer's paintings, the exhibition catalogue on the two artistic giants Caravaggio and Bernini, an insight into the magnificent work of Sophie Calle, Monet's wonderful landscapes, Dieter Rams' theses for good design, Kiki Smith, Samuel Fosso, Arthur Elgort, Ed Clark, van Gogh, Titian, Warhol and some titles…
A few weeks ago, the Austrian ski resort Ischgl has achieved tragic international fame for becoming a corona hotspot. The fact that the virus has spread among tourists is hardly surprising when you look at the photos in Lois Hechenblaikner's book “Ischgl“. His camera mercilessly captures the après-ski excesses: groups of men wearing costumes or t-shirts with questionable sayings, totally drunk…
A journey from the Antarctic to the Acropolis, from Italy to Algeria, from Mexico to New York, travelling on glaciers, in deserts, on lonely roads to big cities.
The ultimate celebration of one of the most in-demand portrait photographers. During the course of his time at the Rolling Stone magazine, Mark Seliger photographed more than 125 covers. He has captured some of the most iconic images of the most famous and influential faces of our time, including Kurt Cobain, Nelson Mandela, Leonardo DiCaprio, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Emma Stone, Angelina Jolie,…
Time and again, she appears in various states of undress: Venus, the goddess – whether she was painted by Botticelli and Cabanel or Cranach, Titian and Velázquez. And Eve, the seductress - she's also naked. Goya's Maja, Manet's Olympia, Klimt's Judith - they refer to Venus and Eve, the prototypes of the nude. Albrecht Dürer depicted himself naked, Mapplethorpe's self-portrait is more explicit.…
Look! We've received this wonderfully varied and exciting mixture of titles: From Sante D'Orazio and Cézanne via Ingrid Bergman and Wenders to Ed van der Elsken and Albrecht Dürer.
Current events in the USA reflect the great inequality that exists in American society. No other country is similarly diverse, is met with both yearning and skepticism, is an epitome of stereotype: the myth of the American Dream, the Wild West, both liberal and prudish, caught between possibilities and boundaries. All of this is reflected in the photographer’s pictures as well as many more facets…
To paraphrase The Godfather: We're going to make you an offer you can't refuse ;-) From Antonioni to Hichtcock, from Romy Schneider to Grace Kelly, from Charlie Chaplin to James Dean, from Doug Aitken to Bruce Conner...
A few years ago, Peter Bialobrzeski visited us in Cologne and signed his photo book "Tigri di Luce", which has won several awards and is now out of print and expensive. It is worth taking a look at our currently available titles by Bialobrzeski.
This book is a record of Peter Bialobrzeski’s time in England in the early 1990’s. The publication is his diploma work, made in two handbound, then still completely analogue made dummy books. Now, 27 years later the book is published as an almost facsimile version of the original layout. In his photos, he captured the class ridden society: “When I left Germany, I left a booming economy in a…
Doisneau's „Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville" is one of the most famous photographs in the world. In these days when the coronavirus has changed the way we live, the physical closeness shown here seems almost surreal - cafés and streets full of people, no face covering and no social distance. Certainly today's street photographers will also produce iconic images of these strange times: What they will…
“This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.“ (Salvador Dalí)
From Robert Capa's and Gerda Taro's photographs of the Spanish Civil War to Chim, Cartier-Bresson, Rodger and the international photographic cooperative Magnum Photos.
From 1925 until his death in 1929 Aby Warburg worked on his Mnemosyne Atlas, a volume of plates that has taken on mythical status in the study of modern art and visual studies. With this project, Warburg created a visual reference system that was far ahead of its time. Pinning black and white photographic reproductions on black-strung boards, Warburg created constellations that made cross-epochal inferences…
In her drawings, photographs, installations and books, American Artist Roni Horn has been exploring the nature of water and its universal qualities for over 30 years: “Water… reassures you, affirms you, shows you who you are, ... sighs, sucks, laughs, splishes, splashes, slashes, washes, murmurs, gushes, bubbles, babbles, shimmers, shines, gleams.“ Roni Horn's Dictionary of Water, for example,…
Controversal, provocative, surrealist, pioneering - Guy Bourdin is one of the world's most influential fashion photographers. He was constantly breaking and stretching the boundaries by creating shocking, sensual, and sometimes unsettling images.
David Goldblatt has documented the far-reaching effects of Apartheid in South African society. His pictures recorded those moments, scenes of everyday life and seemingly unprepossessing things that tend to be the most revelatory. These four titles are now available as a set for 70 €: On the Mines | Particulars | Boksburg | Structures de Domination et de Démocratie
2020 marks the 500th anniversary of Raphael's death. Crowned the “Prince of Painters” by Giorgio Vasari, Raphael (1483–1520) stands as one of the most popular artists of the Italian Renaissance. Around 1515, Raphael designed a set of tapestries for Leo X, the first Medici pope. Now lost, these spectacular, grand-scale textiles are reconstructed in “Raphael’s Tapestries“ and set among…
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