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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 ...

This week's bargains: Beaton & Taro & Klein & Picasso & Rembrandt

Picasso’s prime subject was the human figure and portraiture remained a favourite genre. Rembrandt, celebrated as the supreme painter of the human condition, famously turned the intense spotlight of his empathetic vision on himself. And Klein transformed his life into a myth that blurred the boundary between art and biography.

Gerda Taro – Inventing Robert Capa traces Taro's life and reveals the…

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 ...

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story of John & Yoko’s life, work and relationship during this intensely creative period, featuring exclusive, hitherto-unpublished archive photos and footage sequences.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.

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.

So many new books:

All sorts of great books have reached us this week: Klimt at Home, Van Gogh – Years in France, Gorman – Framed, Jarman – Super, Bailey's Stardust, Steichen, Lynch, Doisneau, Gruyaert, Kurland, Gill ...

This week's bargain: Davie & Hockney – Early Works

Just arrived and a real bargain! Juxtaposing the remarkable early work of two greats of post-war painting, this book provides an original perspective on an important aspect of two significant artistic careers.

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…

What's new?

Blossfeldt, Dylan, Corbijn, Shore, Struth, Darboven, Deneuve ...

This week’s bargain: How To Be Chap

The Surprisingly Sophisticated Habits, Drinks and Clothes of the Modern Gentleman:

A tweed suit, pipe, umbrella, and hat; a large dose of British humor and no sports—well, except for cricket. The Chap is the modern English gentleman, and he’s out to conquer the world.

How to be Chap explores the roots of the English gentleman and follows them to the present day.

4 x Stephen Shore: Back in stock and reduced in price for a short-time only

We were able to get a few more copies of these top titles. They are real classics and definitely gone fast!

Focus on: Stephen Shore

Iconic giant of contemporary photography

American photographer Stephen Shore (*1947) is one of the most influential photographers of our time and a leading representative of the New Color Photography movement in the United States.

Alongside Shore in the late 1960s and ’70s, Sternfeld, Eggleston, and a host of American photographers exploded the boundaries of photography through the use of color.…

This week's darling: The Düsseldorf School of Photography

The Düsseldorf School is renowned around the world, and is today synonymous with a highly diverse and new approach to the medium of photography. There has been no other art movement since the Bauhaus to possess such a worldwide appeal.

This volume traces its ascendancy from the mid-1970s, when husband and wife team Bernd and Hilla Becher gave art photography an institutional roof. The book offers…

Just arrived!

There are many new titles to discover: Brohm, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Sander, Edmaier, Ungerer, Serrano, Abbott, Tudor-Hart ...

This week’s bargain: Shoplifter & Maison Mondän

Shoplifter! explores innovative store concepts and provides expert insights into how brands can engage with their customers in novel ways.

Metropolitan apartments and interior design: Maison Mondän's detailed portraits take readers across the threshold and provide a tantalizing tour – be it the witty elegance of the French, the boldness of an Italian modernist apartment, or enticing domestic cabinets…

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.

Many new arrivals!

A whole bunch of new books arrived recently: Rodin/Arp, Herzog, Maillard, Ballen, Bergh, Blok, Kelly, Myers, Coplans ... and last but not least Lars Eidinger's "Autistic Disco".

This week's darling: Ottilie W. Roederstein

Rediscovered! Ottilie W. Roederstein (1859–1937) was one of the most successful female artists of her time.

The painter had fought for her success: not only against the resistance of her parents, who did not want such a “dubious” activity for their daughter, but also against the numerous prejudices of that time. She fought for equal rights for women and opened a teaching studio that was also…

New from Mack Books:

Just out and brand new from Mack Books:
John Divola – Terminus,
Irina Rozovsky – In Plain Air,
Paul Graham – But Still, It Turns,
Deanna Templeton – What She Said ...

Focus on: Mark Steinmetz

Mark Steinmetz' black-and-white photographs seem timeless. With his camera, he captures life in small American towns, the atmosphere of summer camps, street scenes in Paris and various Italian cities.

From 2012 to 2019 Mark Steinmetz took photos on the streets of Berlin. This work now comes together in the book "Berlin Pictures" that shows the city’s hard and soft sides in poetic, subtle and floating…

All new and freshly arrived!

Schlemmer, Sander, Newton, Salgado, Knorr, Walker, Berned, Kramer, Chaubin, Kiefer ...

Beautiful bargains: Rams – Miller – Panton

Only few copies left!

Three indispensable additions to the bookshelves of design-lovers:

Dieter Rams is one of the most influential product designers of the twentieth century. As Little Design as Possible is a clear, comprehensive and beautiful presentation of his life and work.
A Way of Living presents the rich history of the innovative furniture company Herman Miller, from its founding in the early…

This week's darling: Stranger in Polaroid

And a real bargain to boot!

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look of Jim Jarmusch's film "Stranger Than Paradise".

Stranger In Polaroid features exclusive images by Otto Grokenberger, which he took during the production of a landmark of art-house cinema, Stranger Than Paradise (1984). This series of full colour production stills captures the film's places and characters and offers a counterpoint to…

Focus on: Karl Lagerfeld

Along with being the most prolific fashion designer of our time, Lagerfeld was a skilled photographer, draftsman and caricaturist too.

Supermodels, couture fashion, his cat Choupette, landscapes and nudes were among is favorite subjects.

Just arrived: Templeton, Fink, Becker, Pam, Koelbl ...

Many new photo titles arrived with us this week, including a small quantity of Herlinde Koelbel's "Kleider machen Leute," Olaf Otto Becker's "Reading the Landscape," the catalogue "From Polaroid to Impossible" and some great books from Stanley/Barker and Éditions Bessard.

Two further highlights are "The Belgians: An Unexpected Fashion Story" and Hockney's family portraits.

This week's bargain: Olaf Otto Becker – Under the Nordic Light

A Journey through Time: Iceland 1999-2011.

How does a landscape change within a period of 12 years? What has changed, what has stayed the same? What traces become visible?

For several years now, Olaf Otto Becker has traveled the high northern spheres. "Under the Nordic Light" contains photographs of Iceland that show primordial landscapes alongside traces of civilization and economic crisis.

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…

Recent arrivals: From Chanel to Mickey Mouse

Featuring Robert Frank, Michael Comte, Bahman Jalali, Roger Melis, Catharina van Eetvelde, Toulouse-Lautrec, William Klein, Alice Aycock, Dieter Roth, 17th Century Chinese Painting and many more titles.

Just arrived from New York: Neue Galerie catalogues

Fancy a trip to Vienna around 1900?
These fantastic catalogues of New York's Neue Galerie make this possible: Klimt and the Women, Schiele's Portraits, and Koloman Moser's accomplishments in the decorative arts bring to life the birth of the Modern in turn-of-the-century Vienna.

Three other publications focus on the two artists Alexei Jawlensky and Otto Dix, as well as on „degenerate art“, a…

This week's darling: John Singer Sargent

Accompanying a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, this is the first book devoted to the career of the renowned American painter through his brilliant portraits:

John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) was one of the leading painters of his generation, whose captivating portraits are universally admired. Brilliant works of art and penetrating character studies, they are also records of relationships,…

New year, new books: This week's fresh arrivals

A happy and healthy 2021 to all of you!

In the last few days, we've received some new books: From Nordic Design, Tapio Wirkkala, Walter Knoll, Burri and Mahler to Sargent, Kiefer, Kounellis and Peyton.
Have fun browsing!

This week's bargains: Louise Bourgeois & Tracey Emin

Two icons of art:

British artist Tracey Emin is known for making works that convey experiences and events from her own life. Her works can often be sexually provocative and their stories are revealed with a raw openness, which has often sparked debate. Compiled in close collaboration with the artist and unprecedented in its scope, this definitive book collects ten years of Tracey Emin’s drawings,…

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. This year marks their 550th or 100th anniversary. To celebrate these exceptional artists, we're heralding the Dürer & Beuys Year.

Focus on: Pierre Gonnord

French-born and Madrid-based photographer Pierre Gonnord captures the marginalized and invisible members of society in elegant portraits.

Deeply painterly, Gonnord’s photographs draw on the Spanish tradition of portraiture established by Zubarán, Ribera and Velázquez, cloaking their subjects in dark, sober backdrops and bathing their features in a light that draws out every expressive crease and…

WHAT'S NEW? From "Art of the Bible" to "Art and Politics Now"

... and Eileen Gray, James Irvine, John Pawson, Pettibon, Gombrich, Tillmans, Steyerl, Georges Braque, Paul Klee, Pierre Gonnord, Sean Scully ...

This week's bargains: Woodstock, Springsteen, Cash

The legendary festival and two famous singer-songwriters:

The volume "Woodstock. 3 Days of Peace & Music" includes hundreds of photographs and documents and deliver insight into the most famous and influential festival of all time. "Springsteen & The E Street Band 1975" shows photos which capture Springsteen and the Band as they were catapulted to stardom. "Johnny Cash at Folsom & San Quentin" is…

Book of the Week: Ver Sacrum. The Vienna Secession Art Magazine

This book gathers the covers of Ver Sacrum, the official magazine of the Vienna Secession, which ran from 1898 to 1903.

It reproduces all 120 regular issues―plus some special, limited-edition covers―in 1:1 scale, alongside a selection of block prints, lithographs and copper engravings.

With work by Klimt, Schiele and others, Ver Sacrum set the standard for magazine design.

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“,…

Focus on: Industrial culture – photography & design

Today's list gathers titles on industrial photography and design: from Hoppé, Krull, Renger-Patzsch and Bernd & Hilla Becher to Industrial Living and Industrial Facility.

New books: From Marlene Dumas to Leonardo da Vinci

... and Danish Chair, Eames Furniture Sourcebook and Furniture Boom; Toilet Paper 2 and A History of Erotic, The Comet, Walks to the Paradise Garden and Lightopia ...

Special Christmas bargain: The MoMA catalogue "Bauhaus 1919–1933" at a reduced price

The Bauhaus, the school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919, brought together artists, architects and designers in an extraordinary conversation about the nature of modern art.

Published to accompany a major exhibition on the Bauhaus at The Museum of Modern Art “Bauhaus 1919-1933 – Workshops for Modernity“ offers a new generational perspective on the twentieth century's most influential…

Book of the Week (... and another bargain: William Klein – Celebration

In "Celebration", William Klein has gathered his favorite works, those that he considers to be the very best he has made over the course of his long career, in order to pay homage to the medium of photography itself.

The book provides a tour of his most emblematic works, traversing New York, Rome, Moscow, Madrid and Paris, in powerful black and white or striking color.

A small-format but high-voltage…

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.

New arrivals: Many, many books!

Featuring Malmström, Homer, Polish Renaissance, Art and Feminism, Ruff, Richter, Hofer, Duchamp, Borremans ...

Our New Year's bargains: Moon - LGBT - Magritte's Fifth Season

2021: New Year, new perspectives!

The title "Moon - From Inner Worlds to Outer Space" focuses the myths of the moon in the arts and sciences, Daniel Nicoletta gives an impressive insight into San Francisco's LGBT movement and "The Fifth Season" shows René Magritte's late work.

And best of all, these titels are real bargains.

Book of the Week: Caravaggio – Complete Works ... and further titles on Caravaggio

Caravaggio's complete works in high-quality reproductions:

Dramatic shifts from foreboding dark to probing light; a realism that exposes all the flaws and folds of human flesh; a surgical explication of almost unbearably tense emotion; and the poised depiction of crucial moments at the very lip of their unfolding: these were among the innovations of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio.

During…

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.

NEW! Just arrived

A lot of new La Fábrica books and a few more titles: from Manolo Valdes and Roni Horn to Cristina Iglesias and Carsten Höller.

Sooooo many new books!

Featuring great masters, newcomers and a bit of pop culture: Dürer, Renoir, Richter, Bruegel, Warhol, Miller, Abramovic, Newton, McQueen, Signer, Moore, Benson, Phibbs, Art of Make-Up, Marvel Age of Comics...

This week's bargain: Cristina de Middel's photobook "Muchismo"

Invited to mount an exhibition at the Teatro Fernán Gómez in Madrid, Spanish photographer Cristina de Middel chose to display all her images in exactly the way she has them stored in her studio—in colossal, gorgeous chaos. The result is „Muchismo", a unique display of the photographer’s entire oeuvre.

Varied and entertaining, at times playful and bizarre, "Muchismo" gives de Middel a chance…

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.

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Gifts, gifts, gifts ...

Our little gift ideas list: For your brother, your mother, your girlfriend, your uncle, your niece, your neighbour, your colleagues - in our selection you'll hopefully find something for everyone. Enjoy!

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.

This week's bargain: Marc Jacobs – Unseen

The first book on the popular designer, “Marc Jacobs – Unseen“ is an inside look at the revered collections, and is filled with 280 inspiring and never-before-seen images by Vogue photographer Robert Fairer.

The book unfolds chronologically, revisiting the most iconic creations and revealing behind-the-scenes moments that show models, hairdressers, stylists, makeup artists, and Marc Jacobs…

Just unpacked: our new arrivals

We've just received several new titles: from Cézanne to Lassnig, from Freundlich to Malevich, from Witz to Wolf, from Leonardo to Picasso, from Doisneau to Koudelka, from Hofmann to Hasselblad, from Ruscha to Shore ...

Just unpacked! This week's new arrivals

This week's new arrivals include books on Max Beckmann, Ellsworth Kelly, Bill Viola, Robert Ryman and Winslow Homer as well as more titles from La Fábrica and books by Boris Mikhailov, Nick Waplington, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Vasantha Yogananthan ...

Special bargain title: Elliott Erwitt – Personal Best for only € 49,95 €.

Novedades! New arrivals from Spain: La Fábrica titles

La Fábrica, a publishing house based in Madrid, publishes more than forty titles on art and photography each year.

We have been able to get some really great titles. Among them are books by Eunice Adorno, Carlos Saura, Man Ray, Aitor Lara, Joan Fontcuberta, Thomas Ruff, Tina Modotti, Robert Mapplethorpe, Joan Colom and others.

This week's bargain: Diane Arbus – In the Beginning for just € 18.

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Vote for Women! Influential women artists and photographers from Marina Abramovic to Vanessa Winship

“While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last.“ (Kamala Harris)

The legal right of women to vote was established in the United States only 100 years ago; many other countries introduced women's suffrage even later. For a long time, women weren’t involved in decision making, in creative processes or in politics – and an inequality still exists…. Now Kamala Harris…

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…

Niki de Saint Phalle & Margaret Bourke-White

An outstanding artist and a renowned photographer:

The story of Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) is that of an artist on a quest for emancipation in a world dominated by men. Her highly individual stance and her profoundly innovative oeuvre left a firm imprint on the cultural landscape of the 20th century.

In the male-dominated world of American photography Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was…

New! Books from Stanley/Barker

STANLEY/BARKER is a publishing house founded in London by Rachel and Gregory Barker. They produce a select list of highly individual publications each year.

These four titles have just arrived.

Focus on: Ostkreuz

Ostkreuz, today's most famous photographers' agency in Germany, was founded by seven East German photographers shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Ostkreuz stands for socially engaged documentary photography with passion and the willingness to take a stance toward reality.

Focus on: McCurry

Magnum photographer Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than 30 years, documenting conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient traditions and contemporary culture.

McCurry is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Press Photographers Award, the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal, and two first-place prizes in the World Press…

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.

Focus on: Katrien De Blauwer

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.

The Poster – Between Art, Advertisement and Politics

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…

All naked: Nudes in art and photography

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.…

Focus on: Street Photography

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…

Focus on: Photojournalism

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.

Focus on: Roni Horn

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,…

The Divine: Raphael

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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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!