Printed and packed especially for you: our surprise bags!
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!
Featuring Corbijn, Lagerfeld, Mapplethorpe, Moser, Gossage, Trier, Schnabel, Mthethwa, Friedlander, Horvat, Vitali, Dikeman, Lynch and many more.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
"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:
It’s Easter Bunny time! Our bunny is inspired by Albrecht Dürer, but more funky. And it brings many new books instead of eggs:
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.
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!
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".
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
Real treasures! Photobooks as limited editions, signed, with prints... From Tom Hunter to Alec Soth.
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.
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“,…
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!
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