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WHAT'S NEW? From Calatrava to Winehouse

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.

 

 

Book of the week: Annie Leibovitz – Portraits

“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…

 

 

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.

 

 

Just unpacked! New arrivals

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.

 

 

Furniture and Interior Design 

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...

 

 

The Jimmy Nelson Collector's Edition at a super low price for a short time only!

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!

 

 

NEW: Just arrived!

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…

 

 

Book of the week: Lois Hechenblaikner – Ischgl

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…

 

 

Books from Libraryman

Tony Cederteg, founder of the publishing house, describes Libraryman as “an imprint focusing on small details and caring for high quality and its following risk taking.“

Libraryman, established in 2008, produces and publishes contemporary photo books and is based in Antwerp, Belgium and Stockholm, Sweden. Working with a varied group of photographers and artists from around the world, Libraryman…

 

 

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…

 

 

New in stock: Just arrived!

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.

 

 

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.…

 

 

This week's bargain: Mark Seliger – Photographs

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,…

 

 

Wanderlust: Around the world with 25 books

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.

 

 

Focus on: India

Latest news: All eyes on India

The online festival „Indernet“, organized by the artists' collective Masala Movement, will be held from June 18th to 21st. It’s worth a visit!

And Indian economist and philosopher Amartya Sen is awarded the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade: “The association and its members have chosen to pay tribute to a pioneering scholar who has addressed issues of…

 

 

WHAT'S NEW? Three great recent publications:

Exclusively available is the new book by Robert Knoth & Antoinette de Jong:

Their book project shows the changing landscapes in the closed zones around Fukushima. They documented evacuated farmhouses, gardens, agricultural fields and the surrounding hills and forests and combine their photos with historical material.

RBB Photobooks is releasing two photo books:

Czesław Siegieda photographed the…

 

 

Nearly gone! Just few copies left.

Tuymans, Picasso, Friedlander, Sherman, Freud, Evans, Lange, Warhol, Gibson, Oehlen, Levinthal...

 

 

The American Dream?

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…

 

 

The true face of Venice: Migropolis

Book project "Migropolis" takes a look behind the facades of Venice, visualising it's cultural, social, political and economic aspects in photos, diagrams, interviews and essays: The tourist masses, cruise liners and commercial posters, the declining urban population, the migrational changes.

Since its publication, the study has achieved the status of being a standard reference.

 

 

Freshly unpacked! New arrivals

These include Rineke Dijkstra's Louisiana Book, Warhol's Complete Magazine Work, the catalogue to the exhibition on Franz Walter at the Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt, Francesca Woodman - On Being an Angel, publications on Leiko Ikemura, Keith Haring, Stephen Shore and ... much much more.

 

 

Focus on: African Photography

African Photography is no longer an insider's tip. In our selection you will find some great anthologies on contemporary African photography as well as monographs on well-known photographers such as Santu Mofokeng and Zwelethu Mthethwa.

 

 

Set of books: From two to many

Stephen Gill, Victor Vasarely, Bill Owens, Roni Horn, Vladimir Tatlin, Andrew Moore, David Goldblatt, Chuck Close, Jules Chéret, Francesco Clemente, documenta, Scotiabank Photo Award, Errata...

 

 

Well wrapped! Our Christo-titles

The artist Christo died on May 31st. He captivated audiences around the world for more than 50 years with massive public art installations, often decades in the making and all of them temporary: Surrounded Islands in Miami's Biscayne Bay, Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin, The Gates in New York’s Central Park, The Pont Neuf Wrapped in Paris, the Big Air Package in Oberhausen, and the Floating Piers in…

 

 

Back in stock! Books from Steidl

Some books vanished from our stock very quickly, partly because of limited quantities, partly because of their amazing popularity.

All of you who missed the first opportunity to buy the exhibition catalogue „Where Three Dreams Cross“, the monographs of Jean Arp or Felix Gonzales-Torres, Jan Jedlička's „The Circle“ or „Roni Horn aka Roni Horn“ will now get a second chance.

 

 

Give my Regards to Elizabeth: Peter Bialobrzeski's Photographs from the UK

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…

 

 

Focus on: Peter Bialobrzeski

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.

 

 

The art of the film: Influential films and movie stars

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...

 

 

Just unpacked! New arrivals

Featuring a photographic portrait of the world at the beginning of the 20th century and intimate portraits of Louise Bourgeois in the final years of her life. Further: Roger Ballen, Lucian Freud, Mies van der Rohe, Hilma af Klint, Taryn Simon...

 

 

Rare Photobook milestones now accessible to everyone

„I found it absurd that most of the photobooks that are now considered the greatest or most influential books the medium has produced over the past 150 years are unavailable to students and newer generations of photographers because of their extreme rarity or value.

Photobooks were, and continue to be, vital to my own education and maturity as an artist, and I hope that this book series can inspire…

 

 

This week's bargain: A big book on art in Florence for only € 29,95

A magnificent, never-before-published collection of every painting and fresco on display in the Uffizi, the Galleria Palatina of the Pitti Palace, the Accademia, and the Duomo, and more – nearly 2,000 works of art – all presented in a beautiful slipcased package.

This stunning showcase of the art capital of the world also includes two removable posters of Florence – one from the Renaissance…

 

 

Modern Masters: Van Gogh, Dalí, Klimt, Picasso, Dix, Klee...

“This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.“ (Salvador Dalí)

 

 

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…

 

 

Just arrived: From Minimalism in Germany to Cindy Sherman's Untitled Horrors

... and photo portraits of Picasso, Sugimoto, Schapiro, Lange, Guidi, Becker, Chanel ...

 

 

Let's go to Paris!

As a centre of art, culture and fashion, Paris has been attracting the attention of the world for centuries.

In the city new trends were developed, avant-garde works of art, plans, designs and ideas were created: Medieval lluminated manuscripts, the famous cathedral Notre-Dame, Haussmann's audacious programme of urban planning, surrealism and futurism, fashion, photographs in and of Paris are just…

 

 

Spectacular! Aby Warburg's Mnemosyne Atlas

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…

 

 

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.

 

 

Soooo many new books!

Including two books on John Baldessari, a biography on photographer Robert Frank, a title on Patti Smith, photo books, titles on fashion and architecture and many more.

 

 

Real giants! Our heavyweights:

Enormously big catalogues raisonnés, corpulent encyclopaedias, massive coffee table books and impressive book sets.

 

 

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,…

 

 

Just released: Peter Beard

…

 

 

Focus on: Guy Bourdin

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.

 

 

Book of the Week: Paula Modersohn–Becker

Considered one of the most important of the early German modernists, the painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-–1907) challenged traditions of representations of the female body in art.

With her subdued, earthy palette and surfaces of thick impasto, Modersohn-Becker avoided conventional beauty. Discarding any hint of idealization, her female figures, whose sturdy bodies are often posed awkwardly,…

 

 

New arrivals: From Pompeii and Casanova's Europe to the space

And: Japanese dolls, Flemish tapestry, David Shrigley's cartoonlike drawings, Venetian glass, magazine layout and covers...

 

 

#stayathomewithbooks: What, when and where are you reading?

Art books, photo books or novels? In the morning, while having breakfast, in the evening with a glass of wine? On the floor? At a desk? In the garden?

Send us a photo we are allowed to post on our Instagram Channel @artbooksoffline! Per DM on Instagram or Email (hello@artbooksonline.eu)


By the way, we spend our days at home with these books:

 

 

Special offer: Kander, Burri, Evans, Morath, Hanzlova...

 

 

Just arrived: Leibovitz, Lagerfeld, Hadid, McCurry, Newton, Alonge, Picasso, Carpeaux...

 

 

Focus on: David Goldblatt

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

 

 

Spectacular Spaces of Knowledge: The most beautiful universities & Books on art & photography

The start of studies at the universities will initially be purely digital. If you are longing for lecture halls, libraries and study rooms, we recommend the book The Most Beautiful Universities in the World: A journey from Bologna, Salamanca and Coimbra to Uppsala, Heidelberg and Paris... and, of course, Yale, Cambridge, Princeton and Oxford.

In addition, we've selected some great and knowledgeable…

 

 

Books which are becoming more and more expensive...

Now and then there are books which suddenly become rare and expensive; real treasures which we sometimes even don't so much like to sell ;-)

 

 

Book of the Week: Elliott Erwitt's Scotland

A “great Scottish adventure”: Armed with his trusty Leica camera, Elliot Erwitt embarked on an exploration of Scotland and pays homage to the varied landscapes and characters—and of course, the dogs!—that are unique to Scotland.

 

 

Very well hidden: rare titles

Among our books there are some real rarities (signed copies & special editions). We've gone on a hunt and discovered some very rare and wonderful titles: Eggleston, Moholy-Nagy, Schürmann, Wessel, Wolf, Witkin, Richter....

 

 

Focus on: Sebastião Salgado

Between misery and beauty: Gold shows the intense drama of the gold rush at Serra Pelada during the 1980s. Salgado's haunting black-and-white photographs from the Genesis project record landscapes and people unchanged in the devastating onslaught of modern society and development. End of Polio is an inspirational account of the global initiative to eliminate the scourge of polio and in Scent of a Dream…

 

 

In Pairs: One book, two artists

Inspiration and conflict, compared and confronted: Mapplethorpe & Munch, Bacon & Picasso, Kaprow & Oldenburg, Dalí und Duchamp, Wearing & Cahun – The books show their life, work and working methods and reveal similarities and differences: By engaging in a dialogue often surprising insights emerge...

 

 

Bargain of the week: Richard Avedon & James Baldwin – Im Hinblick (German edition)

Richard Avedon and James Baldwin's joint examination of American identity: Baldwin's powerful essay and Avedon's stunning portraits are just as relevant today as they were when the book was originally published in 1964.

 

 

A postcard from Cologne...

Why not write a postcard to your grandma, aunt, father or friends? These postcard sets and books provide plenty of material and inspiration to send greetings to loved ones.

 

 

Focus on: Peter Lindbergh

Untold Stories, a current exhibition at Museum Kunstpalast in Duesseldorf, celebrates the legacy of Peter Lindbergh, who passed away in September 2019. The museum is currently closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The catalogue, however, gives a wonderful insight into Lindbergh's personal approach to fashion photography – and makes you want to see more of his photos!


“What I'm interested in,…

 

 

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…

 

 

What a bargain! A treasure of photography: Henri Cartier-Bresson's Scrapbook

Henri Cartier-Bresson's legendary Scrapbook contains 345 images printed by himself to prepare for the Museum of Modern Art show in 1947. It represents a major contribution to the understanding of Cartier-Bresson during this period.

 

 

Graphic Novels, Cartoons & Comics

Amazing stories to read and to look at: Totally awesome!

 

 

American Beauty: Robert Adams – The Place We Live

Robert Adams has been capturing the changing landscape of the American West for more than forty years; its skies and rivers, its prairies, its suburbs and shopping malls. The Place We Live presents his best work and is available for a reduced price of just 78 €.

“No place is boring, if you’ve had a good night’s sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film.” – Robert Adams

 

 

New books
Amy Winehouse – Blake Wood
€30.00  
William Claxton – Jazzlife
€60.00  
Santiago Calatrava – Complete Works
1979 - Today
€50.00  
Sneaker Freaker – Ultimate Sneaker Book
€50.00  
Daniel Naudé – Sightings of the Sacred
€48.00 €19.80  
E. H. Gombrich – Geschichte der Kunst
€39.95  
Martin HM Schreiber – Madonna Nudes
€16.95  
Stern Portfolio Set
Paolo Pellegrin | Claudia & Karl | Brigitte Lacombe | Lord Snowdon | Heinz Köster | Volker Hinz | Alison Jackson
€137.95 €25.00  
Rankin – More
€98.00 €39.80  
Bruce Weber – Leap of Faith
All-American XV
€98.00 €18.00  
Alison Jackson
Stern Fotografie Portfolio No. 70
€18.00 €9.00  
Heinz Köster
Stern Fotografie Portfolio No. 59
€18.00 €9.00  
Lord Snowdon
Stern Fotografie Portfolio No. 52
€18.00 €9.00  
Brigitte Lacombe
Stern Fotografie Portfolio No. 73
€18.00 €9.00  
Claudia & Karl
Stern Fotografie Portfolio No. 60
€18.00 €9.00  
Volker Hinz
Stern Fotografie Portfolio No. 67
€18.00 €9.00  
Paolo Pellegrin
Stern Fotografie Portfolio No. 57
€18.00 €9.00  
Robert Frank – The Lines of My Hand
€48.00  
Dayanita Singh – Museum Bhavan
€75.00  
Henry Wessel – Five Books
California and the West /Odd Photos /Las Vegas /Real Estate Photographs /Night Walk
€480.00  

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