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By creating photographs that transformed his subjects into abstractions of shapes and patterns, Edward Weston helped bring the medium out of the …

Daido Moriyama was born in 1938 in Osaka, where he studied photography before moving to Tokyo in 1961.  There, having worked as …

Nomadic homes come in all shapes and sizes. They are for the wealthy and the poor, the trendy and the out-of-luck. Changing …

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning “pictures of the floating world,” ukiyo-e …

In “Fullmoon” by Taschen Publications, the conceptual meets the poetic, in more than 260 photographs, Darren Almond catches landscapes around the globe, …

The special two-volume edition ”100 Αrtists Who Epitomize The Contemporary Art Scene” by Taschen Publications  features 100 of the artists from TASCHEN’s …

There is widespread agreement that art is “very important”, but it can be remarkably hard to say quite why. Yet if art …

In “LAB – Building a Home for Scientists” Mark C. Fishman describes how to build labs as homes for scientists, to accommodate …

James Welling has been questioning the norms of representation since the 1970s. His work centers on an exploration of photography, shuffling the …

After 70% of the city of Rikuzentakata was destroyed by an earthquake in March 2011, Toyo Ito called on three young architects, …

“Art in Time” by Phaidon Publications, presents artists and their work in relation to the times that inspired them, around the world …

When we talk about the most important Avant-Garde Movements of the 20th Century, an important spot is taken by Arte Povera, which …

The photographer Devin Yalkin says he wants people to hear his images, as if they have the ability to capture the low-fi, …

Kerry James Marshall uses painting, sculptural installations, collage, video, and photography to comment on the history of black identity both in the …

Meaning literally, “the beauty of tight binding”, Kinbaku-bi, the Japanese art of erotic bondage has long fascinated Nobuyoshi Araki, who has made …

Atelier Kempe Thill is an architectural firm that includes Oliver Thill and André Kempe, originally from East Germany who graduated of Dresden …

“The Unappropriated Recipes”, is Para Site’s first cookbook and crowdfunded project. The book is an unconventional publication celebrating Hong Kong through eighty …

A residency-based contemporary art venue, Fogo Island Arts (FIA) provides support for artistic exploration and production for artists, filmmakers, writers, musicians, curators, …

When the Iraqi Army retreated across the Kuwaiti desert in early 1991, after being repelled by U.S.-led coalition forces in Operation Desert …

“Men are not born in Holly Mountain” with this phrase Stratos Kalafatis begins the preface of his book “Athos – the Colors …

Zaha Hadid is one of the most innovative and celebrated architects working in the world today. Born in Iraq, based in London …

The catalog “From Kandinsky to Pollock: The Art of the Guggenheim Collections”, by Rizzoli Publications, describes the birth of the postwar Neo-Avant-Garde …

The catalogue “14 Rooms” by Hatje Cantz Publications, in 160 pages and 65 illustrations presents the homonymous exhibition timed to coincide with …

The first major new monograph on Olafur Eliasson in almost a decade, produced in close collaboration with Olafur Eliasson and his studio …