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Brutalist Architecture flourished from 1951 to 1975, having descended from the Modernist Architectural movement of the early 20th Century. Brutalism became popular with governmental and institutional clients. Examples are typically massive in character (even when not large), fortress-like, with a predominance of exposed concrete construction, or in the case of …
The monograph on one of the most important artists of the twentieth century – a key figure in Arte Povera. With 120 …
Art tourism has been a popular pursuit for generations of adventurers, and “Destination Art” by Phaidon Publications is the essential guide to …
Conceived in close collaboration with the artist the monograph “Experience” spans Olafur Eliasson’s career to date including works completed in 2018. 500 …
Sharon Hayes early studies in anthropology had a pivotal influence on her later work, Hayes practices a unique blend of performance and …
The monograph “Frank Stella” by Phaidon Publications covers the landmark work and latest career developments of one of today’s greatest living artists. …
What could be more intrinsically human than self-portraits? They represent what makes us unique among all creatures on this planet: our highly …
Trevor Paglen describes himself as a landscape artist. For the last two decades, the artist has been on a mission to photograph …
Though not as well-known as figures such as Frank Stella, Sol LeWitt, or Dan Flavin, Ryman is nonetheless one of the pioneers …
Thomas Bayrle began his career as a designer and, after an apprenticeship within a textile factory he became fascinated by mechanization and …
Jessica Stockholder has been recognized since the early 1990s as a pioneer of Installation Art, using a combination of paint, found objects, …
Among the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, the bonding substance most often used was clay. The Egyptians developed a substance more closely resembling …
Ellsworth Kelly was painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He was a leading exponent of the hard-edge style, in which abstract contours are sharply …
One of architecture’s fundamental roles is to present, and represent, the world around us. Its elements: walls, roof, windows and door, serve …
Best known for her works that incorporate second-hand objects, Yin Xiuzhen uses her artwork to explore modern issues of globalization and homogenization. …
Organised chronologically, the 170 works in the survey: “The Art of the Erotic” by Phaidon Publications, have also been cleverly selected so …
Shunga, such as the famous Japanese erotic pillow books, also known as spring images, were hugely popular, admired and explicit documents of …
In recent years there has been a change in the perception of clay and ceramics, now appreciated and consolidated within the tradition …
As accessibility and understanding of electronic media grow, its use by artists has become both widespread and increasingly instrumental in the latest …
Isamu Noguchi is one of the 20th Century’s most important and critically acclaimed sculptors, he did not belong to any particular movement, …
Raised in Albania, Anri Sala relocated to Paris, and then moved to Berlin in 2003. In a relatively short time, he developed …
The Artist Project is an online series of The Metropolitan Museum of Art which gave artists an opportunity to respond to its …
Unlike an art book, catalog or monograph that tend to showcase artworks created in another medium, the term “artists’ books” refers to …
The book “Yayoi Kusama – Revised and Expanded Edition” by Phaidon Publications is an updated and lengthier version of the one printed …
