For almost five hundred years, the Mona Lisa smile has mystified viewers and intrigued historians. Completed in 1515, the Mona Lisa has hidden the lady’s secret well. Now, after years devoted to research and analysis of the works of Leonardo da Vinci, W. N. Varvel has decoded the Mona Lisa and reveals the message within her smile, a secret too dangerous for the artist to acknowledge during his life but one which he hoped future generations would ...
The renowned and highly influential architect, furniture-maker, interior designer and photographer Eileen Gray was born in Ireland and remained throughout her life an Irishwoman at heart. An elusive figure, her interior world has never before been observed as closely as in this ground-breaking study of her work, philosophy and inner circle of fellow artists. Jennifer Goff expertly blends art history and biography to create a stunning ensemble, ...
Initially published in print in collaboration with the Kunstverein München, Munich and Richter Verlag, Dusseldorf. Introduction by Bartomeu Marí, Dirk Snauwaert. Texts by Heike Ander, “Works 1964-1976;” Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, “Structure, Sign and Reference in the Work of David Lamelas;” David Lamelas and Raúl Escari, “Self Awareness;” Lynda Morris, “Inte ...
Powering Down on Authority is Avital Ronell’s response to Witte de With’s invitation for her to reflect, in lengthy essay form, on the questions of power and authority in our time. ...
The Larry's List team consists of art market researchers from around the world. Currently, we have more than 20 nationalities, each researcher with a background in art history or experience with art dealing.Which city in the world has the highest density of 2014 contemporary art collectors? Which country?Why does Germany almost have as many private art museums as the us?And what are the future trends for the global collectors scene?What you ...
The Guggenheim Reader Series: Russia is the inaugural title in a new e-book series that brings together scholarly essays on prominent themes. The Guggenheim has a rich history of exploring Russian art and the avant-garde in particular; this anthology collects the most insightful and influential essays from exhibition catalogues such as The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde, 1915–1932 (1992) and Russia! Nine Hundred Years ...
This digital publication accompanies the exhibition Making is Thinking that took place at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art (23 January – 1 May 2011).The publication features a historical perspective on craft by Alice Motard; a short story by Yoshiko Nagai, inspired by Teppei Kaneuji’s animation Tower; a conversation between artist Ane Hjort Guttu and Solveig Øvstebø titled The Emancipation of Forms; ...
Art has never been as culturally and economically prominent as it is today. How can artists themselves shape the social relevance and impact of their work? In How to Do Things with Art, German art historian Dorothea von Hantelmann uses four case study artists–Daniel Buren, James Coleman, Jeff Koons and Tino Sehgal–to examine how an artwork acts upon and within social conventions, particularly through the «performing» of exhibitions. The book&apo ...
