A preoccupation with stillness: a survey of Sugimoto's images, selected from his work over five decades. With textual contributions by many, including Edmund de Waal and Mami Kataoka.
A leading figure in the German avant-garde, Münter was also Kandinsky's wife. This is the catalogue of the excellent exhibition of her work at Vienna's Leopold Museum.
The art of imperfection: the work of the aged, self-taught hands of one of Japan's most highly regarded potters. Beautiful work, austere and anchored in ancient techniques of Japanese and Ko... read more
Besides looking at the artist's paintings and works on paper, this book includes many previously unpublished documents and photographs from the family archives.
A delightful book of postcards sketched by the anthropologist on his travels, for his granddaughter. A moon stung by wasps, a pumpkin harvest, a wild boar racing through the forest...
A lavishly illustrated survey of the Dutch gardener's creations, several of which are now listed as National Monuments. Her life spanned the C20th and her gardens do express many of the Mode... read more
Seeing the writing on the wall, some Nazi profiteers set about removing their loot from Germany in the early months of 1945: to Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and South America. Locher... read more