Pawel Althamer (b.1967) originally trained as a sculptor, but today he combines his object-making with pioneering work i......more
The first and only survey of Japanese design as seen through the lens of Japan’s traditional colour spectrum – an exquis......more
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The only comprehensive monograph of the work of Sigurd Lewerentz, features 150 of Lewerentz s designs and constructions ......more
First comprehensive study of the work of Italian designer Achille Castiglioni (1918 - 2002) regarded as one of the great......more
A comprehensive study of the important Florentine architect and sculptor Filippo Brunelleschi....more
Louis I. Kahn (1901-74) was one of the single greatest influences on world architecture in the second half of the twenti......more
With the death of Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000), Europe lost one of its most talented photographers. Giacomelli trained i......more
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was one of the greatest of the Japanese printmakers. painters and book illustrators. This......more
Victorian Painting is a comprehensive survey of one of the most fertile and varied eras in the history of painting. It e......more
This book is an attempt to make sense of the pluralistic nature of contemporary architecture, by offering an incisive ye......more
Edward Lucie-Smith provides an authoritative world survey of the visual arts from the 1960s to the present, a period of ......more
Francisco Goya (1746-1828) has been called the last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns. For most of his car......more
The acclaimed survey of the life and works of the celebrated Italian modernist master, available for the first time in p......more
The first substantial monograph on an artist whose sculptures capture the proliferation of information and objects in co......more
The first monograph of Chicago-based Theaster Gates, one of the most exciting and highly regarded contemporary artists a......more
German designer and educator Otl Aicher was a pioneer of 20th century graphic design, renowned for creating visual ident......more
A leading female figure in Chinese contemporary art, Yin Xiuzhen (b. 1963, Beijing, China) began her career in the early......more
Following the successful reception of Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting,Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing and......more
Photo‐realism, abstraction, portraiture, installation painting, neo‐expressionism and the Leipzig School are just some o......more
A fresh account of a turbulent phase in the modern master’s career....more
伊東豐雄作品集Toyo Ito (b. 1941) is one of the most important Japanese architects working today, and has grown to be one of the......more
A timely survey that addresses the relationship between art and electronic technology, including mechanics, light, graph......more
The most comprehensive monograph on the work of Monica Bonvicini....more
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One of the world s most celebrated architects at the time of his death at the age of 51, the Finnish-born, American-trai......more
Illustrated with almost five hundred images, offers a survey of the art of sculpture from the 1960s to the present day....more
Provides a comprehensive survey of modern art, covering four hundred artists and their works from the last thirty years....more
Magnum Stories is a collection of the best photo stories produced by the photographers of Magnum. Through the work of ......more
The complete account of the architectural work of leading Renaissance artist Michelangelo....more
Like its successful predecessors 10x10 (published in 2000) and 10x10_2 (published in 2005), 10x10_3 is a comprehensive o......more
The only up-to-date monograph on the work of Dutch product designer Hella Jongerius....more
Younger than Jesus: The Artists Directory is the product of some of the most wide-ranging research in the field of cont......more
Featuring more than 300 portraits made from the early 1960s until the artist’s death in 1987, Andy Warhol Portraits is t......more
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With films, drawings, photographs, audio recordings and installations, Berlin-based English artist Tacita Dean explores ......more
Drawing together the complete Phaidon interviews with artists since 1995, pressPLAY is a collection of conversations wit......more
Provides color plates of Bourgeois sculptures and installations, essays, an interview, critical analysis, and Louise Bo......more
With images that suggest a modern day Caspar David Friedrich, sculptor, installation artist and photographer Olafur Elia......more
Latin American art of the twentieth century is exceptionally rich and varied. The twenty countries that make up the vast......more
The art of visionaries, folk creators, spiritualists, recluses, the ’mad’ and the socially marginalized is no longer sco......more
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Wilhelm Sasnal is one of the most celebrated artists to emerge from Eastern Europe in the twenty-first century. His prac......more
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The discovery of pre-historic decorated caves in western Europe transformed the way we think about the development of ar......more
Now available in paperback, Vitamin Ph is a global, up-to-the-minute survey of new developments in contemporary photogra......more
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The first comprehensive monograph on this key figure in China s burgeoning art scene. Often working with ancient materia......more
Charts the course of the movement in all media, including painting, craft, and architecture and examines the theory and ......more
Since the early 1970s, Marina Abramovic (b. 1946) has pioneered the use of performance as a visual art form, exploring h......more
Stephen Shore s photographs of ordinary America have had an extraordinary impact. Shore spent the 1970s crisscrossing th......more
This book is the most comprehensive survey and analysis of Brazilian modern architecture to date, written by a young gen......more
This is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of Francis Alys (b. 1959), which blurs the boundaries between arti......more
Anri Sala s work is often about obscurity - obscurity of images but also of language and experience - which can render i......more
Isa Genzken s work encompasses sculpture, collage, painting and photography. One of the leading artists to have emerged ......more
First Monograph on the Explosive and Prolific Swiss Artist Though Roman Signer (b. 1938) identifies himself as a sculp......more
Peter Fischli and David Weiss are Swiss artists who first began working together in the late 1970s. Their sculpture, vid......more
Vija Celmin s artworks testify to her undying fascination with the world around her, whether the commonplace objects in ......more
Born in Berlin in 1958 and now based in Los Angeles, Uta Barth is among the most influential artists working with photog......more
Vitamin P is an image-filled book that provides an international overview of the state of painting today. Documenting th......more
Each title in the Phaidon s Contemporary Artists Series focuses on a particular living artist, and this volume is devote......more
Lucy Orta s work examines the social bonds within communities and the relationships between individuals and their enviro......more
Luc Tuymans is a Belgian artist who emerged in the late 1980s. Tuymans is one of the world s most prominent figures in c......more
Emerging in the 1980s, Richard Prince combines the media of painting, artist s books and photography to offer peculiar v......more
Cai Guo-Qiang is one of the most important Chinese artists to have emerged internationally in the 1990s. Best known for ......more
American video and installation artist Doug Aitken exploded on the international art scene with his multi-screen work el......more
Dan Graham is among the most influential of the Conceptual artists who emerged in America during the mid 1960s. A pionee......more
California-based artist Raymond Pettibon began making his signature ink-wash drawings framed or pinned directly on the w......more
With work in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Tate, London, Colombian artist Doris Salcedo (b.......more
Richard Deacon has occupied the foreground of British sculpture since the 1980s. His virtuoso constructions in wood or m......more
This comprehensive monograph documents the work of Roni Horn, the natural successor to 1960s Minimalists Donald Judd, So......more
This is a monograph on the extraordinary 40 year career of Japanese sculptor and performance artist Yayoi Kusama, recent......more
Los Angeles-based sculptor, performance and installation artist Mike Kelley is one of the most important American artist......more
An introduction to the Viennese artist s work is accompanied by an interview, commentaries, and details about his most r......more
British artist Gillian Wearing, winner of the 1997 Turner Prize, uses photography and video to produce an honest portrai......more
This revised and greatly expanded edition of the book originally published on the occasion of Holzer s celebrated exhibi......more
Lawrence Weiner s art can appear painted across an entire building, floating inside a souvenir biro or sung as a lyric b......more
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German artist Thomas Schutte makes sculpture which varies from giant, candy-coloured cherries to miniaturized castles. H......more
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Looks at the work of the contemporary British photographer; brings together portraits, landscapes, and interiors from hi......more
Modern Architecture Since 1900 is now well established as the standard work on twentieth-century architecture. Truly wor......more
American artist Nancy Spero concentrates on the depiction of women: mythological women, movie women, tortured women. Ins......more
The central feature of the Arts and Crafts movement, which flourished in the 1870s and 1880s, was the ideal of craftsman......more