“(Curating) From A to Z” offers a summary of the development of curatorial practice over the last two decades seen through the eyes of curator Jens Hoffmann. In this publication each letter of the alphabet evokes a particular word related to the world of exhibition making: From A (as in Artist) and B (as in Biennial) to R (as in Retrospective) and W (as in White Cube). Employing a diarist style, the curator presents his personal curatorial alphabet with a similar transparency and the same idiosyncratic character revealed in many of his exhibitions. The entries are not only stimulating and intellectually rigorous, but also emotionally engaging. Jens Hoffmann (b. 1974 in San José, Costa Rica) is a writer, exhibition maker, and educator. He currently is Deputy Director of The Jewish Museum, New York. He has published widely in journals and museum publications and has written over 200 texts on art and exhibition making over the last 15 years. His most recent books include “The Studio” (2012), as well as “Show Time: A History of Exhibitions” (2014). He is the founder and editor of “The Exhibitionist: Journal on Exhibition Making.” Most recently he co-curated the 9th Shanghai Biennial (2012/13) and the 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011).

A sourcebook of graphic design by one of the leading European art schools, the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, headed by Alexis Georgacopoulos. Designed and art directed by Gilles Gavillet, this volume aims to show the variety of production …

The publication recounts and documents, somewhat in the style of a history book, the principle steps, achievements, and teaching principles which have led the Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne from the position of a regional school to that which it occ …

Sibylle Berg has the eye of an entomologist: she scrutinizes wretched human existence for its characters, dissects feelings and dramas, stigmatizes dreams and hopes: but does so quite gently and humorously, with empathy. It is just that she prefers bei …

Daniel Buren’s follows the set-up of their respective artistic programs within the corporate spaces of the bank and the ways they conceived simultaneously their site-specificity and their break away from this framework.

The starting point of this publication—and its eponymous exhibition held in Zurich in Spring 2017—is the conceptual encounter between English Pop art artist Richard Hamilton (1922–2011) and Swiss historian and critic of architecture Sigfried Giedion (1 …

First book dedicated to the English artist and musician (*1955). The artistic career of Linder Sterling stretches over three decades and numerous areas of cultural production. This publication brings together for the first time material ranging from he …

In the mid-1960s, there was widespread dissatisfaction in German architecture faculties: in the eyes of students and teaching assistants, the training of so-called artist-architects no longer seemed in keeping with the times. In protest, they independently organized their own interdisciplinary seminars and examinations. They committed themselves to the scientification of the architectural plan. During the period of student unrest, they debated the social uses of architecture and planning and tested participative models in practical contexts. Students printed flyers, campaigned in various political groups, and set up magazines. On the basis of interviews with contemporary observers of the scene, archival research, and contributions from authors, the book presents a detailed overview of these now almost “forgotten schools”. The editors were inspired not only by reviewing the historical events but also by the relevance they have for current debates on the professional profile of planners and architects and their sociopolitical responsibilities. Text: Matthias Burke, Beatrice Colomina, Hisar Ersöz, Jesko Fezer, Matthias Görlich, Nina Gribat, Eleonore Harmel, Julia Hartmann, Tanja Herdt, Leon Jank, Philipp Misselwitz, Ines Weizman Eyewitness: Harald Bodenschatz, Klaus Brake, Peter Conradi, Rolf Czeskleba–Dupont, Peter Dietze, Uwe Drepper, Gisbert Dreyer, Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig, Rainer W. Ernst, Helga Fassbinder, Dieter Frick, Anette Gangler, Sigmar Gude, Lothar Götz, Sybille Heeg, Peter Herrle, Peter Hübner, Frank Huster, Declan Kennedy, François Kerschkamp, Bärbel Kirschner, Ingrid Krau, Reinhard Kuchenmüller, Nikolaus Kuhnert, Arno Lederer, Wolfgang Linsenhoff, Ingrid Lübke, Jörg Pampe, Sybille Plesch-Kinzler, Wolf Reuter, Hans-Joachim Rieseberg, Winfried Schwantes, Wolfgang Schwinge, Thomas Sieverts, Viktoria Waltz, Manfred Walz, Klaus Zillich

The first-ever global survey of brutalist architecture from the 1950s to the 1970s, based on research project carried out collaboratively by Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM and Wüstenrot Foundation.

Ein spektakuläres Erschliessungsprojekt des Deutschen Architekturmuseums und der Wüstenrot Stiftung: Erstmals wird die brutalistische Architektur der 1950er- bis 1970er-Jahre in einer weltweiten Bestandsaufnahme dargestellt.

How can one put music on exhibit in an art context? This was the question preoccupying curator Clara Meister, artist and composer Ari Benjamin Meyers, and producer Thomas Mayer when they started Soundfair in Berlin in 2008 — an international exhibition …

Featuring: Lawrence Weiner, Na Kim, Gay Talese, Kyoichi Tsuzuki, Maria Pratts, Jerry Schatzberg, Julien Dossena, Alec Soth, Margot & Fergus Henderson, Joseph Holtzman, Beach house in drag, Maureen Paley, and Domestic dystopia? Plus: A series of unique …

Entangling the seemingly contradictory, THIS IS BADLAND takes its Balkan roots to mine cross-cultural connections and initiate new dialogues. Based out of Berlin the magazine is driven by a desire to veer away from any homogenous understanding of reali …

herausgegeben von Juliane Richter, Tanja Scheffler und Hannah Sieben mit Texten von Katharina Benjamin, David Crowley, Tom Erdmann, Simone Hain, Dieter Hassenpflug, Thomas Hoscislawski, Wolfgang Kil, Antje Kirsch, Gwenaëlle Le Goullon, Kaja Mielcarek, …

The German photographer Daniel Sannwald (*1979) produces magical, surreal, and colorful images. Based in London, he contributes to magazines such as Dazed and Confused, i-D, PoP, Arena Homme+, and Vogue, and is considered one of the top fashion photogr …

The new issue features 23 artistic positions focusing on erotic contemporary drawing. FUKT #16 is presenting a broad range of different techniques and expressions: from Martin Skauen’s humoristic and explicit cartoons to Bettina Krieg’s abstract line d …

CRUISING L.A. BY BIKE MEANS, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME. FOR EVERYTHING. NO CAR RIDES, NO MORE SITTING IN HEAVY TRAFFICTHAT IS CRAWLING THROUGH THE CITY, MAKING YOU UNABLE TO MOVE BACK. THE CITY OF DREAMS ONLY KNOWS ONE DIRECTION – FORWARD. CYCLING AT A L …

Es war nicht weniger als der Aufbruch in eine neue Dimension: Als 1911 der Theaterreformer Adolpe Appia, der Rhythmiker Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, der Architekt Heinrich Tessenow und der Künstler Alexander von Salzmann in Hellerau zusammentrafen, schufen s …

The manifold entanglements of African and Western culture are a central motif in the oeuvre of the Algerian-French artist Kader Attia. The influence of traditional African architecture on European modernism forms the background for his voluminous spati …

Images are just as much in motion as people. In a globalized world they can move faster and more freely than humans. When artist Armin Linke was invited more than seven years ago to participate in a photographic project on the island of Lampedusa, he l …

Jim Avignon ist Maler, Illustrator und Konzeptkünstler und zählt zu den ungewöhnlichsten Charakteren in der aktuellen deutschen Kunstszene. Sein Markenzeichen sind leuchtende Farben, Witz, unprätentiöses Material und ein enormer Output. Erstmals gibt n …

Das Buch präsentiert die Ergebnisse des Wettbewerbs «Die schönsten Schweizer Bücher», Ausgabe 2016. Der jährlich vom Bundesamt für Kultur durchgeführte Wettbewerb prämiert in der diesjährigen Ausgabe 24 hervorragend und wegweisend gestaltete Bücher aus …

Der britische Architekt Cedric Price (1934–2003) setzte sich zeitlebens mit der Technisierung der Gesellschaft auseinander und suchte zu Beginn der Informations- und Dienstleistungsgesellschaft der 1960er- und 1970er-Jahre nach einer neuen Sprache der …

Katalog mit 55 Abbildungen im vierfarbigen Offsetdruck, gestaltet von Paul Bowler und Anne Dietzsch mit Texten von Dr. Ehrenfried Baumgartner, Julia Dellith, Johannes Gebhardt, Eva-Maria Günther, Prof. Dr. Frank Zöllner (dt./ engl.) Broschur, 80 Seiten …

For more than twenty-five years, Armin Morbach (b. Haag, Bavaria, 1971, lives in Hamburg, works around the world) has defined a visual aesthetic that finds beauty in everything. The publisher of the magazine TUSH, hair and makeup artist for fashion sho …

From the dawn of this century, Matt Leines has produced a steady flow of fine art to delight and confound viewers–drawings and paintings rich in color and detail–exploring the kaleidoscope of memory and outer zones of imagination. He possesses a workma …

Hardcover 38 pages, English, 2010 Designed by Brian Roettinger Published by Honor Fraser, Inc ISBN 978-0-9785602-4-9

Vor dem Hintergrund veränderter Bedingungen für künstlerische Produktion und Erwerbsarbeit, für Prozesse der Individualisierung und Kollektivierung, für immaterielle und kognitive Arbeit und für andere Netzwerk(infra)strukturen veröffentlicht die Künst …

VANDALS“ by Lodown Magazine is an artistic exploration of how to do things differently and civil disobedience. Highlights include… – JOHN DIVOLA… As he nears 70, the legendary LA-based artist might have quit spraying symbols inside abandoned building …

VANDALS“ by Lodown Magazine is an artistic exploration of how to do things differently and civil disobedience. Highlights include… – JOHN DIVOLA… As he nears 70, the legendary LA-based artist might have quit spraying symbols inside abandoned building …

Lucerne—Switzerland’s poster town—has a vibrant graphic design scene, which in recent years has become known for its sophisticated posters well beyond the country’s borders. Professional colleagues are in awe of how a relatively small city can produce …

To mark the occasion of Alexander Kluge’s eighty-fifth birthday, the Museum Folkwang is organizing a comprehensive show of the work of the film-maker, writer, philosopher, and artist. The exhibition is an introduction to Kluge’s artistic “pluriverse” a …

Das Thema des Ausstellungskatalogs ist Kleidung und Mode als essentieller Bestandteil von Kunst, der besonders seit Mitte der 1960er Jahre für bedeutende Künstler und Künstlerinnen wie Ellsworth Kelly, Cindy Sherman, Niki de Saint Phalle oder Daniel Bu …

Der deutsche Fotograf Wolfgang Tillmans (*1968, Remscheid) lebt und arbeitet in Berlin und London. Sein Oeuvre ist zum einen durch aufmerksame Beobachtung seiner Umwelt, zum anderen durch die Erforschung der Grundlagen der Fotografie geprägt. 2000 wurd …

Abrams 2012. Beiträge von David Campany. Englisch. 184 Seiten, 196 Abb. 21,5 x 29,7 cm. 1,3 kg. Fester Einband mit Schutzumschlag. 9781419707490. art-15590

The Sundaayyyssss drawings started as an Instagram column against my aversion for the seventh day of the week. These drawings are about Sundaayyy feelings and the immense significance of this day in modern society. The calendar has 52 pages and can be …

Hallo Deutschland, ruft die zehnte Soirée graphique. Dieses Jahr finden sich Fotografinnen und Fotografen, Grafikerinnen und Grafiker aus Deutschland und der Schweiz zu einem künstlerischen Austausch. Es wird zum Dialog zwischen Fotografie und Grafikde …

Das Poster Mag 1 von Present Books mit großformatigen Fotos, Illustrationen und Grafiken von Anja Kaiser, David Schiesser, Florian Seidel, Jasmine Deporta, Joseph Kadow, Nora Heinisch, Paul Waak, Ruohan Wang und Timm Hartmann. Neben den neun Din A2 Pos …

Man nannte Willy Fleckhaus (1925–1983) den „teuersten Bleistift Deutschlands“ und Deutschlands ersten Art Director. Wie kein Zweiter hat er die visuelle Kultur der noch jungen Bundesrepublik in den sechziger, siebziger und achtziger Jahre geprägt. Er verschmolz die Ratio der Schweizer Grafik mit der leidenschaftlichen Emotionalität des amerikanischen Magazindesigns. International bekannt wurde er durch sein bahnbrechendes Design der Jugendzeitschrift Twen, die durch ihr inhaltliches Konzept, großzügige Gestaltung, moderne Typografie und Fotografie gleich mehrere Generationen prägte. Fleckhaus arbeitete mit bedeutenden Fotografen seiner Zeit wie z.B. Will McBride, Thomas Höpker, Hans Feurer, Charlotte March, Ulrich Mack, Guido Mangold, Stefan Moses, Reinhart Wolf. Neben seiner Arbeit für Twen entwickelte er auch Layoutkonzepte für die Illustrierte Quick (in ihren guten Jahren) oder das Supplement der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung (ab 1980), Buchreihen wie die in den Farben des Regenbogens gehaltene Edition Suhrkamp oder die Taschenbücher des Insel Verlages. Die Autoren Michael Koetzle und Carsten Wolff (der mit seinem Büro das Buch kongenial gestaltete) schreiben endlich die umfassende Monografie über einen der prägenden wichtigsten Gestalter des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Buch erscheint zu den Ausstellungen im MAK Köln, Museum für Kunst- und Gewerbe, Hamburg und Villa Stuck, München, weitere Ausstellungen in Planung. Willy Fleckhaus (1925-1983) was one of the most innovative, creative and influential graphic designers in postwar Germany. He became internationally known for his groundbreaking work on the lifestyle magazine Twen, which attracted generations of readers with its generous layouts, modern typography and distinctive choice of house photographers such as (among others) Will McBride, Charlotte March, Guido Mangold, Reinhart Wolf. He invented the position of the „art director“, when this job description did not yet exist in Germany and earned himself the nickname of “Germany’s most expensive pencil”. Beside his longterm involvement with Twen he worked for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazine (from 1980 onwards), the magazine Quick, developped book series such as Edition Suhrkamp with its famous rainbow-coloured covers, exhibition designs for the Photokina trade fair in Cologne, and the logo of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk broadcasting corporation. The book, the first comprehensive monograph on Willy Fleckhaus in an international edition, includes texts by Michael Koetzle and Carsten Wolff (who also took over the book design), both long time collectors of Fleckhaus work samples. Published to coincide with the travelling exhibition at MAK Cologne, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg and Villa Stuck, Munich, further venues planned.

Hans Hansen is one of the most important contemporary artists of still-life photography. His work combines poetic still lifes and precise documentary product photographs. His view of things is pared right down, his gaze at once linear and full of energ …

Since its founding in 1946 by the composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Bayerischer Rundfunk’s musica viva has been one of the most prominent concert series on the international contemporary music scene. Hartmann wanted to create a forum for the language of …

Mandy Kunze malt Fäden, die wir uns zusammenspinnen können – im Haifischbecken unter Wölfen. Tuschestifte erleichtern Mandy Kunze wie einst den Impressionisten die Verarbeitung von Eindrücken im Freien. Im Atelier wachsen die Farbschichten direkt auf der Leinwand, Schraffur und Farbigkeit des Tuschestifts schreiben sich auch in den Pinsel ein. So sind die Arbeiten gezeichnet vom Prozess des Übermalens und der Unerschrockenheit im Umgang mit Farbe. Kunze führt komplex gedachte Räume dabei nicht vollständig aus und lässt sie ins Leere laufen. (Sarah Alberti) Mandy Kunze (1978 Burgstädt) ist Malerin und Grafikerin, lebt und arbeitet in Leipzig, sie studierte Malerei an der HGB in Leipzig bei Neo Rauch und war bei ihm Meisterschülerin. Neo Rauch (1960 Leipzig) ist einer der bekanntesten zeitgenössischen Künstler, Einzelausstellungen wurden im Haus der Kunst München, der Kunsthalle Zürich, im Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, dem Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, etc. gezeigt. Clemens Meyer (1977 Halle/Saale) Schriftsteller und Drehbuchautor, 2006 erschien sein Debütroman Als wir träumten, er lebt und arbeitet in Leipzig. Karoline Mueller-Stahl (1963 Shoreham-by-Sea, Großbritannien) ist Lektorin und Autorin, sie lebt und arbeitet in Leipzig. Post navigation

Hendrick Beikirch, or ECB, is seeking to change our perception of what graffiti is or can be by extending its limits. ECB is a German painter working on large-scale black and white or grayscale murals in public spaces worldwide. This new book is a comp …

Mark Jenkins is redefining sculpture as part of the urban environment. The Urban Theater, his first monograph, documents Jenkins’s compelling, often disturbing street installations and demonstrates his talent for provoking reactions from passersby. For …