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De Nieuwe Man

In het boek 'Phil Bloom deel III' is een deelte over de sixties, haar happenings, performances en een serie onbekende foto's van o.a Ed van der Elskenen en Sanne Sannes te bewonderen. Ook worden nog niet eerdere gepubliceerde zaken over haar leven

This large-format monograph covers the last two decades of projects by the Dutch partnership of Lode Havermans and Abe Hielkema, designs which are characterised by their "unspectacular simplicity", using straight lines and right angles as a way to el

Each year, many talented photographers graduate from various schools and art academies throughout Europe. Additionally, with the rise of social media and digital platforms, it has never been easier for individual photographers to share their work and

Voor Real Dreams (2021) reisde fotograaf Ruben Lundgren zes jaar lang in opdracht voor onder andere De Volkskrant kriskras door China. In 75 beelden geeft het boek een humoristische reflectie op het land, met een heel eigen esthetiek. Terugkerende th

Spread over five years, artist Sjoerd Martens (1993, Nijmegen) studied the petroglyphs, rock drawings, made on Aruba around the year 1000 by the Caquetio, the indigenous people who were among the earliest inhabitants of the Caribbean island. Where pe

Iris Haverkamp Begemann is a documentary photographer based in Amsterdam. Her collaborative approach led to this project, in which she explores identity and privilege. Guided by memories and hand-drawn maps by trans writer and activist Alejandra Orti

Exponential population ageing is changing how we coexist in urban spaces. The Architecture of Ageing is de Architekten Cie.’s long-term collaborative project on housing, ageing, and care in the city. It is where we synthesise our knowledge and share

Selma Selman is kunstenaar en activist. Afkomstig uit een familie van schroothandelaren kent ze de noodzaak van recyclen van huis uit. Die wetenschap vormt de kern van haar multidisciplinaire oeuvre. Selman omschreef zichzelf eens als ‘de gevaarlijks

Erik Mattijssen portretteert het alledaagse leven met een unieke twist. Zijn kleurrijke voorstellingen tonen geen mensen, al is hun aanwezigheid voelbaar. 'Oog voor dingen' biedt een ruime keuze uit het oeuvre van de kunstenaar van de afgelopen vijfe

Jouk Oosterhof is a photographer. After 25 years of capturing images of people – and occasionally animals – she felt it was time to bring together her work, both personal and commissioned, primarily for de Volkskrant magazine. The result is the photo

Olaf Mooij vindt al jaren zijn inspiratie bij auto's. Iedereen kent zijn Braincar die overdag rondrijdt en 's avonds droomt van de dag door middel van videoprojecties op de matwitte hersenpan. In recent werk zijn de autobeelden meer autonome scul

Het werk van Peter Martens neemt binnen de Nederlandse fotografie een unieke plaats in. In 1969 werd hij als eerste fotograaf in Nederland toegelaten tot de Beeldende Kunst Regeling (BKR). Dit was niet alleen een erkenning voor zijn eigen werk maar o

Water management and cultural heritage in the Netherlands are inextricably linked. This edition of ‘OverHolland’ looks at the area known as the Randstad, where the water system is almost entirely below sea level. It is regarded as the main driver of

Who is Amsterdam, really? This 'Subjective Atlas of Amsterdam' presents the Dutch capital as experienced by the residents themselves. Many who call Amsterdam home – especially those most often pushed to the margins – translate their experiences into

Over the course of 202-2021, during the pandemic, Kara Walker has produced series of drawings in the style of a medieval 'Book of Hours'. Enigmatic images appear to traverse a range of time periods, from scenes of biblical and mythological origins, t

Situated in the middle of the river Maas, between the northern and southern parts of Rotterdam, Noordereiland is shaped like a typical riverboat. Bart Lodewijks trekked from its western to its eastern end, making his drawings in chalk on commercial b

Dumas’ first solo show in South Africa after moving to The Netherlands 30 years ago provided occasion for this catalogue. Featured are more than 50 paintings, drawings and prints presented at the exhibition, as well as personal letters, documents and

‘Then, Now, and Then’ consists of 16 films that Marijke van Warmerdam made during her stay in Rome in 2017 and subsequent visits to the city. All the films are loops, and most last no longer than a few minutes. They portray life on the street as the

This cahier is a visual sketchbook for an exhibition by Marlene Dumas at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens, in dialogue with the museum's collection. Although the exhibition has been postponed towards 2025, this anticipatory publication already ar

This artist’s publication contains a sequence of unique letterpress monoprints, made by Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens between 2014 and 2022. The prints, which are both highly geometric and brightly coloured, are reproduced in the book at their

'The MoMA Plant Collection' displays the tradition of including plant life in the Museum of Modern Art NY. The book presents 340 photographs and drawings that pay tribute to the pairing of plants with art. What can the placement of greenery next to t

Lous Martens has five grandchildren – Jaap, Zeno, Anna, Julian, and Luca – and has begun making an animal scrapbook for each newcomer to the family. Although it is seventeen years since the first, Jaap, was born, none of the five books are finished y

When the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris asked Ari Marcopoulos to curate an exhibition around their acquisition ‘Brown Bag’, a short film on skateboarders in New York that he made in 1993, he was given access to the museum’s collection of over 15,000 wo

This catalogue for an exhibition of work by Marlene Dumas at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens features over 40 paintings and works on paper. It offers a cross-section of the artist’s challenging representations of the human body. The works were g

‘More’ is a compelling visual archive that brings together over 25 years of collaborative work by Dutch duo Blommers & Schumm. Known for their unique approach to fashion and portrait photography, Anuschka Blommers and Niels Schumm create meticulously

Dana Lixenberg’s 'De Wallen Amsterdam' is a portrait of Amsterdam’s Red Light District, the historic neighbourhood where she spent her early childhood. Her work on De Wallen, created between 2021 and 2025, does not focus on the excesses in the commun

Boek Karel Martens Unbound, geschreven door Karel Martens, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Beeldende kunst

‘Studio Snapshots’ comprises a series of black-and-white photographs taken in the studio of Dutch artist Mark Manders, where finished and unfinished works reflect various stages of the creative process. Notably, the selection of images gives a sense

Beyond Borders - Isabel Miquel Arqués in dialogue with Virginia Woolf is is het tweede boek in Isabel Miquel Arques' Beyond Borders-trilogie. Hierin gaat de kunstenares in gesprek met drie vrouwelijke iconen die een stempel hebben gedr

Boek Saga, geschreven door Urs Stahel, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Fotoboeken

'Dalí in 400 images' explores the full range of one of the most significant Surrealist painters of the twentieth‐century. The exhaustive selection of works will reveal key masterpieces by perhaps the most famous of the Surrealists, as well as less fa

Hokuei: Master of Osaka Kabuki Prints belicht het leven en het werk van een van de meest intrigerende kunstenaars in de wereld van de acteursprenten: Shunbaisai Hokuei (ca. 1828-36). Hokuei, een raadselachtige figuur uit Osaka, produceerde meer meest

Ray K. Metzker (1931–2014) wordt vandaag de dag erkend als een van de grote meesters van de Amerikaanse fotografie. Opgeleid aan het vooruitstrevende Institute of Design in Chicago – het geesteskind van Bauhaus-pionier László Moholy-Nagy – ontwikkeld

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957) geldt als een van de meest invloedrijke Japanse prentkunstenaars van de 20e eeuw. Hij was een sleutelfiguur in de shin hanga-beweging, die traditionele Japanse thema’s combineerde met westerse invloeden zoals perspectief en l

131 Variations is a reinterpretation of Sol Lewitt's "122 Variations of Incomplete Open Cubes". Fleur van Dodewaard set about recreating and photographing the piece seeking to produce an exact copy. But in the process things went wrong: some cubes