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Publication initially published in print on the occasion of the exhibition Brian Jungen at Witte de With, 2 Dec 2006 to 11 Feb 2007.

The best images by the best photographers from around the world are featured in this collection that reflects the pinnacle of contemporary photography, both in terms of technical skill and creative ingenuity. Appealing to photographers of all levels, this book includes images from all genres of...

Exhibition environments are enticingly complex spaces: as facilitators of experience; as free-choice learning contexts; as theaters of drama; as encyclopedic warehouses of cultural and natural heritage; as two-, three- and four-dimensional storytellers; as sites for self-actualizing leisure activity....

Discover the Treasures of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam A lavishly illustrated museum guide containing the most important highlights of all centuries displayed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. A perfect guide to preparing yourself to your visit and which makes sure that you'll recognize and fully...

One might believe that museum studies is a stable field of academic inquiry based on a set of familiar institutional forms and functions. But as institutions museums have never been stable or singular, and neither has the discipline of museum studies. Museum studies as a field of academic inquiry...

Mark C. Taylor recounts a poignant love affair not with a person but with a place that, paradoxically, cannot be easily localized. For many years, Taylor has lived in the Berkshire Mountains, where he writes and creates land art and sculpture. In a world of mobile screens and virtual realities, where...

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...

Curator Anthony Bond began building a contemporary international art collection at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney in 1984. The collection now features many important artists, including Anselm Kiefer, Antony Gormley, Francis Bacon, Anish Kapoor, Mike Parr, Doris Salcedo and Janet Laurence....

Museums and Photography combines a strong theoretical approach with international case studies to investigate the display of death in various types of museums—history, anthropology, art, ethnographic, and science museums – and to understand the changing role of photography in museums.  Contributors...

This unusual collection of stencil designs showcases the sinuous elegance of Art Nouveau with 44 plates dating from the 1920s. Meticulously reproduced from a rare vintage publication, the vibrant patterns include borders, friezes, and festoons with exquisite images of children, animals, birds, rosettes, and heraldic designs.

Partez à la découverte du maniérisme avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! Le terme de maniérisme est couramment employé aujourd'hui pour désigner principalement certaines manifestations artistiques réalisées en Europe entre 1520 et 1620 environ. Ainsi entendu, le maniérisme recouvre...

Not only was Leonardo da Vinci (1453-1519) an astonishing painter, but also a scientist, anatomist, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, inventor, and more. The question is rather, what was he not? During the Italian Renaissance, he mastered the most beautiful works of art for the Medicis’ in...

28 June – 28 July 2013 Gaspar van Wittel succeeded above all other artists in capturing the lights, mysteries and poetry of Rome, skilfully bringing together the painting technique of the Dutch School he had learnt during his apprenticeship with the intense emotional character of Roman 17th Century...

Non seulement Léonard de Vinci était un peintre hors du commun, mais il était également un scientifique, un anatomiste, un sculpteur, un architecte, un musicien, un ingénieur, un inventeur et beaucoup plus encore. La question serait plutôt de savoir ce qu’il n’était pas ? Durant la Renaissance...