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» Unique analysis of Raphael’s working methods
» New understanding of his drawing materials
» With masterpieces from all creative periods from the world’s great museums.
RAPHAEL
Raphael is a true universal genius of the High Renaissance – whether as painter and Ed. A. Gnann Contributions by C. Whistler, architect in Florence and Rome or when commissioned by popes and princes. His master- B. Thomas ly drawings illustrate masterfully his thought processes and working methods from the sketch to the final composition. With some 150 drawings and paintings the volume assem- 448 pages, 270 illustrations in colour bles all the artist’s important projects. 24 × 30 cm, hardcover
Together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, Raphael (1483-1520) is regarded as one £ 45.00 of the most important masters of art history. The drawings and paintings presented here are 978-3-7774-2859-8 October 2017 among his most important and beautiful works and provide an overview of all his creative periods, from his early years in Umbria to the years he spent in Florence and the period in Rome. This wealth of material enables an investigation of Raphael’s design methods and his preparatory process for his panel paintings, works of canvas and frescoes. An additional EXHIBITION focus lies on the materials he used in order to achieve specific tasks, including silverpoint, Albertina, Vienna pen, ink, charcoal and red chalk. 29.09.2017–07.01.2018
3 7 Studies of Heads and Hands, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford 7 The Holy Family with the Lamb, 1507, Madrid, Museo del Prado, © Joseph S. Martín - ARTOTHEK 3The Vision of Ezekiel, 1516, Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi
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» Spectacular exhibition highlight in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien and the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main
» Magnificent tribute to the grand master of Flemish Baroque painting
» Rubens’s rivalry with the greatest of his guild: Titian, Tintoretto, Barocci, Goltzius et al.
PETER PAUL RUBENS The Power of Transformation
Peter Paul Rubens is not only one of the most important painters of the Baroque; he is also Eds. G. Gruber, S. Weppelmann and J. Sander a virtuoso of the art of transformation. More than virtually any other artist he sought inspi- with contributions by ration in the works of other artists and was thus constantly reinventing his art in a highly G. Bisacca, N. Büttner, radical manner. Here you can look over Rubens’s shoulder and immerse yourself in the M. Daiman, A. Georgievska- Shine, G. Gruber, F. Healy, creative process through which his masterpieces took shape. N. van Hout, D. Jaffé, E. Oberthaler, G. Prast, The creative study of the important works of his predecessors and contemporaries occu- J. Sander, I. Slama, A. Vergara, pied Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) throughout his life and left its mark on the works he S. Weppelmann, J. Wood produced over a period of fifty years. The comparison of his works with sculptures from An- 336 pages, 292 illustrations in tiquity and the Renaissance, paintings by Titian and Tintoretto and prints by Raimondi and colour Goltzius reveals a fascinating view of Rubens’s surprising transformation of subjects, his 24 × 28 cm, hardcover new presentation of familiar pictorial themes and his skilled search for the right format. £ 45.00 Only thus does the exceptional talent of this great master become tangible. Rubens’s works 978-3-7774-2858-1 November 2017 continue to enchant the present-day viewer as directly as they did during his lifetime.
EXHIBITION 3Peter Paul Rubens, Venus and Cupid, ca. 1606/11, Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza © Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza/Scala Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna 17.10.2017–21.01.2018
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main 08.02.–21.05.2018
7Titian, Ecce Homo, 1543, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien © KHM Museums-Verband 3Peter Paul Rubens, Drawing after Titian’s “Ecce Homo” © Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington PAINTING 7
» Masterpieces on paper
» In a new context: Bruegel and the pictorial tradition
» First comprehensive index of Bruegel’s prints in the Albertina
PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER
Pieter Bruegel the Elder is considered the greatest Netherlandish graphic artist of the Eds. E. Michel and K. A. Schröder 16th century. Even during his lifetime his drawings were highly regarded and many were with contributions by widely distributed as references for copperplate engravings. Drawing on the pictorial tra- D. Hammer-Tugendhat, dition of earlier generations of artists, Bruegel introduced completely new ideas with re- E. Michel, L. Ritter gard to both subject and form. 224 pages, 168 illustrations in colour On the eve of the Dutch War of Independence against Spanish hegemony, in a time of politi- 23.5 × 28.5 cm, hardcover cal, social and religious change, Pieter Bruegel (ca. 1525 – 1569) created an equally complex £ 38.00 pictorial world. Humorous and down-to-earth, sharp-witted and deeply critical, he reflected 978-3-7774- 2863-5 on the society of his time. The lavishly illustrated catalogue illuminates Bruegel’s artistic November 2017 origins and offers an overview of his entire graphical oeuvre which unites contrasting sub- jects such as “Peasant Bruegel”; Bruegel as the “second Hieronymus Bosch”; as an innovator in landscape art; and as a satirical moralist. EXHIBITION Albertina, Vienna 08.09.–03.12.2017
7 Spring, 1565, Albertina, Vienna 3Christ’s Descent into Hell, 1561, Albertina, Vienna Both photographs: Albertina, Vienna PAINTING 9
» Highly topical – The fight for democracy in the Weimar Republic as seen by the artists
» High artistic quality – controversial content: the art of the 1920s from a socio-historical point of view
» From Berlin to Munich and from Rostock to Hannover – A view of the capital and of the entire republic
SPLENDOR AND MISERY IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC From Otto Dix to Jeanne Mammen
From the glamour of the Golden Twenties to the depths of the dark side of a world under- Ed. I. Pfeiffer with contributions by A. Braune, going rapid change – the penetrating content of works by more than 60 artists recreates K. Hille, A. Lütgens, S. Moeller, the age of the Weimar Republic, big-city life and the entertainment scene as well as the O. Peters, I. Pfeiffer, D. Price, consequences of the First World War and socially controversial topics such as prostitu- M. Weinland tion, political struggle and social tensions. 320 pages, 200 illustrations in colour As the first German democracy, the Weimar Republic (1918–1933) is regarded as a time of 24 × 29 cm, hardcover crisis and transition – from the German Empire to the totalitarian regime of National Social- £ 45.00 ism. Numerous artists not only portrayed these years in their realistic representations, 978-3-7774-2933-5 which are ironical and grotesque as well as critical-analytical; they also aimed to comment December 2017 on the status quo and bring about social change. Works from Otto Dix and George Grosz via Conrad Felixmüller and Christian Schad to Dodo, Jeanne Mammen, Elfriede Lohse-Wächt- ler, famous artists and others waiting to be rediscovered, paint a multi-layered and political picture of the Weimar Republic. EXHIBITION Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main 27.10.2017-25.02.2018
7George Grosz, Street Scene (Kurfürstendamm, Berlin), 1925, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017 PAINTING 11
» The artist as a chronicler of the glittering life in 1920s Berlin
» From New Objectivity to Cubism as resistance to National Socialism
» The life’s work of an indomitable loner in the 20th century
JEANNE MAMMEN. THE OBSERVER Retrospective 1910–1975
The rediscovery of icons of the 1920s, “degenerate” experiments, magical-poetic abstrac- Eds. Th. Köhler and A. Lütgens with contributions by K. Aurich, tions – this wide-ranging publication shows the complete work of Jeanne Mammen J. Bertschik, G. Kühnast, (1890–1976), a Berlin artist on the threshold of the modern age. Her productive output Th. Köhler, A. Lütgens, mirrors the extreme circumstances she experienced, from war, destruction and poverty to S. Mainberger, E. Scharrer, D. Schöne, J. Schubert, the emergence from the ruins. C. Smith, C. Thiele, G, Wolter
The Berlin painter and graphic artist Jeanne Mammen is one of the most awkward and co- 256 pages, 170 illustrations in lourful figures of recent German art history. Her complete oeuvre and the breaks it reveals colour 24 × 28.5 cm, hardcover with reflect and comment in an entertaining and critical way on the political and aesthetic up- dust jacket heavals of the last century. Mammen’s art is highly regarded in specialist circles far beyond the boundaries of Berlin and Germany. A monograph which has been in planning for twenty £ 39.95 978-3-7774-2912-0 years presents an overview of her life’s work to a broader public and leads viewers not only November 2017 deep into the 1920s, but also opens up surprising new perspectives on an outstanding artist of Classic Modernism.
EXHIBITION Berlinische Galerie. Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur, Berlin 06.10.2017–15.01.2018
3 7 Jeanne Mammen, Revue Girls, 1928/29, Berlinische Galerie, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017 7 Jeanne Mammen, Untitled [Self-Portrait], ca. 1926, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017 3Gert Ladewig, Jeanne Mammen in her studio, 1975; both images p. 11: Förderverein der Jeanne-Mammen-Stiftung e.V. PAINTING PAINTING/CULTURAL HISTORY
» Portrait of the famous art collector Rudolf » Exclusive authorised publication: a first Leopold, who assembled the world’s largest stock-taking of the Gurlitt art trove collection of works by Egon Schiele and Richard Gerstl and others » For the first time: a presentation of 450 works from the spectacular Gurlitt estate » Interesting and entertaining biography of the man who gave his name to the Leopold Museum » Showcase example of the topical subject of in Vienna the present-day treatment of stolen and looted art » Unique contemporary witness to the important era “Vienna 1900”
RUDOLF LEOPOLD DOSSIER GURLITT Art collector
Diethard Leopold With pioneering far-sightedness and a feeling for art, the collector Rudolf Leopold (1925– When over 1,000 artworks by outstanding artists such as Otto Dix, Franz Marc, Emil Nolde, Eds. Kunst- und Ausstellungs- halle der Bundesrepublik 320 pages, 70 illustrations 2010) achieved something which only a few representatives of this guild succeeded in Paul Cézanne, Wassily Kandinsky and Claude Monet which had long been thought to be lost Deutschland / Kunstmuseum 9.2 x 10.4 in, hardcover doing during the historical era of the new beginning from the 1950s: he founded a major turned up in the collection of Cornelius Gurlitt, the find was celebrated as a sensation – Bern collection of international repute which is not only aesthetically demanding but also rele- but the accusation that the works were looted art also hovered in the air. Until now the £ 28.00 384 pages 978-3-7774-2867-3 vant from an art-historical point of view. pictures have not been on display to the public. Now, for the first time, the works from the 480 illustrations September 2017 Gurlitt estate on view in Bonn and Bern are introduced in a comprehensive publication and 24 × 28 cm, hardcover This biography draws a portrait of Rudolf Leopold as a fascinating personality and collector. their turbulent history is told. It is based on the memories of his son Diethard Leopold as well as conversations with his £ 28.00 978-3-7774-2963-2 father together with relatives and contemporaries as well as his father’s rivals. It is the per- In addition to the presentation of the pictures, the estate of Cornelius Gurlitt (1932–2014), January 2018 manent record of a lifelong striving to preserve that which contributed to the identity of a the son of the art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt, is set in its historical context by a prestigious list cultural era. Starting with Schiele as the core artist, the collection contains countless mas- of authors, thereby ensuring transparency and enlightenment. One important topic is the terpieces including important works by Klimt, Kokoschka, Gerstl, Egger-Lienz, Kubin and provenance of the works, which in some cases were vilified by the National Socialist regime
the German Expressionists. The collection is rounded out by important items of furniture, as “degenerate art”. Which works in this collection are looted art? Which ones were pur- EXHIBITIONS arts and crafts, jewellery and African and Japanese art. chased legally, and which ones were acquired in forced sales? Another area of focus will be Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn Dossier Gurlitt: Nazi Art Theft the biographies of Jewish collectors and artists who were the victims of art theft and the and its Consequences Holocaust. A further topic of investigation is how stolen works were returned to the muse- 03.11.2017–11.03.2018 ums and private collections after 1945. The official catalogue of the Kunstmuseum Bern and Kunstmuseum Bern the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Bundeskunsthalle) in Dossier Gurlitt: “Degenerate Bonn permits for the first time a nuanced understanding of this case which is unique in the Art” – Confiscated and Sold 02.11.2017–04.03.2018 postwar history of Germany.
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin Autumn 2018 DOSSIER Further exhibition venues are planned
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» One of the world’s most famous personalities from the world of painting in a high-quality publication with large format and exclusive soft cover on fine cardboard with foil stamping
» Key works from New York, Budapest and Ghent presented for the master artist’s 85th birthday
» Sheds new light on Richter’s early creative years, which provide a key to the understanding of his entire oeuvre
GERHARD RICHTER About Painting – Early Pictures
Gerhard Richter (*1932) is an exceptional personality – not because his pictures are world Ed. C. Schreier, Kunstmuseum Bonn famous, but because he has demonstrated a new approach to painting. His art masterful- with contributions by S. Berg, ly moves between abstraction and representation, sensuousness and denial – ambivalent M. Germann, C. Schreier attitudes which he demonstrated even in his early work. 120 pages, 70 illustrations in Gerhard Richter’s oeuvre overcomes the division between abstract and representational colour 24 × 32 cm, softcover art. His pictures neither cultivate a modest interplay of colours and forms nor do they deliv- er an intact picture of reality. Richter is a sceptical artist who questions the reality of his art £ 29.95 978-3-7774-2894-9 even when the prime subject of his paintings is the tangible. This applies in particular to his November 2017 door, curtain and window pictures of the 1960s, which form the central focus of this volume. They stage a playful examination of the illusory nature of art, which always questions what painting shows or conceals. In this lavishly appointed volume they encounter central works from the artist’s last 15 years. EXHIBITION Kunstmuseum Bonn 15.06.–01.10.2017
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent 21.10.2017–18.02.2018
3Gerhard Richter, Small Chair, 1965, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur. 6Gerhard Richter, Turned Sheet, 1965, Private collections and Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, loan from a private collection Museum Kurhaus Kleve (2nd left) All pictures: © Gerhard Richter CONTEMPORARY ART 15
» Art across borders from Alaska via Central America to South America
» Topical subject: a celebration of art in the tension field between various cultures
» Grand overview from Pre-Columbian art to contemporary works
UNSETTLED
From Alaska to the West Coast of North America, through Central America and down to Ed. J. Northrup Contributions by J. Decker, Colombia; the region extends across vast distances, and its history, culture and the artists J. Northrup, J. Wiersema, living there are equally full of contrasts and yet often very similar. “Unsettled” illuminates W. L. Fox, A. Warden through some 200 artworks their creative approach in this tension field from the Pre-Co- 224 pages, 200 illustrations in lumbian period to the modern age. colour 25.4 × 33 cm, hardcover “The Greater West” is a region which extends across thousands of miles and which is char- acterised by cultural, historical and scenic variety. It bears within it the legacy of colonialism £ 38.00 978-3-7774-2853-6 and is the meeting place for countless traditions and art movements. The use of land and October 2017 water and the preservation of the environment are urgent considerations for today’s inhab- itants. Everything they have in common as well as the differences and contrasts will be found mirrored in the creative work of the artists within the region. With numerous large-for- mat illustrations the volume explores this in depth, covering a period from the end of the EXHIBITION fifteenth century to the present day. Nevada Museum of Art, Reno 26.08.2017–21.01.2018
Anchorage Museum, Anchorage March – September 2018
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs Late 2018 – early 2019
7 Ed Ruscha, Lost Empires, Living Tribes, 1984. Courtesy of the artist and Marciano Collection, Los Angeles © Ed Ruscha 3Ana Teresa Fernández, Erasing the Border (Borrando la Frontera), 2013. Courtesy of The Bedford Cherubino Collection and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco CULTURAL HISTORY 17
» Exciting and fruitful interaction between politics, culture, and art
» With masterpieces by famous artists inclu- ding Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Edward Weston, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Tina Modotti, et al.
» A popular subject: modern Mexican art
MEXICO MODERN Art, Commerce, and Cultural Exchange, 1920–1945
Rivera, Kahlo, Tamayo, Covarrubias, Weston, Modotti, Álvarez Bravo, Spratling – names Eds. Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins which are closely linked with the internationally celebrated art, photography, and design Co-published by the Museum scene of the 1920s and 1930s in the United States and Mexico. This lavishly illustrated of the City of New York and the publication traces the dynamic cultural exchange which left its mark on both sides of the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin border. 176 pages, 200 illustrations At the beginning of the 20th century a lively and profitable exchange developed between 23 x 27 cm, hardcover artists in the United States and Mexico. The Americans were full of enthusiasm for the Mex- £ 34.00 ican artists' synthesis of history and modernity and their social commitment, which con- 978-3-7774-2856-7 trasted strongly with the consumer culture in the U.S. The Mexicans in turn found important September 2017 financial backing across the border. The volume shows through paintings, drawings, photo- graphs, and graphical works from the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin and other important museums how this intercultural network brought forth a large number of world-famous artists. EXHIBITION Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin 11.09.2017–01.01.2018
Museum of the City of New York 2018