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A contemporary panorama of the artistic responses made to the detrimental effects of human-made barriers, divisions and walls. Text in German.

A unique collection of exceptional breadth brings together almost 100 works by American artist Kiki Smith, from the 1990s to the present day. Text in English and French.

This book contains original content highlighting the great contribution given to the Italian Renaissance from the culture of the Jewish world, so far a little investigated topic

Reality and fiction conflate in Alghanem's site-specific, two-channel video installation for the United Arab Emirates Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale. Text in Arabic.

Nujoom Alghanem's video and sound installation for the UAE pavilion at the 58th Venice BiennaleEmirati artist Nujoom Alghanem's (born 1962) installation Passage weaves together two genres of storytelling--Arabic poetry and filmmaking--exploring the emotional and physical experience of displacement. This volume includes Alghanem's poetry, film stills, images, an essay and an interview.

An overview on the historic development of the many roles and meanings of water and the incarnation of its significance in Islamic art and craftsmanship.

The life and works of architect and urban planner Aymeric Zublena, awarded with a Second Prix de Rome and former President of the Academy of Architecture. Text in English and French.

The Chinese artist Deng Guo Yuan has spent his entire life dealing with the theme of the garden. He interprets this theme against the background of the knowledge of the Chinese tradition. Text in English and German.

Francesco Bosso (born in Italy, 1959) is a well-known Italian interpreter of landscapes and primitive nature via the medium of black and white photography. This book showcases his work. Text in English and Italian.

Iraqi-American artist Rakowitz reconstructed thousands of artefacts looted from the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad, and those more recently destroyed at Middle Eastern archaeological sites. Text in English and italian.

The work of an exceptional photographer and refined intellectual, as well as the first woman to be admitted to the renowned Magnum Photo agency. Text in English and Italian.

A volume of photographs by Maria Luisa Gaetani, taken on her most recent trip to Iran. Text in English and Italian.

Rescued from oblivion, today Luigi Pericle is the focus of an extensive project aimed at a critical and philological recovery of his work. Text in English and Italian.

Sixty photographic prints depicting thirty-seven antique sculptures, covering a wide variety of types: Roman portraits from both the Republican and the Imperial periods

Moving from abstraction to figuration, Phoebe Unwin creates images that seem to float within an indeterminate space and time. Text in English and Italian.

Steeped in vital force, Anna Maria Maiolino's work embraces a wide range of languages and media to explore the difficulty underlying communication and expression. Text in English and Italian.

Photographs, videos and installations offer an intimate perspective on the spiritual ideas of human beings in relation to their inner mystical dimensions

The calm and mysterious pictures of Nino Migliori, master of contemporary photography. Text in English and Italian.

What remains is the photographic research undertaken by Alberto Gandolfo in January 2017, focusing on the family members and close friends of victims of tragic episodes. Text in English, French and Italian.

The reissue of a historical exhibition catalogue and a new interview retrace important art relations between Italy and America after World War II

Presents a long-forgotten painting by the Flemish master Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Milestones of 20th-century Russian art from the State Tretyakov Gallery exhibited for the first time in Doha, Qatar. Text in English and Arabic.

Presents the works and performances conceived by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang for Pompeii, in a project based on the inescapable ties between the classical past and our present.

A catalogue raisonne of the work of Achille Perilli.

An important monograph retracing the entire artistic output of visionary American artist Sandy Skoglund, merging installation, sculpture and photography.

Five essays offer different approaches to the problem of narratives of contemporary art.

The book presents the artistic project conceived by Carlo Valsecchi for the M.A.N. n.3 gasometer of Bologna, object of a recent restoration that, in returning it to the city, has given new strength to the landscape of which it is part.

60 exceptional works selected from a private collection represent the coming of modernity through Impressionism and some masterpieces by French master Pierre Bonnard. Text in English and French.

Dedicated to the Sacri Monti of the Piedmont and Lombardy region. Text in English and Italian.

Brand new research on the most important cultures of ancient America, based on the most recent studies and the splendid finds from the Ceramics Museum in Faenza and other Italian museums.