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  • by Hugh Nini & Neal Treadwell
    £39.99

  • by Jacques Barsac
    £30.99

    This stunning book presents Charlotte Perriand's photographic achievement in its entirety, offering new and valuable insights into the work of this important designer.

  • - A Century of Songye and Luba Masks
    by Francois Neyt
    £70.49

    Offers a fresh perspective on the Songye and Luba through the study of the Woods Davy Collection

  • by Valerie Rousseau
    £28.99

    Born into slavery around 1853-4 on a cotton plantation in Benton, Alabama, Traylor has become one of the most important self-taught artists of the twentieth century. This publication provides a close examination of recurrent themes related to the artist's biography, creative process and tools, visual environment, and artistic mindset.

  • by Maria Alicata
    £21.99

    The book's structure reflects the exhibition's own sections, arranged by theme, whose titles are paradigmatic of Lai's oeuvre as a whole. Text in English and Italian.

  • by Noam Bar'am-ben Yossef
    £36.99

    Stunning photographs spin tales of family traditions and religious devotion, with a special section dedicated to jewellery worn by brides and grooms.

  • by David Revere McFadden
    £23.99

    A survey of contemporary artists who use cut paper - from small-scale intricate cuttings to monumental architectural interventions and sculpture - as an art form.

  • - Mauve Twilight
    by Benedicte Ramade & Pierre Lapointe
    £23.99

    In the spring of 2022, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will present the first exhibition in Canada devoted to the Swiss artist Nicolas Party, whose unique visual language both challenges and celebrates the conventions of pictorial representation. Text in English and French.

  • by Dominik Remondino
    £29.49

    This book presents the roughly 63 statues of the Bari tribe that are known today and provides both historical context and current scholarship for these works, their use and their stylistic diversity. Text in English and French.

  • by Renée Mussai
    £30.99

    Stunning, colour-saturated, studio photographs by a Senegalese photographer whose costumed portraits and self-portraits reflect on the history of Black Africans and the African diaspora. Text in English and French.

  • - Pierre Soulages - Tanabe Chikuunsai IV. In praise of light
    by Laure Schwartz-Arenales
    £16.49

    This catalogue for an exhibition at the Fondation Baur brings together paintings by French artist Pierre Soulages and sculpture by the Japanese bamboo master, Tanabe Chikuunsai IV. Text in English and French.

  • - Sculptures
    by Gabriella Belli
    £38.49

    This book offers a review of Matteo Pugliese's art over the past 20 years. The figures the Milanese sculptor creates are distinguished by their great power, revealing an inner torment that can no longer be disguised. Text in English and Italian.

  • by Anne-Marie Benezech
    £23.99

    In Kuyu, part of the Visions of Africa series, the reader will find a wide range of authentic objects belonging to a traditional Equatorial African culture, as well as a reconstruction of the migration routes that would explain such a seemingly motley collection of objects.

  • - The architecture of sleep - KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini and Limpopo
    by Bruce Goodall
    £51.49

    For the first time African headrests are brought to life with detailed information on their carvers, and the stories of their creation, ownership, and use.

  • by Georges Petitjean
    £23.99

    This publication sets out to acquaint a European public with the Yidaki, commonly known as the didgeridoo, a captivating music instrument, and with the unique culture who produced it and with the land where it originated.

  • by Georges Petitjean & Lisa Slade
    £22.99

    The book is dedicated to two major large collaborative canvases by male and female artists of the APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Lands and the Kulata Tjuta installation by artists of that same region. Text in English and French.

  • - Masterworks from the Ceil Pulitzer Collection of African Art
    by Susan Kloman
    £45.49

    Collects the best works from the Ceil Pulitzer Collection of African Art, put together over more than 30 years.

  • - Volume 1: Sculptures, enamels, maiolicas and tapestries
    by Fabienne Fravalo & Marion Boudon-Machuel
    £34.49

    The aim of this first volume is to catalog the works in the collection, whose decorative aspects are every bit as important as their narrative content.

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    £25.49

    Contemporary Aboriginal and Western artwork from two important private collections on view at the Fondation Opale.

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    £34.49

    A collection of black and white images of hidden artefacts from Pompeii, held at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples

  • by Luca Pattaroni
    £25.49

    The book explores the role of Jacques Kaufmann in the world of international contemporary ceramics, and his impact in architectural ceramics since he first became interested in the field several years ago.

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