Vasilij Kandinskij
Abscondita

Kandinskij teorizza la sua grande utopia sulla sintesi delle arti, che troverà nel movimento de "Il Cavaliere azzurro" la sua espressione più alta. Per Kandinskij le composizioni sceniche sono opere artistiche che si differenziano dalla pittura solo perché esprimono il sentimento allo stato puro con mezzi diversi, ossia suoni, colori e movimenti, al fine di far vibrare l'anima dello spettatore, di vivificare la sua fantasia, di chiamarlo a partecipare all'opera rappresentata.

Rem Koolhaas
Monacelli Press

Since its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first printing on publication. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the incredible variety of human behavior. At the end of the nineteenth century, population, information, and technology explosions made Manhattan a laboratory for the invention and testing of a metropolitan lifestyle -- "the culture of congestion" -- and its architecture.

"Manhattan," he writes, "is the 20th century's Rosetta Stone . . . occupied by architectural mutations (Central Park, the Skyscraper), utopian fragments (Rockefeller Center, the U.N. Building), and irrational phenomena (Radio City Music Hall)." Koolhaas interprets and reinterprets the dynamic relationship between architecture and culture in a number of telling episodes of New York's history, including the imposition of the Manhattan grid, the creation of Coney Island, and the development of the skyscraper. Delirious New York is also packed with intriguing and fun facts and illustrated with witty watercolors and quirky archival drawings, photographs, postcards, and maps. The spirit of this visionary investigation of Manhattan equals the energy of the city itself.

Fabio Isman
Skira

Milioni di reperti, spesso autentici tesori unici al mondo, scavati clandestinamente; centinaia di migliaia di siti archeologici della Penisola violati e devastati; decine di migliaia di "tombaroli", intermediari e grandi mercanti indagati e sotto processo: la Grande Razzia si è consumata in Italia a partire dagli anni settanta. A suon di milioni di dollari, oggetti importantissimi, che restano stupendi ma sono ormai privati del loro passato, sradicati dai propri contesti e diventati "muti", sono stati acquistati da una dozzina di grandi musei internazionali, americani ed europei, e dalle massime collezioni private del mondo, spesso le più misteriose. Solo una piccola parte è stata finora restituita. Sulla base di interviste e documenti giudiziari, viene ricostruito, come non era mai stato fatto, il massimo saccheggio d'arte e cultura che ha colpito un Paese occidentale nell'ultimo secolo. Alcune vicende, inedite, sono degne di un thriller o di un "giallo". E restano ancora fittissimi misteri.

Magnus Resch
Phaidon Press

"[How to Become a Successful Artist] goes straight to the business of being an artist... Resch's book offers practical advice to remind readers that there's a lot more to being an artist than just making art." - ArtNews

The must-have business guide for all artists, written by the leading specialist in the global art market

Written for artists of all levels, ages and mediums the latest book from bestselling author Magnus Resch explores how artists can have a career in the field they love. He answers the most important questions including: How do I find gallery representation? How do I write an artist statement? How should I price my artworks? And what's the best Instagram strategy? Case studies are drawn from interviews with leading experts and practitioners, including artists, gallerists, and curators. It's an invaluable resource to explain the core business principles of being an artist and reveals how to make it in the art market.

This must-have guide includes business advice from the art world's leading experts, such as Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jeffrey Deitch, Simon de Pury, Mera & Don Rubell, Mr. Brainwash, Oscar Murillo, Sean Scully, Peter Halley, Kenny Scharf, Lucien Smith, Lisa Schiff, Julian Schnabel, Georgina Adam, Katherine Bernhardt, Shirin Neshat, Laurie Simmons, Jordan Wolfson, Jitish Kallat, Zhang Huan, Rashid Johnson, Marilyn Minter, Raymond Pettibon, and many more.

" [How to Become a Successful Artist] goes straight to the business of being an artist... Resch's book offers practical advice to remind readers that there's a lot more to being an artist than just making art." - ArtNews

Cecil Balmond
Prestel

In this long-awaited follow-up to the enormously popular informal, designer, writer, and engineer Cecil Balmond invites readers into his creative process as he documents his most innovative projects in art, architecture, and bridge design.

Hailed by friend and frequent collaborator Rem Koolhaas as having "almost single-handedly shifted the ground in engineering - and enabled architecture to be imagined differently," Cecil Balmond has achieved special status as a pioneer in cross-disciplinary thinking. Balmond's instinctual understanding and manipulation of forces has paved the way for generations of designers to break free from traditional systems of organization and embrace the non-linear. Crossover establishes and galvanizes these radical ideas in the emergence of new forms and contemporary aesthetics.

This crucial new book outlines more than a dozen international projects and five theoretical chapters that embody the notion of Crossover which Balmond describes as the movement between Metaphor and Substance through Pattern. Navigating between the ideal and the pragmatic, Balmond creates balance between the poetic and the essential. Crossover presents Balmond's thoughts and musings and charts his conceptual journey from the original fleeting idea to finished product. Photographs, drawings, and plans for each project accompany never seen before journal notes, sketches, and in-depth commentary. The book includes the Weave Bridge at the University of Pennsylvania; the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions at London's Kensington Gardens; ArcelorMittal Orbit at the site of the London 2012 Olympics; and the world renowned CCTV tower in Beijing.

Anna D'Elia
Gius. Laterza & Figli

Christof Thoenes
Edizioni Il Polifilo

Davide Banzato, Pier Luigi Fantelli
Electa

Marie-George Gervasoni
Edizioni La Biennale di Venezia

AA.VV.
Corum

Laurel Scheinman
Studio d'Arte Cannaviello

Antje Middeldorf Kosegarten
Ente Provinciale per il Turismo di Siena

Giacomo Manzoni
Città di Venezia

Vittore Frattini
Edizioni Cortina

Luisa Martorelli
Electa

J.A. Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth
Edition Marzona

Galleria Arte Borgogna
Galleria Arte Borgogna

Galleria Tauscheck
Galleria Tauscheck

Giorgio Cortenova, Toni Toniato
Nuove edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta

Chiara Romanelli
s.e.

Paolo Rizzi
Galleria d'arte Contini

Giovan Battista Piranesi
SugarCo Edizioni

Wanna Allievi
Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori

Ettore Lo Gatto
Libri Scheiwiller