Pierre Culot (1938-2011) was a Belgian ceramist and sculptor who was trained by Antoine de Vinck and English master potter Bernard Leach. He is one of the ceramists of the 1950s who transformed their craft into an art form. In his work, Pierre Culot...

Angel Vergara's (1958, based in Brussels) work is a continued investigation into the power of the image. By means of performances, videos, installations, paintings and drawings, he tests the limits of art and reality. Each of his works is an attempt...

In 2004, the opera scene was taken by storm by the ground-breaking production of Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" in Los Angeles. This book offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the visionary American artist Bill Viola created four hours...

Highlighting the strong bond between a collector and an art dealer, "Shared Passion" explores a remarkable collection of African art assembled in the twenty-first century. This book documents and celebrates the patience and perseverance of, and the...

This publication is the fourth volume of an important catalogue raisonne of the work of Francis Picabia. This publication, the fourth volume of an important catalogue raisonne of the work of Francis Picabia (1879-1953), includes paintings and select...

The ultimate and authoritative introduction to Songye culture, sculpture, masks, and iron forging. This lavishly illustrated book brings a new approach to the masterpieces of Songye, a Bantu ethnic group from the central Democratic Republic of the C...

A comprehensive overview of the oeuvre of Belgian painter Jan Van Imschoot. A comprehensive overview of the oeuvre of Belgian painter Jan Van Imschoot (b. 1963), whose contemporary work builds bridges to predecessors such as Caravaggio, Tintoretto,...

Founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great, Alexandria's unique urban, political and religious organization evolved alongside the numerous scientific innovations and philosophical expressions that shaped the city into one of the ancient world's civiliz...

"ARS MECHANICA" traces the comprehensive history of the Herstal Group, renowned worldwide through its brands FN Herstal, Browning, and Winchester. Almost 130 years of technological innovation and unique know-how has allowed the company to develop, ma...

Marking the occasion of Didier Vermeiren's eponymous solo exhibition at WIELS in Brussels, this book illuminates the recurrent strategies of repetition, reversal, doubling and inversion that the artist explores in his work. Published to mark the occ...