The paintings of Albert Oehlen live by audacious strategies, by questioning the image and the rules of abstraction, and by an openness and beauty often reached through the unlikeliest of means.więcej »
The painting of André ButzerFusing European expressionism with American popular culture, André Butzer started painting his way through the artistic and political extremes ...więcej »
Meet the full range of Julian Schnabel’s workJulian Schnabel makes art out of life, finding his materials in the fabric of the everyday. He uses broken plates as an improbable pic...więcej »
60 Years in Space with NASAJourney through the U.S. space program’s fascinating pictorial historyOn October 1, 1958, the world’s first civilian space agency opened for...więcej »
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world," ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that fl...więcej »
Entdecken Sie mit diesem Kompendium der elegantesten Muster und Ornamente der Geschichte eine Fülle dekorativer Ideen.Die Welt der Ornamente verbindet die zwei größten enzyklopä...więcej »
Sex shops offer anything men’s hearts (and other parts) desireIn the late 1960s specialty bookstores selling magazines under the counter were replaced by sex shops, or “adult book...więcej »
It has been almost a generation since Sebastião Salgado first published Exodus but the story it tells, of fraught human movement around the globe, has changed little in 16 years. The push an...więcej »
A photographic portrait of RomeThis bumper photographic portrait of Rome brings together hundreds of photographs from the 1840s through to today to explore the extraordinary history, beauty, ...więcej »
A culinary and graphic travelogue through EuropeJim Heimann’s new book on Menu Design in Europe is a mouthwatering feast for the eyes, featuring hundreds of European menus from the earl...więcej »
The vivid history of the capital of love and photographyA city built on two millennia of history, Paris is entering the third century of its love story with photography.It was on the banks of...więcej »
The evolution of style from antiquity to 1888Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incis...więcej »
A personal portrait of Paul McCartney by Harry BensonHarry Benson began photographing Paul McCartney in 1964, when the Beatles took America by storm, toured the world, and made their movie de...więcej »
Tutankhamun’s royal voyage into paradise, as told by ancient Egyptian treasuresBuried in the 14th century BC but unearthed by Howard Carter in 1922, the objects entombed with Tutankhamu...więcej »
Albertus Seba’s unrivaled catalog of animals, insects, and “freaks of nature”The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century’s greatest natural history a...więcej »
A catalogue raisonné of “the painter’s painter”Manet called him “the greatest painter of all.” Picasso was so inspired by his masterpiece Las Meninas that...więcej »
Impossible staircases and startling ruins from Italy’s master engraverThe most famous 18th-century copper engraver, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) made his name with etchi...więcej »
The fascinating phallusUndressed to impressAfter the bust out success of The Big Book of Breasts TASCHEN presents the perfect companion, The Big Penis Book.When it com...więcej »
The definitive photographic history of how hip-hop blinged out and redefined the world of jewelry, luxury, and styleWhether it's diamond-encrusted grills, oversized “truck” ...więcej »
The King of Rock ’n’ Roll is bornThe making of Elvis, behind the scenes“Elvis who?” was photographer Alfred Wertheimer’s response when, in early 1956...więcej »