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In this inspiring new recipe collection, Rose Carrarini, author of the acclaimed best-seller Breakfast, Lunch, Tea, celebrates the rituals of family cooking. Carrarini, whose iconic Rose Bakery cafés attract a loyal following around the world, shares the knowledge she’s gathered through the yea..

A defining form-giver of the 20th century, Marcel Breuer is a modernist locus classicus. From his landmark tubular furnitureto “binuclear” housing, his projects across Europe and the United States are case studies in the balance of texture, colo..

The iconic twentieth-century architect Marcel Breuer was a prolific designer of residential architecture, which is often overshadowed by his early renown as a Bauhaus furniture maker and his large-scale projects.Breuer’s Bohemia surveys the houses he designed in Connecticut and Massachusetts from th..

Through apples, pears, and experimental new perspectives, explore the defining oeuvre of Paul Cézanne, the artist identified by both Matisse and Picasso as “father of us all.”From still life compositions to scenes of his beloved Montagne Sainte-Victoire, this book traces the artist’s ..

Discover Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the artist duo who were born on the same day, met in Paris, fell in love, and became a unique creative partnership that took on Central Park, the German Reichstag, Biscayne Bay, and beyond with their vast and extraordinary environmental interve..

1961, three years after meeting Jeanne-Claude in Paris, Christo made a study of a mammoth project that would wrap one of the city’s most emblematic monuments. 60 years, 25,000 square meters of recyclable fabric, and 3,000 meters of rope later, the artists' vision finally came true. Discover their po..

A singularly impressive volume featuring 300 examples of the most incredible and inspiring concrete architecture from the early twentieth century to the present day. Organised visually, with one building per page, Concrete Architecture celebrates the might, majesty, and sculptural beauty o..

Contemporary Art Underground presents more than 100 permanent projects completed between 2015 and 2023 by MTA Arts & Design. This ground-breaking program of site-specific projects by a broad spectrum of well-known and emerging contemporary artists has helped to create a sense of character a..

Ever since Osaka World Expo ’70 brought contemporary forms center stage, Japan has been a key player in global architecture. Presenting the Japanese art of building, this book reveals how the likes of Tadao Ando, SANAA, Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, and Junya Ishigami are re..

Ever heard of the Air Sex Championships in Austin, Texas? How about bog snorkeling in Llanwrtyd, Wales? No? Then brace yourself for Nigel Holmes’s bewilderingly funny ride through the wildest, oddest, and most wonderful cultural events. From snail racing and baby crying to throwing just ab..

A precursor to Surrealism, the Dada movement stressed the absurd and unpredictable, the illogical and chaotic, lashing out against traditional esthetics and upending artistic conventions. Emerging from the artistic and intellectual milieu of Zurich during World War I, it signaled a re-evaluation of ..

Now in an unlimited edition: David Hockney’s artist book of iPad paintings, made around a small farmhouse in Normandy during a year of lockdown. His vivid impressions of the changing light and landscape are brought from the glowing screen to the printed volume with a special six-color printing treat..

For over 35 years, David Kleinberg, whom Architectural Digest calls a designer of ‘singular rooms [that] adhere to the traditional values of elegance, beauty, practicality, [and] comfort,’ has created a body of work that is wide-ranging in style yet always modern in sensibility. Kleinberg ..

Decorate Like a Decorator highlights the decorating tricks that only experienced designers know how to pull off – until now! Culled from FREDERIC magazine’s educational columns, this book shares with readers more than one hundred decorator pro moves: like how to use stripes on the bias, upholst..

During the 1960s, Dennis Hopper carried a camera everywhere—on film sets, at parties, in diners, bars and galleries, and through political marches. Along the way, he captured the most intriguing moments of his generation. Compiled by Hopper himself and including incisive essays and in..

This precious anthology presents 14 of the most beloved fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in unique pictorial splendor, combining exquisite vintage illustrations from Kay Nielsen, Walter Crane, and Herbert Leupin with delicate historic and contemporary silhouettes...