In 2002 Hans Ulrich Obrist began his conversation with a diverse and influential group of Mexican pioneers during an exhibition at Luis Barragán's house in Mexico City. Over a decade in the making, "Conversations in Mexico" beautifully captures how the Mexican cultural scene has pivoted several tim[...]

Perhaps best known for his Safety Gear for Small Animals (SGSA) project, which was first shown at 303 Gallery in New York in 1994, conceptual artist Bill Burns works across a variety of disciplines to reveal the perpetual power play between natural orders and cultural formations. Hans-Ulrich Obrist [...]

Following the success of Hans Ulrich Obrist's "A Brief History of Curating," this publication gathers the influential curator's interviews with some of the foremost musicians and composers of the 1950s-1990s. It brings together leading avant-garde composers of the early postwar period such as Elliot[...]

Gerhard Richters neues abstraktes Werk mit dem Titel 4900 Farben von 2007 besteht aus einfarbigen, leuchtenden Quadraten, die zufällig angeordnet ein Gittermuster mit überwältigenden kaleidoskopartigen Farbfeldern ergeben. Die Lacktafelarbeit aus 24 Farben entstand im Zusammenhang mit Richters En[...]

Yona Friedman is the great utopian and visionary among architects of the 20th century. A native of Hungary, who lives and works in Paris, Friedman considers himself both an architect and sociologist. The needs of the individual in the heterogeneous urban societies in which he, the cosmopolitan, move[...]

This monograph, second in the collection featuring artists and architects who maintain a critical view of the contemporary world, is devoted to the distinguished Hungarian architect, living and working in Paris, Yona Friedman. Yona Friedman's work spans urban models, theoretical texts and animated f[...]