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The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Carlos Fuentes
RRP: €29.75€20.33Published in its entirety, Frida Kahlo's amazing illustrated journal documents the last ten years of her turbulent life. These passionate, often surprising, intimate records, kept under lock and key for some 40 years in Mexico, reveal many new dimensions... -
Frida Kahlo. 40th Ed. by Luis-Martín Lozano 9783836594851
RRP: €29.75€22.16Among the women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in over fifty extraordinary self-portraits, has been admired by generations; along with... -
Kahlo by Andrea Kettenmann
RRP: €17.85€13.52The arresting pictures of Frida Kahlo (1907-54) were in many ways expressions of trauma. Through a near-fatal road accident at the age of 18, failing health, a turbulent marriage, miscarriage and childlessness, she transformed the afflictions into... -
Hurvin Anderson by Catherine Lampert
RRP: €65.45€45.98The Birmingham-born, Turner Prize-nominated artist Hurvin Anderson is best known for his brightly painted, densely detailed landscapes and interior scenes, which are drawn from his own photographs, sketches and personal recollections particularly those... -
Frida Kahlo: The Masterworks by Roxana Velasquez
RRP: €41.65€30.10An ideal introduction to the painter s work, this volume features over 100 of Kahlo s most beloved paintings illustrating all aspects of her diverse oeuvre including works from both private and public collections many rarely seen in public. The best and... -
The Invisible Painting: My Memoir of Leonora Carrington by Gabriel Weisz Carrington
RRP: €21.41€15.66Since her death in 2011, the legendary Surrealist Leonora Carrington has been reconstructed and reinvented many times over. In this book, Gabriel Weisz Carrington draws on remembered conversations and events to demythologise his mother, revealing the... -
Rivera by Andrea Kettenmann
RRP: €17.85€13.52Diego Rivera (1886-1957) is a loud presence on the art historical stage. With devout political principles and a turbulent romantic history, he was at once husband and paladin of Frida Kahlo, advocate and adversary of Stalin's Soviet Union, and liberator... -
Frida Kahlo Masterpieces of Art by Flame Tree Studio
RRP: €17.84€12.14The painful, exquisite art of Mexico's favourite artist was a product of immense physical pain, and an emotional tumultuous life. The new book features the range and power of her heavily autobiographical work, from the early, disturbing explorations of... -
Cinthia Marcelle: By Means of Doubt by Cinthia Marcelle
RRP: €51.17€36.08Performative interventions in everyday life This is the first major monograph for Brazilian conceptual artist Cinthia Marcelle (born 1974), accompanying her solo show at MASP. Through photographs, videos, installations and interventions that make use... -
Remedios Varo: Science Fictions by Caitlin Haskell
RRP: €35.70€30.76An exploration of the captivating work and mystical outlook of the modern artist Remedios Varo, focusing on her years in Mexico City This publication offers a definitive look at the artistic practice of Remedios Varo (1908-1963) following her... -
Today Is Always Yesterday: Contemporary Brazilian Art by Michael Asbury 9781789148008
RRP: €41.65€39.41Today Is Always Yesterday explores the historical constructs underlying contemporary art in Brazil. Michael Asbury, through his study of the South American nation's colonial and post-colonial condition, argues that art can not only illustrate history but... -
The Political Body: Stories on Art, Feminism, and Emancipation in Latin America by Andrea Giunta 9780520344327
RRP: €46.41€35.91How a constellation of Latin American artists explored the body, power, and emancipation-and expanded the meanings of feminist art. In The Political Body, art historian Andrea Giunta explores gender and power in the work of Latin American artists from... -
On Art, Artists, Latin America, and Other Utopias by Luis Camnitzer 9780292760905
RRP: €26.17€22.36Artist, educator, curator, and critic Luis Camnitzer has been writing about contemporary art ever since he left his native Uruguay in 1964 for a fellowship in New York City. As a transplant from the "periphery" to the "center," Camnitzer has had to... -
Lina Bo Bardi, Drawings by Zeuler Lima 9780691191195
RRP: €47.60€36.18The first authoritative collection of drawings by legendary modern architect Lina Bo BardiLina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) was one of the most prolific and visionary architects of the twentieth century. Raised in Italy under Mussolini's Fascist regime and... -
Nuances of Latin American Art: Matices del arte en America latina by Andrea Hinteregger De Mayo
€26.83Is there such a thing as Latin American Art? Does it need this label in a global art world? It is, of course, clear that there is no such thing, just as there is no African nor European art. It would be interesting though to include Caribbean art... -
Decolonising the Museum - The Curation of Indigenous Contemporary Art in Brazil by Thea Pitman
RRP: €65.45€62.49Explores the scope that there is for Indigenous curatorial agency in the relationship of Indigenous contemporary art with the 'art world'. This monograph focuses on the current boom in Indigenous contemporary art in Brazil, exploring in particular the... -
Teotihuacan - The World Beyond the City by David M. Carballo
RRP: €74.91€60.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024675Author Kenneth G. HirthFormat HardbackPage Count 540Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research... -
The Portable Universe/El Universo En Tus Manos by Julia Burtenshaw
RRP: €61.88€43.19A landmark book reframing ancient Colombian art-including goldwork, ceramics, textiles and more-as vehicles of cultural knowledge across space and time Spanning all major pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia, and featuring some of the most remarkable... -
Gego: Measuring Infinity by Gertrud Goldschmidt
RRP: €66.64€45.54Gego infused her art with architecture and engineering to create unique works of delicate suspense Accompanying the first major museum retrospective exhibition of Gego's work in the US in more than 15 years, this expansive, definitive catalog charts... -
By Land, Air, Home, and Sea: The World of Frank Walter by Hilton Als 9781644231012
RRP: €65.45€42.66Explore Frank Walter's relationship to Antigua through a range of works and writings that express his intimate connection to Caribbean nature, landscape, and place. "Nothing seems to be reworked-it is as if each piece drew or painted itself without... -
OCEANS APART:: ART FROM BRITAIN & THE CARIBBEAN by Alex, David Farcquharson, Bailey 9781849767651
RRP: €47.60€45.80Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 50s - Now explores the relationship between the Caribbean and Britain in art from the 1950s to the present day; a social and cultural history more often told through literature or popular music. It is a... -
Futurism by Sylvia Martin
RRP: €17.85€13.52With motion and machines as its most treasured tropes, Futurism was founded in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, along with painters Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carra, and Gino Severini. With affiliate painters, sculptors, designers,... -
Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning by Mary Schneider Enriquez 9780300222517
RRP: €41.65€36.38A compelling look at Doris Salcedo's works from the past fifteen years, exploring how the artist challenges not only the limits of the materials she uses but also the traditions of sculpture itself Colombian sculptor and installation artist Doris Salcedo... -
Patchwork: Essays & Interviews on Caribbean Visual Culture by Jacqueline Bishop
RRP: €23.74€20.08The patchwork is an apt metaphor for the region not only because of its colourfulness and the making of something whole out of fragments but as an attempt to make coherence out of disorder. The seeking of coherence was the exact process of putting... -
Mexico: The Land of Charm by Mercurio Lopez Casillas
RRP: €35.70€25.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788417975517Author Jose Luis LugoFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint RM Verlag SLPublisher RM Verlag SL -
Black Art: A Cultural History by Richard J. Powell 9780500203620
RRP: €35.64€26.93This groundbreaking book explores the visual representations of black culture throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. From blues to rap, from the paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner to the video pieces of Keith Piper and Steve McQueen,... -
Caribbean Art by Veerle Poupeye
RRP: €20.22€14.21A new, updated and expanded edition of this classic survey on the history of Caribbean art, featuring the work of over 100 artists from the period of colonialism to the present day. Caribbean Art presents and discusses the diverse, fascinating and... -
Basquiat-isms by Jean-Michel Basquiat
RRP: €13.08€10.65A collection of essential quotations and other writings from artist and icon Jean-Michel BasquiatOne of the most important artists of the late twentieth century, Jean-Michel Basquiat explored the interplay of words and images throughout his career as a... -
Reflection on Color by Carlos Cruz-Diez 9780300272123
RRP: €29.75€24.89The seminal writing of Carlos Cruz-Diez, best known for his experiential works exploring color and its properties Trained as a painter, Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923-2019) developed a conceptual platform for his work based on optical and chromatic phenomena,... -
The Arts of the Ancient Americas at the Dallas Museum of Art by Michelle Rich
RRP: €59.50€56.94An illustrated compendium of artworks from the ancient Americas Including Indigenous works from the southwestern United States, Mesoamerica, the Isthmo-Colombian Area, and the Andes of South America, this book showcases more than 100 masterpieces of art... -
Frida by Benjamin Lacombe
RRP: €38.07€36.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584236641Author Benjamin LacombeFormat HardbackPage Count 76Imprint Gingko Press, IncPublisher Gingko Press, Inc -
The Invisible Painting: My Memoir of Leonora Carrington by Gabriel Weisz Carrington 9781526169648
RRP: €15.46€10.82Since her death in 2011, the legendary Surrealist Leonora Carrington has been reconstructed and reinvented many times over. In this book, Gabriel Weisz Carrington draws on remembered conversations and events to demythologise his mother, revealing the... -
Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art by Leah Dickerman
RRP: €29.69€20.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870708176Author Leah DickermanFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 960g -
Frank Walter: Music of the Spheres by Barbara Paca
RRP: €35.70€23.57This publication has been produced to accompany an exhibition staged by Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, for the 2021 Edinburgh Art Festival. The exhibition is the first devoted to Frank Walter's 'spools' - the small circular paintings which, in their... -
Lives of the Gods - Divinity in Maya Art by Joanne Pillsbury
RRP: €47.60€39.97This engaging exploration of the Maya pantheon introduces readers to the complex stories of Mesoamerican divinity through the stunning carvings, ceramics, and metalwork of the Classic period Focusing on the period between A.D. 250 and 900, Lives of the... -
The Notebooks by Jean-Michel Basquiat 9780691167893
RRP: €35.70€28.89Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) was one of the most important artists of the 1980s. A key figure in the New York art scene, he inventively explored the interplay between words and images throughout his career, first as a member of SAMO, a... -
Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945 by Barbara Haskell
RRP: €65.45€56.28An in-depth look at the transformative influence of Mexican artists on their U.S. counterparts during a period of social change The first half of the 20th century saw prolific cultural exchange between the United States and Mexico, as artists and... -
Fragments of Epic Memory by Julie Crooks
RRP: €38.07€27.05New ways of understanding Caribbean visual culture, from historical photographs following emancipation to contemporary transnational perspectives, on the occasion of a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada Anchored by an extensive... -
A to Z of Caribbean Art by Melanie Archer 9789769534490
RRP: €47.60€33.24A to Z of Caribbean Art is a visual overview of Caribbean art, from the beginning of the 20th century to now, and serves as a resource of information on some of the greatest artists of the region. Sequenced alphabetically, it mixes genres including... -
Art and Architecture in Mexico by James Oles
RRP: €17.79€12.11This new interpretive history of Mexican art and architecture from the Spanish Conquest to the early decades of the 21st century is the most comprehensive introduction to the subject in fifty years. James Oles ranges widely across media and genres,...