For more than 30 years, Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner have devoted themselves to contemporary art, and through their passion and acumen have assembled an extraordinary collection. This handsomely illustrated volume is the first to document the collection of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner, more than 850 artworks in all media that have been promised to the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Artists represented include Lee Friedlander, Robert Gober, Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool, Ryan Gander, and Bernadette Corporation, among others, and the works span from the 1950s to 2014. Over 300 highlights illustrate the collectors’ commitment to acquiring works that challenge, excite, confound, and amuse. Essays offer context for understanding the importance of the works as a group and illuminate the art world milieus in which the collectors immersed themselves. The book also includes an engaging interview with the collectors, providing a personal perspective on contemporary art acquisition.

Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Arts & Photography

Sussman, Elisabeth

Macel, Christine

History & Criticism

Whitney Museum of American Art

A groundbreaking study of thewomen of abstract art andtheir works, presented as arichly illustratedvisual history. Women in Abstraction reevaluates the work of women abstract artists, changing the story of modern and contemporary art. A tie-in catalog to a major exhibition at Paris's Centre Pompidou, this volume explores the fundamental role women artists played in the development of abstract art in the twentieth century. In this rich, sweeping collection, editors Christine Macel and Karolina Lewandowska bring together more than one hundred artists in painting, sculpture, dance, applied arts, photography, film, and performing arts. Understanding that abstract art must be looked at in the light of the artists' political and personal surroundings, this volume dives into the creation and reception of these artworks over time. From the symbolist abstraction of Hilma af Klint, now widely regarded as the first abstract artist, and the sensual abstraction of Huguette Caland, to the purist non-objective approach of Verena Loewensberg, each artist's relationship to abstraction is examined. These artworks are presented with thought- provoking essays by esteemed critics, contextualizing and exploring the subjects and themes of the movement. Ultimately, this volume questions the legitimacy of the notion of "female artists" and presents this group as simply artists, full of complexities and paradoxes.

Women in Abstraction

Lewandowska, Karolina

Monfort, Anne

Thames&Hudson

This superbly illustrated volume is a comprehensive survey of the work of the innovative Algerian-French artist Philippe Parreno, including his latest exhibition November, held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art between 4th November 2009 and 24th January 2010, which included such seminal works as his film The Boy From Mars and the installation Speech Bubbles. This volume also includes the first comprehensive chronological list of the artists works to date, a critical discussion of some of his most important pieces, an interview with the artist by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and a work of fiction inspired by Parrenos work and written by Enrique Juncosa, director of IMMA.

philippe parreno

CENTRE POMPIDOU

This comprehensive retrospective of Sophie Calle not only celebrates the breadth of her iconoclastic work but also leads to a deeper understanding of her unique artistic vision. The work of conceptual artist Sophie Calle embraces numerous media: photography, storytelling, film, and memoir, to name a few. Often controversial, Calle's projects explore issues of voyeurism, intimacy, and identity as she secretly investigates, reconstructs and documents the lives of strangers - whether she is inviting them to sleep in her bed, trailing them through a hotel, or following them through the city. Taking on multiple roles - detective, documentarian, behavioral scientist and diarist - Calle turns the interplay between life and art on its head. The book presents Calle's best-known works, including "The Blind", "No Sex Last Night", "The Hotel", "The Address Book" and "A Woman Vanishes", as well as lesser known and earlier projects that have largely escaped the public eye. The book also includes diary excerpts and video stills, along with three critical essays, a revealing interview with the artist and a dialogue with fellow artist Damien Hirst.

Sophie Calle: Did You See Me?

Bois, Yve-Alain

Rolin, Olivier

Reference

Prestel

The ninth and tenth volumes of The Art Library, a pioneering art volumes series that documents the most important modern and contemporary Arab artists. These gorgeously designed volumes offer an informal, yet detailed introduction to the most prominent figures of Arab art. The collection is characterized by medium-size books, each one dedicated to a single artist, richly illustrated, and rigorously documented. The publications, presented in English and Arabic editions, are launched seasonally, in spring and fall, two by two, in a sophisticated cardboard slipcase. Each slipcase presents a Saudi artist alongside a non-Saudi artist.

Manal AlDowayan, Hassan Sharif: The Art Library - Discovering Arab Artists

Kholeif, Omar

DAVID, CATHERINE

El Khalil, Maya

Rizzoli

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