Singular Beauty is the debut work as an autonomous series by Australian photographer Jai Odell, based in NYC, exploring the intimate, cinematic, and deeply human dimensions of contemporary beauty. Known for his refined visual language and sensitivity to character, Odell captures faces and identities that challenge conventional ideals. The book presents a curated collection of portraits that celebrate (androgyn) individuality, imperfection, and emotional authenticity. With a background in film and art direction, Odell brings a cinematic approach to still imagery — balancing quiet minimalism with a strong narrative presence. Singular Beauty is both a visual study and a reflection on the shifting concept of beauty in modern culture. The influence of David Sims is still ghosting around through his portraiture.
This elegantly designed book features works by pioneering British photographer Garry Fabian Miller (b. 1957, Bristol) in dialog with one of his key artistic influences, Samuel Palmer (1805-81). Since the mid-1980s, Miller has created photographs without a camera to explore the possibilities of light as both medium and subject. Experimenting with photographic materials and exposure time, his photographs feature intensely saturated colors, not seen before in conventional photography. For this book, which accompanies an exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, Miller has chosen works on paper by Palmer from the Ashmolean’s rarely displayed collections to juxtapose them with his own images. Miller compares Palmer’s pioneering use of materials with his own practice, pushing the limits of photography in the dark room. Edited by Dr Lena Fritsch, this book features high quality images and new texts by Sean Borodale, Fritsch, Alexandra Harris, Colin Harrison, Lydia Heeley, and Marina Warner.
Beautifully produced facsimile of a watercolor artist’s book recording many of the most fascinating birds and animals of the Galápagos Islands. Profits to go to the Galápagos Trust.
In spring 2026, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs will present a unique exhibition on clothing at the Thai court, tracing the relationship between local textile traditions and haute couture, as well as the advent of fashion as a marker of Thai culture internationally and its essential role in the kingdom’s diplomacy. This exhibition will be presented in celebration of the 170th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Thailand and France, and the 340th anniversary of the first official contact between Siam and France. The catalog published at this occasion highlights the figure of Queen Sirikit, a national icon who recently passed away. Passionate about fashion, she played a central role in modernizing court attire, presenting her creations during official trips with King Rama IX. From the 1960s onwards, Queen Sirikit maintained close relations with leading French and European fashion houses.
By collaborating for more than thirty years with Pierre Balmain and then with Erik Mortensen, his successor at the head of the fashion house, she reinvented Thai royal elegance, preserving its heritage while ensuring its international appeal. Committed to preserving traditions, she also worked tirelessly to safeguard her country’s textile arts and crafts. The book brings together nearly two hundred outfits, accessories, royal objects, photographs, fabric samples, and embroidery (from Lesage and Princess Sirivannavari), and offers a unique glimpse into Thailand’s rich tradition of craftsmanship in textiles, jewelry, and accessories. It highlights the use of fashion as a form of cultural diplomacy that works through image, craftsmanship, and materials.
Text in English and French.
Radilicious 2 is a luxurious coffee table book that brings together Europe’s most visionary vegetable chefs. Twenty top restaurants open their doors and stories, sharing 100 signature dishes that elevate vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers to gastronomic heights.
This second edition is more than a sequel: it is to be a unique reference work on pure plant gastronomy at the highest level. Compelling texts by Mieke De Vylder and breathtaking photography by Wim Demessemaekers make this book a source of inspiration for the cuisine of tomorrow and a collector’s item that should not be missing from any quality bookshop.
Full of surprises, fresh and pleasantly familiar at the same time. David Bacher’s photography is a kind of treasure hunt, where viewers can discover and interpret Paris and New York in amusing, yet reflective, ways. The images often mirror each other and just as often it is not immediately clear in which city a photograph was taken. His aesthetics, inheriting the tradition of many great street photographers, who have worked in Paris and New York City, lie somewhere between Louis Stettner’s calm spirituality and William Klein’s post-modernist provocation. Fifteen years ago, this American living in Paris and in Nantes decided to take mirror images of New York and Paris. In doing so, he realized that for him ‘Paris and New York are like two theater sets with thousands of actors without predefined roles’. His fluid gaze reflects the chaos of appearances without staging it. Bacher likes to create optical illusions. He jostles perspectives, giving reflections and shadows a presence as real as that of the bodies and faces which inhabit the theatre of his work, the streets.
Text in English, German and French.
UNFRAMED is a unique collection of two beautiful books, presented in a new format, featuring the brilliant projects of the creative mind of interior designer Gert Voorjans. The book combines the inspiring journey through Voorjans’ world from Interior Life (2012, completely sold out), where clippings, mood boards, and an original approach to interior design come together, with a luxurious glimpse into his most remarkable projects from Daily Life: The projects by Gert Voorjans (2016, completely sold out). Moreover UNFRAMED has been updated with new works.
With a contemporary design and beautiful colors, UNFRAMED catches the eye as a new and indispensable book for every interior enthusiast.
Giovanni Morelli changed the way we look at art. Before Morelli (1816-1891), the attribution of a painting to a particular artist or school was often based on overall impression, hearsay, even gut feeling. But Morelli, having trained as a medical doctor to look closely at anatomical detail, applied scientific rigor to understanding the works of masters such as Titian, Leonardo, and Raphael, and of other Renaissance and Baroque painters. By closely scrutinising, analysing and comparing details overlooked by most other collectors, critics, and curators, his radical ‘Morellian method’ became the basis of modern art connoisseurship. A proud Italian of Swiss Protestant heritage, Morelli was also a staunch patriot. He risked his life in the Italian Wars of Independence, and was elected four times to the parliament of the newly unified nation. In 1873 he was nominated senator for life. As a statesman he fought for his homeland’s cultural patrimony: at a time when many of Italy’s great art collections were being snapped up by foreign collectors and museums, he introduced some of the world’s first legislation to prevent their loss to the nation. The Life of Giovanni Morelli in Risorgimento Italy is the first full biography of this important figure, including his romantic friendships with remarkable women such as Clementina Frizzoni, Laura Acton Minghetti (wife of the Italian prime minister), and Princess Victoria (daughter of Queen Victoria and subsequently empress of Germany). At his death he bequeathed his art collection to the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, the birthplace of his mother, a city he loved.
After the global success of the award winning Pure & Simple: Homemade Indian Vegetarian Cuisine, celebrated cookbook author Vidhu Mittal delves deeper into the nuances of Indian vegetarian food in her new book, Pure & Special: Gourmet Indian Vegetarian Cuisine.
Pure & Special is a collection of recipes that elevates the food lover to the next level of vegetarian cooking. A mix of traditional, festive dishes, contemporary favourites, and innovative renditions, each recipe extols the variety and virtue of vegetables in Indian cooking. Continuing in the tradition of the previous book, Pure & Special has easy-to-follow recipes with step-by-step photographs for each dish. Every recipe carries useful tips and special notes from the author, explaining the uniqueness of each dish. Ingredient descriptions and helpful menu suggestions make this book a must have for both the beginner as well as the seasoned cook. Contents: Introduction; Discover Spices; Know Your Vegetables, Fruits & Nuts; Goodness of Lentils; Drinks, Soups, & Salads; Snacks & Starters; Main Course; Rice & Breads; Accompaniments; Desserts; Cooking Processes; High Tea Menus; Festive Menus; Index.
Women Photographers are Dangerous celebrates more than 60 women photographers who have long deserved greater recognition for their extraordinary work.
Many of these pioneers, innovators and artists have ventured into war zones, politics, feminist activism and more. All have taken risks and freed themselves from established frameworks, simply by being who they are and doing what they do.
Ever since Louis Daguerre introduced the first camera to the world in 1838, women photographers have been present and excelled in every field, from art and the sciences to journalism and advertising. Yet all too often, they are denied the spotlight they deserve. Written and compiled by renowned historians Laure Adler and Clara Bouveresse, these pages set the record straight.
Featuring over 100 outstanding photographic works by women photographers including Eve Arnold with her famous Marilyn Monroe portraits; Vivian Maier, whose photos were discovered only after death; and Anne Atkins, who is believed by some to have created the first ever photographic image.
Photographers include: Anna Atkins, Julia Margaret Cameron, Virginia De Castiglione, Christina Broom, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Alice Austen, Olive Edis, Laure Albin Guillot, Imogen Cunningham, Claude Cahun, Dorothea Lange, Tina Modotti, Berenice Abbott, Anita Conti, Lisette Model, Margaret Bourke-White, Grete Stern, Dora Maar, Julia Pirotte, Lee Miller, Edith Tudor-Hart, Gerda Taro, Eve Arnold, Helen Levitt, Janine Niépce, Diane Arbus, Lisetta Carmi, Vivian Maier, Agnès Varda, Claudia Andujar, Claude Batho, Letizia Battaglia, Marianne Wex, Martine Franck, Sarah Moon, Sandra Eleta, Abigail Heyman, Graciela Iturbide, Paz Errázuriz, Catherine Leroy, Christine Spengler, Paola Agosti, Ishiuchi Miyako, Susan Meiselas, Sophie Ristelhueber, Erica Lennard, Donna Gottschalk, Alix Cléo Roubaud, Sophie Calle, Nan Goldin, Anne Noble, Cindy Sherman, Pushpamala N., Ouka Leele, Shirin Neshat, Francesca Woodman, Lorna Simpson, Angèle Etoundi, Essamba, Désirée Dolron, Géraldine Lay, Zanele Muholi, Sara Bennett, Shadi Ghadirian, Tarrah Krajnak, Gohar Dashti, Laia Abril, Bieke Depoorter, Maya Inès Touam.
Discover the fascinating world of taxidermy in Packshots, the second book by Darwin, Sinke & Van Tongeren. This breathtaking work introduces you to animals like never before, captured in masterful compositions that blur the line between nature and art, between life and death. The stunning images, showcasing the animals in all their beauty and strength, are complemented by exclusive interviews and in-depth insights into the authors’ craft. Packshots is a work of art in itself, bringing the beauty of the wild to life in a truly unique way.
From the late 15th to the mid-16th century, an impressive corpus of architecture, sculpture, and painting was created to embellish monastic sites affiliated with the Benedictine Cassinese Congregation of Italy. A religious order of humanistically trained monks, the Cassinese engaged with the most eminent artists and architects of the early modern period, supporting the production of imagery and architecture that was often highly experimental in nature: from Raphael’s Sistine Madonna in Piacenza to Andrea Riccio’s Moses/Zeus Ammon, from Andrea Palladio’s church of San Giorgio Maggiore (Venice) to the superbly crafted choirstalls of San Severino and Sossio (Naples).
Applying a network framework to the congregation’s infrastructure of monasteries makes clear that the circulation of sophisticated Renaissance art and architecture constituted only a segment of the monks’ investment in the arts. Monks also served as custodians of an antique monumental heritage and popular votive images, assuring the survival of ancient buildings and artifacts of limited aesthetic value that supplied opportunities for early modern masters to confront an array of artworks for the reinvention of reformed Christian art and architecture.
Text in English, Italian and German.
In this book you will find a stunning collection of homes from the 20th century that have been lovingly restored to their modernist splendor and are still lived in. Photographer Jan Verlinde captures the power of the interiors and architecture on film like no other. Author Thijs Demeulemeester explains the houses in detail, based on interviews with residents, insights from the architects and the chosen interior styles. In this successor to the successful Homes for Nomads and Homes for Collectors, you will discover which modernist gems are still hidden and how they are lived in today.
Text in English, French and Dutch.
Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office: Founder’s Choice is a richly photographic and text reader (two volumes) exploring the visionary architectural and urban concepts of Luc Deleu and his long-standing practice T.O.P. office (Turn On Planning). For over five decades, Deleu has redefined the relationship between architecture, society, and the planet, operating at the intersection of art, urbanism, and environmental ethics. His radical, speculative proposals — ranging from floating cities to planetary-scale planning — provoke reflection on global responsibility and sustainable futures.
Founder’s choice reads as a major retrospective, initiated by Deleu himself and presented across institutions including M HKA (Antwerp), Middelheim Museum, University of Ghent, S.M.A.K. Ghent and CIVA (Brussels). Through texts, interviews, and visual documentation, it offers a deep dive into the firm’s critical thinking and methodologies, presenting both historical projects and new works. The publication underscores T.O.P. office’s enduring influence on contemporary architectural discourse, situating their practice as both intellectual and aesthetic intervention. A must-have for architects, theorists, policymakers and artists interested in the evolving dialog between design, ethics, and ecology.
Caroline Broadhead (b. 1950) is a highly versatile artist who started in jewelry in the late 1970s. Since then she has extended her practice from “wearable objects” and textile works to dance collaborations and installations in historic buildings. Broadhead’s work is concerned with the boundaries of an individual and the interface of inside and outside, public and private, including a sense of territory and personal space, presence and absence and a balance between substance and image. It has explored outer extents of the body as seen through light, shadows, reflections and movement. This comprehensive overview also comprises larger scale and collaborative works that aim to elicit a particular experience or to start a train of thought.
Published to accompany the Exhibition at CODA Museum Apeldoorn (NL), 4 February – 15 April 2018 and the Exhibition at Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London, 11 January – 2 February 2019.
Rhythm of Yuloh is Chen Duxi’s new monograph collecting recent artworks and spatial projects. Titled after the traditional sound of the yuloh — an oar used in Chinese sculling — the book reflects Chen’s origin in the water-rich region of Sichuan and his sustained engagement with Chinese traditions across art, philosophy, and music. This book presents Chen Duxi’s systematic aesthetic paradigm grounded in an Eastern sense of poetic realm. It documents his reflections on life, investigations into fundamental patterns, and the ways he maps cognitive structures onto image and space — rendering those inquiries onto the page for readers and viewers to engage.
This 15 year retrospective on the contemporary South Korean artist Soo Kyoung Lee presents paintings, installations and drawings from both public and private collections dating from 2007 to the present. The work is presented chronologically, and is punctuated by the critical writings of Romain Mathieu, Fanny Drugeon, Eun-lok Shim and Jeong Hyeun. As the artist notes, “The idea is to trace this experience so as to share it, but also, through this synthesis of 15 years of painting, to take stock by looking back, in order to better move forward.”
Chinese Wild Plants in Botanical Illustration presents 300 beautiful, hand-drawn illustrations of China’s native plants. From common wildflowers and wild grasses to rarer species found on mountains and in forests, these botanical artworks reveal the extraordinary in what we commonly take to be the ordinary. With her uncanny ability to bring real life to the page, illustrator Wu Xiuzhen exposes the exceptional beauty that is inherent in the natural world all around us. Blending scientific precision with artistic tradition, Wu Xiuzhen combines natural observation with her strong artistic and cultural knowledge of China’s native plant life. With poetic expression, harmony, rhythm and symbolic meaning, flowers like plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum appear as artistic marvels, scientific record and enduring cultural expression.
Perhaps Norman Weber – as a native of Schwäbisch Gmünd – was born with a love of jewelry. Following a traditional training as a gold and silversmith in Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz, where he teaches today at the State Vocational College for Glass and Jewellery, he studied with professors Hermann Jünger, Otto Künzli and Horst Sauerbruch at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Here the then 25-year-old began his search, together with his colleagues Karl Fritsch, Peter Bauhuis and Karen Pontoppidan, for new paths and definitions in contemporary jewelry. Today Norman Weber is the storyteller in the contemporary studio jewelry scene. For example with the brooches from his series “Portraits”, which investigates clichés such as Barbie dolls. Focusing on a particular area of interest – popular images, comics and populist icons – the artist enmeshes the images in perfectly executed constructions – Weber is after all a goldsmith through and through – thereby giving them a new home. At times the critical jewelry artist places these figures in a completely new context. In this way jewelry is moved in the direction of pop and takes on the character of shrill fashion emblems. Precious stones made of velour in jewelry conjure up a smile on the lips of a viewer before he even begins to reflect on the meaning of the spurious stones. But Norman Weber not only tells stories. Other pieces are shaped by underlying constructivist elements – convincing jewelry because their mechanical elements are infused with an exciting dynamic.
This monograph provides a first survey of the oeuvre of this talented jewelry master. Exhibition in the Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau from 2nd September 2010 and further venues thereafter, in Munich and Schwäbisch Gmünd.
Text in English & German.
“Modern life getting on top of you? You’ll find inspiration for an escape to the wild in the pages of this new photo book, which showcases spectacular cabins in breathtaking locations.” — The Daily Mail
“If you’re a cozy cabin enthusiast, this coffee table charmer, published on Sept. 28, 2022, may be for you.” — Fox News
“If you’re refraining from an entire bookshelf, at least keep one very cool coffee table book on show. Points for escapism, notes on architecture, design, or whatever else you’re into, because sometimes you can judge a book by its cover.” — Real Homes
Modern Cabins: Return to the Wild reveals infinite possibilities to connect with nature in contemporary cabins set in idyllic locations. This richly illustrated book includes a worldwide selection of projects—across Asia, Australia, Europe, United Kingdom, and the Americas— showcasing inventive methods to maximize small spaces, and to make the fast pace of city living a distant memory. These cozy retreats—embedded in stunning and remote locations and designed to be at one with the wilderness—are truly sanctuaries.
Also available: Cabins: Escape to Nature, ISBN 9781864708332
Walter Irvine’s account places his personal experiences against the political and cultural changes that surrounded the Lao and Cambodian revolutions of the 1970s and 80s, giving particular attention to refugee movements and the impact. Irvine’s professional involvement as teacher in Laos, social anthropologist in Thailand and UNHCR official in Argentina gives him an insiders understanding of the specificity of culture, the dynamics of political change, the realities of forced exile, and the challenges of refugee work. His description of revisiting Indochina in 2016 puts the account of the early period into perspective.
Between 2008 and 2016, Magnum photographer Bieke Depoorter traveled through Russia, the United States, and Egypt, asking random people if she could spend the night in their homes. Day after day, different people prepared a bed for her – on air mattresses, couches, carpets, on the ground, in living rooms, or kitchens. A decade later, she happened upon the hundreds of images she had taken of these beds, which were never intended for publication, and wondered if she had been collecting evidence. This book is the compelling result.
Welcome to Leeds; a great northern powerhouse of a city that has reinvented itself from an industrial center of wool, textiles and coal to one of the country’s biggest financial and commercial cities outside of London. Leeds is famous for its beautiful Victorian arcades, its magnificent architectural landmarks, its eclectic mix of shops and bars and its sporting venues. But scrape its bare bones and you will find it is a city rich in history, heritage and culture with a plethora of hidden places and talents.
Can you really sit in Her Majesty’s seat, catch a Dutch water taxi, go otter spotting in the center of town or get married on a tiny island in the city?
Leeds offers so much to locals and visitors alike and you can discover the answers to these questions and much, much more in this guide to 111 places in the great city of Leeds.