Dana Meyer’s South Pacific Expedition provides a fascinating insight into the world of entomological collecting, driven by the human urge for discovery and adventure. Featuring numerous illustrations and 12 letters, this book tells not only of the passion of an insect collector but also of a perilous journey to the South Seas at the turn of the century.

Published in this form for the first time, this collection is a fascinating and at the same time unsettling art project that blurs the boundaries between authenticity and fiction. The finely crafted sculptures are cold-formed from thin sheet steel and presented in preserving jars. The creatures appear deceptively real and at the same time their strange appearance is astonishing.

Meyer’s South Pacific Expedition offers the viewer the opportunity to imagine an exploration expedition 100 years ago and at the same time this series of works defies exact classification; the boundaries between nature, literature and art, reality and fantasy become blurred.

Text in English and German.

Old Westbury Gardens: Days of Grace on Long Island honors the life and legacy of the house that Jay Phipps built to woo his English love, Dita Grace. In his efforts to secure her hand in marriage, he promised to recreate the world of elegance, gardens, and dogs that she had known in Sussex. She said “Yes”—and the rest is Westbury.

Designed in 1906 by English connoisseur and family friend George Crawley, the house was furnished with British antiques and craftsmanship, with gardens planted under Dita’s discerning eye. Of the hundreds of mansions built on Long Island around the turn of the twentieth century, Old Westbury Gardens is now unique—the only one preserved in its original condition.

In 1959, Peggie Phipps Boegner generously placed Old Westbury Gardens in trust, in memory of her mother, Dita, so that the public could enjoy the place where she herself had been so happy. Maintained to the highest standards of authenticity, it is now a showcase of architecture, horticulture, and the decorative arts. 

In recent years, the media’s portrayal of “bigger men” has gradually evolved. However, many men, especially gay men, still experience insecurity and a lack of self-confidence because they rarely see themselves reflected in the media. The societal stigma surrounding body size and appearance can lead to depression and a destructive cycle of self-doubt. Photographer Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert’s Bigger project challenges societal norms and invites us to celebrate the beauty of all body types. By showcasing the diversity of larger individuals, the project emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and self-love.
The book features around 80 captivating portraits and offers a glimpse into the lives and experiences of men who have long been underrepresented in the media. With a natural and matter-of-fact approach, Ohlert skillfully captures the beauty and variety of bodies that deserve admiration and recognition.

Text in English and German.

“Glamour is what I sell,” Marlene Dietrich once said. “It’s my stock in trade.”

For decades this iconic actress and singer commanded global attention as a thrilling enigma whose allure would transcend time. Dietrich Through the Lens, a collaboration between ACC Art Books and Iconic Images, is a tribute to a mesmerizing 20th-century talent whose influence is still felt today.

Featuring both world-famous and never-before-seen images, the book includes work by nine renowned photographers – Eve Arnold, Terry O’Neill, Norman Parkinson, Douglas Kirkland, Lawrence Fried, Eugene Robert Richee, Don English and William Walling. Amongst the wide-ranging photographs, we find on-set moments, intimate shoots, one-off encounters and striking portraits of one of the most famous actresses of all time. Accompanied by the stories behind those prints, this book also includes an essay covering early images of Dietrich, curated by the former head of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, Terence Pepper OBE. The historical sweep and stylistic variety of these photographs creates a rich visual tableau, shedding light on Dietrich’s famously mysterious character, which combined the sultry cabaret singer, the fierce patriot, the lover, the mother, and the independent thinker. 

Porsche Rebels: Legends Reborn as Restomods presents the best of the best from the exciting world of reimagined and customized Porsches. Showcasing 30 elite brands with over 100 models, with premium photography, this timely volume reveals one of the most dynamic trends in the global automotive industry.

The restomod boom represents a cultural shift to bespoke automotive artistry. Fusing classic models with cutting-edge technology requires an almost impossible level of creativity and workmanship. The resulting builds are configured to shine as brightly on today’s roads as the original models did in their own time, frequently testing every technical limit imaginable. 

As refined as the machines themselves, this definitive roll call of restomods is perfect for petrol-heads, Porsche enthusiasts and every other ilk of car lover. 

Featuring the world’s most accomplished carmakers, including Singer, Tuthill, Rennsport, Gunther Werks and RWB, this superb second volume in the visually stunning Cars Reimagined series is guaranteed to fire up the hearts of motor enthusiasts everywhere. 

Praise for Restomods: The New World Order of Handcrafted Cars:

 “Bill Schwartz’s well-researched [book] is a fascinating who’s who of the industry, filled with 55 of the scene’s biggest movers and shakers – you’ll know your Revology from your Zero Labs in no time.” – Classic & Sports Car

 “A fascinating look at the new levels of craft and technology that have emerged to cater to the world of luxury mobility.” – Wallpaper

 “Curated by Bill Schwartz, it’s the kind of book that fuels big dreams and garage goals.” – Boss Hunting

These three volumes describe and illustrate the trilogy of projects that Craig Hamilton has designed at Old Parkland, Dallas, an office campus developed by Crow Holdings. The architecture and sculpture, together with the spaces between buildings, aim to create a working environment inspired by the humanist ideas of the Renaissance. Hamilton’s work there comprises an office building and a bell tower or Campanile on the existing West Campus, together with the entirely new East Campus which occupies a complete city block and comprises of extensive new office accommodation, an orangery restaurant and a small theater. All three projects are rich in architectural and sculptural symbolism. 

Hamilton’s understanding and deep respect for both the wider western and American classical traditions of architecture have been a source of inspiration for the work that has been undertaken at Old Parkland. 

The volumes include over 150 hand drawings by Craig Hamilton; sketches, models and sculpture by Professor Alexander Stoddart, Sculptor in Ordinary to HM The King in Scotland; photography by Paul Highnam; words by Clive Aslet, visiting professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge. 

With The Art of Endurance 2025, Éditions Cercle d’Art is publishing a new, exceptional coffee table book dedicated to international motor racing and the FIA World Endurance Championship. This 2025 edition follows on from The Art of Endurance 2024 ISBN 9782702211458 and continues a collection for all enthusiasts of motor sports, competition cars, legendary circuits, and major endurance races.

Designed as a total immersion in a complete season, this official WEC book recounts, race by race, the eight major events on the world calendar, from the start to the checkered flag, including the strategies, drivers, cars, teams, and decisions that tip the balance of a championship.

Text in English and French. 

This catalog accompanies the exhibition Art & Fashion in the Calouste Gulbenkian museum, and highlights the inseparable relationship between art and fashion: art finds a constant source of inspiration in fashion, while fashion finds permanence and memory in art. Both disciplines engage in a dialog around beauty, both ephemeral and eternal, as an invisible thread between past and present.

The extraordinary Gulbenkian Collection, with pieces from Ancient Egypt to the 20th century, allows for a unique encounter between masterpieces of painting and decorative arts and iconic haute couture creations. It is not a question of comparison, but of establishing visual and symbolic conversations: contemporary silhouettes alongside Renaissance folds, exquisite embroidery juxtaposed with modernist flashes, ancient iconography reinterpreted.

The book captures that moment when the museum is transformed into a living space where art and fashion face each other, reminding us that beauty knows no boundaries, only the passage of time.

Harmony: Essential Ayurveda for All is a celebration of India’s timeless wisdom offering an insight into India’s ancient traditions and practices for holistic well-being. Delving into Ayurveda, yoga and mindful living, Gita Ramesh introduces readers to the art of incorporating mindfulness, gratitude and self-awareness to enhance overall life quality.

The book will not only enlighten readers about time-honored practices but also offer practical tips to cultivating well-being in today’s fast-paced world.

Joan Kron’s remarkable career spans from her early work as a costume designer at NBC Universal to her later roles as a reporter, writer, and editor for prominent New York publications, including the New York Times, New York Magazine, and Allure. In The Renegade Housewives of the 1960s, Kron’s voice—strong-willed, witty, and incisive—resonates on every page as she details her life. Alongside her business partner and close friend of the ‘60s, Audrey Sabol, Kron corresponded and collaborated with artists such as Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, and Marisol Escobar. The two were known for their leadership at the Y Arts Council in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where iconic events and exhibitions shaped a local arts community. Drawing on a rich collection of personal stories and an extensive private photographic archive, this extraordinary written and visual memoir offers an intimate portrait of Joan Kron’s life while also illuminating the vibrant creative landscape of 1960s Philadelphia and beyond.

Italian Story is the culmination of more than forty years of photographic work by Andrea Modica in Italy, a country with which the artist has formed a deep, evolving relationship. Made entirely with an 8×10 view camera, the photographs span decades and regions, revealing a slow, attentive way of seeing rooted in time, presence, and return. The title draws from the layered meaning of the Italian word storia—at once history, story, situation, and fiction—reflecting the book’s open, fluid narrative. Rather than offering a linear account, Italian Story unfolds as a personal and poetic record of encounters, places, and moments shaped by memory and imagination. Balancing intimacy and distance, documentary precision and lyrical ambiguity, Modica’s images form a quiet meditation on duration, place, and the act of looking. Published by L’Artiere, the book stands as an ongoing visual narrative—both lived and constructed—between photographer and country.

Marking twenty-five years of culinary brilliance, Spirit & Spice: The Cinnamon Club celebrates the extraordinary journey of chef Vivek Singh and his acclaimed restaurants – The Cinnamon Club, Cinnamon Kitchen, and Cinnamon Bazaar. From the grandeur of Westminster’s historic dining rooms, to the vibrant streets of London’s spice markets, Vivek has redefined modern Indian cuisine, blending tradition with innovation and artistry.
With photography by Jean Cazals, this beautifully crafted book captures the heart and soul of the Cinnamon world – the people, the places, and the plates that have shaped a gastronomic legacy. Featuring signature recipes, behind-the-scenes stories, and vivid imagery, Spirit & Spice: The Cinnamon Club is both a visual feast and an inspiring chronicle of flavour, creativity, and culture. A landmark celebration of one of Britain’s most influential restaurant groups – and the man who brought the spirit of India to the modern table.

Marking twenty-five years of culinary brilliance, Spirit & Spice: The Cinnamon Club celebrates the extraordinary journey of chef Vivek Singh and his acclaimed restaurants – The Cinnamon Club, Cinnamon Kitchen, and Cinnamon Bazaar. From the grandeur of Westminster’s historic dining rooms, to the vibrant streets of London’s spice markets, Vivek has redefined modern Indian cuisine, blending tradition with innovation and artistry.
With photography by Jean Cazals, this beautifully crafted book captures the heart and soul of the Cinnamon world – the people, the places, and the plates that have shaped a gastronomic legacy. Featuring signature recipes, behind-the-scenes stories, and vivid imagery, Spirit & Spice: The Cinnamon Club is both a visual feast and an inspiring chronicle of flavor, creativity, and culture. A landmark celebration of one of Britain’s most influential restaurant groups – and the man who brought the spirit of India to the modern table.

This richly illustrated book explores the intriguing world of Léon Spilliaert’s interiors and still lifes. In nine thematic chapters, Anne Adriaens-Pannier unravels the “secret alchemy” of his silent spaces, where interiors function as self-portraits in absentia. His austere rooms, tables, and everyday objects reveal an intense inner life. Featuring numerous full-page reproductions, this publication offers a layered perspective on one of the most introspective figures of Belgian modernism. Published to accompany the exhibition La porte entrouverte at Gallery Patrick Derom, held from 3 June to 29 August 2026.

This book brings together over 500 extraordinary objects from the MAK Collection (Vienna) with the artistry of Van Cleef & Arpels, celebrating the Maison’s 120-year history. This stunning catalogue presents a dialogue between medieval textiles, Wiener Werkstätte designs, and iconic creations such as the transformative “Zip” necklaces, the brilliant “Mystery Set” gemstones, and the historic Varuna yacht model. Featuring insights from MAK curators, Van Cleef & Arpels experts.

Text in English and German.

Like a multi-disciplinary atlas, this art book reveals the lyrical and surrealist unseen behind the work of Dirk Van Saene. Beyond a retrospective, it’s an intuitive journey through the world this master of taste and craft has tailor-made across decades – offering a richly textured view of a complete, nonconformist artist. 

A look at a storied career lived his own way — from the Antwerp Fashion Department halls to the Antwerp Six pantheon, conceptual runway presentations, faculty lectures and most prestigious art galleries of today.

Non-chronological by design, the book weaves together Van Saene’s runway shows, behind-the-scenes stories, the cult boutiques, coveted artefacts, collaborations, landmark experiments and deeply personal inspirations and recollections.

Few, if any, cities have a literary history as rich as that of London. Writers have written about it; and lived, loved, stayed and died there. Here are 111 stories to be revealed. Among them are the lives of writers and their characters, and the plots and venue. Where can you see the first printed book in the western world, or visit the library with no books? Where did two poets marry secretly and then flee to Italy; and what happened when Sigmund Freud met Salvador Dalí? What is the mystery of the signed copy of Mein Kampf?

This is a guide to the capital unlike any other – not only enlightening to residents who may have thought that they knew their city (and their books), but the visitor, too. These are sights you shouldn’t miss – but which you’re unlikely to find without this book.

A sphere encrusted with reindeer antler tines, an intricate bone-laden tapestry and sculptural flora integrating domestic textiles are only three of the many works unveiled in this first ever comprehensive look at tactile works by Norwegian artist Aslaug M. Juliussen (b. 1953). Self-reflections upon her life and everyday experiences with the Arctic landscape shape the imagery in her work, as evidenced by her choice of materials and techniques. Juliussen explores materials that speak to culture and tradition in Northern Norway, and the Sami culture in particular.

The publication comprises engaging cross-disciplinary essays that illustrate the multifaceted aspects of Juliussen as an artist. Scholars from such diverse fields as biology, philosophy, gender studies and art history look at Juliussen’s art from multiple perspectives and thus enable a new dialogue on art in the context of a European indigenous culture. Published to accompany the exhibitions at Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø (NO), 20 October 2018-31 March 2019 and at Blaafarveværket, Modum (NO), Summer 2019 and at Anchorage Museum, Alaska (USA), Autumn/Winter 2019.

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.

The Swiss artist David Bielander (b.1968) is one of the most significant proponents of contemporary art jewelry in the world. With him, nothing is what it seems: corrugated cardboard is actually silver or gold, Wiener sausages are a chair in a coffee house, shapely lips are made of rubber… This ambiguity distinguishes his work as much as his exceptional knowledge of materials and artisanal skill. Created with the support of Pro Helvetia, Schweizer Kulturstiftung, David Bielander offers the first comprehensive review of this multi-award-winning artist, who with his conceptual reflection and power of imagination creates works full of wit and sensuality. With essays by: Gijs Bakker, Maria Cristina Bergesio, Rutger Emmelkamp, Karl Fritsch, Toni Greenbaum, Florian Hufnagl, Bernhard Schobinger, Marjan Unger, Jorunn Veiteberg et al. Exhibition: mudac – Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne (CH), 8. 2. – 30. 4. 2017 Text in English, French and German.

Gabriela Koschatzky-Elias writes absorbingly on the life and work of Fritz Maierhofer, one of the most important contemporary Austrian jewelry artists, whose international career took off in late-1960s London. Under the sway of that throbbing city, he had arrived at a conception of jewelry and a language of forms that were distinctively his own. Maierhofer places jewelry on an equal footing with painting, sculpture and architecture. What is crucial to him is the artistic intention rather than the market value of the materials used. Maierhofer keeps coming up with new statements – using acrylic glass and precious metals in the 1970s, pewter and gold in the 1980s and, in the 1990s, aluminium, steel and computer technology while his most recent work features the new material CORIAN®.

A new publication in our art jewelry series: the first comprehensive monograph surveying Fritz Maierhofer’s work from the 1960s to the present. With superlative color illustrations and texts by a group of distinguished specialists in the field (including Ralph Turner and Graziella Folchini Grassetto).

Text in German and English.