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This elegant publication draws upon the German and Austrian paintings of the George Economou Collection to explore the vibrant art of magic realism. The term is today comonly associated with the twentieth-century literature of Latin America, but it was first coined (alongside the phrase post- (...)

Innovation, technology, and spectacle combine in wondrous works of decorative art and furniture that embody the splendor and luxury of the royal courts of EuropeAt once beautiful works of art and technological wonders, the objects featured in Making Marvels demonstrate how European royalty from the (...)

El deseo del hombre por librarse del miedo y por buscarse una determinada protección hizo que con frecuencia recurriese a métodos en los que la superstición aparecía íntimamente unida a la creencia religiosa, sin saber muchas veces donde acababa una y donde empezaba la otra. El auxilio de recursos (...)

After flirtations with Realism, Impressionism, and Symbolism, Kiev-born Kazimir Malevich (1878 1935) found his métier in dissolving literal, representational figures and landscapes into pure emotionally-charged abstraction. In 1915, he created what is widely lauded as the first and ultimate (...)

Käthe Kollwitz (1867 1945), Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876 1907), Gabriele Münter (1877 1962) and Marianne Werefkin (1860 1938) are among the exceptional artists associated with the emergence of Expressionism in Germany in the early decades of the 20th century. Each challenged prevailing ideals of (...)