Narcoamérica

One day some stretched-out gentlemen come and ask a father to be king. It seems a good opportunity, but in the end one must choose between being king and being a father. In a simple story, the authors invite us to reflect on the relationship of fathers and sons.

Colombian-born painter Fanny Sanín (born 1938) has dedicated a long, prolific career to the exploration of geometric abstraction; her oeuvre is characterized by large-scale canvases depicting hard-edge geometric compositions in vibrant color configurations. Over the past five decades, Sanín has exhibited widely, mainly in Latin America and the United States (where she has lived since the 1970s, in New York), positioning herself as one of Latin America's most extraordinary colorists. This publication is a long-overdue comprehensive monograph on this pioneering painter. Featuring...

Aimed at students not originally from Spain, this reference offers an overview of Spanish art history, emphasizing those periods and artists that have been major influences in universal art. The pages in this book summarize and discuss the prehistory and history of Spanish art from Altamira to the end of the 20th century. With a perspective that avoids the academic and seeks clarity, this book can serve anyone interested in Spanish art, for it explains its nuances with a rigor and simplicity that facilitate and inspire an enjoyment of its beauty. Dirigido a estudiantes no españoles, esta...

Mnemosyne es el gran proyecto al que Aby Warburg dedicó los últimos años de su vida y que debía resumir y coronar toda su obra. Para ello, recopiló unas 2.000 imágenes articuladas en 60 tablas en un magno atlas que quedó sin terminar a su muerte. Sin embargo, este material no vio la luz hasta la edición de la Akademie Verlag llevada a cabo por Martin Warnke, uno de los más prestigiosos historiadores del arte de las últimas décadas.