Russian Criminal Tattoo Police Files: Volume I

‘Art is theft,’ Picasso once proclaimed, and much of the best and most ‘original’ new art involves an act or two of unequivocal, overt theft.  Paradoxically, the law relating to artistic borrowing has grown more restrictive. ‘The plagiarism and copyright trials of the twenty-first century are what the obscenity trials were to the twentieth century’, […]

Isabella plockar varsamt upp den lilla figuren. Den är varm som en nybakad vetebulle mot hennes handflator. Hon lägger örat mot dess mage. Det hörs ett svagt tickande därinifrån, och därefter ett dovt brummande ljud. Den sätter sig upp och blinkar ett par gånger i solljuset. Föräldralösa Isabella och lerfiguren Oleg blir vänner. Men Oleg […]

Everyone loves The Dude, the shaggy, laid-back burnout from The Big Lebowski, so memorably brought to life by Jeff Bridges. But what if this hapless figure somehow found his way into a completely different film, perhaps from another era? Spot our hero as he ambles his way through the sets of 12 iconic movies, from […]

A complete guide on how to source and prepare essential ingredients for traditional, homemade Italian cuisine at home. The quality of Italian cuisine is based on the quality of its ingredients. For Italians, the quality of the basic ingredients in their dishes is everything. For some, it’s even as important as the air they breathe. […]

Detta är en fotobok fylld med gömda och glömda platser i Sverige och några andra delar av världen. Under ett decennium har urbexaren Sara Starkström rest från Skåne till nordligaste Norrland för att dokumentera det som blivit bortglömt och lämnats att förfalla.  Subkulturen urban exploring (urbex) går ut på att utforska platser som de flesta andra […]

For decades, home cooks and pasta lovers have yearned for a complete English translation of Vincenzo Buonassisi’s 1974 Italian masterwork, Il Codice della Pasta. At last, that wait is over. Never before available in its complete form in English, Buonassisi’s landmark work in John Alcorn’s famed design represents a lost gem of classical Italian gastronomy […]

Ellen Nordmarks Eposär ett verk i två delar, placerade rygg i rygg och utan inbördes ordning: »Through the Gates of Babylon« och »All of Those Babies Born«. Därtill en prolog och en epilog.

Willem de Kooning was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism. MoMA’s 2011 de Kooning retrospective drew record crowds, and his prodigious achievements continue to provoke and inspire subsequent generations of artists such as Cecily Brown, Rebecca Warren, and Jonathan Lasker. This new hardback format brings Judith Zilczer’s critically acclaimed monograph to a new audience of […]