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The year 1947 was a crucial one for Christian Dior. It was then that the fashion designer simultaneously founded his maison and his perfume factory in Paris.

60 haute couture designs from the collections of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs offer a panorama of Dior's haute couture creations since 1947, always the epitome of modern elegance. Text in English and Arabic.

The 17th International Architecture Exhibition, in Venice from 22 May to 21 November 2021, is titled How will we live together? This volume celebrates the exhibition.

The mysterious and contemplative work by Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf, among the most renowned authors of contemporary portraiture. Text in English and Italian.

American photographer Francesca Woodman produced six artist's books during her short, troubled life. Presented here is a facsimile edition of one of those notebooks.

This book is the most recent and most complete publication of the artist's work.

A deep dive into the iconic oeuvre of the man dubbed by Picture Post "the greatest war photographer in the world"Hungarian American photographer Robert Capa (1913-54) lived a short but eventful life. Engaged in the highly dangerous occupation of combat and adventure photography, Capa risked his life many times for his reportage, and ultimately died while at work during the First Indochina War.This volume traces the main stages of his career, featuring Capa's most iconic works--images that now loom large in the canon of 20th-century photography. Not only a retrospective of Capa's work, the book also aims to reveal the photographer's personality through more than 300 of his black-and-white images. Including several points of view of the same event on different occasions, as if to reproduce a movement of field-counter-field, the volume also conveys the cinematic character of his work.

With an ironic and brazen look, Lisette Model was able to capture in her shots the most grotesque aspects of postwar American society. Text in English and Italian.

The American artist's sophisticated, darkly humorous works get their first major exhibition in the Middle East, curated by Germano Celant.

A book on the mosaic artworks of Chuck Close, internationally renowned for his monumentally scaled portrait paintings. Text in English and Italian.

This title retraces the history of the illy Art Collections: a collection of unique art object for everyday use, which since 1992 brings together signed designer cups by over 120 internationally renowned artists. Text in English and Italian.

The volume is dedicated to the work of Jenny Saville (Cambridge, 1970), one of the greatest contemporary painters and a leading voice in the international art scene. Text in English and Italian.

Timeless elegance, classical references and statuary beauty distinguish the photographic work by the famous Vogue photographer, Horst P. Horst, a true master of the fashion portrait. Text in English and Italian.

This unprecedented project shows how incorporating women into the field of architecture would generate new places for thought and attention on the part of professionals, or consolidate and expand those that exist. Text in English and Italian.

Yto Barrada's artistic practice draws upon the roles of activist, educator, architect, botanist and anthropologist to explore expressions of communality and individual being. Text in English and Arabic.

Unique and exclusive jewels are exhibited in the evocative spaces of the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, home to a one-of-a-kind Italian museum. Text in English and Italian.

The history of design, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, covering art, fashion, furniture, motor vehicles - among many other areas.

Photographer Georges Lenzi shares his magnificent shots from the fascinating world of Argentinean Gauchos.

Giacomelli's landscape is both real and invented, just as his eye is both visionary and visual.

Offers an exhaustive account of this unique human, artistic and intellectual adventure through a comprehensive and up-to-date art historical analysis of Leonardo's work. Accompanied by spectacular illustrations.

This volume captures the photography of Federico Garolla (Naples, 1925 - Milan, 2012), which moved hand in hand with Italian history during a period of notable social change after the war. Text in English and Italian.

The dramatic events of the troubled life of Caravaggio, one of the most formidable painters in the history of art of all time, are retraced in this volume.

This volume pays tribute to two masters of international photography, Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) and André Kertész (1894-1985). Accompanies an exhibition in Riccione, 22 November 2024 - 6 April 2025.

The book is published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Damiani, a historic goldsmith company from Valenza (Alessandria - Italy), whose creations, appreciated all over the world, represent one of the excellences of Made in Italy.

With an authoritative critical essay and large selection of photographs, this book - in an updated version, with expanded illustrative material - retraces the symbolic and aesthetic evolution of chain from early history to modern day and its intersections with art, fashion, design, manufacture and new technologies. Text in English and Italian.

This indispensable guide to design in the Arab world by presents a survey of local and regional design talent across disciplines, from architectural and material innovations to contemporary crafts, furniture, fashion, graphic, and object design. Accompanying catalogue to an exhibition at Design Doha, Qatar from 24 February to 5 August 2024.

This volume presents 77 photographs taken by Gabriele Basilico (Milan, 1944-2013) between 1978 and 2012, virtually spanning the Milanese photographer's entire career. Text in English and Italian.

This book details how copies of Indonesian batik, manufactured in Europe and initially intended for the South-East Asian market, enjoyed unexpected success on the west coast of Africa at the end of the 19th century.

This catalogue was edited for the first European retrospective in over twenty years dedicated to conceptual and minimalist artist Adrian Piper, held at PAC in Milan from 19 March to 09 June 2024. Text in English and Italian.