General Art

Thanks to the efforts of various international curators and artists, Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is now widely regarded as a pioneer of abstract art.This volume reproduces the last abstract images series made by af Klint in the 1920s, which have never before been published in their entirety.

"It takes a kind of genius to push kitsch to the point where it becomes sublime ... this fictional museum is not only impressive, but moving." -Jonathan Jones, The Guardian

Pablo Picasso met Marie-Therese Walter in Paris in 1927 when she was 17 and he 45 and married to the Russian ballet dancer Olga Koklova, whom he eventually left for the younger woman. This catalogue examines Picasso's endless fascination with his lover's character and form, which led to some of the artist's most popular works."

The years 1970-71 were a very prolific period inwhich Cy Twombly, influenced by Leonardo da Vinci'sDeluge drawings, created his iconic style: scribbled, calligraphic, and graffiti-like works on solid fields.