A sensual and sensing journey through sacred spaces beyond our built world

Bauhaus: what it was, what it is, what it may be

One of Americas most distinguished artists: Jacob Lawrence, chronicler of African-American life in the 20th centruy

Hotel Dolores and other recent works by Swiss performance artist Manon

Congolese artists reflecting upon globalized trade, colonialism, proselytization, and virtual boundaries

First book on Swiss artist and dancer Silvia Buol’s visual art

HIV / AIDS writes many stories in life and in art: a survey of art and activism in response to a severe, global disease

A new study on Le Corbusier’s 1911 Journey to the East, offering for the first time ever also the perspective of his friend and fellow traveler August Klipstein (1885–1951)

A time travel across 111 years of history and life at Hotel Waldhaus Sils in the upper Engadine, Switzerland, an icon of Swiss hospitality in one of Europe’s most spectacular landscapes

Enchanted, yet perfecty real: images from the archives of Eduard Rübel and Cral Schröter, Swiss pioneers of biodiversity research and landscape preservation

With much love for every detail: restoring Le Corbusier’s last building design to its original state

The first-ever comprehensive monograph on New York-based artist Joel Shapiro, covering his entire career and all artistic media he uses

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The first comprehensive survey of modern design from the transnational and multilingual Alpine region Tyrol—South Tyrol—Trentino

Première monographie complète de l'artiste new yorkais Joel Shapiro, cet ouvrage couvre l'ensemble de sa carrière et toutes ses techniques.

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The concluding fourth volume of the definitive monograph on Charlotte Perriand: Les Arcs skiing resort and her late housing and art space designs

Recent work by Austrian artist Manfred Wakolbinger

Strolling atmospheric arrangement: Nives Widauer opens the door to her Villa Nix, presenting her work of three decades

Archaic and loaded with meanings: a new survey of masks in art

A tribute in letters to the legendary curator Harald Szeemann

A manifesto against politics and business interests that endanger the Penan culture on Borneo

HIV / AIDS writes many stories in life and in art: a survey of art and activism in response to a severe, global disease

Matisse as a gifted sculptor: metamorphoses from his paintings and drawings

Matisse, sculpteur doué: le maître français sous un jour peu connu

A discovery: the first monograph exploring the entire body of American photographer Jan Groover's highly original and experimental work

An extraordinary chord of art and architecture

Felix Studinka's artistic observations of a chestnut tree

A pioneer of conceptual art: a new encounter with Stephen Willats

Andreas Greber explores aesthetics and properties of analogue photography in the digital age

Anna Halm Schudel's flower pieces tell of seducement and decay, revealing the beauty of both

Anthony Cragg's sculptures may take any shape—there is always a force strong enough to hold them.

Misjudged in his native Britain, acclaimed abroad: this book for the first time sets the work of Lynn Chadwick in its international context

The Giedion Universe: An introduction to the work, significance and impact, and estate of two of modernism's most distinguished scholars—on 420 pages with 198 color illustrations featuring 630 documents, objects, and photographs

The cosmic theater: Lee Mullican's art, inspired by galaxies, C.G. Jung's philosphy, and Pre-Columbian and Native American cultures

An outsider’s view on the American landscape and how it reflects the state of the country’s society

A uniquely comprehensive source of knowledge, combining cultural history with a guide to plants and animals finding their habitat in dry stone walls and a practical step-by-step building manual

Reformulating space: Werner Feiersinger’s new intervention at Belvedere 21 in Vienna

The definitive monograph on the work of Ruch & Partner Architects, whose restorations of and contemporary interventions in historic houses in the Engadine have gained much international recognition

First-ever monograph on Japanese artist Minoru Onoda, a distinguished member of the radical Gutai artistic movement in the 1960s and 1970s

Exploring the eeriness of our everyday surroundings at night

A Manhattan landmark at the center of a new installation by the acclaimed German-Iranian artist

A unique study of and reference work on Carl Gustav Jung’s monumental Red Book (Liber Novus)

A little known, idiosyncratic early modernism in Swiss visual art

Claude Sandoz's exubertant art, inspired by Caribbean culture, literature and philosophy

The architect as photographer: Fritz Block, a dedicated proponent of modernism also with his camera

Colombia: A country and its people torn between paradise, guerilla groups, drugs, and the absence of state authority

A unique biographical film collage on celebrated architect Peter Zumthor, compiled by renowned Swiss director Christoph Schaub in collaboration with Atelier Peter Zumthor.

Peter Zumthor's surprising and revealing reflections on time and history

First-ever, richly illustrated monograph on Swiss artists and interior designers Susi and Ueli Berger, creators of Swiss design icons such as the Soft Chair, the Cloud Lamp, and the Stack of Drawers

A modern master of color aquatint etching

“I have been born as a draughtsman, I believe.” Othmar Eder

Contemporary and historic landscape design on an 18th-centruy estate near Geneva.

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The pictorial world of Swiss architect Oliver Schwarz

A unique insight into Marina Abramović’s biography and art and what connects the two

What does rake a conflict and turns it into a seemingly endless struggle?

The preservation of one of the Grisons' most significant monuments of modern civil engineering

New edition of this authoritative monograph on Max Bill

This volume collects the watercolors, sketches, and engravings Bodmer made on his 1832 journey along the Ohio and Missouri Rivers.

Portrait of one of the world's finest private photography collections

Performing artists encounter an amazing range of rooms to change and prepare for their stage appearance in Switzerland. This is Beat Schlatter's view of a selection of them.

How does our experience and perception of daily events through the media translate into personal memories?

An artistic play with space and plane

A review of thiry years' work in book design and reflection on the importance of books.

Media activism in the analogue age: a unique testimonial of the video movement in Switzerland and the UK of the 1970s and 1980s and its lasting effects.

A dialogue on landscape in painting and photography

Introducing color made a difference: French prints from the late 19th century.

Reflection and self-awareness: Günther Wizemann's impressive Black Garden series.

Everyday reality and revolutionary departure reflected in late 19th and 20th-century Mexican graphic art.

A personal photographic tribute by Dhaka-based architect Kashef Chowdhury to his native city.

“The exhibition Women of Venice aims to reflect on the history of the Pavilion and Switzerland’s contributions to the Biennale di Venezia from a contemporary perspective, and to initiate new work, specific to this context.” Philipp Kaiser

Growth and shrinkage: on scaling and its significance in the 21st century

Trans-disciplinary collaboration in artistic research beyond a problem.

The definitive survey of Pop Art in Switzerland in the 1960s and 1970s

The first-ever comprehensive survey of Christian Vogt's photography, featuring work from all stages of his career

A long-term artistic project on the “furnishing” of landscape in the US and Switzerland.

Foreign places from the air and on the ground: the photography and media activity of the famous Swiss aviator-photographer Walter Mittelholzer (1894-1937) revaluated.

Bilbao’s transformation from Spain's most polluted industrial city to Europe's Capital of Culture and creative hotspot

Amazement, idyll, and transformation: Katharina Anna Lodl questions common alpine romanticism

A particular view of an exceptional oeuvre: Jürg Hassler's photographs from Hans Josephsohn's studio.

The authoritative four-part monograph on Charlotte Perriand continued: volume 3.

Visual art and motion picture: an eternal love affair

Plaster, plasticine, marble, wood: new light shed on Giacometti's approach to his artistic media.

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Architectural absurdities, surprises, accidents and crimes.

Switzerland seen by a Swede: approaches to a new home

32 cities, five continents, one class of hotel room: Standard

Heaven and hell on Earth

The most comprehensive survey to date of Giovanni Segantini's painting.

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An outstanding photographer rediscovered.

26 cantons, 26 things, 26 times Swiss history.

A dairy factory converted into a university of the arts: Zurich's spectacular new Toni Campus.

The largely unknown story of how the Dada movement explored and was inspired by art from Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

The first-ever comparative study on two of the 20th century's most significant, and most notorious, artists.

One of Switzerland's most significant female artists in context with her New York artist friends.

A driver of Swiss contemporary art: Esther Eppstein's unique art project in Zürich

Dada’s big bang in Zürich 1916: the full story.

Architectural fantasies, drawings, watercolors and writings by three visionaries of the early 20th century

Conceived by Tristand Tzara in 1921, reconstructed and published for the first time 2016 to mark the Dada-centenary: the Dada-movement's vast multi-lingual anthology.

Reflections on living and dying: Peter Liechti's last and unfinished film project Dedications.

One of Switzerland’s most radical contemporary sculptors.

The richly illustrated history of the home and the program of Zürich's Johann Jacobs Museum.

The art of structural engineering: the bridges, visions, and philosophy of Christian Menn.

Of life's fleetingness and the transience of sensations: the art of Silvia Gertsch and Xerxes Ach.

Optimistic pessimism: Alan Huck's “Salons noirs” and other groups of works.

A country’s rapid changes documented by an outstanding press image agency.

Le Corbusiers influence and reception in Scandinavia and his connection with Danish artist Asger Jorn.

Vaclav Pozarek's play with meanings, levels of space and dimensions, with concept, model, and reality.

The paintings of El Frauenfelder, Manor Art Prize Zürich laureate 2015

The “German Rousseau” in context with his contemporaries: Rediscovery of a significant painter between naive and new objectivity styles.

An artistic research based on theories and ideas of Lucius Burckhardt, renowned sociologist and urbanist and inventor of the Science of Strollology.

Travels around the Indonesian archipelago, popular destination of Western globetrotters and Guest of Honor at Frankfurt Books Fair 2015.

A pioneer of experimental art education and feminist activist.

The human proportion and how the human body should be housed: an entirely new exploration of Le Corbusier’s work in architecture and art.

Now in paperback: a celebration of  Venturi and Scott Brown's legendary Las Vegas images.

Volume two of the comprehensive four-part monograph on the great French interior designer

A new distinctly artistic view at Chandigarh: Werner Feiersinger's comprehensive pictorial account of the city today.

An impressive account on life oscillating between war and peace and a study on the effect of historic events on the individual.

Moments of irritation: The oeuvre of Thomas Müllenbach.

A fascinating visual investigation of Le Corbusier's architectural vision and what remains of it today.

A significant oeuvre in Arte Povera: the first comprehensive monograph on this Greek-Swiss artist.

“I not only want to respond with my art, but enable networks of relationships. I am interested in dialogue and cooperation.” George Steinmann

A groundbreaking overview of traditional and contemporary art from the  Ivory Coast.

Is it merely about safety? wiedemann/mettler re-interpret the story of Noah's Ark to symbolize our longing for rescue.

A global history of the quintessential men’s accessory for men (and women) of style and fashionistas.

A uniquely versatile artist of the early avant-garde: Sophie Taeuber-Arp's rich oeuvre for the first time presented in its full range in a comprehensive monograph.

Bird's-eye views of Switzerland: Unique aerial photography from Swissair's archives.

An extensive tribute to the “Father of the Modern Logo”: this first comprehensive monograph on the work of Wilhelm Deffke.

Poetic, bright, and brutal: Jules Spinatsch's extraordinary artistic project exposes photography as a medium of documentation and surveillance – and of showing-off.

A new and comprehensive introduction to life, work and thought of the great Danish avant-garde artist, coniciding with his 100th anniversary.

Life and work of four West African sculptors from the Dan people.

Can architecture really be captured in films? Christoph Schaub's nine documentaries on DVD offer an answer.

Romantic and contemporary reflections on the Prometheus myth.

Wisdom and subtle humor of Sengai Gibon, zen monk and painter.

The genesis of planets and life on earth from an unexpected point of view.

La monographie longtemps attendue sur l’architecte mondialement célèbre, avec des textes, des esquisses et des dessins de Peter Zumthor, de nouvelles photographies et un catalogue complet des œuvres.

The world-famous architect's long-awaited monograph with texts, sketches, and drawings by Peter Zumthor himself, new photographs, and a complete list of works.

Collecting as a personal adventure: Danielle Porret's “Secret Garden”.

Guido Baselgia's stunning photographs show the miracle of light on earth and visualize celestial mechanics.

“One must cling solely, exclusively to drawing. If one could master drawing, all the rest would be possible. Drawing is the basis of everything.” Alberto Giacometti (1901–66)

“One must cling solely, exclusively to drawing. If one could master drawing, all the rest would be possible. Drawing is the basis of everything.” Alberto Giacometti (1901–66)

The first of four lavish volumes on the life and work of the great French design pioneer.

How the world is perceived depends on the observer's standpoint: this is a key topic in Markus Raetz's oeuvre. This book is the first complete catalogue raisonné of this eminent contemporary Swiss artist.

Cities and landscapes as places of human existence: Tobias Madörin's work from two decades.

The interplay between photography and science

Ancient Persian art, contemporary art from Iran, and the Persian – European dialogue since 1600.

Young experimental art from Switzerland: work by students and alumni of Zurich University of the Arts.

An impressive account of the effect of war on the individual soldier, based on careful research and on personal encounters and extensive interviews with six US Army veterans.

A seemingly inaccessible part of the world: the beauty of Badain Jaran desert in Carlos Crespo's striking images.

Highlights from the collection of the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art.

The first book ever to offer an exciting insight into Peru's enigmatic temple complex of Chavín de Huantar and giving a comprehensive introduction to Latin America's oldest known culture. – Out of print. Remainder copies available from the publisher.

Donald Judd, Elsworth Kelly, Anselm Kiefer, Yves Klein, Willem de Kooning, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Louis Soutter, Cy Twombly: The first presentation of the oustanding Hubert Looser collection.

Objects between architecture and sculpture, constructed with great refinement: the first book on the work of promising Swiss artist Mirko Baselgia.

A unique panorama of the Venice Biennial's 29 national pavilions in previously unpublished images by the Italian photographer Gabriele Basilico, and in essays by around 30 international architects, philosophers and artists.

A very special guidebook to the new mountain trail and its seven bridges crossing the stream, designed by Jürg Conzett, in the mountains around the Swiss holiday resort Flims.

A unique reference work on image errors in analogue video, indispensable for conservators, collectors, and artists.

More than 300 of the world's most important architectural photographs in a magnificent book.

The extraordinary transition of a fruit into a near-divine symbol of the workers class’s power in China.

Marking our fiftieth anniversary: Ernst Scheidegger's classic hommage to Alberto Giacometti in a completely revised new edition, including more than sixty previously unpublished color images.

On Common Ground presents a visual history of spatial development in postwar Switzerland through 250 images.

A wonderful book for airplane enthusiasts and design lovers, Swissair Souvenirs is both a nostalgic overview of a bygone era of air travel and a unique lens through which to view the history of photography.

A stunning and generously illustrated volume, featuring one hundred of the best pieces from the Honolulu Museum of Art's collection of Japanese Woodblock prints.

L’oeuvre complet de Le Corbusier comme dessinateur de meubles et architecte d’intérieur présentée dans son ensemble.

Le Corbusier. Furniture and Interiors 1905–1965 is the authoritative book on Le Corbusier’s work as an interior designer.

This is a visual tour of Switzerland’s structural landmarks through the view of the renowned civil engineer Jürg Conzett.

“Thomkins has created stormy, unpredictable, dynamic compositions. A curious effect of their volatility is that they seem as uncontrolled as the weather, yet because they are so complex it seems impossible that they were arrived at by chance.” Artforum, London

The Architectural Model considers the architectural scale model as an artistic medium, drawing on the Deutsches Architekturmuseum’s vast collection of models.

Une oeuvre unique sur les travaux sur papier de Félix Vallotton présentant toutes ses phases de création.

A cohesive and multilayered portrait of Bogotá and a subtle, thought-provoking examination of urban life.

The latest yearbook of the Department of Art and Media at Zurich University explores how practices of experimentation are implemented within the department.

This book presents ETH Studio Basel’s research on the city of Belgrade as an example for a global phenomenon: Instability of the formal vs stability of the informal.

Recent work by photographic artist Ingo Mittelstaedt, reviving abstract expressionism in photography.

This beautifully illustrated book documents the exceptional postcard collection of Swiss entrepreneur Adolf Feller, started in 1899, which includes 54,000 postcards from 140 countries.

In this volume, Cécile Wick’s watercolors, ink drawings, inkjet prints, and photographs are presented in series, putting media and motifs in dialogue.

Videograms documents Hannes Rickli’s museum installation of videograms and explores how the original material was produced in the laboratory.

A Passion for Art tells Ernst Beyeler’s unusually personal story, shedding light on his career as an art dealer and gallery owner and his encounters with artists such as Picasso, Giacometti, and Bacon.

Credit Suisse Collection is the first volume to document the bank’s corporate collection of Swiss contemporary art.

The Unseen Giacometti features never-before-published drawings by and photographs of Alberto Giacometti recently purchased by the Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur.

Peter Zumthor Therme Vals, the only book-length study of the mountain spa, features the architect’s own original sketches and plans for its design as well as Hélène Binet’s striking photographs.

This volume is a complete portrait of Herbert Distel’s iconic Museum of Drawers and contains life-sized photographs of each individual work of art in its collection as well as images of each of the twenty drawers as an ensemble.

This volume celebrates the projects imagined and completed by agps architecture.

Here artists Roman Signer and Tumi Magnússon reflect on life, travel, and the production of art.

Sites & Signs is the first comprehensive monograph on the photographic work of Georg Aerni.

In spring of 2007 Roger Eberhard photographed people who had lost their jobs and were homeless—and in the process formed relationships manifest in the portraits.

This volume documents in photographs the growth and development of Brasilia, Brazil’s architecturally rich capital city.

This volume presents the most beautiful fabric designs of Abraham Ltd., one of the most famous companies in Switzerland’s silk trade.

This two-volume set tells the story of Abraham Ltd., one of the most famous companies in Switzerland’s silk trade.

This volume tells the story of Abraham Ltd., one of the most famous companies in Switzerland’s silk trade.

This gorgeous volume features the never-before-published photographs of Swiss artist Bianca Brunner.

Rosalie Light Art features Rosalie’s light-art projects, revealing how each piece was conceived and then constructed.

This film and booklet offer an inside look into Casa Girasole, the famed villa in northern Italy’s Po Basin.

The nearly nine hundred fifty postcards document New York City’s changing identity and culture over the last century.

Wilted Country collects Roger Eberhard’s photographs of the abandoned towns of the American West.

In Christian Waldvogel. Earth Extremes, the artist uses photography and digital imagery to examine our world within the solar system.

This volume presents the never-before-published colored images of famed balloonist Eduard Spelterini.

Bastokalypse reproduces the black-and-white canvases of M.S. Bastian and Isabelle L.’s monumental sequence on the apocalypse.

Chandigarh 1956 is Ernst Scheidegger’s early book project on the construction of Chandigarh, India, during the 1950s.

This volume documents an internationally recognized exhibition at the Galerie nächst St. Stephan in Vienna.

This collection of essays examines the growing movement of artistic research.

This insightful volume showcases the sketches of Swiss architect Marianne Burkhalter.

This volume presents Swiss photographer Joël Tettamanti’s stunning images of Davos.

Building Bern is a guidebook dedicated to the stunning new architecture of Bern.

The memorable music and impressions from Pipilotti Rist’s first motion picture.

Underdog Suite presents the artwork of Vietnam-born Swiss photographer Cat Tuong Nguyen.

Here the architects Marco Graber and Thomas Pulver reflect on their design process and projects.

This catalog features Ukrainian photographer Sergey Bratkov’s expressive portraits and powerful images of contemporary Russia.

In 1946, Duchamp photographed the waterfall Le Forestay for Étant donnés. This volume features photographs of the landscape neighboring the waterfall.

Chiara collects Elisabeth Zahnd’s moving portraits of her daughter as she battled an incurable brain tumor.

This book focuses on the public sculptures and art-in-architecture works of British-born sculptor Gillian White.

Seeing Zumthor. Images by Hans Danuser represents a unique collaboration: Hans Danuser’s photographs of buildings created by Peter Zumthor.

This is the first comprehensive monograph of the life and work of twentieth-century Swiss artist Wilfrid Moser.

This volume presents the entire scope of Hermann Obrist’s work, including tapestries, ceramics, furniture designs, metal work, and sculptures.

This volume is the first in-depth look at the visually stunning work of Swiss filmmaker and artist Hannes Schüpbach.

This book reassesses the paintings Friedrich Kuhn, a leading painter in the Swiss pop art movement.

Art on Silk presents the silk prints and garments of Cornelia Hesse-Honegger alongside the sketches and watercolors from which they were produced.

This book is the first comprehensive monograph dedicated to the works of the Swiss architectural firm, Meili Peter Architects.

Controversial French writer and art critic Catherine Millet examines the art and writings of celebrated surrealist Salvador Dalí.

This is the most comprehensive collection of Ikemura’s drawings, paintings, and sculptures published to date.

This volume presents the never-before-published photography of Argentine opera singer José Cura. – Out of print. A limited number of copies signed by the artist available from the publisher.

This vibrantly illustrated volume features a selection of cards and advertisements for 150 Roman Signer exhibitions since 1973.

This richly illustrated catalog showcases Robert Therrien’s drawings and prints.

Klaus Born—Malerei is a record of the Swiss artist Klaus Born’s life and work over the past twenty-five years, featuring abundant color illustrations and essays by scholars Magnaguagno and Omlin. – Out of print. Remainder copies available from the publisher.

Media Arts Zurich offers an overview of Swiss media art today.

Manon – A Person is the first comprehensive study of this groundbreaking artist, showcasing the entire range of her work.

This stunning volume documents Leonardo Bezzola’s career, investigating the ways the photographer approaches his subjects.

Félix Vallotton, revealed to be not only the most important Swiss symbolist, but also an intelligent observer of his tumultuous times, highly critical of bourgeois convention.

This book documents the two-part project that wiedemann/mettler collaborated on after the birth of their first child: Morbus Infinitus and Subkutan. – Out of print. Remainder copies available from the publisher.

This volume examines the 2007 founding of the Zurich University of the Arts, recalling its history and famous alumni, and setting goals for its future. – Out of print. Remainder copies available from publisher.

This book features images reproduced directly from original glass negatives documenting the journeys of the Swiss balloonist Eduard Spelterini.

This volume is the first book to document the Swiss artist HR Giger’s lesser-known early work.

This book provides an overview of Ueli Berger’s oeuvre on paper, featuring his drawings, photographs, and prints.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Friends is the first book to explore how Kirchner became a role model, teacher, and mentor for younger artists during his time in Davos.

This highly illustrated volume examines the wide-ranging oeuvre of Swiss avant-garde artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp.

This volume, published to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zurich University of the Arts’ photography department, documents the program’s art world niche and showcases the work of its famous graduates.

Ernst Scheidegger documents in photographs Giacometti’s works in plaster and offers personal commentary on his friendship with the sculptor.

DESIGNsuisse explores the revered simplicity of modern Swiss design through a unique compilation of images and critical essays on the best current designers. – No longer available from Scheidegger & Spiess. Please order from Lars Müller Publishers.

This lavishly illustrated volume examines the complete oeuvre of Henry Fuseli, who was famous for his romantic illustrations of the works of William Shakespeare and John Milton.

This volume is a rare collection of photographs taken by photographer Rudy Burckhardt during the 1940s and 50s, featuring street scenes of New York City and portraits of the New York School painters.

Here the Swiss performance artist Manon asks through her fictitious MISS RIMINI how time, social trends, and cultural consensus shape the individual.

Gerhard Mack introduces readers to the Swiss sculptor Hans Josephsohn, charts the artist’s place in twentieth-century art, and analyzes the photographs that capture Josephsohn’s work in all stages.

This is a comprehensive collection of vibrant watercolors and sketches created by the San people, the oldest indigenous people in southern Africa.

Out of print; remainder copies available from Scheidegger & Spiess.

Out of print; remainder copies available from Scheidegger & Spiess.

Out of print; remainder copies available from Scheidegger & Spiess.

A lecture, presented by Georg Baselitz and Richard Stokes at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, on December 1st, 1987.