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In the mid-1950s, Yves Klein (1928–1962) declared that “a new world calls for a new man.” With his idiosyncratic style and huge charisma, this bold artist would go on to pursue a brief but bountiful career, producing more than 1,000 paintings over seven years in an oeuvre now considered a mainstay of postwar modernism.Klein made his name above all with his large monochrome canvases in his own patented hue of blue. International Klein Blue (IKB), composed of pure pigment and binding medium, is at once rich and luminous, evocative and decorative, and was conceived by Klein as a means of evoking the immateriality and infinitude of the world. The works of this “Blue Revolution” seem to draw us into another dimension, as if hypnotized by a perfect summer sky. Klein was also renowned for his deployment of “living brushes,” in which naked women, daubed in International Klein Blue, would make imprints of their bodies on large sheets of paper.

Casi las mismas decadas de insumisión y rebeldía que ha protagonizado Godard con su vida y obra lleva Paulino Viota estudiando ambas, desde el apasionamiento cinefilo y la devoción inteligente que siente por "el cineasta con mayor riqueza estructural de la historial del cine". Dividido en dos grandes bloques, este ensayo magistral y ya definitivo tras la reciente desaparición del cineasta pone en perspectiva todas las etapas de su mítica carrera, que arranca con la irreverente modernidad de los años 60, atraviesa la militancia política y el utópico deseo de fusión en lo colectivo, y desemboca, rayando el nuevo milenio y como colofón a una duradera y profunda reflexión sobre la mediación tecnológica, en ese estilo inimitable donde lo poetico acontece como posibilidad de una simultaneidad inedita entre imágenes y sonidos, materiales ya convertidos en "formas que piensan" la historia del cine y la del siglo XX, como ejemplifica a la perfección una de sus cimas, "Histoire(s) du cinema".

Among the few women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in over fifty extraordinary self-portraits, has been admired by generations; along with hundreds of photographs taken by notable artists such as Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray, and Martin Munkácsi, they made Frida Kahlo an iconic image of 20th century art.After an accident in her early youth, Frida became a painter of her own free will. Her marriage to Diego Rivera in 1929 placed her at the forefront of an artistic scene not only in the cultural Renaissance of Mexico, but also in the United States. Her work garnered praise from the poet André Breton, who added the Mexican painter to the ranks of international surrealism and exhibited her work in Paris in 1939 to the admiration of Picasso, Kandinsky, and Duchamp.We access the intimacy of Frida’s affections and passions through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, and an extensive illustrated biography featuring photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul, Frida’s home and the center of her universe.This book allows readers to admire Frida Kahlo’s paintings like never before, including unprecedented detail shots and famous photographs. It presents pieces in private collections and reproduces works that were previously lost or have not been exhibited for more than 80 years.

With her unapologetic use of color, exquisite layering of pattern, and an eye for the unexpected, Kemp has revolutionized contemporary interior design. In her first Rizzoli book, she invites readers into her imaginative world, revealing how she transforms interiors into richly woven stories of texture, craft, and individuality. Kemp’s spaces are more than just rooms—they are experiences, each one a vibrant tapestry of art, antiques, and bespoke details that surprise and delight. Her signature aesthetic is a masterful blend of craft and sophistication, where embroidered headboards meet hand-painted wallpapers, where ikat-covered cushions blend with twentieth-century art, and where every corner holds a moment of magic.

Este libro presenta la construcción de la arquitectura moderna me- xicana mediante un enfoque basado en cinco estructuras de poder: la académica, la económica y política, la de estatus social, la de género y la poscolonial. Se incluyen también fragmentos de entre- vistas y análisis de obras de trece destacados arquitectos: Luis Ba- rragán, José Villagrán García, Juan O'Gorman, Pedro Ramírez Váz- quez, Agustín Hernández, Abraham Zabludovsky, Carlos Mijares, Ricardo Legorreta, Juan José Díaz Infante, Enrique Norten, Alberto Kalach, Javier Sordo Madaleno y Clara de Buen. Todo ello pro- porciona un testimonio vivo de todo ese proceso. Si bien las cinco estructuras de poder enmarcaron y definieron esa arquitectura, las entrevistas de unos arquitectos que fueron sus protagonistas ayudan a descubrir e identificar sutilezas y matices en lo acontecido en ese periodo. De este modo, sus voces arrojan luz sobre lo que contribuyó a hacer de la arquitectura moderna mexicana algo tan singular a escala mundial. Aunque esos arqui- tectos no siempre fueron conscientes de la presencia de esas estruc- turas de poder, sus proyectos participaron en la marginación, la discriminación y el sometimiento que tales estructuras provocaban. En este sentido, el presente estudio también revela hasta qué punto dichas estructuras de poder están todavía presentes en la arquitec- tura mexicana actual.