BELLAS ARTES

During the pivotal years between the world wars, Surrealist artists on both sides of the Atlantic responded through their works to the rise of Hitler and the spread of Fascism in Europe, resulting in a period of surprising brilliance and fertility. Monstrosities in the real world bred monsters in paintings and sculpture, on film, and in the pages of journals and artists' books. Despite the political and personal turmoil brought on by the Spanish Civil War and World War II, avant-garde artists in Europe and those who sought refuge in the United States pushed themselves to create some of the most potent and striking images of the Surrealist movement. Trailblazing essays by four experts in the field trace the experimental and international extent of Surrealist art during these years--and, perhaps most unexpectedly of all, its irrepressible beauty.

A vibrant new collection of the best maximalist interiors from today’s top designers.

Lavishly documenting men’s and women’s collections and featuring Owens’s continuing collaboration with the photographer Danielle Levitt, this book is an unabashed love letter to one of the most devoted followings in contemporary fashion. Picking up where Rizzoli’s previous monograph on Owens’s work left off, looks from his critically lauded homage to the rock-and-roll designer Larry Legaspi set a frenzied visual pace that never lets up—right through the pandemic, when Owens memorably staged shows on the Lido di Venezia. Here, the continued evolution of nearly three decades of Owens’s “grunge-meets-glamour” worldview is seen close up. Grace and grit are paired with an obsession with structural transformation and movement, where diaphanous, flowing shapes contrast with sharp objects. This formal invention is matched by a mania for new and exotic materials. The use of translucent bovine leathers, brightly dyed snakeskin, and the hide of the pirarucu, a massive Amazonian fish, are applied to old and new icons of the brand. Color is now firmly part of the Owens legendarium, and a profligacy of pink, orange, blue, green, and iridescent hues now vie with trademark black, oxblood, and dust that have been part of the palette since the inception of the brand.

This volume celebrates the 10th anniversary of Museo Jumex, Mexico City’s most important contemporary art museum, and its unique collection. Located in the vibrant Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City, Museo Jumex opened its doors to the public in 2013 as a one-of-a-kind museum devoted to the production and discussion of contemporary art. Founded by Eugenio López Alonso, a pioneer in the realm of contemporary art collecting in Mexico, and designed by Sir David Chipperfield, 2023 winner of the Pritzker Architecture award, Museo Jumex has achieved international recognition for its dual mission of bringing works of renowned international artists to Mexico for the first time and elevating the work of today’s Mexican and Latin American artists.

La relación de la música con las matemáticas, la biología, la física y la percepción cerebral. Este es un libro atípico. Sus textos abordan diferentes investigaciones que han aportado nuevo conocimiento musical y nuevas obras a partir de otras disciplinas más relacionadas con la ciencia experimental. También se profundiza en el hecho de que estas mismas investigaciones han servido para aumentar el conocimiento científico gracias a la mezcla con la música. Esto se hace desde disciplinas poco comunes, como la genética, la botánica o la física de partículas. Se tratan materias como las matemáticas, la percepción cerebral o la inteligencia artificial, donde las compositoras y compositores basan sus sistemas de creación en principios científicos.

Descubra la música que se atrevió a ser diferente, que puso reputaciones y carreras en peligro, que provocó fascinación e interés en unos, y rechazo y menosprecio en otros. Eso es lo que ocurre cuando se rompe con la tradición. Un repaso a las historias de 50 álbumes, canciones y actuaciones que hicieron tambalear el mundo de la música contemporánea, con fascinantes relatos sobre su creación, su recepción y su legado. De George Gershwin y John Cage a Os Mutantes y Fela Kuti; de Patti Smith y The Slits a Public Enemy y Missy Elliott: al tratar cada entrada en el contexto de su creación, y acompañar así a las historias que rodean a la música más fascinante jamás producida, se entiende el por qué cada momento fue decisivo.