The cradle of French haute couture is not, as one might expect, in the vibrant fashion metropolis of Paris, but in the tranquil town of Mulhouse in south-east France. Since its opening in 1955, the...
Galka Scheyer, born in 1889 to an upper middle-class Jewish family in Braunschweig, has received little attention in art history to date. Yet as an art dealer, she played an important role in the...
For more than four decades, Australian designer Marc Newson has been shaping the world with his innovative and elegant aesthetic. After graduating from Sydney College of the Arts in 1984, Newson...
“Do you know the land where the lemons bloom?” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe begins one of his most famous poems with these words, and they could also be the prelude to “The...
"The Book of Colour Concepts" takes the reader on an exciting cultural and historical journey through the history of colour, from the first cave paintings in prehistory to the complex...