The first publication to document Ana Hoffner ex-Prvulovic’s* artistic work to date. Her* practice offers an aesthetic and political redefinition of gendered relations.

Enter the New York art scene of the 1970s and ’80s with fresh eyes. Award-winning author and curator, Omar Kholeif, weaves us through the many worlds of Sonia Balassanian, an Iranian American artist of Armenian descent who came to renown with her political art in the 1980s and early ’90s. In these pages, the author delves into poetry and Lyrical Abstraction, as well as collage and portraiture developed in response to the American hostage crisis in Iran. Travel from the exhibition halls of MoMA, New York, to the monasteries of rural Armenia.

Produced on the occasion of Leslie Thornton’s major solo exhibition at the MIT List Visual Arts Center as well as a recent solo exhibition at Kunstverein Nurnberg, this richly illustrated volume is the first monograph on this important artist and filmmaker, offering essential, foundational scholarship on Thornton’s influential work in film and video.

Since 1953, the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e. V. has awarded the ars viva Prize to young artists living in Germany. This year, it goes to Anna-Sophie Berger (*1989), Oscar Enberg (*1988), and Zac Langdon-Pole (*1988). The prize includes two exhibitions at renowned art institutions in Germany and Belgium, the ars viva catalogue, and an artist residency on Fogo Island (Canada).

This unique publication, filled with annotated images, presents an inventory of design, furniture, and textiles produced for Fogo Island Inn. Each piece is a collaborative effort between artisans and craftspeople living on the island and designers from various parts of the world who were invited to engage with the history and communities of Fogo Island and Change Islands in Newfoundland, Canada.