Daniel Birnbaum

This little pocket-sized book is really simply an extended essay on its subject, but it's an interesting one. The authors compare and contrast several art exhibitions conceived by the Situationist International, not all of which were actually mounted/brought to reality. The main focus, as could probably be expected, is on the recuperation of the SI into the modern museum/art gallery context. If you're not familiar with the history of the SI or its theory, this is not the place to start, but the book does make a nice addition to any reference shelf on radical culture and the Situationist International in particular. The insights presented are cogented without being overly obscure or impenetrable.… (més)

Thanks to the efforts of various international curators and artists, Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) is now widely regarded as a pioneer of abstract art.
This volume reproduces the last abstract images series made by af Klint in the 1920s, which have never before been published in their entirety.
These images are complemented by essays based on lectures delivered during the exhibition Hilma af Klint: Painting the Unseen, at London’s Serpentine Galleries in 2016. Briony Fer, David Lomas, Branden Joseph, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Daniel Birnbaum shed new light on af Klint and her importance for artists today, also addressing the need for a broader conception of art history that her work proposes.… (més)