The “German Rousseau” in context with his contemporaries: Rediscovery of a significant painter between naive and new objectivity styles.

A groundbreaking overview of traditional and contemporary art from the  Ivory Coast.

Optimistic pessimism: Alan Huck's “Salons noirs” and other groups of works.

Plaster, plasticine, marble, wood: new light shed on Giacometti's approach to his artistic media.

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Ernst Scheidegger documents in photographs Giacometti’s works in plaster and offers personal commentary on his friendship with the sculptor.

“One must cling solely, exclusively to drawing. If one could master drawing, all the rest would be possible. Drawing is the basis of everything.” Alberto Giacometti (1901–66)

“One must cling solely, exclusively to drawing. If one could master drawing, all the rest would be possible. Drawing is the basis of everything.” Alberto Giacometti (1901–66)

Marking our fiftieth anniversary: Ernst Scheidegger's classic hommage to Alberto Giacometti in a completely revised new edition, including more than sixty previously unpublished color images.

“Thomkins has created stormy, unpredictable, dynamic compositions. A curious effect of their volatility is that they seem as uncontrolled as the weather, yet because they are so complex it seems impossible that they were arrived at by chance.” Artforum, London

Monumental sculptures that unite traditional South African arts-and-crafts and contemporary art

Anthony Cragg's sculptures may take any shape—there is always a force strong enough to hold them.

This collection of essays examines the growing movement of artistic research.

Art on Silk presents the silk prints and garments of Cornelia Hesse-Honegger alongside the sketches and watercolors from which they were produced.

A new and comprehensive introduction to life, work and thought of the great Danish avant-garde artist, coniciding with his 100th anniversary.

The cheerful style of Atelier Zanolli

An artistic play with space and plane

A dialogue between natural science and painting

Bastokalypse reproduces the black-and-white canvases of M.S. Bastian and Isabelle L.’s monumental sequence on the apocalypse.

A stunning and generously illustrated volume, featuring one hundred of the best pieces from the Honolulu Museum of Art's collection of Japanese Woodblock prints.

A dialogue on landscape in painting and photography

Is it merely about safety? wiedemann/mettler re-interpret the story of Noah's Ark to symbolize our longing for rescue.

A Manhattan landmark at the center of a new installation by the acclaimed German-Iranian artist

“I not only want to respond with my art, but enable networks of relationships. I am interested in dialogue and cooperation.” George Steinmann

Elegant, dreamy swimmers: Carole A. Feuerman's lifelike figures meet us as precisely captured snapshots

Caroline Bachmann: 2022 laureate of Switzerland’s Prix Meret Oppenheim for art

Felix Studinka's artistic observations of a chestnut tree

In Christian Waldvogel. Earth Extremes, the artist uses photography and digital imagery to examine our world within the solar system.

The genesis of planets and life on earth from an unexpected point of view.

Visual art and motion picture: an eternal love affair

Claude Sandoz's exubertant art, inspired by Caribbean culture, literature and philosophy

A unique reference work on image errors in analogue video, indispensable for conservators, collectors, and artists.

Out of print; remainder copies available from Scheidegger & Spiess.

Congolese artists reflecting upon globalized trade, colonialism, proselytization, and virtual boundaries

The cosmic theater: Lee Mullican's art, inspired by galaxies, C.G. Jung's philosphy, and Pre-Columbian and Native American cultures

Credit Suisse Collection is the first volume to document the bank’s corporate collection of Swiss contemporary art.

The largely unknown story of how the Dada movement explored and was inspired by art from Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

Conceived by Tristand Tzara in 1921, reconstructed and published for the first time 2016 to mark the Dada-centenary: the Dada-movement's vast multi-lingual anthology.

Controversial French writer and art critic Catherine Millet examines the art and writings of celebrated surrealist Salvador Dalí.

Life and work of four West African sculptors from the Dan people.

Her own life reflected in playful collages and expressive images

A pioneer of experimental art education and feminist activist.

The paintings of El Frauenfelder, Manor Art Prize Zürich laureate 2015

Art and Healing: Emma Kunz’s fascinating oeuvre in the mirror of the present

Introducing color made a difference: French prints from the late 19th century.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Friends is the first book to explore how Kirchner became a role model, teacher, and mentor for younger artists during his time in Davos.

A driver of Swiss contemporary art: Esther Eppstein's unique art project in Zürich

An examination of being and knowing inside and outside of visual perception

An extraordinary chord of art and architecture

A little known, idiosyncratic early modernism in Swiss visual art

Ancient Persian art, contemporary art from Iran, and the Persian – European dialogue since 1600.

Une oeuvre unique sur les travaux sur papier de Félix Vallotton présentant toutes ses phases de création.

Félix Vallotton, revealed to be not only the most important Swiss symbolist, but also an intelligent observer of his tumultuous times, highly critical of bourgeois convention.

The magic and fascination of Chinese jade objects outstandingly presented in photographs

Flower fields, energy fields, pictorial fields: new works by Swiss painter Franz Bucher

Rüschegg: Turning-point in choice of motif and medium in the oeuvre of this master of photorealism

This book reassesses the paintings Friedrich Kuhn, a leading painter in the Swiss pop art movement.

A tribute in letters to the legendary curator Harald Szeemann

This lavishly illustrated volume examines the complete oeuvre of Henry Fuseli, who was famous for his romantic illustrations of the works of William Shakespeare and John Milton.

Dada’s big bang in Zürich 1916: the full story.

The Giedion Universe: An introduction to the work, significance and impact, and estate of two of modernism's most distinguished scholars—on 420 pages with 198 color illustrations featuring 630 documents, objects, and photographs

This book focuses on the public sculptures and art-in-architecture works of British-born sculptor Gillian White.

The most comprehensive survey to date of Giovanni Segantini's painting.

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A new study of Segantini’s Alpine triptych

Artists' and scientists' perspectives of global warming and receding glaciers and how both phenomena affect us

150 ans de l'École d'art appliqués de La Chaux-de-Fonds : un enseignement artistique pionnier dans le Jura neuchâtelois

Reflection and self-awareness: Günther Wizemann's impressive Black Garden series.

This volume is the first in-depth look at the visually stunning work of Swiss filmmaker and artist Hannes Schüpbach.

Gerhard Mack introduces readers to the Swiss sculptor Hans Josephsohn, charts the artist’s place in twentieth-century art, and analyzes the photographs that capture Josephsohn’s work in all stages.

A particular view of an exceptional oeuvre: Jürg Hassler's photographs from Hans Josephsohn's studio.

An extraordinary artist and designer: a fresh view of Harry Bertoia’s entire body of work

The rediscovery of a previously overlooked Swiss artist

Organic geometry: Hong Seung-Hye’s works oscillate between the figurative and the abstract

The multifaceted, always surprising early work of Swiss artist and designer HR Giger

A unique visual foray into the fantastic worlds of artist HR Giger

Donald Judd, Elsworth Kelly, Anselm Kiefer, Yves Klein, Willem de Kooning, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Louis Soutter, Cy Twombly: The first presentation of the oustanding Hubert Looser collection.

An artistic research based on theories and ideas of Lucius Burckhardt, renowned sociologist and urbanist and inventor of the Science of Strollology.

Isabelle Cornaro discusses the sources and evolution of her art, which demonstrates how perception is conditioned by culture

Young experimental art from Switzerland: work by students and alumni of Zurich University of the Arts.

One of Americas most distinguished artists: Jacob Lawrence, chronicler of African-American life in the 20th century

New technologies and traditional references: the work of Jean Otth, a Swiss pioneer of video art

The first-ever comprehensive monograph on New York-based artist Joel Shapiro, covering his entire career and all artistic media he uses

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Première monographie complète de l'artiste new yorkais Joel Shapiro, cet ouvrage couvre l'ensemble de sa carrière et toutes ses techniques.

Also available in English

An artist’s intimate relationship with his preferred medium: with his ceramics, Jun Kaneko tries the limits

This volume collects the watercolors, sketches, and engravings Bodmer made on his 1832 journey along the Ohio and Missouri Rivers.

The human body in focus - a sensual approach to our material being

Klaus Born—Malerei is a record of the Swiss artist Klaus Born’s life and work over the past twenty-five years, featuring abundant color illustrations and essays by scholars Magnaguagno and Omlin. – Out of print. Remainder copies available from the publisher.

A new study on Le Corbusier’s 1911 Journey to the East, offering for the first time ever also the perspective of his friend and fellow traveler August Klipstein (1885–1951)

An attractive invitation to visit Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland’s largest art museum, and the new exhibits of its permanent collection

A colorful parallel existence: The New York-based artist duo Kuzma Vostrikov and Ajuan Song

Amazement, idyll, and transformation: Katharina Anna Lodl questions common alpine romanticism

As her artistic practice evolves, Latifa Echakhch considers in conversation the role of listening, rhythm, and sound space

Language conveys associations: Lawrence Weiner's conceptual work opens wide spaces for interpretation 

Exploration of a friendship: Costantino Nivola, Le Corbusier, and the development of Le Corbusier's visual art

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The human proportion and how the human body should be housed: an entirely new exploration of Le Corbusier’s work in architecture and art.

Art nouveau du Jura neuchâtelois : le Style sapin

The art of Silvie Defraoui: confronting a consistently uncertain future

This is the most comprehensive collection of Ikemura’s drawings, paintings, and sculptures published to date.

The Self-Determined: The catalogue raisonnée of Leonor Fini's oil paintings, marking the 25th anniversary of the artist's death

Les frères artistes Léopold et Aurèle Robert : hommage contemporain à la peinture romantique

A body of new works at the intersection of language and fine art by renowned American artist Lesley Dill

Vibrant metropolis and placid Switzerland: Lill Tschudi's modernist linocuts

Contemporary art considers a historical monument

Telling stories through images: Japan’s multifaceted narrative art across eight centuries

A new exploration of  Swiss artist Luigi Pericle’s work in painting and of his engagement with the spiritual environment and tradition of Monte Verità

Misjudged in his native Britain, acclaimed abroad: this book for the first time sets the work of Lynn Chadwick in its international context

A modern master of color aquatint etching

Highlights from the collection of the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art.

A new look at the classical-academic artist Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) and his art in the context of current gender debates

Recent work by Austrian artist Manfred Wakolbinger

Hotel Dolores and other recent works by Swiss performance artist Manon

Manon – A Person is the first comprehensive study of this groundbreaking artist, showcasing the entire range of her work.

The monotype is a print and one-of-a-kind at the same time—Marguerite Saegesser was a master of this technique

How the world is perceived depends on the observer's standpoint: this was a key topic in Markus Raetz's oeuvre. This book is the first complete catalogue raisonné of this eminent contemporary Swiss artist.

Archaic and loaded with meanings: a new survey of masks in art

Matisse as a gifted sculptor: metamorphoses from his paintings and drawings

Matisse, sculpteur doué: le maître français sous un jour peu connu

A key figure of modernism in Europe and globally connected renaissance man

New edition of this authoritative monograph on Max Bill

Media Arts Zurich offers an overview of Swiss media art today.

The life and work of Meret Oppenheim: insights, interpretations, and indications

Very intimate insights: Meret Oppenheim’s album and autobiography

Everyday reality and revolutionary departure reflected in late 19th and 20th-century Mexican graphic art.

A strange masquerade: Michael Kvium shows the abysses of man and western culture

How can exhibitions contribute to a broader understanding of the complex global entanglements that shape our world and life?

First-ever monograph on Japanese artist Minoru Onoda, a distinguished member of the radical Gutai artistic movement in the 1960s and 1970s

Objects between architecture and sculpture, constructed with great refinement: the first book on the work of promising Swiss artist Mirko Baselgia.

Architectural fantasies, drawings, watercolors and writings by three visionaries of the early 20th century

This is a comprehensive collection of vibrant watercolors and sketches created by the San people, the oldest indigenous people in southern Africa.

This book documents the two-part project that wiedemann/mettler collaborated on after the birth of their first child: Morbus Infinitus and Subkutan. – Out of print. Remainder copies available from the publisher.

The Guide to the Collection of the Musée cantonal des Beaux- Arts de Lausanne provides a comprehensive and unprecedented insight into the impressive holdings of the museum

This volume is a complete portrait of Herbert Distel’s iconic Museum of Drawers and contains life-sized photographs of each individual work of art in its collection as well as images of each of the twenty drawers as an ensemble.

A significant oeuvre in Arte Povera: the first comprehensive monograph on this Greek-Swiss artist.

Nesa Gschwend merges tradition with avant-garde to create a timeless image of the human condition

Kunsthaus Zürich: an Art Museum for the 21st Century

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The first survey of New York-based Swiss artist Nicolas Party’s work

Strolling atmospheric arrangement: Nives Widauer opens the door to her Villa Nix, presenting her work of three decades

“I have been born as a draughtsman, I believe.” Othmar Eder

A lecture, presented by Georg Baselitz and Richard Stokes at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, on December 1st, 1987.

A Passion for Art tells Ernst Beyeler’s unusually personal story, shedding light on his career as an art dealer and gallery owner and his encounters with artists such as Picasso, Giacometti, and Bacon.

Gold: eternal fascination, investment, and highly symbolic means of artistic expression

An illustrated reader on the highly topical subject of tribal art in the museums of the Global North

An extraordinary collection of Paul Klee’s drawings, watercolors, and prints

Paul Klee’s studies on polyphonic painting: the beginning of a new period

One of Switzerland’s most radical contemporary sculptors.

Mankind and nature in alliance: an inspiring reader on ecology and post-humanism in art

The latest yearbook of the Department of Art and Media at Zurich University explores how practices of experimentation are implemented within the department.

No real public figure has seen more fictious representations than POTUS

Romantic and contemporary reflections on the Prometheus myth.

Emotional prodigy—and brilliant art forger

A unique insight into Marina Abramović’s biography and art and what connects the two

A unique study of and reference work on Carl Gustav Jung’s monumental Red Book (Liber Novus)

This volume documents an internationally recognized exhibition at the Galerie nächst St. Stephan in Vienna.

This richly illustrated catalog showcases Robert Therrien’s drawings and prints.

An illuminating survey of Swiss artist Rochus Lussi’s work of three decades

This vibrantly illustrated volume features a selection of cards and advertisements for 150 Roman Signer exhibitions since 1973.

Rosalie Light Art features Rosalie’s light-art projects, revealing how each piece was conceived and then constructed.

The first-ever comparative study on two of the 20th century's most significant, and most notorious, artists.

The pictorial world of Swiss architect Oliver Schwarz

Collecting as a personal adventure: Danielle Porret's “Secret Garden”.

Here the Swiss performance artist Manon asks through her fictitious MISS RIMINI how time, social trends, and cultural consensus shape the individual.

Out of print; remainder copies available from Scheidegger & Spiess.

First book on Swiss artist and dancer Silvia Buol’s visual art

Of life's fleetingness and the transience of sensations: the art of Silvia Gertsch and Xerxes Ach.

Partners in art, art education, and life: Silvie and Chérif Defraoui and their manifaceted work

A series of interviews with contemporary female artists of international renown

One of Switzerland's most significant female artists in context with her New York artist friends.

A uniquely versatile artist of the early avant-garde: Sophie Taeuber-Arp's rich oeuvre for the first time presented in its full range in a comprehensive monograph.

Equilibre: Sophie Taeuber-Arp's defining work as a painter

Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s letters and postcards to her most important collectors for the first time in English

Between abstraction and tradition: Sam Francis’s fruitful encounters with Japanese culture

A pioneer of conceptual art: a new encounter with Stephen Willats

Testimonies to human embeddedness in a wider whole: new works by Mirko Baselgia

Le papier comme support d’échanges interculturels

An extraordinary corporate collection with a focus on contemporary Swiss Art

The 2021 laureates of Switzerland's national design award

The 2022 laureates of Switzerland’s national design award

The definitive survey of Pop Art in Switzerland in the 1960s and 1970s

Moments of irritation: The oeuvre of Thomas Müllenbach.

Film and video as devices to test art’s effectiveness in public space

The Unseen Giacometti features never-before-published drawings by and photographs of Alberto Giacometti recently purchased by the Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur.

Artistic freedom meant more to him than fame and glory: the Swiss painter Theo Gerber

26 cantons, 26 things, 26 times Swiss history.

This book provides an overview of Ueli Berger’s oeuvre on paper, featuring his drawings, photographs, and prints.

HIV / AIDS writes many stories in life and in art: a survey of art and activism in response to a severe, global disease

HIV / AIDS writes many stories in life and in art: a survey of art and activism in response to a severe, global disease

Vaclav Pozarek's play with meanings, levels of space and dimensions, with concept, model, and reality.

Videograms documents Hannes Rickli’s museum installation of videograms and explores how the original material was produced in the laboratory.

Reformulating space: Werner Feiersinger’s new intervention at Belvedere 21 in Vienna

In 1946, Duchamp photographed the waterfall Le Forestay for Étant donnés. This volume features photographs of the landscape neighboring the waterfall.

Le Corbusiers influence and reception in Scandinavia and his connection with Danish artist Asger Jorn.

Here artists Roman Signer and Tumi Magnússon reflect on life, travel, and the production of art.

This is the first comprehensive monograph of the life and work of twentieth-century Swiss artist Wilfrid Moser.

New works by painter and former art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi alongside texts by distinguished authors

“The exhibition Women of Venice aims to reflect on the history of the Pavilion and Switzerland’s contributions to the Biennale di Venezia from a contemporary perspective, and to initiate new work, specific to this context.” Philipp Kaiser

Studio House Wuhrstrasse 8/10 in Zurich: a unique working and living space for artists

Yao Jui-chung: one of Taiwan’s most internationally acclaimed contemporary artists

Wisdom and subtle humor of Sengai Gibon, zen monk and painter.

Out of print in bookshops; remaining copies available from the publisher.

Visual and acoustic spaces with fascinating power and poetry