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We announce two more additions to the ArtsLibris bookshop: the AVARIE publishing house and the Umbigo project. As always, it is a pleasure to add projects that take risks and experiment with publishing, both conceptually, artistically and in terms of design. So, we offer you a selection of their publications that you can buy in […]

The Fundació Mies van der Rohe was set up in 1983 by the Barcelona City Hall with the initial purpose of reconstructing the German Pavilion, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. Besides conserving and disseminating knowledge about the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, the Fundació

  Located in the heart of Barcelona, the ArtsLibris bookshop is a living space closely linked to the social fabric of the city. We believe that cultural communities are nourished by dialogue, critical exchange and collective learning. In the light of the protests, demonstrations and riots that have taken to the streets in recent days,

  Freedom and utopia form the basis of this project of artistic experimentation. Founded in 2011 in Barcelona, Ca l’Isidret is a publishing platform and a space for photographic creation. Photographers Aleix Plademunt, Juan Diego Valera and Roger Gaus conceive their work as a hybrid dialogue between image and publishing.   Their publications are the

This week we would like to share some photobooks by female authors that explore especially relevant themes. The friendship between women, bodies, migration, colonialism or family relationships are here approached from the critical work with images.We know that there is still much work to be done in terms of feminist reflection and action. These titles,

  Founded in 2008, Bòlit is a public cultural platform dedicated to contemporary creation and research. Its commitment to fostering dialogue between audiences and artistic languages is reflected in the development of exhibition programmes, informative and educational activities, as well as in the resources and spaces designed to support emerging artistic production. Bòlit continues its

Ilan Iglesias and Larissa Martina are behind this versatile Brazilian project, where publishing and curatorial practices go hand in hand. Founded in 2008 in Salvador, Bahia, RV Cultura e Arte combines art and publishing in an organic way: it is both an art gallery, a comic bookstore and an independent publishing house.   RV specialises

La performatividad de las imágenes, Andrea Soto Calderón We are happy to share with you the publication La performatividad de las imágenes, by Andrea Soto Calderón, collaborator at ArtsLibris and director of the International Seminar. Her new book, published by Metales Pesados, reflects on the constructive, rather than merely illustrative, power of images, as well as

“LUCHA LIBRE” From 11/02 at the ArtsLibris Bookshop We present the work of the Mexican photographer, collected in the publication Lucha Libre: Retratos de familia, published by RM. Grobet unfolds an intuitive and rigorous gaze, born of the desire to show what remains hidden, set apart, relegated to the margins of society. Her work on

ArtsLibris welcomes Dalpine, a leading publisher of photobooks. Founded in 2010 in Madrid, Dalpine’s main objective is to disseminate photography in all its narrative complexity. Its publications focus on the photobook, but also go beyond it: they pursue with a tireless avant-garde spirit the new forms and visual languages, the new voices and gazes, also