I just received my new Taschen Book. I'm addicted to Taschen and today's received item has been back ordered for some weeks. So in celebration and because the weather here is so beautiful, almost perfection summer weather, I've decided not to sit in front of my computer this weekend favoring instead to head outside and spend the weekend reading with a cool drink, a pack of smokes and some sunshine.
My reading list:
Collecting Contemporary
Lindemann, Adam
Softcover + elastic ribbon, 16.8 x 22.6 cm (6.6 x 8.9 in.), 300 pages
The main body of the book brings together tell-all [I always get a kick out of the "tell all" phrase] interviews with the biggest players in the global art market: the Critic (Rimanelli), the Dealer (Boesky, Brunnet/Hackert, Coles, Deitch, Fortes, Gagosian, Gladstone, Glimcher, Hetzler, Lybke, Perrotin, Rosen, Shave, Wirth), the Consultant (Cortez, Fletcher, Heller, Segalot, Westreich), the Collector (Brant, Broad, Habsburg, Joannou, Lambert, Lehmann, Lopez, Paz, Pinault, Rothschild Foundation, Saatchi), the Auction House Expert (Cappellazzo, de Pury, Meyer), and the Museum Curator/Director (Dennison, Eccles, Heiss, Lowry, Peyton-Jones).
You can burn a whole career on a failed sale
Amy Cappellazzo, International Co-Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie's, New York
Advertising Now! Print
Wiedemann, Julius (ED)
Flexicover, 19.6 x 24.9 cm (7.7 x 9.8 in.), 640 pages
The world's sharpest creative minds are in high demand in the advertising world, because making effective ads takes a whole lot more than just marketing know-how. A great ad grabs the viewer’s attention and gets the point across in an original, surprising, funny, touching, or even shocking way. Because ads reflect global and regional mentalities, studying them is interesting not only for their selling points but also for what they have to say about their clients and target audiences. This mega-roundup of the world's best contemporary advertisements highlights the work of agencies in over 40 countries.
"I like words too much."
Interview with Neil French, Creative Director of WPP
The Photography Annual highlights the best photography of the last year, by both established professionals and those new to the field. In addition, the August issue offers insightful articles on brand transformation, design leadership, global typography, creating meaning in photography and much more.
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