Frida Kahlo. Her Universe, published under a joint imprint by Editorial RM and the Museo Frida Kahlo, allows us to refresh and bring up to date the rich diversity of themes, ideas, concepts, and emotions generated around two fundamental and iconic figures in modern Mexico: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Based on the 2013 edition, sponsored by Bank of America and produced in collaboration with the magazine Vogue Mexico and Latin America, this new edition gathers a range of essays by specialists on the various subjects it addresses. In addition, almost three hundred images from the archives of the Museo Frida Kahlo offer readers a glimpse of Frida’s wardrobe, the collections of popular and pre-Hispanic she assembled alongside Diego Rivera, the Blue House, her connection with photography, and other matters. This volume welcomes us into Frida Kahlo’s universe, exploring the legacy of an indispensable figure in the world of twentieth-century art and culture.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 256

Dimensions: 225 x 310 mm

Publication Date: 15-09-2022

This book is a 120-image journey through the biography and work of one of the great women photographers of the last century. With a brief career as a photographer, Tina Modotti was capable of creating an aesthetic of great forcefulness, becoming one of the main reporters of one of the most convulsive periods in the history of Mexico, the country where she lived and died at the age of 46. Tina Modotti's photographic work is a reflection of her life, marked by uprootedness and independence. Modotti knew how to see the beauty of the imperfect and to reflect it in her work. She developed her entire photographic work between 1923 and 1930, the years during which she lived in Mexico. Her aesthetics had an impact on the Mexican photographic scene, just as the paintings of Diego Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros influenced her. Her photographic work is a paradigm of the fusion between Mexican revolutionary culture and avant-garde photographic aesthetics, to which she added the ideals of equality proposed by socialism and her marked social commitment.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 96

Dimensions: 165 x 220 mm

Publication Date: 06-09-2022

Internationally renowned dealer and market expert Michael Findlay offers a lively and authoritative look at the financial and emotional value of art throughout history. In this newly revised, updated, and generously illustrated edition Findlay draws on a half-century in the business and a passion for great art to question and redefine what we mean by "value," addressing developments in this conversation since the book was first published in 2012: the rise of NFTs and digital art; the auction house as theatre; the pressing relationship between art and society's fraught political landscape; and the impact of the pandemic. With style and wry wit, Findlay demystifies how art is bought and sold while also constantly looking beyond sales figures to emphasize the primacy of art's essential, noncommercial worth. Coloring his account with wise advice, insider anecdotes involving scoundrels and scams, stories of celebrity collectors, and remarkable discoveries, Findlay has distilled a lifetime's experience in this indispensable guide, now updated for today's sophisticated and discerning audience.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 170 x 240 mm

Publication Date: 06-09-2022

Stencils are a technique with unlimited aesthetic adaptability and possibility-from ancient cave painting to contemporary graffiti. Beyond their unique stylistic expression, stencils offer practical benefits, including precision, unlimited duplication of a message or pattern, and speed. In this info-packed manual, artist C215 shares not only his expertise with stencils, but the stories and works of 16 leading stencil graffiti and street artists around the world, showing how far it goes creatively beyond mere reproduction. Learn about materials and tools, bridges and frames, creating stencils with Photoshop and Illustrator, techniques for painting, and the specifics of text-based work, patterns, and abstract work. Hundreds of photos, detailed how-tos, and interviews with artists in the US, England, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Poland, and Colombia show a wide range of styles, techniques, and contexts. Three ready-to-use stencils are included.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 152

Dimensions: 178 x 229 mm

Publication Date: 28-08-2022

This inventive activity art book, now in paperback, combines fun and focus, entertainment, and mindfulness using collage and cutout techniques. It includes a brief history of collage and practical tips and ideas to cut and paste, draw and paint, and sew and stitch using paper and everyday objects. Each double page proposes to look at things afresh, with suggestion and jumping off points to create one's own visual universe, unleash the capacity for creativity and, ultimately, widen the horizons for expression. It includes 25 pages of cutouts. A whole world to discover!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 144

Dimensions: 180 x 228 mm

Publication Date: 15-09-2022

Ever wish you had a magic wand to wave when a creative project wasn't going the way you wanted it to? Enchanting Creativity is a book to help the artist find their happily-ever-after by using a unique blend of fairy tales, dreams, rituals, and journaling, along with practical applications. Within the metaphoric structure of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, the book provides readers with techniques to remember, record, and work with waking and sleeping dreams; methods to expand the dream experience or as an alternative to dreaming; and tips to develop and use rituals to honor dreams and creative work. A fairy tale weaves its way through the chapters, providing an exploration of the creative process, while the author's personal creative experiences and those of her clients offer examples of dream and/or oracle work, journaling questions, and simple rituals. Create a bridge between the practical and the imaginal worlds and watch the power of your creative magic express itself.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 144

Dimensions: 152 x 229 mm

Publication Date: 28-08-2022

North, south, east, west, above, below, and within ... no matter where in the world we may be, we are all the center of our universe as we perceive it. And it is the elemental forces of these seven directions that combine for your use when divining, meditating, and storytelling with this revised edition of The Transparent Oracle. The 77-card circular deck includes seven new archetype cards to add extra clarity to readings about relationships with the people around us, as well as aspects of our personality. When layered, these see-through cards create a mandala-like image, showing the influences that are affecting us, helping us make sense of the seeming chaos of life. The guidebook is a collection of hints and starting points to get you on your way with keywords and card meanings and includes three spreads by author and esoteric researcher David Rankine. The rotating aspect of the cards opens up your readings to even more possibilities, providing advice, support, and inspiration when needed.

Pages: 176

Dimensions: 147 x 188 mm

Publication Date: 28-08-2022

Kristy Rice's popular style shines in these cards' nature-lovely designs! With the included watercolor paint dot card and wooden brush, you have all you need. Pale printed lines on high-quality watercolor stock guide your paintings. Your work will be enhanced by the gorgeous glints of metallic-foil touches. These beautiful cards invite you to pick up your brush and release your own creativity and imagination. Kristy Rice's joy-focused approach to watercolor art has won the hearts of fans worldwide, and with this set of cards from the Artisan series, Rice offers ways for all levels of painters to make "art for joy's sake." Includes paint (dot card), wooden brush, Printed on high-quality textured art paper, the 12 flat cards with envelopes feature 12 different outlined images with foil touches and are easily frameable. Each item in the Artisan series is designed to offer a specially crafted watercolor discovery glowing with Kristy Rice's creative touch. Also in the series: How to Make Art for Joy's Sake and its corresponding Journal.

Bind: stationery

Pages: 12

Dimensions: 198 x 147 mm

Publication Date: 28-08-2022

"There is nothing that has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern," wrote Samuel Johnson. Three centuries on, the English pub remains the ultimate happy place for those seeking refuge, recreation, or refreshment. But pubs today constitute a broad church, with old-school saloons and ultimate locals joined by modern reimaginings of traditional hostelries and Michelin-starred gastro-temples. This book brings together 33 of England's finest and most distinctive inns, from Yorkshire dining destinations to Cornish beer shrines. Acclaimed photographer Horst A Friedrichs and renowned writer Stuart Husband capture these places in all their idiosyncratic glory and infinite variety: the pub as artistic statement, social hub, foodie pilgrimage site, personal fiefdom of legendary landlords and landladies, or repository of history. But all pubs share the same time-honoured purpose: to offer the warmest of welcomes, and to lift the spirits.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 240 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 15-09-2022

The first cookbook authored by Our Food Stories celebrates nature in seasonal, gluten-free recipes and gorgeous table settings. Good food speaks to all of our senses, and makes us feel good too. Laura and Nora from Our Food Stories have made it their mission to attain these delights through gluten-free, vegetarian, and healthy food. Trained stylists as well as excellent cooks, for them where we eat matters as much as what. So when Laura and Nora lay out tables, the centerpiece and the dishes come together to reconnect us with nature. Full of delicious recipes that highlight seasonal ingredients, A Year With Our Food Stories is above all a cookbook. But it's more: visuals of kitchens, of tables set up by a cozy fire, of picnic blankets in flowery meadows provide inspiration on how to reflect the flavors of the seasons in the setting. This is a book for food lovers with an appreciation of taste in all its forms.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 256

Dimensions: 210 x 260 mm

Publication Date: 25-08-2022