Description

Blau International #12
Publisher: Blau, Summer 2025
Softcover, 220 pages, English
Size: 28×23.3cm
New in seal

“BLAU is like your favorite restaurant, at which you want to order each and every single dish,” said the late Peter Lindbergh. Having been published in German since 2014, BLAU is now going global as the new reference for international art journalism, published twice a year. Its unique blend of content features intriguing stories and images of today’s art world: be it studio visits with the most influential artists of our time, exclusive contributions by acclaimed writers such as Karl-Ove Knausgård, Siri Hustvedt and Julian Barnes, or portfolios by star photographers such as François Halard. BLAU INTERNATIONAL is coffeetable magazine and collectors’ item combined into one.

In No. 12, Guglielmo Castelli bares his baroque heart. Robert Ryman, the late master of late modernism, is remembered by eight close companions. Paying tribute to Marie Vassilieff, Paloma Picasso pulls the curtain up on her puppet collection. Dan Nadel visits Vincent Fecteau, a sculptor most discreetly working at the top of his game. Medardo Rosso, the man who modeled light, is honored by Brandt Junceau. François Halard photographs the home and studio of Enzo Cucchi. Preparing for a major show, Lotus L. Kang sits with Qianfan Gu for a poetic portrait. And Hans-Joachim Müller reflects on Rembrandt’s invention of the “I”.

Then, Tobias Spichtig’s paintings keep it together. Mark Luckasavage and Marie Chaix make you believe. Marika Thunder executes a stealthy debut. Ingvild Goetz talks about her far-reaching path to becoming a mega-collector. Andrew Winer looks at our lost destiny through the eyes of Hadrian. Collector Peter Pakesch salutes Franz West. And Frank Auerbach scholar and sitter Catherine Lampert farewells Berlin’s lost son.