In 1977, Max Neuhaus turned a triangle of pedestrian space between 45th and 46th Streets in Times Square into an island of harmonic sound. The rich textures of that sound continue today, emanating from beneath the sidewalk grating, to anonymously reach an individual's ears as if one has stumbled upon a secret. Known as Times Square, the celebrated installation was restored in 2002 with support from Dia Art Foundation, which further commissioned a site-specific piece, Time Piece Beacon, from Neuhaus in 2006 for its museum in Beacon, New York. This stunning book-the only volume in print dedicated solely to the work of Neuhaus-takes these two projects as a point of departure from which to consider the singular impact this artist has had in establishing sound as a medium in contemporary art. An interview with Neuhaus is complemented with essays by multidisciplinary scholars who investigate and situate his work within a historical context. Distributed for Dia Art Foundation

Maria Lassnig (1919–2014) is internationally recognized as one of the most important painters of the 20th and 21st centuries. The leitmotif of her painting, the act of rendering her “body awareness� visible found additional expression in film in the early 1970s. During her time in New York, Lassnig studied animation at the School of Visual Arts and began to film in 8mm and 16mm. While several of these New York films have long since been part of her canonical works (e.g. Selfportrait, Iris, Couples, Shapes), many remained unfinished. These "films in progress" can be regarded as autobiographical notes as well as an artistic experiment featuring many of Lassnig’s recognizable sujets and methods. In 2018, this filmic legacy was restored and in many cases completed according to Lassnig’s original concept and instructions by two close collaborators, artists Hans Werner Poschauko and Mara Mattuschka, and presented to great international acclaim. This German-language publication provides the first comprehensive index of Lassnig’s film works, offering insight into the filmmaker’s world of ideas through a wide selection of Lassnig’s own previously unpublished notes. It also includes a selection of Lassnig's "films in progress" on DVD. Two essays by James Boaden and Stefanie Proksch-Weilguni place Lassnig’s work in the context of the US-American film avant-garde of the 1970s, while conversations with Mara Mattuschka, Hans Werner Poschauko and the restoration team shed a light on the rediscovery of Lassnig’s fascinating films.

Das Buch der Neuen Galerie Graz gibt einen ersten umfassenden Einblick in das Schaffen des oesterreichischen Bild-hauers, Zeichners und Performers Norbert Nestler (1942-2014). Sein Werk setzt sich mit Raumutopien auseinander und steht in enger Verbindung mit den Entwicklungen der Materialien und Medien seit den 1960-er Jahren. Dem Visionaren raumte Nestler dabei einen besonderen Stellenwert ein. Seine dynamischen Untersuchungen des Sehens von zwei- und dreidimensionalem Raum haben das Kunstgeschehen in Graz und OEsterreich seit mehreren Jahrzehnten begleitet und massgeblich mitgeformt. Die Zusammenschau von Nestlers OEuvre mit zahlreichen Werkabbildungen und Ausstellungsansichten enthalt auch Texte des Kunstlers, die er noch selbst fur diese Retrospektive vorbereiten konnte. Weitere Beitrage stammen unter anderem von der Kuratorin Katrin Bucher Trantow, die Nestlers zeichnerischem Interesse nachgeht. Gunther Holler-Schuster betrachtet den Kontext des Pneumatischen bei Nestler, wahrend Elisabeth Fiedler den "Stadtgestalter" und Kunstler fur den oeffentlichen Raum untersucht.