Graffiti's avant-garde nature and transgressive relationship with private property challenge art norms. Born in the 1960s, it reached a fever pitch in 1990s New York after the end of the train era in 1989.

Focusing on the 1990s—a decade of unpredictability and innovation—this book traces graffiti’s evolution and its sensibilities within broader social currents. Through striking visuals and incisive text, we follow their vanguard’s vision of creativity: combinational, exploratory, and transformational. Accompanied by the vanguard’s stories, commentary and their artworks from private collections, this is the groundbreaking chronicle of an era that redefined the rules of art.

The first volume of She Was an Architect explores the life of American-Italian architect Astra Zarina. In 1960, she became the first woman to receive the Rome Prize for Architecture. Laura Helena Wurth traces Zarina’s path from Seattle and Berlin to Rome, highlighting her commitment to teaching, preservation, and building culture. Unpublished photographs and an interview with Steven Holl complete the portrait.

Yayoi Kusama is one of the most influential figures in contemporary art. Celebrated for her polka dots and mirror rooms, she creates immersive visual worlds of striking intensity. This catalogue offers a comprehensive overview of more than seven decades of her work—from painting and sculpture to installation, performance, and literature. Alongside iconic works, it presents early pieces never before shown in Europe as well as new productions. A distinctive fold-out dust jacket lined with mirror foil turns the book itself into an object of art.