The over two hundred eggs photographed by Paul Starosta that find their way into his book Uova (Eggs) look like an array of imaginary planets. This is how this universe of multifarious eggs initially struck Federico Geremei, as well as being the metaphor the journalist uses to introduce this primordial object on the digital pages (sic)…
The online edition of the well-known magazine Vanity Fair offers an article by Federico Geremei on our book Capre o Pecore (English edition Goats and Sheep. A Portrait Farm; French edition Chèvres ou Moutons). Geremei is impressed by the book’s originality and its visual (and emotional) impact, as well as the skill displayed in managing not…
Mille ans de monochromes. Vaisselle sacrée et profane des empereurs de Chine, an exhibition of fine Chinese imperial ceramics, is being held at the Fondation Baur, Musée des Arts d’Extrême-Orient, in Geneva from September 27, 2018 until February 3, 2019. A brief film serves as an introduction for visitors—whether enthusiasts, scholars, or the simply curious—in…
The online version of Style Magazine, Corriere della Sera’s monthly insert, includes a number of works by Fernando Costa, illustrating diverse visual effects even though all are made using street signs. Click on the link: https://style.corriere.it/mostre-e-arte/fernando-costa-e-la-seconda-vita-dei-segnali-stradali/
The FIAC in Paris offered a fine opportunity to reflect upon the materials and narrative poetics of Pablo Reinoso, a Franco-Argentine sculptor. Two works were presented by the London gallery Waddington Custot: L’Arche and Le Cercle. The former work is made of steel and its shape echoes and seems to become a part of the door…
The October issue of l’Espresso napoletano includes an article on Luigi Spina by Maria Teresa Iacomino. The journalist describes him as an art historian, archaeologist, photographer, troubadour, and learned tourist guide. We are proud that Luigi is one of our authors and that, like us, he loves to surround himself with beauty and is always in search…
The Spazio Libri La Cornice bookshop in Cantù (Como) is hosting the launch of Passato & Presente. Un viaggio grafico nel tempo at 8:30 pm on Friday, October 26. The author, Orith Kolodny, will guide us with the aid of pictures and words through the reflections that led her to create this charming little book.…
Orith Kolodny’s Passato & Presente. Un viaggio grafico nel tempo, one of our very latest projects and available in bookshops starting Thursday, October 18, will be making its first public appearance in Italy at Nonostante Marras (Via Cola di Rienzo 8, Milan), at 7 pm on Wednesday, October 24. The presentation will be accompanied by…
5 Continents Editions will take part in the launch of Bill Traylor at the Outsider Fair in Paris (October 18–21). The event will be held at Stand 36 at Halle Saint Pierre, Atelier Richelieu, 60 Rue de Richelieu, Paris at 5 pm on Friday, October 19 and will also be attended by Valérie Rousseau, Debra Purden,…
We are happy to announce that the artist Fernando Costa will be present at a number of events in Paris this autumn, with the first monograph dedicated to him, written by Johan-Frederik Hel Guedj and published by 5 Continents Editions. Off FIAC, Paris October 18–21, 2018 DS World, Paris October 18 – December 1,…
In her column Libri in the monthly magazine Arte, Cara Ronza includes our Bill Traylor. She briefly outlines the originality of this self-taught artist, his struggles in life, and the success achieved at last with his first solo show in 1940.
The collector’s issue of Marie Claire Maison (Italian edition), available from the end of September, includes one of the 200 eggs photographed by Paul Starosta, the subject of our latest book Uova (Œufs in the French edition). The pictures of these extravagant “pieces”—all of which are in the Werner Haller Collection recently acquired by the Museum of Geneva—are…
The success of Artico and its author Vincent Munier continues unabated. The September issue of Il Giornale del Viaggiatore, a biannual travel and culture magazine published by Tucano Viaggi Ricerca in Turin, devotes a number of pages to our book. The lion’s share of the work is actually done by the silent yet magnificent illustrations and…
Christine Valluet’s Regards visionnaires. Arts d’Afrique, d’Amérique, d’Asie du Sud-Est et d’Océanie (Collector’s Visions. Arts of Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia and the Americas), 5 Continents Editions, will feature in the following events at Parcours des Mondes 2018: September 11, from 4 pm to 7 pm Book launch at Librairie Mazarine (Rue Mazarine, 78, Paris). September 12,…
The cover design of the August issue of the monthly magazine Archeo. Attualità del passato, consists of a detail of the Farnese Cup. This is one of a series of wonderful photos illustrating an accompanying article by Stefano Mammini that were taken by Luigi Spina for our book co-published with the National Archaeological Museum of…
I keep my nose glued to the porthole, smiling like a child . . . This is the feeling expressed at the beginning of the photographer Vincent Munier’s journal accompanying Artico, an elegant book that draws together his finest photos taken during a series of expeditions in a period of six years in that magical…
We are proud to present our new “Hidden Treasures” series. The first volume is dedicated to the invaluable Farnese Cup (text by Valeria Sampaolo, photographs by Luigi Spina), now in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. An innovative display case equipped with a highly sophisticated lighting system to bring out the piece’s exceptional features was…
5 Continents Editions’ catalogue Picasso. Lever de rideau. L’arène, l’atelier, l’alcôve will be available at the exhibition organized by Florian Rodari at the Cabinet cantonal des estampes of the Musée Jenisch in Vevey (Switzerland), running from 21 June to 7 October 2018. This “grand parade”, made possible by the recent deposits of the Werner Coninx Foundation…