Each Parkett volume features direct collaborations with selected contemporary artists, whose work is presented in three to five essays by specially commissioned authors. Additional texts include rubrics such as “Cumulus”, “Les Infos du Paradis”, “Balkon” and other texts on individual artists.

The Parkett Library includes 270 in-depth artists portraits and a total of some 1800 texts in both English and German with over 8000 color illustrations. This webpage provides access to selected texts in both languages, English and German.

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“... a concise survey of contemporary art.”
Deborah Wye, Chief Curator emerita., Prints and illustrated Books, Museum of Modern Art , New York

“Parkett is my favorite art magazine. The only one I look forward to reading, the only one I learn something from.”

Marilyn Minter

“A source of inspiration, reflection, revelation and delight … the multi-perspectival approach to writing; the puzzle-book spines; the finger on the pulse choice of artists; and the alluring programme of editions: these are the ingredients that make Parkett one of the most influential forces in post war art…”
Iwona Blazwick, Director, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London