A Large Library & A Small Museum

Books & Editions with Contemporary Artists

A 33 Year Time Capsule & A Platform to Explore over 300 Artists from around the World

“One of the most influential forces in post-war art”

 

Quotes on Books

“It is rare to see pure acts of love in print but this is one of them. The world is a better place for Parkett.”

Lou Reed


“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


“... a catalyst for invigorating change whilst always producing the harvest of the quiet eye”

Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine Gallery, London


"… no publication has had a more significant effect on me as an artist ..."

Rashid Johnson


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

Marilyn Minter

 

Quotes on Editions

“…an engine of artistic thought and practice.… the diversity of works on view offer a sense of what artists can do with the challenge of how to distill their practices into a single, compact object or image … “

Philip Tinari, Director, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing


“If asked to choose a favorite among Parkett’s artist editions over the past 33 years, my definitive answer would be 'All of them.' The individual editions are wonderful, but collectively they form an extraordinary … collection that charts a vast array of changes that have swept through the art world since the 1980s…”

Glenn Phillips, Curator and Head of Modern & Contemporary Collections, Getty Research Institute, Santa Monica, California


“... a concise survey of contemporary art.”

Deborah Wye, Chief Curator emer., Prints and illustrated Books, Museum of Modern Art , New York


“A show of the work produced for a revolutionary magazine functions as a mini-museum of the recent time.”

Financial Times, London