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About us

 

We are specialists in the translation (German to English) and editing of art-history and history texts. 

Here is a small selection of the international book projects we have just worked on or will be working on soon:

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Art

Highlights of 2020

• Treasures of the Collections (exh. cat., see inside), Sandstein for Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister & Skulpturensammlung, Dresden

• Caravaggio – The Human and the Divine (exh. cat., see inside), Sandstein for Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

• Signs of the Future: Divination in East Asia and Europe (exh. cat., see inside), Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nuremberg
    Highlights of 2019

• Shadows of Time: Giambologna, Michelangelo and the Medici Chapel (exh. cat., see inside), Hirmer for Skulpturensammlung, Dresden

• The Princely Collections, Liechtenstein: Five Centuries of Painting and Sculpture (exh. cat.), American Federation of Arts for National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (cancelled)

• Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, XII Allegories and Subjects from Literature (cat. rais. on Peter Paul Rubens), Centrum Rubenianum, Antwerp 
    Forthcoming highlights in 2021

• Johannes Vermeer: On Reflection (exh. cat.), Sandstein for Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

• Made Realities: Photographs by Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Andreas Gursky and Jeff Wall, Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen

• Anton Ginzburg, Artificial Intelligence and Cultural Change (working title), Schaufler Residency, LAB@TU Dresden

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History

Highlights of 2020

• DHM Blog (select posts, e.g., sample 1, sample 2) Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
• Historical Spaces in Flavio Biondo’s Italia illustrata (online publication), Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome
• Bally—A History of Footwear in the Interwar Period, transcript for Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich

Highlights of 2019

• silent green: From Crematorium to Kulturquartier (staff pick: a surprising book on a slice of Berlin history, industrial cremation, and even the 90s club scene; well worth reading!), silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin

Forthcoming highlights in 2021

• Behind Walls: Photographs from Inside Psychiatric Institutions 1873–1935, Sammlung Prinzhorn, Heidelberg & Kunstmuseum Thurgau

• The Ottoman Carpets in Bistriţa, Transylvania (working title), Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nuremberg (postponed until 2022/2023)

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