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Kerber Verlag

International publisher of books on contemporary art, photography, culture and architecture

We have been publishing books on contemporary and modern art and photography as well as on art and cultural history since 1985. At our headquarters in Bielefeld and our publishing house office with showroom in Berlin, sophisticated monographs and exhibition catalogues are created in close collaboration with artists, photographers, museums, foundations, galleries, collectors, and designers. High-qu

ality artists’ books and collectors’ editions with both artists of international renown and young emerging artists are an established part of our commitment. As a result of our in-house production, we possess sophisticated technical knowhow and many years of experience in realizing individually designed publications. Our new titles are presented at numerous book and art fairs, in social media, our bilingual publishing house preview, and at additional targeted events. Our global distribution network makes it possible to obtain our books in all well-stocked bookshops—in over forty countries—and naturally everywhere in digital commerce.

22/07/2025

CLARA S. RUEPRICH. SILENT NOISE
Silent Noise is a special kind of silence that contains both foreboding and warning. It is a frequency undetectable to the human ear. Silent Noise is the stillness that often precedes natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis. It is the absence of sounds and noises that lulls us into a false sense of security.
Clara S. Rueprich’s film sequences, photographs, and installations create realms of experience that evoke that which is typically referred to as ‘nature.’ The works are the result of an intuitive approach to encountered situations. Her compositions contain highly charged moments within contemplative scenes. The works collected in this monograph revolve around Silent Noise as the symbol of a world that exists independently of us and reveals the precarious nature of human existence.
ISBN 978-3-7356-1030-0
24 × 29 cm
144 pages
129 colored illustrations
Softcover
Languages: German and English
Texts by: Gabriele Oberreuter, Julia Schäfer, Jessica Ullrich
Design: Henrik Rossbander, Leipzig
Book Presentation on 6 September, 2025, 4 pm Leipzig

03/07/2025

ARLES BOOKS FAIR 2025 📚
We are really looking forward to the Arles Books Fair and hope to meet many of you there. We will be presenting our latest photo books and have prepared a couple of book signings.
📆 8–12 July 2025, 1–7.30pm
📍 École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie
30 Avenue Victor Hugo, Arles
Our Book Signings
10 July 2025, 5.30–6.30pm
Christoph Montebelli. Plattenbau Promenades
Alwin Maigler. Nuances and Nocturne
11 July 2025, 5.30–6.30pm
Xenia Nikolskaya. Plastic Jesus
Susanne Junker. SO WHAT!

24/06/2025

CLARA S. RUEPRICH. SILENT NOISE
Book Presentation and Reading
with Janin Wölke, Kurt Mondaugen and Udo Grashoff
📆Thursday, 26 June 2025, 7 pm
📍galerie intershop, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig
Silent Noise is a special kind of silence that contains both foreboding and warning. It is a frequency undetectable to the human ear. Silent Noise is the stillness that often precedes natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis. It is the absence of sounds and noises that lulls us into a false sense of security.

23/06/2025

OUR NEW PUBLISHING PREVIEW IS OUT!
Fall / Winter 2025
We are delighted to present our brand-new catalogue! Here you will find all our latest publications in the fields of art, photography, culture and architecture.
We would like to thank all the artists, editors, curators, writers, designers, translators and proofreaders who contributed to it.
Cover image by Sibylle Bergemann, whose book „The Monument“ will be published in October.estate .kunsthalle .sachs .dimitriadis .bertram

19/06/2025

DALE GRANT. FACE: THE BERLIN ART SCENE
Book Presentation

📆 Friday, 27 June 2025, 6 pm
📍nüüd.berlin gallery, Kronenstraße 18, 10117 Berlin .berlin
“Face: the Berlin Art Scene“ showcases the vibrant diversity of artistic expression in Berlin through the lens of photographer Dale Grant. Featuring 212 artists photographed in their studios, the book presents a compelling snapshot of the city’s creative landscape.
Editors: Larissa Kikol, Benjamin Wolbergsgrant

12/06/2025

We are very much looking forward to this year’s edition of Miss Read, where we will be presenting a selection of our latest publications. Come by and say hello!

📍Haus der Kulturen der Welt

📆 Friday, June 13, 5 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, June 14, 12 to 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 15, 12 to 7 p.m.

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20/05/2025

We are thrilled to announce that four of our books have been nominated for the longlist of the „Best German Book Design“ by the Stiftung Buchkunst. 🎉
Fedele Maura Friede. Standortbestimmung
ISBN 978-3-7356-1034-8
Design by Luis Lloréns Pendás, Diego Calvo Cubero, Hamburg / Madridstudio .kunsthalle
Alwin Maigler. Nocturne
ISBN 978-3-7356-0993-9
Design by Studio Tillack Knöll, Stuttgart

Alwin Maigler. Nuances
ISBN 978-3-7356-0994-6
Design by Studio Tillack Knöll, Stuttgart

Acces Kafka
ISBN 978-3-7356-1013-3
Design by Visual Space Agency, Berlinspace.agency

06/05/2025

Christina Dimitriadis. I have lost my Eurydice
Book Presentation and Artist Talk

📆 Thursday, 15 May 2025, 7 pm
📍 Schwartzsche Villa, Grunewaldstraße 55, 12165 Berlin
With Christina Dimitriadis, Ewa Majewska, Christine Nippe, and Christiane Meixner
“I have lost my Eurydice” provides an overview of the work of Greek-German artist Christina Dimitriadis and is being published to accompany the exhibition “J’ai perdu mon Eurydice – Ach, ich habe meine Eurydike verloren” at the Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin. It focuses on the artist’s walks around the Aegean, where history, myth, and shifting cultures have created a unique maritime environment that has always been heavily influenced by migration, trade, and cultural exchange. Dimitriadis’ photographs follow the ancient marble transport routes, reflecting in their traces both humankind’s quest for skill and splendor as well as issues such as exploitation, the lust for power, and hubris.
The publication presents the newest series “J’ai perdu mon Eurydice” dating from 2021–2025, but can also be seen as an extended curatorial platform accompanying the exhibition.
In the talk, Christiane Meixner, Christina Dimitriadis, Ewa Majewska and Christine Nippe will provide context for the series as well as an invaluable insight into the artist’s oeuvre.
The event will be held in German and English.
Free admission.dimitriadis .schwartzsche.villa

10/04/2025

ANKE KREY. ERDEN
The Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf cemetery on the outskirts of Berlin is the tenth-largest in the world. Much of the site is forested, with more wild flora and winding paths than perfectly trimmed hedges and asphalt roads. Over a period of two years, the photographer Anke Krey shadowed the employees at the graveyard with her camera, driven to find out more about their work. How does the daily confrontation with death affect them? What is their relationship to the earth and the forest that provides the final resting place for thousands upon thousands of people?
Erden provides a respectful and quiet chronicle of the daily tasks and the complex demands of the work here, which can vary from one hour to the next. Prior to funerals, for example, the workers swap their everyday work clothes for a black suit and tie; the foresters and technicians become funeral directors and spiritual counselors who bury the deceased and offer words of solace to relatives. With a rare intensity, Anke Krey’s photographs capture and condense the transcendence of mundane manual work alongside these ever-present reminders of human mortality.
ISBN 978-3-7356-0991-5
26 × 24 cm
96 pages
68 colored illustrations
Hardcover
Languages: German, English
Text by: Klaus Honnef
Design by: Julia Wagner, grafikanstalt, Hamburg

27/03/2025

Meet us in Leipzig at the Independent Publishing Fair “it’s a book” on Saturday. We will be presenting a fine selection of recent publications.

📍Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB), Wächterstraße 11, 04107 Leipzig
📆 Saturday, 29 March, 12–8 PM

Check out the full program: www.itsabook.de

04/03/2025

We are very pleased to invite you to the exhibition “was geschehen und nie geschehen ist” as part of EMOP Berlin – European Month of Photography.
Depending on the source, there’s talk of several hundred to several thousand children who were separated from their parents during the GDR era and given up for adoption. The actual number is still unknown. East German family law stipulated that parents should raise their children ‘to be active builders of socialism’. They had to ‘respect work’, ‘love the Soviet Union’, and ‘defend the borders – if necessary with armed force’. If parents failed to follow these instructions, the state had the power to revoke their right to raise their children. The subject of forced adoption is controversial to this day, and the process of coming to terms with injustice in the GDR is ongoing.
In the documentary work “was geschehen und nie geschehen ist” (what happened and never happened), photographers Paulina Metzscher and Amelie Sachs, together with the author and filmmaker Eva Gemmer, address the respective family histories of those affected. What’s left behind? Grief? Loss? Hope? The exhibition presents a selection of artistic photographs accompanied by texts and archival material.
The corresponding publication will be published by Kerber Verlag in fall 2025.
Opening
06 March 2025, 7 pm
07–29 March 2025
Mo–Fr 10 am–17 pm
Sa 12–18 pm
Kerber Verlag
Rudi-Dutschke-Straße 26 (1st backyard, staircase on the right, 1st floor)
10969 Berlin
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19/02/2025

DIETER STEIN
“DIE AUGEN AUSWASCHEN”. RETROSPEKTIVE
Dieter Stein (1924–2022) remains one of the great unknowns of postwar German art history. His first abstract paintings, which were exhibited in his hometown of Würzburg after the war, caused a sensation as early as 1950. Despite nationwide acclaim, international exhibitions, and being awarded several prizes, he continued to develop his work quietly over the decades that followed, from his vibrant early geometric paintings to his more pared-back, elegant, and exciting later works. To mark the centenary of the artist’s birth, the Museum im Kulturspeicher in Würzburg is showing the first-ever retrospective of Stein’s work, exploring his unique position within the international abstract art movement of the twentieth century.
ISBN 978-3-7356-0987-8
18 × 23 cm
180 pages
167 colored illustrations
Softcover
Language: German
Editor
Henrike Holsing, Marcus Andrew Hurttig, Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg
Text by
Christian Grumbach, Henrike Holsing, Johannes Sander, Suse Schmuck
Design by
Polina Bazir, Kerber Verlag
The exhibition is on view until February 23, 2025.

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