The artists’ group Cobra (1948-1951) was the most important avant-garde movement in post-war Europe. The founding members came from Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. They comprised, among others, Asger Jorn, Pierre Alechinsky, Constant, Corneille and Karel Appel, and their spontaneous and direct manner of painting, their rebellious theories and broad spectrum of creative expression inspired many other artists.
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Re-searching Utopia
This advance companion book to the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale considers the exhibition’s theme of “Fundamentals” by examining the role of the historical utopia in contemporary practice, a subject that has long fascinated architects.

Cobra a Brief History
The artists’ group Cobra (1948-1951) was the most important avant-garde movement in post-war Europe. The founding members came from Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. They comprised, among others, Asger Jorn, Pierre Alechinsky, Constant, Corneille and Karel Appel, and their spontaneous and direct manner of painting, their rebellious theories and broad spectrum of creative expression inspired many other artists.

Constant. Nueva Babilonia
Exhibition catalogue of Constant. Nueva Babilonia at Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid. October 20, 2015 till February 29, 2016.

Miró en Cobra
Catalogue of the exhibition Miró en Cobra at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art from October 10th 2016 till January 31st 2016.

Collection d'art | een galerie
Catalogue with the exhibition Collection d'art, anno 1969 | een geschiedenis van een moderne galerie at the Cobra Museum from January 18 till April 19, 2015.

Constant. New Babylon
Catalogue for the exhibition Constant. New Babylon, the exhibition from October 20, 2015-February 29, 2016 at Museo Reina Sofia.

Cobra | 1000 Days of Free Art
Catalogue for the exhibition Cobra | 1000 Days of Free Art at the Sharjah Art Museum. The exhibition consists of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, works on paper, textiles, films, jazz music, magazines and documentation material from the period 1947 till the early 1960s.

Het streven
In Het streven Hans den Hartog Jager describes the struggle of contemporary art with its unlimited freedom. Freedom which was hard earned mid fifteen century. He wonders if that freedom had led to permissiveness or if new paths will be found for engagement? With amongst others: Francis Alÿs, Renzo Martens, Yael Bartana, Steve McQueen and Constant.

Dutch Art in Detail
Dutch Art in Detail is one of the most beautiful books ever made about Dutch art. It presents 100 Dutch masterpieces through the ages in great detail. The artworks can all be admired in Dutch art collections.