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Count Moïse de Camondo lived a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears, the Ephrussi, first encountered in his bestselling memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes. Like the Ephrussi, the Camondos were part of belle époque high society. They were also targets of anti-semitism. Camondo created a spectacular house and filled it with the greatest private collection of French eighteenth-century art for his son to inherit. But when Nissim was killed in the First World War, it became a memorial and, on the Count's death, was bequeathed to France. The Musée Nissim de Camondo has remained unchanged since 1936. Edmund de Waal explores the lavish rooms and detailed archives and uncovers new layers to the family story. In a haunting series of letters addressed to the Count, he tells us what happened next.

Published to mark the display of library of exile at the British Museum, this beautifully produced new book reflects on the themes raised by de Waal's thought-provoking work of art. A preface by Booker Prize-nominated author Elif Shafak reflects on the importance of literature and its capacity to transcend language and borders. The introduction from Hartwig Fischer, Director of the British Museum, positions the artwork within the wider context of the Museum's collection, highlighting the dialogue between objects from across time and throughout history and the contemporary. Finally, de Waal concentrates on the work itself, its journey to the British Museum via Venice and Dresden, and its future role in the foundation of the New University Library in Mosul.

Charlotte Verity's paintings come about slowly during many hours of intense looking and close observation. She is preoccupied by the changing nature of the visual world, natural light and the passing seasons.This volume offers great insight into a body of work from the last five years. 'In these paintings', Edmund de Waal writes, 'the seasons ebb is marked. They are a calendar, a series of poems tracing one full moment and then another.'Accompanied by 37 images, it includes an in-depth conversation between Garry Fabian Miller and the artist, Verity's Sky an essay by Paul Hills is especially perceptive about the importance of light in her work, and Edmund de Waal has written an incisive and poetic response to her paintings.The artist Garry Fabian Miller uses camera-less photography to explore the nature and possibilities of light.Paul Hills is Professor Emeritus at the Courtauld Institute, and is author of Light in Early Italian Painting (1987). Edmund de Waal is an artist whose books have won numerous awards.Published to accompany the exhibition, Charlotte Verity: New Paintings at Purdy Hicks, London (23 November - 23 December 2016).

Presents photographs of the celebrated netsuke collection - 264 Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox. From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to post-war Tokyo, the author traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his family.