Ridinghouse is a company committed to publishing primary documents, art historical research, first monographs, anthologies of interviews and writings and editions. Established in 1995 by Karsten Schubert

Karsten Schubert

Karsten Schubert is an artists' representative and gallery proprietor working in England.-Karsten Schubert Limited:Karsten Schubert ran Karsten Schubert Limited, initially in collaboration, and with the backing of, Richard Salmon, from 1986 to 1991...

 and Thomas Dane, the organisation has been rapidly expanding since 2004 and it currently produces 8-10 publications a year. Several themes run through Ridinghouse’s books, including anthologies of writings on and conversations with artists, such as Talking Art: Interviews with Artists Since 1976 [2007], edited by Patricia Bickers and ch-ch-ch-changes: artists talk about teaching [2009], interviews by John Reardon. Books that examine the relationship between art and law including The Trials of Art [2007] , an anthology of essays by art historians and lawyers, edited by Daniel McClean, and Dear Images: Art, Copyright and Culture, edited by Karsten Schubert and Daniel McClean. Ridinghouse also publishes PhDs on art historical themes that have been neglected such as Unconcealed, The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77: Dealers Exhibitions and Public Collections by Sophie Richard [2009] and Fault Lines: Art in Germany 1945-55 by John-Paul Stonard [2007], as well as first monographs including Bob Law

Bob Law

Bob Law was a founding father of British minimalist painting and sculpture. He was born in Middlesex, England in 1934, and moved to St Ives in 1957 where he painted and made pots. He had been particularly influenced by meetings with Peter Lanyon and Ben Nicholson in the late 1950s. In 1960 Bob Law...

: A Retrospective [2009] and Michael Landy

Michael Landy

Michael Landy RA is one of the Young British Artists . He is best known for the performance piece installation Break Down , in which he destroyed all his possessions, and for the Art Bin project at the South London Gallery. On 29 May 2008 Landy was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in...

: Everything Must Go! [2008]. Ridinghouse has developed a series of collected reviews and critical texts that charts the gradual reception of a single artist over time; so far these include titles on each Carl Andre

Carl Andre

Carl Andre is an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks to more intimate tile patterns arranged on the floor of an exhibition space Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) is an American...

, Dan Flavin

Dan Flavin

Dan Flavin was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures.-Early life and career:...

 and Robert Ryman

Robert Ryman

Robert Ryman is an American painter identified with the movements of monochrome painting, minimalism, and conceptual art. He is best known for abstract, white-on-white paintings. He lives and works in New York.-Early life and career:...

. Ridinghouse’s recent publication of Goats on the Roof, Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky was an Armenian-born American painter who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. As such, his works were often speculated to have been informed by the suffering and loss he experienced of the Armenian genocide.-Early life:...

: A Life in Letters and Documents – a biography through many voices – includes the artist’s personal letters, the correspondence between friends and family in addition to key contemporary reviews, edited by Matthew Spender.

Ridinghouse’s publications are distributed by Cornerhouse in the UK and Europe and by RAM in North America.

External links

1. Ridinghouse, official website
2. karsten Schubert, Publications
3. Thomas Dane, Gallery