Founded in 1926 by Christian Zervos, Cahiers d’Art defined itself by the combination of striking typography and layout, abundant photography, and a juxtaposition of ancient and contemporary art of its time. La Revue ceased publishing in 1960, and was reactivated in 2012 on the initiative of Staffan Ahrenberg.

Born in 1957 in Stockholm, Staffan Ahrenberg acquired Cahiers d’Art in 2010 and relaunched it in October 2012 with its eponymous art journal (La Revue). The first new issue in 52 years was dedicated to Ellsworth Kelly. Since 2013, he has published La Revue with artists including Rosemarie Trockel, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Gabriel Orozco, Calder, Picasso, Miró, Ai Weiwei, Christo and Arthur Jafa.

Staffan Ahrenberg organised Le Corbusier. The Secrets of Creativity: Between Painting and Architecture, curated by the late Jean-Louis Cohen, at the Pushkin Museum, Moscow (2012), and Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2013). In 2015, with the Fondation Beyeler and the AVC Charity Foundation, Moscow, he co-organised the futuristic opera Victory Over the Sun, with costumes and sets by Kazimir Malevich, at Theater Basel; later staged at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris.

In 2017, Staffan Ahrenberg opened the Cahiers d’Art – Walther König Bookstore at the Palais de Tokyo Museum, Paris, in partnership with Walther König, the legendary German book retailer. It is now Paris' largest art bookstore. In 2018, he was honoured as a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France, and in 2020 established the Cahiers d’Art Institute, a US non-profit organisation.

Portrait: Staffan Ahrenberg Archive

Since its relaunch, the new Cahiers d’Art has remained faithful to the spirit, graphic identity, and eclecticism of Zervos’ era. It features contemporary artists such as Ellsworth Kelly, Rosemarie Trockel, Ai Weiwei, Arthur Jafa, and Christo, alongside some of Zervos’ favourites – Picasso, Miró, Calder, and others.

Cahiers d’Art collaborates directly with artists or their estates to produce La Revue, which is published in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition includes an original work, signed and numbered by the principal featured artist.

La Revue Cahiers d'Art, 2024-2025, Georg Baselitz, Standard Edition

Calder: Chess Knightmares, 2025

Cahiers d’Art regularly publishes books that focus on important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The monographs are of the highest quality always prepared directly with the artists or their families.

Taryn Simon, The Color of a Flea’s Eye: The Picture Collection

Cahiers d’Art is publishing the Catalogues Raisonnés of Ellsworth Kelly and Frank Gehry.

The Catalogue Raisonné, Paintings, Reliefs, and Sculptures of Ellsworth Kelly is expected to be in five volumes. Edited by Yve-Alain Bois. Volume one, covering years 1940-1953, was published in 2015. Volume two was published in 2021. Volume tree is expected in fall 2026. This five-volume publication contains exhaustive documentation on each of Kelly’s paintings, sculptures, and reliefs.

Ellsworth Kelly, Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Reliefs and Sculpture.Volume One (1940 -1953), 2015. Volume Two, 1954-1958 (2021)

The Catalogue Raisonné of the Drawings, volume one, 1954 to 1968. Edited by Jean-Louis Cohen. Published in 2020. One of eight planned volumes. 

Frank Gehry, Catalogue Raisonné of the Drawings, Vol. 1

A Modern Masterpiece is Reborn: In 1932, Cahiers d’Art published the first volume of the Picasso Catalogue, a project prepared by Christian Zervos in partnership with Picasso himself. This massive undertaking became Zervos’s life work and one of the most influential pieces of scholarship on the 20th century’s most renowned artist. At long last, this historic 33-volume set is available again. The original catalogue, with corrections from Picasso Administration, is now available in French and in English for the first time.

“There are many catalogs of Picasso’s work, but art dealers tend to speak of the Zervos…with reverence.” Sir John Richarson

Cahiers d’Art is honored to present the long-awaited Calder Chess Set. This edition, published by Cahiers d’Art in collaboration with the Calder Foundation, faithfully recreates Calder’s most sculptural and iconic chess set — a true collector’s piece for art and design enthusiasts.

Photo: Calder Chess Set

Cahiers d’Art works with the most important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries from among others Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp to Ellsworth Kelly, Rosemarie Trockel, Thomas Schutte, Ai Weiwei, Arthur Jafa, Christo, and Cildo Meireles. Each collaboration is a celebration of the artist’s individual character and vision.

Photo: Christo at The Floating Piers, a work he made with Jeanne-Claude, on Lake Iseo, Italy, in 2016.Photograph: Wolfgang Volz