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Mapin Publishing is a reputed publisher of quality illustrated books on India's art and culture. Our publishing programme covers a broad spectrum: fine art, architecture, archaeology, crafts, design, exhibition catalogues, museum collections, performing arts, photography and more. We publish literature under literary imprint, MapinLit, and produce books for children that bring Indian narratives and art-forms closer to young readers. We are based in Ahmedabad, India.

For over 30 years Piper Press has showcased leading Australian artists and art writers through books that are meticulously designed and edited to make contemporary art accessible and inspiring for all. Among their many achievements, Piper Press has been instrumental in the Save Our Sirius campaign in which thousands of people were mobilised to prevent the destruction of the notable Sirius building in Millers Point, Sydney. In raising awareness for the campaign, John and Margaret helped to curate an art exhibition, regular events and marches, and published Sirius: a beautiful book to document the character and lives of the people who live there. Specialising in beautifully produced artist monographs, Piper Press has published books on many of Australia's successful artists including Tracey Moffatt, Fiona Hall, Del Kathryn Barton, Julie Rrap, Patricia Piccinini, Rosemary Laing, Bronwyn Oliver, William Robinson, Euan Macleod and more. We have also published books on architecture, photography and photographers, Asian art and visual arts, and dance books for art educators.

The Beagle Press was established in 1980 by Lou Klepac to publish books on Australian art. Lou Klepac, who during his period at the Art Gallery of South Australia and later at the Art Gallery of Western Australia as Senior Curator/Deputy Director (1974-80), took a special interest with the design and production of exhibition catalogues which made the AGWA 'nationally celebrated' (Alan McCulloch) in the 1970s. In Sydney Lou Klepac has had a long association with the Art Gallery of New South Wales and has produced some of their memorable catalogues: including the catalogues for the major retrospectives devoted to Donald Friend, Arthur Boyd, Jeffrey Smart, Sidney Nolan as well as other Gallery publications such as Australian Art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the catalogue on the work of Giorgio Morandi. The Beagle Press has also produced publications for other institutions including two important volumes for the Powerhouse Museum: Treasures of the Powerhouse Museum and Discovering the Powerhouse; Gold and Civilisation for the opening of the National Museum in Canberra; the James Gleeson Retrospective catalogue James Gleeson: beyond the screen of sight for the National Gallery of Victoria; Artists Tapestries for the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne; and The Genius of Donald Friend for the National Library of Australia. The Beagle Press has concentrated, however, on publishing books on individual artists, devoting some volumes to artists who have been unduly neglected such as Nora Heysen, Hector Gilliland and David Strachan. Among the long list of major monographs are those devoted to John Coburn, William Robinson, Bruno Leti, Margaret Woodward, Fred Cress, Albert Tucker, Jeffrey Smart, Rick Amor, Horace Trenerry and Robert Juniper. An important recent publication was The Fabric of Society. One of the major publications was the acclaimed Australian Painters of the Twentieth Century (2000) which featured the work of 19 important Australian artists from Margaret Preston to Brett Whiteley. The ...