WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, Milestones: at the heart of creation

203pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Skira, Milan, 2025

ISBN: 9788857253428

This richly illustrated volume on William Kentridge is one of the first in Skira’s new Milestones series, conceived as deeply personal explorations of the daily life, creative process, and inner world of the most important living artists of our time.

The book includes an essay by Kentridge's longtime collaborator Stephen Clingman, a conversation between Kentridge and novelist Julian Barnes, and two Tree of Life pieces specially created for the series that trace the artist’s inspirations, as well as images and plates of seminal works accompanied by Kentridge’s own commentary, a photo essay of the artist in his studio by photographer Jabulani Dhlamini and a “family album” section of previously unpublished images and personal photographs.

William Kentridge (b. 1955, Johannesburg) is internationally acclaimed for his artworks, theater and opera productions. His method combines drawing and erasing, tearing, gestural painting, collage, weaving, casting, writing, film, performance, music, theater and collaborative practices.He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Kyoto Prize, and holds honorary doctorates from Yale, Columbia University and The University of London. He lives and works in Johannesburg.