Alberto Giacometti, the sculptor and painter who ... The figures from this period, such as “Walking Man”, are probably Giacometti’s best-known works. They later regained a sense of volume ...

Michael Peppiatt's 2010 book provides a fascinating insight into Giacometti's studio. 1. As a young artist in 1926 Giacometti took a studio on whim at 46 rue Hippolyte. It was a small, dark ...

Image caption, Walking Man I, Alberto Giacometti, 1960, bronze Alberto Giacometti’s statues use stretched proportions to show tall thin figures, like in Walking Man I (1960). Giacometti stripped ...

There are some situations, proposes Christian Klemm, deputy director at the Kunsthaus Zürich and curator of the museum’s new cabinet exhibition, Alberto Giacometti – The Art of Seeing, in which this ...