Ahead of publication, Grace Edquist spoke with the author about his first meeting with Anni and Josef, the controversies of the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College, Anni’s call to weaving, and her enduring wit.
Anni Albers: A Life by Nicholas Fox Weber was published in the English language by Yale University Press in April 2026.
Nicholas Fox Weber has been the executive director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation for four decades. He is the author of iBauhaus, Le Corbusier, Balthus, and Patron Saints, among others. His last book, Mondrian: His Life, His Art, His Quest for the Absolute was published by Knopf . He lives in Connecticut, Paris, and Ireland.