Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König was founded in 1968 by Kaspar and Walther König (originally as Verlag Gebrüder König Cologne/New York). With an estimated 2,500 titles, it publishes mainly modern and contemporary art, photography, architecture and aesthetic theory.
It has an extensive publishing programme, collaborating long-term with some of Europe’s most significant art museums including Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB); Serpentine Gallery, London; Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin; and MUMOK, Vienna, among many others.