Raue LLP advised scientific publisher De Gruyter on the acquisition of Deutscher Kunstverlag GmbH.
Effective 1 January 2018, De Gruyter will acquire the publisher Deutscher Kunstverlag GmbH, Berlin (DKV) and will continue the renowned brand as an imprint. The DKV publishing program includes all areas of art, architecture, photography, historic preservation, archeology, design, crafts and will complete and strengthen the publishing programs in arts, architecture, landscape design and design at De Gruyter and its imprints.
In addition, DKV publishes exhibition catalogues, dissertations, yearbooks, art and museum guides as well as monographs. DKV currently has 800 titles in print in German and English as well as three journals in the areas of architecture, historic preservation and art history. De Gruyter will further invest in the digitization of the program and will expand relations with the relevant international institutions.
(1 November 2017)