[9] In the spring of 2014, the firm's Basic Art Series was criticised in Swedish public media for its focus on male artists.

Malmö Konsthall in Sweden was the first institution to report the disparity highlighted by the artists Ditte Ejlerskov and EvaMarie Lindahl.

[15] This book paved the way for Taschen's GOAT – Greatest Of All Time, an homage to Muhammad Ali, which Der Spiegel called "the biggest, heaviest, most radiant thing ever printed in the history of civilization.

[17] Taschen's Bibliotheca Universalis is a series of famous artworks in an affordable (about 15 euros) hardback format (14 x 19.5 cm).

[19] This book series of 40 volumes, published in the 1990s, provided a comprehensive survey of architecture from antiquity to the present day.

Some dedicated flagship Taschen bookstores, conceived in collaboration with artists and designers such as Albert Oehlen, Beatriz Milhazes, Jonas Wood, Marc Newson, Mark Grotjahn, Philippe Starck, and Toby Ziegler, are located in: The firm has publishing offices in Berlin, Cologne, London, Paris, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong.