A beautifully written and elegantly constructed narrative that explores the intense, complex and far-reaching female friendships among the Surrealists during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. The Militant Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious... Zobraziť viac
From the artist and social media sensation, featuring original artwork never seen before, explore the absurdity and silliness of everyday life - the habits and thoughts that guide each one of us, from growing up to surviving work, from cultivating... Zobraziť viac
A decade’s worth of spectacular works by renowned glass artist Jeff Zimmerman, a maker at the height of his creative powerCovering the most creative period of this premier glass artist’s output, Jeff Zimmerman: Glass Light Space documents how he has... Zobraziť viac
A selection from the memoir of Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, the renowned eighteenth-century French portraitist and one of the most important women painters in art historyIn her memoir, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun offers a candid and thoroughly... Zobraziť viac
Citing a range of examples, this title shows the ways in which artists have been influenced by museum systems and made their works into simulations of the museum. It also shows how artists have questioned the role of museums, observed their practices, int Zobraziť viac
A vibrant survey of contemporary Antipodean portrait painters by curator and bestselling author Amber Creswell Bell.‘Portraiture is like an alchemy of the physical and the intangible into painted materiality’ Yvette CoppersmithSince the advent of the... Zobraziť viac
Over 100 global artists working with collage, as chosen by art experts, now available in paperback for the first time Collage is an artistic language comprising found images, fragmentary forms, and unexpected juxtapositions. While it first gained... Zobraziť viac
With more than eight million visitors a year, the Louvre is the museum with the most visits in the world. Its extensive collection of paintings reflects the history of European art from the 13th to the early 19th century. With over 400 plates, detail... Zobraziť viac
Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik, or Chronicle of the World (better known today as the Nuremberg Chronicle, after the German city in which it was created), was a groundbreaking encyclopedic work and at the time the most lavishly illustrated book ever... Zobraziť viac
A non-fiction graphic novel that tells the story of a century of revolutionary contemporary art.How did a urinal become art? And a can of tomato soup, a tent, a pickled shark... How do you get at one of the world’s most powerful governments by smashing... Zobraziť viac
A career-spanning survey of the celebrated and resonant work of Arthur Jafa... Zobraziť viac
A unique survey of the explosion of avant-garde art in 1960s Japan. We've all heard of Paris 1968, but in Japan, a movement just as revolutionary, interesting and enduring was underway. The turbulent times of the post-war era inspired an artistic... Zobraziť viac
Discover this splendid monograph on Georges Seurat, from the Les Carrés d'Art collection. The artist is the master of pointillism/divisionism. It is very popular with the public, and most of his works have been purchased by American museums. Zobraziť viac
Explore Rome's artistic legacy. This book unveils the Eternal City as a pivotal hub for Renaissance and Baroque architecture and painting. Zobraziť viac
Subject to passionate controversy during his lifetime, the work of Joseph Beuys is now considered one of the most significant and influential contributions to twentieth-century fine arts. This book provides a survey of Beuys's oeuvre, which he viewed... Zobraziť viac
Lavishly illustrated, this catalogue explores the role of the automobile as both object and subject in interwar France, a period of exceptional creativity, innovation and turbulence. Expansive and interdisciplinary, Roaring illuminates the rich... Zobraziť viac
A political history of the fabled institution and its intersections with feminist representation in artThe first women students to attend Yale University were members of its School of Art, who were present upon the school's inauguration in 1869.... Zobraziť viac
A manifesto for museological change that examines the outcome when acquisitions policies, permanent collections and exhibitions become increasingly important battlegrounds for social justice. Museums are facing a reckoning. Thrust to the forefront of... Zobraziť viac
An unprecedented and historic new book, The First Homosexuals traces the evolution of the homosexual identity through an archive of more than 300 paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, photographs, and film stills from around the world – many... Zobraziť viac
