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A LIFE OF HENRI MATISSE- VOLUME ONE, 1869-1908 'Spurling's account of Matisse's first forty years is gripping, full of shocks and colour, judicious and informative' A.S. Byatt, Guardian 'A terrific...

Ten-year-old Jan Senbergs landed with his family in Melbourne in 1950, driven by tragic and violent events in the closing months of World War II from his native Latvia. His...

Through conversation, essays, photos, and drawings, this book documents and explores Francis Alys' new project Seven Walks. Over the past five years, Francis Alys has been walking the streets of...

The outstanding legacy of the Russian goldsmith and jeweler Carl Faberge has captured the public's imagination for many years. During his lifetime, Faberge's extravagant jewelry and "objects d'art" brought him...

In 1970 in Munich Gerhard Richter met Brigid Berlin alias Brigid Polk, Andy Warhol's legendary muse and enfant terrible of New York's high society. This meeting gave rise to Richter's...

Examines the works of Monet from a new perspective, and traces the changes in his style as brought about by the changes and problems in his personal life

The art of Boris Lurie (* 1924, Leningrad) and Wolf Vostell (* 1932, Leverkusen) is determined by the break in civilization in Germany in 1933, which made the German genocide...

Perhaps best known for hyper realistic portraits of subjects from Kate Moss to the heavily tattooed Mr. X and Zoe which take the process of portraiture beyond the photographic medium,...

Bill Viola began experimenting with video art in the early 1970s; today, he is considered one of the foremost proponents of the medium, captivating audiences around the world with his...

Jacob Epstein ranks among the finest and most influential sculptors of this century. Stephen Gardiner knew the Epstein family intimately and draws on personal research and a mass of unpublished...

This is the first monograph on contemporary Belgian artist Stefaan De Croock (b.1982), alias Strook. He is known for his collaged portraits made from reclaimed and found wood, and attracts...

Presenting a stunning new body of works by Hong Kong-born, Melbourne-based artist Kate Beynon, 'An-Li: A Chinese Ghost Tale' marks Art & Australia's second iteration of the Dott Tales series,...

The artist who created the statue for the Lincoln Memorial, John Harvard in Harvard Yard, and The Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts, Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) is America's best-known sculptor...

Kathryn Maple (b. 1989, Canterbury) is an artist specialising in drawing and painting. Her large-scale paintings feature urban, suburban and rural landscapes which are frequently populated by human figures. Her...

Pierre Guariche (1926-1995) was a leading interior architect, furniture, and lighting designer in postwar France. He created a prolific body of work during what is known as the Thirty Glorious...

This intriguing monograph of painter and printmaker Robert Kipniss is an intimate look at a memorable period in his life and career. Robert Kipniss: Paintings and Poetry, 1950-1964 is the...

The three outstanding exhibitions featured in this publication form a trilogy: * The Welfare Show (Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; BAWAG Foundation, Vienna; Serpentine Gallery, London; The Power Plant, Toronto) * The...

The definitive biography of one of the most famous and influential artists the world has ever seen When critics attacked Andy Warhol's Marilyn paintings as shallow, the Pop artist was...

The illustrator Jonny Hannah was born and bred in Scotland, and now lives by the sea in Southampton, but he also resides in Darktown a mysterious coastal town, not found...

Jim Cromartie first came to Nantucket as a college student, but for the past 35 years he has called the island home. As a young artist, his major patron was...

Jean-Pierre Vorlet's images are everywhere, taken all over the world but establishing common ground, transferable and translatable. In spite of a snatch of Italian or a word or two in...

For Armin Mueller-Stahl (* 1930) the time that he can spend alone in his studio is liberating: "When I am drawing, time slips out of my body." Born into an...

A Times and Sunday Times Book of the YearA Wall Street Journal Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the YearA Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA New Yorker...

The first monograph conceived for the international market devoted to one of the most important Chinese contemporary artists. Wang Guangyi is considered one of the emblems of new China, because...

In the past two decades, there have been major developments in Korean art, as the country has opened up under the influence of globalization. This unprecedented book focuses on the...