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Ivan Durrant is one of Australian art's great provocateurs. He first achieved widespread public attention in the 1970s with a series of controversial, politically inspired happenings, but in the ensuing...

The first and highly-anticipated monograph on one of the most successful and exciting painters today. Swiss-born Nicolas Party is an artist known for his colour-saturated paintings of everyday objects. He...

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Art was more important than anything else for the founder of modern sculpture, who created sculptures that would enjoy a lasting renown, including The Kiss, The Thinker, and The Burghers...

After a long and intensive preparation, Wassily Kandinsky frees a work of art with its own expression and timbre. Wassily Kandinsky started a new art movement that was adopted by...

An accessible introduction to the life and work of this trailblazing pioneer of early modernism, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Royal Academy, London. Paula Modersohn-Becker is...

Drawing on hundreds of interviews with Allen himself, his family members (including actor and poet Jo Harvey Allen, his wife and artistic partner of more than sixty years), and his...

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'A rollicking cultural adventure... fascinating and true' - Grayson PerryThis funny and personal memoir is the account of an audacious attempt by James Birch, a young British curator, to mount...

This astonishing memoir of a childhood lived in extreme poverty in Latin America was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nine years after the...

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This is a story about rivalry among artists. Not the kind of rivalry that grows out of hatred and dislike, but rather, rivalry that emerges from admiration, friendship, love. The...

From a private collection in Italy, these previously unpublished works by Francis Bacon are presented here in thematic sections, each of which is preceded by a short introductory text. Nearly...

As stubborn as she was gifted, as fierce as she was tender, and notorious for her mannish dress that was provocative and chic in equal measure, Gluck was an artist...

Giovanni Canavesio, a Piedmontese artist-priest active in the last decades of the fifteenth century in the southern Alps, left behind a significant body of work, including pictorial cycles and altarpieces....

She was known as "the girl with the ponytail" and her image has become one of the art world's most iconic. Sylvette David was a shy girl when she met...

WINNER of the W. E. Fischelis Award from the Victorian Society in America.Accompanying a major exhibition, this is the first book devoted to the career of this renowned American painter...

Pulitzer Prize?winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable?s biography of America?s greatest architect Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his...

Writings by Thomas Hirschhorn, collected for the first time, trace the development of the artist's ideas and artistic strategies.For the artist Thomas Hirschhorn, writing is a crucial tool at every...

The first time a collection of Landseer's drawings have been brought together alongside a fascinating history of his life and timesRichard Ormond is an independent art historian.

Japanese-born artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi's career and art evolved from innocence and early success to complexity and disillusionment. Born in Japan in 1889, Kuniyoshi arrived in the United States as a...

A sumptuous journey into the vibrant world of Parisian jewelry designer Marie-Helene de Taillac, renowned for her traditional craftsmanship, colorful gemstones, and exotic inspirations. The French designer s first-ever monograph,...

A ForeWord magazine Book of the Year for 2007 Charismatic, highly intelligent, and splendidly talented, Fanny Kemble (1809-93) was a Victorian celebrity, known on both sides of the Atlantic as...

Although the three prominent modernist artists Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Barnett Newman (1905-1970), and Dan Flavin (1933-1996) each belong to a different generation, all of them have devoted their creativity to...

One of the greatest German painters of the 20th century, Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950) came to America in the mid-1940s and settled in St. Louis. There he met the...

Otherworldly, provocative, and strange, Awake in the Dream World channels the looming, historical grimness of the classic fairy tale, illuminating the dichotomy between the real and imagined through the context...

A German painter and sculptor of Jewish origin, Otto Freundlich was widely known in the art circles of his day. He was on close terms with the leading artists of...

A companion to an exhibition inspired by the work of celebrated American painter and critic Manny Farber, this book explores Farber's concept of "Termite Art," an argument for the vital...

Matisse and Engraving explores all of the engraving techniques used by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) from 1900 until the end of his life. Though Matisse is known primarily for his mastery...

Author: Author Gerhard Richter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 338 In 1988, Gerhard Richter created one of the most controversial and fascinating political painting-cycles of all time, with his Baader-Meinhof...

Author: Anthony Parton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A revolutionary multi-media artist and flamboyant iconoclast, Mikhail Larionov galvanized the Russian art scene in the early 20th century, striving for...

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...

An in-depth examination of the crucial role that Amsterdam played in Rembrandt's evolution as an artist Around the age of 25, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) moved from his hometown of...

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...

A unique insight into the life and art of Sean Scully, an internationally celebrated artist and creative practitioner at the height of his powers. Sean Scully's paintings of brushy stripes...

They were not only two of the outstanding artists of the Bauhaus, but also a well-known couple. Their many famous works and the artists they influenced as teachers and role...

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Author: Will Gompertz Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 The internationally bestselling author on how art can help us appreciate life in all its strange and exhilarating beauty Artists have...

Author: Matthew Plampin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 'A captivating tale ...This novel is a delight' THE TIMES 'A terrific novel ... It springs off the page' DEBORAH MOGGACH...

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Author: Thomas Schutte Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 114 Pairing a selection of recent watercolours from 2011 and 2012 by Thomas Schutte with a selection of previously unpublished poems by...

Author: Phaidon Editors Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 The essential survey showcasing the work of more than 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Latin America Latin...