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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - softcover/card cover in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. At the height of the Young...

Discover the love affairs that inspired art's greatest masterpieces. Whether in the throes of passion, enduring the pain of unrequited love, or basking in the joy of a wonderfully supportive...

First published in 1996, this irreplaceable resource has now been updated, revised, and expanded by Kristine Stiles to represent thirty countries and more than one hundred new artists. Stiles has...

Author: Kyung AnFormat: Hardback, 148mm x 196mm, 320g, 136 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2020What is contemporary art? What makes it 'contemporary'? What is it for? And why...

Key Moments in Art describes fifty pivotal moments - some famous, others unfamiliar - from the Renaissance to the present day. Vivid, colourful vignettes capture the excitement of their times:...

For the exhibition The Desert presented in 2000, the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain asked a selection of international artists to visit deserts and produce a work that would reflect...

Thousands of artists' masterworks, their cultural significance beyond measure, have been stolen from public view. Each disappearance from museums around the world represents an incalculable loss - often a permanent...

The Courtauld houses one of the United Kingdom's great art collections, displayed in the magnificent historical setting of Somerset House in central London. This publication presents a selection of its...

Street Art is a phenomenon and subcultural movement that reaches from the darkest urban backstreets to the most glamorous international art fairs. Simon Armstrong examines how it evolved from its...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew institutions in the world can rival the sheer breadth and grandeur of Munich's Alte Pinakothek, one of...

Author: Alex JohnsonFormat: Hardback, 138mm x 216mm, 580g, 464 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2021Art Day by Day presents snapshots of the most exciting, unusual and noteworthy art...

This book explores and discusses both the most influential artists internationally, from Muybridge to Robert Rauschenberg, Bill Viola and Pipilotti Rist, and seminal works which have radically transformed the map...

Author: Simon Morley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 As artists push further and further beyond their, and our, comfort zones, this book aims to help decipher the bizarre and...

Part historical narrative, part modern fiction, the book consists of two interlinked stories: the first focuses on the 18thcentury painter Thomas Girtin and his relationship with his friend and rival...

A landmark publication tracing the final months of Van Gogh's life. Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodStanding as one of the world's great repositories of Western European painting, the National Gallery in London houses a collection that spans seven centuries...

Author: Matthew IsraelFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 580g, 256 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2020In the last few decades, the world of contemporary art has become more globalized...

Hermann Nitsch produced his first "poured" paintings around 1960. In this form of action painting, the artist is primarily concerned with the substance of the paint, which he investigates from...

Lucian Freud (1922-2011), widely regarded as the greatest figurative painter of our time, spent seven months painting a portrait of the art critic Martin Gayford. The daily narrative of their...

Author: Martin Gayford Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 In the course of a career thinking and writing about art, Martin Gayford has travelled all over the world both to...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling art history volume chronicles the revolutionary impact of artists like Vincent van...

In this irreverent, gossipy, questioning and amazingly well-informed inside story, BBC Arts Correspondent, Rosie Millard, identifies The Tastemakers, the cultural movers and shakers - artists, dealers, curators, art teachers, entrepreneurs...

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Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld prize ______ 'Sumptuous. Elegant, beautifully paced... completely absorbing' The Guardian 'Extraordinary... a triumph' New Statesman 'Audacious' Financial Times ______Proust's oceanic novel In Search of Lost Time...

Author: Matthew IsraelFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 260g, 256 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023A panoramic insider's account of the global art industry, revealing the fascinating but mysterious...

Author: Martin Gayford Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 In the course of a career thinking and writing about art, Martin Gayford has travelled all over the world both to...

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Author: Matthew IsraelFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 260g, 256 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023A panoramic insider's account of the global art industry, revealing the fascinating but mysterious...

New edition of the excellent introduction to Gustave Dore's paintings, engravings and illustrations of the world's greatest literature, from The Bible to The Divine Comedy. An artist who worked across...

Author: Claire BishopFormat: Paperback, 140mm x 210mm, 280g, 184 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2023The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival is an artwork, a sculpture, created by Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn in a peripheral...