Criticism & Theory
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Black Elegies: Meditations on the Art of Mourning
$19.95 Add to cartA poignant, unflinching study of black grief as a form of elegy found in visual art, music, literature–everywhere, if you know how to see it.
In Black Elegies, Kimberly Juanita Brown examines the for- Series: On Seeing
- Author: Brown, Kimberly Juanita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0262551721
- Language: English
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Art’s Properties
$27.95 Add to cartA revisionist reading of modern art that examines how artworks are captured as property to legitimize power
In this provocative new account, David Joselit shows how art from the nineteenth to the twen- Author: Joselit, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0691236046
- Language: English
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Is Art History?: Selected Writings
$40.00 Add to cartSpanning six decades, this critical compilation gathers Svetlana Alpers’ award-winning writings on art history
A definitive volume of writings by one of the most renowned art historians of the past cen
- Author: Alpers, Svetlana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 420
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79822E+12
- Language: English
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Plan and Play, Play and Plan: Defining Your Art Practice
$27.95 Read moreA guidebook for artists and those aspiring to be artists
“Visual artist” is a term with manifold variations and meanings. But how, as an artist (or designer, photographer or other “independent creator”
- Author: Schrofer, Janwillem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 26 2018
- ISBN10: 9492095408
- Language: English
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Picture This: How Pictures Workrevised and Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition
$24.99 Add to cartMolly Bang’s brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise, revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary, that helps provide clarity to the timeless question “what is art?”
“A revised and expanded 2- Author: Bang, Molly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: August 16 2016
- ISBN10: 1452151997
- Language: English
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The Artist’s Estate: A Handbook for Artists, Executors, and Heirs
$40.00 Read moreHow to manage an artist’s estate in the 21st century, with case studies from the estates of de Kooning, Judd, Mapplethorpe and more
Andy Warhol memorably said that “death can really make you look like
- Author: Wurtenberger, Loretta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 3775753370
- Language: English
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Against the Anthropocene: Visual Culture and Environment Today
$25.00 Read moreA critique of the discourse on the Anthropocene and the creative alternatives to it to be found through the arts, sciences, and humanities.
Addressing the current upswing of attention in the sciences,
- Series: Sternberg Press
- Author: Demos, T. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 3956792106
- Language: English
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In Conversation, 2020-2021: Dialogues with Artists, Curators, and Scholars
$30.00 Read moreCollected Zoom transcripts from critical talks held by artists and thinkers during lockdown
Compiling deep-dive conversations originally broadcast live on Zoom during the height of the pandemic, this v
- Author: Byers, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1735230537
- Language: English
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Art and Revolution: Writings on Literature, Politics, and Culture
$15.00 Read moreOne of the outstanding revolutionary leaders of the 2Oth century discusses questions of literature, art, and culture in a period of capitalist decline and working-class struggle. In these writings, Tr… [more below]
- Author: Trotsky, Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: January 01 1972
- ISBN10: 0873487389
- Language: English
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Making Matters: A Vocabulary for Collective Arts
$27.50 Read moreA glossary of keywords and concepts for enhancing collaboration in art and design
Collective action often changes the artist’s identity and working habits: from individuality and autonomy to collectivi
- Author: Wesseling, Janneke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 9493246116
- Language: English
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In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate the World
$25.00 Add to cartBestselling, award-winning writer Simon Garfield returns with an enthralling investigation of humans’ peculiar fascination with small things–and what small things tell us about our larger world.
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1501199587
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Curating: By Hans Ulrich Obrist
$24.95 Read moreA history of the last 50 years of curating told through Hans Ulrich Obrist’s interviews with legendary curators Anne D’Harnoncourt, Werner Hoffman, Jean Leering, Franz Meyer, Seth Siegelaub, Walter Za
- Series: Documents
- Author: Obrist, Hans Ulrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 390582955X
- Language: English
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Clinic of Phantasms: Writings 1994-2002
$18.95 Read moreArtist, gallerist, and writer Giovanni Intra’s inventive approach to art writing provides a guide to the New Zealand and Los Angeles art scenes of his era.
Everything you read about Los Angeles is tru- Author: Intra, Giovanni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1635901650
- Language: English
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Art, Second Edition: A Visual History
$32.00 Read more“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Edgar Degas
Covering every era and over 650 artists, this comprehensive, illustrated guide offers an accessible yet expansive view of art histo- Series: DK Ultimate Guides
- Author: Cumming, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 26 2020
- ISBN10: 074402367X
- Language: English
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An Oblique Autobiography
$20.00 Read moreEssays and reminiscences by one of the preeminent art historians of our time, spanning more than four decades.
An Oblique Autobiography assembles a new collection of essays and reminiscences by one of- Author: Bois, Yve-Alain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1949484084
- Language: English
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The Guardians of Art: Conversations with Major Collectors
$33.00 Read moreThe world’s leading collectors describe their singular passion for acquiring and sharing contemporary art
In The Guardians of Art, DC-based collector Dani Levinas brings together 34 of the most outstan
- Author: Levinas, Dani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 8418934646
- Language: English
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Oh, to Be a Painter!
$15.00 Read moreThe twentieth volume in the renowned ekphrasis series, this collection of Virginia Woolf’s writings on the visual arts offers a whole new perspective on the revolutionary author.
Despite wide interest- Series: Ekphrasis
- Author: Woolf, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1644230585
- Language: English
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How to Understand Art (Art Essentials)
$16.95 Add to cartThe visual arts enrich our lives in so many ways, presenting beauty, emotion, and ideas–but sometimes looking at art is confusing and challenging. This new volume in the Art Essentials series, How to
- Series: Art Essentials #15
- Author: Benton, Janetta Rebold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0500295832
- Language: English
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Slow Spatial Reader: Chronicles of Radical Affection
$29.95 Read moreHow to dissent from enforced temporalities: essays from artists, theorists and more
The essays in this volume chronicle projects and ideas that analyze the nuances of spatial experience: reaching into
- Author: Strauss, Carolyn F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 9492095971
- Language: English
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How to Not Fuck Up Your Art-World Happiness
$14.95 Read moreA light-hearted effort to make the art world a little bit happier, from the cofounder of Larry’s List
After living and working in the art world for the past 15 years, Christoph Noe brought pen to paper
- Author: Noe, Christoph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 3903439703
- Language: English
