20th & 21st Century
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By: Bejar, Dan
Friedrich Kunath: The Grand Tour
$79.95HardcoverAdd to cartThe most comprehensive book to date on contemporary artist Friedrich Kunath
Born in former East Germany and now based in Los Angeles, Friedrich Kunath makes work whose core lies in the fusion of the tw
- Author: Bejar, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: November 19 2025
- ISBN10: 1580936768
- Language: English
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By: Whiskey, Kaylene
The Art of Kaylene Whiskey: Do You Believe in Love?
$50.00HardcoverAdd to cartKaylene Whiskey (b. 1976) creates dazzling paintings with brightly colored pop stars rendered in dots and set among her own community in remote Central Australia. She depicts female pop culture icons-
- Author: Whiskey, Kaylene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1760765406
- Language: English
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Romare Bearden: Paris Blues: Painting Jazz
$50.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe first publication to focus on a rarely seen series of jazz-infused collages that explore the African American experience and the artist’s lifelong relationship to jazz music, by one of the most im… [more below]
- Author: O’Meally, Robert G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 084787625X
- Language: English
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By: Akinkugbe, Alayo
Reframing Blackness: What’s Black about “History of Art”?
$38.99HardcoverAdd to cart‘Thorough, accessible, essential’ Katy Hessel, author of The Story of Art without Men
‘A sparkling debut. Bold, eloquent, personal and clear-eyed, Alayo Akinkugbe is a major new voice in writing abou- Author: Akinkugbe, Alayo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1529186404
- Language: English
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The Primacy of Drawing
$85.00HardcoverAdd to cartDrawing has always been an inseparable part of art–making, both as a distinct art form and a crucial step in many other creative visual practice. Yet, its role has faced increasing scrutiny in recent
- Author: Petherbridge, Deanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0500026084
- Language: English
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By: Editors, Phaidon
Vitamin P4: New Perspectives in Painting
$69.95HardcoverAdd to cartAn essential global survey of the most exciting contemporary painters, as selected by the world’s leading art experts
Painting is one of the oldest art forms, with roots in prehistoric caves, ancient R
- Author: Editors, Phaidon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 18 2026
- ISBN10: 1837291128
- Language: English
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By: Warsh, Larry
Niki de Saint Phalle: The Sketchbooks
$39.95HardcoverAdd to cartA richly illustrated collection of previously unpublished drawings by the famed modern artist
The French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle is best known for her Nanas–joyful and brightly colored m- Series: Sketchbooks
- Author: Warsh, Larry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0691272425
- Language: English
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By: Farber, Paul M.
Monument Lab: RE: Generation
$35.00HardcoverAdd to cartBeginning in 2022, the Philadelphia-based nonprofit public art, history, and design studio, Monument Lab, launched a nationwide initiative organized around a central question: Which stories belong in … [more below]
- Author: Farber, Paul M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1439923973
- Language: English
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By: Ramos, Filipa
The Artist as Ecologist: Contemporary Art and the Environment
$49.99HardcoverRead moreHow are contemporary artists responding to the climate crisis? Filipa Ramos takes an original approach to the subject by addressing two parallel strands. She looks firstly at pioneering approaches to
- Series: New Directions in Contemporary Art
- Author: Ramos, Filipa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 30 2026
- ISBN10: 1848225237
- Language: English
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Anni Albers: Constructing Textiles
$55.00HardcoverAdd to cartA beautifully illustrated look at the works of Anni Albers with a focus on the architectural dimensions of her work
Anni Albers (1899-1994) has long been revered as a trailblazing weaver, textile des- Author: Danilowitz, Brenda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0300289154
- Language: English
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By: Droth, Martina
Hew Locke: Passages
$75.00HardcoverAdd to cartAn in-depth look at the innovative career of an artist renowned for his multimedia explorations of colonial and postcolonial power
For the past thirty years, Guyanese British artist Hew Locke (b. 1959- Author: Droth, Martina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0300284683
- Language: English
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By: Berry, Josephine
Planetary Realism: Art Against Apocalypse
$27.95PaperbackAdd to cartTraditions of realism are brought together with the decolonial and ecological concept of “planetarity” to understand a new realism in contemporary art.
The devastation left in the wake of modernity an- Author: Berry, Josephine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 1915609232
- Language: English
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Kutchinsky’s Egg: A Family’s Story of Obsession, Love, and Loss
$30.00HardcoverRead moreA riveting, heart-stopping family memoir that blends art, obsession, and love as the author searches for the spectacular jeweled egg that consumed her father’s dreams–and spelled her family’s downfal… [more below]
- Author: Kutchinsky, Serena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 1668079097
- Language: English
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Emily Mason: Unknown to Possibility
$75.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe first comprehensive survey of a singular voice in New York abstraction, showcasing Mason’s audacious explorations in color and intuitive command of form.
This is the most definitive volume on the- Author: Almino, Elisa Wouk
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 084787575X
- Language: English
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By: O'Reilly, Sally
The Body in Contemporary Art
$29.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe Body in Contemporary Art presents a global survey of art made since 2000 that takes the body as its focus. Examining such areas as nature and technology, identity politics, and the grotesque, wri
- Series: World of Art
- Author: O’Reilly, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0500205043
- Language: English
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By: Ravalec, Amélie
Japan Art Revolution: The Japanese Avant-Garde, from Angura to Provoke
$50.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe 1960s in Japan were a time of profound social change, political unrest, and student protests. The turbulent years of the postwar era inspired an artistic explosion, with the emergence of a revolut
- Author: Ravalec, Amélie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 0500029105
- Language: English
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By: Liebert, Emily
Martin Puryear: Nexus
$65.00HardcoverAdd to cartA comprehensive look at the career of an important American artist, highlighting the global histories, traditions and techniques of production that shaped his work
Over the last five decades, Martin P- Author: Liebert, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 030028392X
- Language: English
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A Little Feminist History of Art: Expanded Edition
$21.99PaperbackRead moreA new, expanded edition of the essential, bestselling book on feminist art
A Little Feminist History of Art is a concise and compelling introduction to the feminist art movement, tracing its evolution
- Author: Mullins, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1849769923
- Language: English
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The Making of Modern Korean Art: The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, Kim Whanki, Lee Ufan, and Park Seo-Bo, 1961-1982
$60.00HardcoverAdd to cartTracing the correspondence and careers of four artists blazing a path for Korean modern art across the globe
Published with Tina Kim Gallery.
From the birth of Korean Informal to the emergence of Dansa- Author: Tschang-Yeul, Kim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1941366767
- Language: English
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By: Karmel, Pepe
Abstract Art: A Global History
$50.00PaperbackAdd to cartIn his fresh take on abstract art, now available in paperback and expanded to include sixteen new contemporary artists from six continents, noted art historian Pepe Karmel chronicles the movement from
- Author: Karmel, Pepe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0500298386
- Language: English

















