Art and society
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This Is What I Know about Art
$8.99 Add to cart“Drew’s experience teaches us to embrace what we are afraid of and be true to ourselves. She uses her passion to change the art world and invites us to join her.”–Janelle Monç–‡, award-winning singer… [more below]
- Series: Pocket Change Collective
- Author: Drew, Kimberly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0593095189
- Language: English
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Banksy: Completed
$39.95 Read moreThere’s more to Banksy than the painting on the wall: the first in-depth investigation into the mysteries of the world’s most famous living artist.
Banksy is the world’s most famous living artist, yet- Author: Diehl, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0262046245
- Language: English
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Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time
$26.00 Read moreA profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form.
“Darkness is not empty,” writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a book that meditates on what it means to sustain our humanity–and witness t- Series: Berlin Family Lectures
- Author: Cole, Teju
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 27 2021
- ISBN10: 022664135X
- Language: English
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Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies
$22.95 Read moreVenus, maiden, wife, mother, monster–women have been bound so long by these restrictive roles, codified by patriarchal culture, that we scarcely see them. Catherine McCormack illuminates the assumpti
- Author: McCormack, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0393542084
- Language: English
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Figuring
$21.00 Add to cartNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE AND BOOKPAGE
Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figur- Author: Popova, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0525565426
- Language: English
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The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
$20.00 Add to cart“If you want to write, paint, sing, compose, act, or make films, read The Gift.” –from the Introduction by Margaret Atwood
A modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time and- Author: Hyde, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1984897780
- Language: English
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A Year in the Art World: An Insider’s View
$16.95 Read moreOver the last few decades, the contemporary art world has become increasingly globalized and more visible than ever before. And yet, in many ways it remains closed and obscure. What actually happens b
- Author: Israel, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0500297088
- Language: English
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Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters
$34.95 Read moreA new and stimulating way of looking at Old Master paintings with a foreword by Hanya Yanagihara, contributions by Jonathan Anderson, Jessica Bell Brown, Christopher Lew, Jason Reynolds, Legacy Russel
- Author: Ng, Aimee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1913875393
- Language: English
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Global Objects: Toward a Connected Art History
$52.00 Add to cartA bold reorientation of art history that bridges the divide between fine art and material culture through an examination of objects and their uses
Art history is often viewed through cultural or natio- Author: Cooke, Edward S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0691184739
- Language: English
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Street Art for the Planet
$19.95 Add to cartActivism and street art have been fellow travelers for ages and as it turns out the concerns of environmentalists are particularly well suited for direct visual actions in the streets. A sequel to the… [more below]
- Author: Tapies, Xavier
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1584237902
- Language: English
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Women, Art, and Society
$34.95 Add to cartArt historian Whitney Chadwick’s acclaimed bestselling study challenges the assumption that great women artists are exceptions to the rule who “transcended” their gender to produce major works of art.
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Chadwick, Whitney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 050020456X
- Language: English
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Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time
$17.00 Add to cartA profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form.
“Darkness is not empty,” writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a book that meditates on what it means to sustain our humanity–and witness t- Series: Berlin Family Lectures
- Author: Cole, Teju
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0226823865
- Language: English
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Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
$28.95 Read moreSome five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of unearthly beauty. A star of Florence’s art world, he was commissioned by a member of the city’s powerful Me
- Author: Luzzi, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1324004010
- Language: English
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Kaws: What Party (Black on Pink Edition)
$59.95 Add to cartA comprehensive monograph on the work of KAWS, one of the most sought-after artists and creative forces of our time
Drawing from Pop art traditions, KAWS’s work straddles the line between fine art a
- Author: Watanabe, Gen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1838663940
- Language: English
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Art of Protest: Creating, Discovering, and Activating Art for Your Revolution
$19.99 Add to cartFrom Keith Haring to Extinction Rebellion, the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter, what does a revolution look like? Discover the power of words and images in this thought-provoking look at p… [more below]
- Author: Nichols, de
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1536223255
- Language: English
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Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex
$24.95 Add to cartThe portrait of a young artist making both a living and a life
As a young artist trying to make a living in New York without sacrificing all her time to paying rent, Sophia Giovannitti turned to sex w- Author: Giovannitti, Sophia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1839766700
- Language: English
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The Power of Art: A Human History of Art: From Babylon to New York City
$39.95 Add to cartAn epic work of art history that will transform our understanding of the world by unlocking the human stories behind millennia of art.
Taking readers from ancient Babylon to contemporary Pyongyang, t- Author: Campbell, Caroline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: January 02, 2024
- ISBN10: 1639365494
- Language: English
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Museum Bums: A Cheeky Look at Butts in Art
$19.95 Add to cartBased on the eponymous viral Twitter account, Museum Bums, a celebration of classical art, history, and shapely derri鑽es, encourages readers to learn something new while still managing to have a chu… [more below]
- Author: Small, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1797218506
- Language: English
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The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters
$39.95 Add to cartArriving as a young writer in an ancient Dutch town, Benjamin Moser found himself visiting–casually at first, and then more and more obsessively–the country’s great museums. Inside these old buildin
- Author: Moser, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324092254
- Language: English
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Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night
$32.00 Add to cartFrom the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of How to Be an Artist a deliciously readable survey of the art world in turbulent times
Jerry Saltz is one of our most-watched writers about art- Author: Saltz, Jerry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 059308649X
- Language: English
