Artists/ Architects/ Photographers
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The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait
$35.00 Add to cartAn intimate self-portrait of one of the most renowned Mexican artists of the twentieth century, The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait is “a visual document, engaging the eye with a volc
- Author: Fuentes, Carlos
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: August 09, 2005
- ISBN10: 0810959542
- Language: English
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Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book
New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan reveals the life story of the man d
A Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction- Author: Egan, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 06, 2013
- ISBN10: 0544102762
- Language: English
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The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 2: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island
$33.00 Read moreFrom global art superstar Kent Monkman and his longtime collaborator Gis?e Gordon, a transformational work of true stories and imagined history that will remake readers’ understanding of the land call… [more below]
- Author: Monkman, Kent
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 771006470
- Language: English
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Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair
$27.99 Read moreWhat Kirkus describes as a “masterful revelation about life and art imitating each other in maintenance and repair” in a starred review, Dwell Time is an illuminating debut memoir by one of the few pr… [more below]
- Author: Lowinger, Rosa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1955905274
- Language: English
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Hilma AF Klint: A Biography
$35.00 Add to cartA highly anticipated biography of the enigmatic and popular Swedish painter.
The Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) was forty-four years old when she broke with the academic tradition in whic- Author: Voss, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: October 19 2022
- ISBN10: 022668976X
- Language: English
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Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington
$38.00 Add to cartAn illustrated biography of the pioneering British artist and writer, tracing her life and work through the many places around the world where she lived
The British-born artist and writer Leonora Carr- Author: Moorhead, Joanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 22, 2023
- ISBN10: 0691254486
- Language: English
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Dieter Rams: The Complete Works
$64.95 Add to cart“Chances are if you’ve shaved with an electric razor, blow-dried your hair, or sparked up a cigarette in the past 60 years, you owe a debt of gratitude to Dieter Rams.” – New York Times
Made in close c… [more below]
- Author: Klemp, Klaus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: October 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1838661530
- Language: English
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About Ed
$18.95 Add to cartA moving story about love, AIDS, grief, and memory by one of the most adventurous writers to come out of San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ scene.
Bob Gl?k met Ed Aulerich-Sugai in 1970. Ed was an aspiring artist- Author: Gluck, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 1681377764
- Language: English
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Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement
$24.99 Add to cartFive women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this “gratifying, generous, and lush” true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennifer Szalai, New York T
- Author: Gabriel, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 944
- Publish Date: September 24, 2019
- ISBN10: 0316226173
- Language: English
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Monet
$20.00 Read moreHailed the “Prince of the Impressionists”, Claude Monet (1840-1926) transformed expectations for the purpose of paint on canvas. Defying the precedent of centuries, Monet did not seek to render only r
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Heinrich, Christoph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 03 2015
- ISBN10: 3836503999
- Language: English
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Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir
$28.99 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei explores the connection between artistic expression and intellectual freedom t
- Author: Ai Weiwei
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 30, 2024
- ISBN10: 1984862995
- Language: English
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The Lives of the Artists
$12.95 Add to cartThese biographies of the great quattrocento artists have long been considered among the most important of contemporary sources on Italian Renaissance art. Vasari, who invented the term “Renaissance,” … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Vasari, Giorgio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 616
- Publish Date: December 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199537194
- Language: English
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Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
$32.50 Add to cartNamed a Top 100 Must-Read Book of the Year by Time and a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker * Winner of the 2024 Writers’ Prize for Nonfiction * Shortlisted for the Inaugural Women’s Prize for No… [more below]
- Author: Cumming, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 1982181745
- Language: English
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Leonardo Da Vinci
$23.00 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most importa
- Author: Isaacson, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: October 02, 2018
- ISBN10: 1501139169
- 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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Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
$35.00 Read moreNamed one of the Best Books of 2023 by the New Yorker and The New York Times‘ Dwight Garner
“The first comprehensive biography of this hipster magus . . . [John Szwed] allows different sides of Smith’s- Author: Szwed, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 374282242
- Language: English
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Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather
$29.00 Read more“Chasing Bright Medusas should appeal to anyone — novice or expert — ready to explore Cather’s life and work in the company of a critic so alert to the shimmering subtlety of her style and the hard … [more below]
- Author: Taylor, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0593298829
- Language: English
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Michelangelo at Midlife: Chasing the Tomb of Julius II
$28.99 Add to cartA traveler’s quest for Michelangelo’s most troubled work of art–the notorious Tomb of Pope Julius II.
“A delightful combination of art history and light drama.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Like a trip to Italy
- Author: Openshaw, Gene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218283537
- Language: English
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It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth
$12.99 Add to cartA provacative graphic memoir perfect for fans of Allie Brosh’s Solutions and Other Problems
– Thorogood is the winner of the 2023 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award
– Nominated for two 2023 Ei- Author: Thorogood, Zoe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1534323864
- Language: English
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The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever
$38.99 Add to cartLonglisted for the National Book Award – Shortlisted for the Apollo Book of the Year Award – A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
The never-before-told story of an obscure little street at the low
- Author: Peiffer, Prudence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063097206
- Language: English
