Artists/ Architects/ Photographers
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We Flew over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold
$28.95 Read moreIn We Flew over the Bridge, one of the country’s preeminent African American artists–and award-winning children’s book authors–shares the fascinating story of her life. Faith Ringgold’s artworks–st… [more below]
- Author: Ringgold, Faith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 11 2005
- ISBN10: 0822335646
- Language: English
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Matisse at War
$29.00 Add to cartSpotlighting the years during WWII when Henri Matisse and his family defiantly refused to evacuate Nazi-occupied France, this groundbreaking book illuminates the previously untold history of their pas… [more below]
- Author: Gorham, Christopher C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0806544163
- Language: English
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Wayne Ngan, Island Potter: A Portrait by a Friend
$19.95 Add to cartWhen Ngan Gui Wang arrived in Canada at age thirteen to live with his unwelcoming grandfather, he was poor, illiterate, and bereft of his family in China. In school, he faced racist taunts and saw lit
- Author: Tate, Lois Eustis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: October 09 2024
- ISBN10: 9798886796049
- Language: English
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Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cart“This book is so many things I didn’t know I needed: a testament to the work of healing, a raw howl of anger, and an indictment of misogyny’s insipid, predictable, infuriating reign.” –Carmen Maria M… [more below]
- Author: Tendler, Anna Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 166803235X
- Language: English
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Scene: A Memoir
$29.00 Add to cartA kaleidoscopic memoir by acclaimed filmmaker Abel Ferrara, director of the cult classic films Bad Lieutenant, King of New York, and Dangerous Game, offering an unflinching look at his life, career, a… [more below]
- Author: Ferrara, Abel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1668097672
- Language: English
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Oliver Jeffers (the Illustrators)
$29.95 Add to cartA phenomenon of twenty-first-century bookmaking, Oliver Jeffers’s energy and curiosity has driven an extraordinary career that shows no sign of slowing. Only in his forties, he has published an array
- Series: Illustrators #9
- Author: Salisbury, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 050002815X
- Language: English
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Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a Lost Generation Love Story
$22.00 Add to cartA dazzling biography for readers of The Great Gatsby and other Lost Generation authors
Gifted artist Gerald Murphy and his elegant wife, Sara, were icons of the most enchanting period of our time; hand- Author: Vaill, Amanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 20 1999
- ISBN10: 0767903706
- Language: English
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Marshall Rogers: Brightest Days and Darkest Knights
$37.95 Add to cartFrom underdog to icon, Marshall Rogers helped redefine Batman for generations, inspiring readers and up-and-coming artists alike. Initially savaged by editors at DC Comics, his style was uniquely comp… [more below]
- Author: Messer, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1605491306
- Language: English
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Dior by Dior: The Autobiography of Christian Dior
$30.00 Read moreA beautiful gift edition of the autobiography of famed fashion designer Christian Dior
Christian Dior (1905-1957) found fame with his first collection in 1947 when the “New Look” took the world by wo- Author: Dior, Christian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1838510494
- Language: English
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Kusama: Polka Dot Queen
$19.99 Add to cartA vivid portrayal of the life of Yayoi Kusama–Queen of Polka Dots, creator of infinity–from her unusual childhood to international artistic acclaim
From her days in 1960s New York as a proponent of- Author: Elliott, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1914224302
- Language: English
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Artists’ Journeys That Shaped Our World: The Travels That Inspired the Artistic Greats
$18.99 Add to cartFrom epic road trips and voyages into the most remote lands to culture-soaked, tranquil stays in the world’s finest hotels, Artists’ Journeys that Shaped Our World promises you an unforgettable journe
- Series: Journeys of Note #2
- Author: Elborough, Travis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0711268703
- Language: English
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Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney
$35.00 Add to cartFirst published in 1998, Leeming’s landmark biography of Beauford Delaney returns to print
Long out of print, this new edition of David Leeming’s landmark biography of Beauford Delaney (1901-79) featur
- Author: Leeming, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 194917266X
- Language: English
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Stitched & Sewn: The Life-Saving Art of Holocaust Survivor Trudie Strobel
$39.99 Add to cartThe richly illustrated story of a woman who, late in life, copes with the buried trauma of her childhood as a Holocaust survivor by becoming a master needlework artist like her mother, who saved both … [more below]
- Author: Savin, Jody
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1945551763
- Language: English
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Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words
$29.95 Add to cartAn in-depth, perceptive account of the unconventional life of the Moomins’ beloved creator, now available in the United States
Tove Jansson achieved fame as the creator of the Moomins, beloved by gene
- Author: Westin, Boel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1517917298
- Language: English
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Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
$29.99 Read more*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
“This book is so many things I didn’t know I needed: a testament to the work of healing, a raw howl of anger, and an indictment of misogyny’s insipid, predictable, infuriat- Author: Tendler, Anna Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1668032341
- Language: English
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Artists Who Changed History
$40.00 Read moreThis visual celebration of the world’s most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas.
Artists Who Changed History places well-known artists in their histor- Series: DK History Changers
- Author: Dixon, Andrew Graham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0744096960
- Language: English
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Double Exposure: Resurveying the West with Timothy O’Sullivan, America’s Most Mysterious War Photographer
$32.00 Read moreOne of The New Yorker‘s best books of the year so far A Kirkus Reviews Best Nature Book of 2024
“Singular . . . Virtuosic . . . Double Exposure is the best book I’ve read about America . . . in many, m- Author: Sullivan, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0374151164
- Language: English
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Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination
$30.00 Add to cartThe definitive, fascinating, all-reaching biography of Dr. Seuss.
Dr. Seuss is a classic American icon. Whimsical and wonderful, his work has defined our childhoods and the childhoods of our own child… [more below]- Author: Jones, Brian Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 26 2020
- ISBN10: 1524742791
- Language: English
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The Joke’s Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me
$16.99 Add to cartIn the spring of 1970, artist Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for when he met Hunter S. Thompson at the Kentucky Derby. Their remarkable collaboration
- Author: Steadman, Ralph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0156032503
- Language: English
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Double Exposure: Resurveying the West with Timothy O’Sullivan, America’s Most Mysterious War Photographer
$22.00 Add to cartOne of The New Yorker‘s best books of the year so far A Kirkus Reviews Best Nature Book of 2024
“Singular . . . Virtuosic . . . Double Exposure is the best book I’ve read about America . . . in many, m- Author: Sullivan, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1250371759
- Language: English
