Contemporary (1945 -)
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Asian Art Now
$60.00 Read moreThe remarkable phenomenon of the twenty-first-century art world is contemporary Asian art. Fueled by a newfound openness in the East, and by an economic boom that has promoted a vibrant cultural confi… [more below]
- Author: Chiu, Melissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 28 2010
- ISBN10: 1580932983
- 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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A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See
$24.95 Read moreExamining the work of contemporary Black artists who are dismantling the white gaze and demanding that we see–and see Blackness in particular–anew.
In A Black Gaze, Tina Campt examines Black contemp- Author: Campt, Tina M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546051
- Language: English
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Art of the Dead
$50.00 Add to cartInspired by The Grateful Dead and featuring interviews and profiles of key artists, Art of the Dead is the story of the vibrant, charismatic poster art that emerged from the streets of 1960s San Franc… [more below]
- Author: Cushway, Phil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 04 2012
- ISBN10: 1593765029
- Language: English
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Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama
$19.95 Add to cartJapanese artist Yayoi Kusama presents Infinity Net, a remarkable memoir that reveals her to be a fascinating figure, channeling her obsessive neurosis into an art that transcends cultural barriers.
- Author: Kusama, Yayoi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 1849762139
- Language: English
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Alex Katz
$160.00 Read moreThe definitive Alex Katz book, like his iconic paintings, is larger than life. With more than 300 images, many unpublished, and a searching profile by an art historian who has studied the painter for … [more below]
- Author: Ratcliff, Carter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 0847866181
- Language: English
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Louise Bourgeois: Paintings
$45.00 Read moreAn unprecedented look at the little-known paintings from Louise Bourgeois’s early years in New York that laid the groundwork for her sculptural practice
“The catalog Louise Bourgeois: Paintings, and t- Author: Davies, Clare
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1588397483
- Language: English
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When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect
$35.00 Read moreA uniquely personal biographical account of Louchheim’s life and work that takes readers inside the rarified world of architecture media
Aline B. Louchheim (1914-1972) was an art critic on assignment- Author: Hagberg, Eva
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0691206678
- Language: English
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Mark Bradford
$49.95 Read moreThe first comprehensive study of the work of one of the most significant abstract painters of his generation.
This timely entry in the Contemporary Artists series focuses on Mark Bradford, the Los Ange
- Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artist
- Author: Hill, Anita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 25 2018
- ISBN10: 071487339X
- Language: English
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Nothing Permanent: Modern Architecture in California
$39.95 Read moreA critical look at the competing motivations behind one of modern architecture’s most widely known and misunderstood movements
Although “mid-century modern” has evolved into a highly popular and ubiq
- Author: Cronan, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1517915201
- Language: English
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Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol
$30.00 Read moreLooking at Andy Warhol’s legacy as maker and muse, this book offers a critical examination of the coalescence of commerce and style.
Merchants of Style explores the accelerating convergence of art and- Author: Degen, Natasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146690
- Language: English
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
$20.00 Add to cartThe work of the artist couple Christo (1935-2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) resists categorization. It is a hybrid of art, urban planning, architecture, and engineering, but above all an aesthetic
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Baal-Teshuva, Jacob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 26 2016
- ISBN10: 3836524090
- Language: English
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The Story of Contemporary Art
$39.95 Add to cartAn instant classic–a lively new introduction to contemporary art that stretches from Andy Warhol’s Brillo boxes to Marina Abramovic’s performance art to today’s biennale circuit and million-dollar au… [more below]
- Author: Godfrey, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0262044102
- Language: English
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The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
$20.00 Add to cartNational Bestseller
The true story that inspired the movie Woman in Gold starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds.
Contributor to the Washington Post Anne-Marie O’Connor brilliantly regales us with the- Author: O’Connor, Anne-Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 31 2015
- ISBN10: 1101873124
- Language: English
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Yasmeen Lari: Architecture for the Future
$39.95 Read moreA rich exploration of the extraordinary life and work of celebrated architect Yasmeen Lari, winner of the 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal.
After more than three decades as a renowned global architect, Yasm- Author: Fitz, Angelika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546094
- Language: English
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Speculation
$26.95 Read moreA wide-ranging investigation of what speculation is, and what is at stake for artistic, curatorial, critical, and institutional practices in relating to their own speculative character.
Engaging with- Author: Vishmidt, Marina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545330
- Language: English
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Sol Lewitt: Four Basic Kinds of Lines & Colour
$16.00 Read moreOriginally published in 1977, Four Basic Kinds of Lines & Colour is a classic artist’s book by preeminent conceptual artist Sol LeWitt
Originally published in 1977, Four Basic Kinds of Lines & Colour
- Author: Lewitt, Sol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1732098662
- Language: English
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Freud
$20.00 Read moreLucian Freud (1922-2011) was interested in the telling of truths. Always operating outside the main currents of 20th-century art, the esteemed portrait painter observed his subjects with the regimen a
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Smee, Sebastian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 15 2015
- ISBN10: 3836560631
- Language: English
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Louis I Kahn: Revised and Expanded Edition
$150.00 Read moreThe esteemed monograph on the globally-revered modern master – includes Roosevelt Island, Four Freedoms Park, which was completed after Kahn’s death
The significance of the work of Louis I Kahn, one
- Author: McCarter, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 23 2022
- ISBN10: 1838663045
- Language: English
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossroads
$57.50 Read moreA rare and poignant compilation of photography and written anecdotes by American photographer and artist Lee Jaffe that captures his close friendship, collaboration, and travels with the artist Jean-M… [more below]
- Author: Jaffe, Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0847871843
- Language: English
