Criticism & Theory
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The Painted Word
$17.00 Read moreReissued for today’s reader with a redesigned cover by the renowned artist Seymour Chwast, Tom Wolfe trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this “masterpiece” (The Washington Post).
What has become- Author: Wolfe, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1250338328
- Language: English
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Art’s Properties
$27.95 Add to cartA revisionist reading of modern art that examines how artworks are captured as property to legitimize power
In this provocative new account, David Joselit shows how art from the nineteenth to the twen- Author: Joselit, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0691236046
- Language: English
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Still Life with Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy
$17.00 Add to cartMark Doty’s prose has been hailed as “tempered and tough, sorrowing and serene” (The New York Times Book Review) and “achingly beautiful” (The Boston Globe). In Still Life with Oysters and Lemon he of… [more below]
- Author: Doty, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 19 2002
- ISBN10: 0807066095
- Language: English
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Art as Therapy
$19.95 Read moreTwo authorities on popular culture reveal the ways in which art can enhance mood and enrich lives – now available in paperback
This passionate, thought-provoking, often funny, and always-accessible boo
- Author: Botton, Alain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 24 2016
- ISBN10: 0714872784
- Language: English
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Glenn Ligon: Distinguishing Piss from Rain: Writings and Interviews
$38.00 Add to cartAn expansive volume featuring over two decades of incisive reflections on race, art and pop culture by one of the greatest artists working today
This long-awaited and essential volume collects writings
- Author: Ligon, Glenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 3906915883
- Language: English
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Is Art History?: Selected Writings
$40.00 Add to cartSpanning six decades, this critical compilation gathers Svetlana Alpers’ award-winning writings on art history
A definitive volume of writings by one of the most renowned art historians of the past cen
- Author: Alpers, Svetlana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 420
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79822E+12
- Language: English
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Disney In-Between: The Lost Years 1966-1986
$45.00 Add to cartEmbark on Disney Inbetween, a journey from Walt Disney’s passing in 1966 to the studio’s resurgence in the mid-80s under Roy E. Disney, Michael Eisner, Frank Wells, and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Discover ho… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 9798987058947
- Language: English
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Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art
$21.00 Add to cartA Must-Read: Vogue, Nylon, Chicago Review of Books, Literary Hub, Frieze, The Millions, Publishers Weekly, InsideHook, The Next Big Idea Club,
“[Lauren] Elkin is a stylish, determined provocateur .- Author: Elkin, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1250338018
- Language: English
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The Exceptionally Simple Theory of Sketching (Extended Edition)
$14.99 Add to cartWhen watching a masterful sketcher, it seems that they create elaborate sketches with ease, tracing their pencils on the page and bringing to life rich and detailed drawings. After sweating away hours… [more below]
- Author: Hlavács, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 906369640X
- Language: English
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Over to You: Letters Between a Father and Son
$25.00 Add to cartCompelling and intimate, this collection of never-before-seen letters between the celebrated art critic and essayist, John Berger and his son Yves, an artist, is a moving look at their musings on art,… [more below]
- Author: Berger, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 055338757X
- Language: English
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Plan and Play, Play and Plan: Defining Your Art Practice
$27.95 Read moreA guidebook for artists and those aspiring to be artists
“Visual artist” is a term with manifold variations and meanings. But how, as an artist (or designer, photographer or other “independent creator”
- Author: Schrofer, Janwillem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 26 2018
- ISBN10: 9492095408
- Language: English
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Without Model: Parva Aesthetica
$24.50 Read moreEssays by Adorno on art and cinema, available in English for the first time.
In Without Model, Theodor W. Adorno strikingly demonstrates the intellectual range for which he is known. Taking the premi- Series: German List
- Author: Adorno, Theodor W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: June 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1803092181
- Language: English
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Imagining Sculpture: A Short Conjectural History
$60.00 Read moreA new critical approach to understanding sculpture across cultures.
Imagining Sculpture is the story of the absence of a powerful European idea: Sculpture. In China statues, stele, and other figural o- Author: Abe, Stanley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 19 2023
- ISBN10: 3777437581
- Language: English
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Gerhard Richter: Painting After the Subject of History
$49.95 Read moreThe first full-scale monographic study in English of one of the most important artists of the second half of the twentieth century.
In this first full-scale monograph in English on the German painter- Series: October Books
- Author: Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0262543532
- Language: English
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The Artist’s Estate: A Handbook for Artists, Executors, and Heirs
$40.00 Read moreHow to manage an artist’s estate in the 21st century, with case studies from the estates of de Kooning, Judd, Mapplethorpe and more
Andy Warhol memorably said that “death can really make you look like
- Author: Wurtenberger, Loretta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 3775753370
- Language: English
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Against the Anthropocene: Visual Culture and Environment Today
$25.00 Read moreA critique of the discourse on the Anthropocene and the creative alternatives to it to be found through the arts, sciences, and humanities.
Addressing the current upswing of attention in the sciences,
- Series: Sternberg Press
- Author: Demos, T. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 3956792106
- Language: English
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Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists
$21.00 Read moreAnthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg’s Stealing Rembrandts is a spellbinding journey into the high-stakes world of art theft
Today, art theft is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in the wo- Author: Amore, Anthony M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 03 2012
- ISBN10: 0230339905
- Language: English
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In Conversation, 2020-2021: Dialogues with Artists, Curators, and Scholars
$30.00 Read moreCollected Zoom transcripts from critical talks held by artists and thinkers during lockdown
Compiling deep-dive conversations originally broadcast live on Zoom during the height of the pandemic, this v
- Author: Byers, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1735230537
- Language: English
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Art and Revolution: Writings on Literature, Politics, and Culture
$15.00 Read moreOne of the outstanding revolutionary leaders of the 2Oth century discusses questions of literature, art, and culture in a period of capitalist decline and working-class struggle. In these writings, Tr… [more below]
- Author: Trotsky, Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: January 01 1972
- ISBN10: 0873487389
- Language: English
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Making Matters: A Vocabulary for Collective Arts
$27.50 Read moreA glossary of keywords and concepts for enhancing collaboration in art and design
Collective action often changes the artist’s identity and working habits: from individuality and autonomy to collectivi
- Author: Wesseling, Janneke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 9493246116
- Language: English
