Art and Design

Recent movers and shakers in Art and Design.
Updated November 20, 2024
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All that glitters : a story of friendship, fraud and fine art
Whitfield, Orlando
Paper Book
Waterstones and Independent Book of the Year picks for 2024A 2024 Summer Read in the Economist, Telegraph, Guardian, New Yorker, i, and the Evening Standard'An art world Great Gatsby, deliciously withering and dishy.' Patrick Radden Keefe'A brilliant, devastating exposé' William Boyd'Explosive ......
Get the picture : a mind-bending journey among the inspired artists and obsessive art fields who taught me how to see
Bosker, Bianca
Paper Book
In Cork Dork, Bianca Bosker trained her insatiable curiosity, journalist's knack for infiltrating exclusive circles and eye for unforgettable characters on the wine world as she trained to become a sommelier. Now she brings her whip-smart yet accessible sensibility along for a...
Saving Michelangelo's Dome : How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution
Kalayjian, Wayne.
Paper Book
In 1742, when the legendary dome atop St. Peter's Basilica--designed by Michelangelo--cracks and threatens to collapse, Pope Benedict XIV summons three mathematicians whose groundbreaking ideas spark a revolution in the world of architecture. 1742: the famous dome atop Saint...
The story of drawing : an alternative history of art
Owens, Susan
Paper Book
Drawing is at the heart of human creativity. The most democratic form of art-making, it requires nothing more than a plain surface and a stub of pencil, a piece of chalk or an inky brush. Our prehistoric ancestors drew with natural pigments on the walls of caves, and every subsequent culture has...
Still : the art of noticing
Hoffman, Mary Jo
Paper Book
The astonishing culmination of the artist-author's decade-plus project to capture beauty, commemorate place, and see the world more fully Every day (every single day) for over a decade, Mary Jo Hoffman has made a photograph of found nature - no subject too small or too ordinary. For...
Paris in Ruins : Love, War and the Birth of Impressionism
Smee, Sebastian
Paper Book
Impressionism remains wildly popular. Crowds flock to exhibitions by its greatest artists: Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro. But as Sebastian Smee shows in Paris in Ruins, a book of great narrative sweep and vivid detail,...
The Design of Books : An Explainer for Authors, Editors, Agents, and Other Curious Readers
Berne, Debbie.
Paper Book
Seasoned designer Debbie Berne presents an accessible introduction to book design for authors, editors, and other book people.   Design is central to the appeal, messaging, and usefulness of books, but to most readers, it's mysterious or even invisible. Through...
Cute Creature Art Class : Learn to Draw over 50 Magical Monsters
Lord, Naomi
Paper Book
Enhance your drawing skills and create 57 anime fantasy creatures following simple step-by-step tutorials.
Michelangelo : the last decades
Vowles, Sarah
Paper Book
Accompanying a major exhibition at the British Museum in May 2024, this booklet features spectacular loans from the Vatican Library and the Louvre, placing one of the world's finest collections of Michelangelo drawings within the broader context to the rest of his works. ...
Yoko Ono: Music Of The Mind
Bingham, Juliet.
Paper Book
Tate Modern exhibition: 15 February - 1 September 2024 An extraordinary publication with new research and writing on world renowned Japanese multi-media artist, singer, songwriter and peace activist, Yoko Ono (born 1933). Yoko Ono is an artist who has made an indelible...
Art unpacked : 50 works of art - uncovered, explored, explained with over 850 images
Wilson, Matthew (Art historian)
Paper Book
A down-to-earth, visual guidebook that shows how to 'read', understand and get the most out of art. For beginners, art history might seem a daunting subject with complex rules and impenetrable technical language. Even for more seasoned art lovers the question of how to think...
How Banksy saved art history
Grovier, Kelly
Paper Book
Grovier's book reframes [Banksy's] works in a new light. Inextricably linked to Da Vinci, Monet and Van Gogh, Banksy not only makes art but reinvigorates it - Daily Mail A new take on the history of art - from da Vinci to Warhol - as reinterpreted and ultimately...
Seven wonders of the ancient world, the
Hughes, Bettany
Paper Book
From SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author Bettany Hughes'A wondrous wonderful achievement' Stephen Fry 'Fascinating' Observer 'Thrilling' GuardianTheir names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The...
Fitzroy 1974
Ashton, Robert
Paper Book
First published in 1974, Into the Hollow Mountains was a landmark book featuring black-and-white images taken by Robert Ashton around the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, alongside original writing from local creatives including author Helen Garner. Fitzroy 1974 presents an authentic...

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