Art and Design

Recent movers and shakers in Art and Design.
Updated October 21, 2024
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Get the picture : a mind-bending journey among the inspired artists and obsessive art fiends who taught me how to see
Bosker, Bianca
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Get the Picture is one of the funniest books I've read . . . Brilliant." --The Washington Post "A gripping and often hilarious investigation into the art world. . . . Bosker goes full Tom Wolfe." --...
Chasing Beauty : The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Dykstra, Natalie/ Pagnamenta, Zoe.
Paper Book
The vivid and masterful story of an American original--creator of one of America's most stunning museums--whose own life was remade by art Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from Boston's Fens...
Lost in America : Photographing the Last Days of Our Architectural Treasures
Cahan, Richard/ Williams, Michael.
Paper Book
Lost in America documents the life and death of America's architectural and historic treasures. The book is based on a remarkable archive created by the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), a Works Progress Administration project that still documents the nation's most important buildings.<...
Falling Rocket : James Whistler, John Ruskin, and the Battle for Modern Art
Murphy, Paul Thomas.
Paper Book
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The untold story of the artistic battle between James Abbot MacNeill Whistler and John Ruskin over Whistler's controversial, ground-breaking Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket.
How Art Is Made : The Craft Behind the Masterpieces
Mancoff, Debra N.
Paper Book
How Art Is Made looks at renowned works of art from across the centuries and around the globe and asks the intriguingly simple question - how were these works actually made?
The power of art : a human history of art: from Babylon to New York City
Campbell, Caroline
Paper Book
An epic work of art history that will transform our understanding of the world by unlocking the human stories behind millennia of art. Taking readers from ancient Babylon to contemporary Pyongyang, the eminent curator Caroline Campbell explains art's power to illuminate our lives...
Like love : essays and conversations
Nelson, Maggie
Paper Book
A career-spanning collection of inspiring, revelrous essays about art and artists Like Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson's brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tributes, and critical essays, as...
Barbie: the world tour
Robbie, Margot/ Mukamal, Andrew/ McDean, Craig (PHT)/ Enninful, Edward (FRW)
Paper Book
For the press tour following the record-breaking release of Greta Gerwig's award-winning, acclaimed Barbie movie, producer and star Margot Robbie and her stylist Andrew Mukamal immersed themselves in some of Barbie's most iconic outfits and curated vintage pieces, then...
Meiji Modern : Fifty Years of New Japan
Foxwell, Chelsea/ Bailey, Bradley M.
Paper Book
Charting Japan's unique engagement with modernity during the Meiji era, through an extraordinary selection of objects in American collections   This exhibition catalogue takes a fresh look at the art of Japan's Meiji era (1868-1912), through a vivid selection of...
Architecture : The Definitive Visual Guide
Dorling Kindersley, Inc. (COR)
Paper Book
From ancient dwellings to modern high-tech skyscrapers, discover everything there is to know about the history of architecture worldwide. Covering over 6,000 years of human history, Architecture charts the most important developments in building materials, technology,...

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