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Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When reclusive, millionaire artist Robert Indiana died in 2018, he left behind dark rumors and scandal, as well as an estate embroiled in lawsuits and facing accusations of fraud. Here, for the first time, are all the pieces to the bizarre true story of the artist's final days, the aftermath, the deceptive world that surrounded him, and the inner workings of art as very big business.
"I'm not a business man, I'm an artist," Robert Indiana said, refusing...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
This intoxicating blend of memoir, biography and art history explores the lives and work of a group of extraordinary women artists, including Hildegard of Bingen, Georgiana Houghton, Agnes Pelton, Emma Kunz and Ithell Colquhoun, who loosely shared the same goal: to communicate with, and learn from, other dimensions.--
Author
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Please Wait by the Coat Room is for readers interested in the art and artists of color that many mainstream institutions and critics misrepresented or overlooked. It presents a view guided by the artists' desire for autonomy and freedom in a culture that has deemed them undesirable or invisible."--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A stunning life of the iconic American artist, Keith Haring, by the acclaimed biographer Brad Gooch. In the 1980s, the subways of New York City were covered with art. In the stations, black matte sheets were pasted over outdated ads, and unsigned chalk drawings often popped up on these blank spaces. These temporary chalk drawings numbered in the thousands and became synonymous with a city as diverse as it was at war with itself, ravaged by poverty...
45) Oh, Olive!
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"They know Olive has the talent to follow in their footsteps.But Olive likes to smear, splatter, splash, and even lick. With a brush in each hand, Olive cascades through town with her friends in tow, painting what she wants to, what she feels-until she reaches her parents' pristine art museum."--
46) Edgar Degas
Author
Publisher
Parkstone International
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Français
Description
Germain Hilaire Edgar Degas (Paris, 1834 - 1917): Dans le cercle des impressionnistes, c'est de Renoir que Degas fut le plus proche : tous deux préférèrent comme motif de leur peinture le Paris vivant de leur époque. Degas ne passa pas par l'atelier de Gleyre et fit probablement connaissance avec les futurs impressionnistes au café Guerbois. En 1853, il commença à faire son apprentissage à l'atelier de Louis-Ernest Barrias et, à partir de...
47) Rembrandt
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt, also known as just Rembrandt, discussing his works and painting style.
49) Edgar Degas
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of Edgar Degas, discussing his works and painting style.
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the early 20th century, English suffragist group the Women's Social and Political Union formed an all-women security unit. Trained by Edith Garrud, these "jujitsuffragettes" fought against abuse and arrest while pursuing long overdue rights"--
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Latin American artists have gained increasing international prominence as the art world awakens to the area's extraordinary art scenes and histories. In an accessible A-Z format, this volume introduces key artworks by 308 artists who together demonstrate the variety and vitality of artwork being made. Focusing on those born, or who have lived, in the 20 Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions of Latin America, and featuring historic and living artists...
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Molly Bauer's first year of college is not the picture-perfect piece of art she'd always envisioned. On day one at PICA, Molly discovers that-through some horrible twist of fate-her full-ride scholarship has vanished! But the ancient texts (PICA's dusty financial aid documents) reveal a loophole. If Molly and 9 other art students win a single game of softball, they'll receive a massive athletic scholarship. Can Molly's crew of ragtag artists succeed...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
The complete last essays of acclaimed writer Peter Schjeldahl, the great New Yorker art critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Foreword by Steve Martin
Introduction by Jarrett Earnest
When the New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl published his widely read autobiographical essay "The Art of Dying" in December 2019, he reported that he had lung cancer and his oncologist had given him six months to live, but his experimental treatment was...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, planning to live there for six months every year. To manage her remote household while she paints, O'Keeffe invited Maria Chabot-a young and naïve would-be writer-to join her. Their tempestuous relationship endured throughout the chaotic years of WW2; the death of Georgia's domineering, philandering husband (famed photographer Alfred Stieglitz); and...
56) Blind eye artist
Publisher
Buffalo 8
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After a tragic accident leaves Justin Wadlington blind in his left eye at age five, he develops a unique artistic ability with no formal art training. Despite growing up without parents and living in emergency shelters on the streets of Philadelphia, Wadlington takes advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and begins a journey of ascension to the highest echelon of the fine art world.
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From watercolor icon Emma Block comes a creativity guide to keeping a sketchbook as an artistic practice, with techniques and sources of inspiration for experimenting, drawing and painting, and seeing the world through a colorful lens"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this raw yet enchanting collection of poems, essays, photographs, and artworks, Tyler Gaca dreamily navigates themes of magic and queerness, offering readers an intimate look inside his mind and his worlds, real and imagined. The writings in Gentle Chaos reflect on growing up queer and in love with magic, discovering yourself and your place in the world, and daring to seek out love and hope. The artworks are dedicated to salvaged antique photographs,...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Both thought-provoking and eye-opening, this radical new history of seven queer lives, including Josephine Baker in Paris and E.M. Forster in Cambridge, illuminates the connections to where they lived, who they loved and the art they created, and celebrates freedom, survival and the hidden places of the imagination."--
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