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Discover Joan Mitchell’s powerful and dynamic work—spotlighted in this book as never before“An entry for one of the best shows of 2022. . .. Mitchell, then in her 50s, reaches peak form in gathering brushstrokes that flicker and burn like auras on fire.”…
The newest book from the widely revered Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama features her latest monumental and vibrant work and is the first to explore the experience of seeing it from the lens of the visitor“My entire life has been painted here. Every day,…
An intimate testament to the power of friendship between two creative forces—available again in English after more than a century. “I exaggerate, I sometimes make changes to the subject, but I still don’t invent the whole of painting; on the contrary,…
A contemplative exploration of the work of Yun Hyong-keun, a renowned Korean abstract painter, during a transformative period in the early 1980s. 'His brushstrokes bled naturally across the linen or cotton raw canvas -appearing light brown as its fabric…
A follow-up book to the popular Making a Great Exhibition, I Am an Artist offers young readers exciting insights into the many ways artists work and the reasons they make art. Geared to children ages 4 to 8, but with appeal for all ages, this colorful…
Discover the fascinating world of lithography, explore the techniques that make it work, and learn the secrets behind this truly artistic profession. Combining science, art, and history, Meet the Lithographer showcases a centuries-old printing practice…
The cover of this animated journal is Kusama's work Love is Calling-a kaleidoscopic environment of tentacle-like forms covered in the artist's characteristic polka dots. As endpapers, this journal pulls from Kusama's iconic painting series, My Eternal…
In his engaging and penetrating observations of major modern and contemporary visual art, Shiff has written about an impressive range of artists, including Willem de Kooning, Marlene Dumas, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Barnett Newman, Pablo Picasso, Bridget…
"Revelatory and sublime...Her work remains conceptually open enough for viewers to draw their own conclusions, insert their own meaning and feel transported to other glorious worlds." -The New York Times One of the most inventive artists of…
Best known for his iconic print Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as the Great Wave, Katsushika Hokusai was a revolutionary printmaker. His mastery of ukiyo-e in the nineteenth century has inspired generations of artists since, and his works exposed…
Examines the latter half of the 1980s through the lens of international art scenes based at the time in Cologne - arguably the European centre of the contemporary art world - and New York.
Highlighting the rich diversity of effects Albers drew from a narrow range of colors, this publication is based around the groundbreaking Homage to the Square (A) (1950), the inaugural painting in the series that would occupy the artist until his death…
In arguably the most complete exploration of his aesthetic thinking, and certainly the most entertaining, Wilde harnesses his famous wit to demolish the supposed boundary between art and criticism.
In his 1989 book on Balthus-the storied and controversial artist who worked in Paris throughout the twentieth century-Guy Davenport gives one of the most nuanced, literary, and compelling readings of the work of this master. Reading it today highlights…
From acclaimed poet and New Yorker writer Cynthia Zarin comes a deeply personal meditation on two cities, Venice and Rome-each a work of art, both a monument to the past-and on how love and loss shape places and spaces. Here we encounter a writer deeply…
