Tag: book review

Get the Picture – book review

In this brilliant and amusing book, journalist Bianca Bosker infiltrates the world of art and the gallerists, collectors, curators and artists who people it. In her effort to understand what makes good art, she treks to numerous art shows, spends…
Stalin’s Architect: Power and Survival in Moscow – book review

This fascinating book is as much about the history of Stalinist Russia as it is about Boris Iofan, the architect whose grand buildings defined the era, yet whose work was so closely tied to the dictator’s whims
Tess Jaray: Thinking on Paper by Tess Jaray – book review

With work from 1960 to 2000 reproduced as found, with rubbings and calculations, Jaray’s book offers a rare insight into the creative act
Visions of Heaven: Dante and the Art of Divine Light by Martin Kemp – book review

In this lavishly illustrated and intriguingly written book, Kemp explores how Dante influenced the work of Renaissance and baroque artists
El Anatsui: Art and Life – book review

Susan Mullin is both an expert on and a friend to the Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui. This second edition of her must-read book expands on his incredible artistic practice
Destination Art – book review

Indulge in some armchair escapism and travel to deserts forests and ghost towns, as art historian Amy Dempsey takes us on a tour of permanently sited artworks around the world
Young Poland: The Polish Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890-1918 – book review

The range of work to emerge from the Young Poland movement is staggering and this well-researched, beautifully illustrated book covers everything from furniture and textiles to wood carvings and toys, as well as interiors and paintings
The 20 best art books of 2020

With many galleries and museums shut, art books have become more important than ever. Here are 20 of the best to appear this year
The Artist in Time: A Generation of Great British Creatives – book review

With contributions from painters, poets, illustrators and film-makers, including Ralph Steadman, Rasheed Araeen and Frank Bowling, this glossy publication gives older creatives a platform to discuss their daily working habits and motivations, and how their approaches have adapted over the…
A Redefining Moment in the History of Native American Art

Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3 Contemporary Native North American Art from the Northeast and Southeast Museum of Arts and Design, New York City 26 June–21 October 2012