Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Histories by Diarmuid Hester
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art
'Hester is a fizzingly brilliant writer' Robert MacFarlane 'Diarmuid Hester's beautifully written psycho-biography explores obscure corners of places as sites of hidden queer histories ... haunted and haunting - totally riveting' Chris Kraus At the turn of the century, in the shade of Cambridge's cloi ...Show more
Watercolor Made Simple: Techniques, Projects, and Encouragement to Get Started Painting and Creating by Nicki Traikos
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art
Learn to paint in watercolor--with joy and confidence--as you explore simple techniques, popular subjects, and simple papercrafting projects. Watercolor is a wonderful medium to explore your creativity, unwind, and have fun. Whether you're new to watercolor painting or looking to expand your skills, ...Show more
Artists at Home (HB) by Susie Hodge
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art
Take a look inside the homes of some of your favourite artists and explore how each one reflected their spirit and creativity. From William Morris and Pablo Picasso to Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo, Artists at Home showcases the quiet retreats, creative hubs, lifelong homes, and holiday escapes of ...Show more
Artists' Letters - Leonardo Da Vinci to David Hockney by Michael Bird
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art
A treasure trove of noteworthy letters, arranged thematically to provide an insight into the lives and work of great artists.
Viewing Velocities: Time in Contemporary Art by Marcus Verhagen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art
Viewing Velocities explores a contemporary art scene caught in the gears of 24/7 capitalism. It looks at artists who embrace the high-octane experience economy and others who steer closer to the slow movement. Some of the most compelling artworks addressing the cadences of contemporary labour and leisur ...Show more
Letters to a Critic: Alan McCulloch's World of Art by Rodney James
$60.00 AUD
Category: Art
Australian art through the letters of leading critic Alan McCullochDescribed as 'arguably the most influential Australian art critic of the last half of the twentieth century', Alan McCulloch's work-as illustrator, critic, gallery director and author-reflected on and documented much of this era of visua ...Show more
Marina Abramovic by KAREN ARCHEY
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Over the past half century, Marina Abramovic has earned worldwide acclaim as a pioneer of performance art. This handsome new book records the first UK exhibition to include works from her entire career. Re-performances of some of her best-known and most radical works appear alongside new works created e ...Show more
London Shopfronts: Illustrations of the City's Best-Loved Spots by JOEL HOLLAND
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art
This love letter to London's most cherished shops celebrates the city's past and present, as well as its diversity and vivaciousness. Illustrator Joel Holland created his first book, NYC Storefronts, because he was missing all the places he couldn't visit in his own hometown during Covid lockdown. Now h ...Show more
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern by Mary Beard
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: The\A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts Ser.
What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book — against a background of today’s 'sculpture wars' — Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and fam ...Show more
Renee So - Provenance by Charlotte Day (Editor); Melissa Ratliff (Editor)
$49.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Monash University Museum of Art Ser.
Renee So' s idiosyncratic practice in ceramics and textiles, and occasionally furniture and glass, is inspired by art history, collections in museums and gendered symbolism. Her work is distinguished by its embrace of craft methods and cross-cultural thinking, an underlying sense of the comedic and a pe ...Show more
Thin Skin by Jennifer Higgie (Editor, Contribution by); Chloe Aridjis (Contribution by)
$49.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Monash University Museum of Art Ser.
Thin Skin is an exhibition of contemporary and historical paintings by Australian and international artists who explore the liminal space between figuration and abstraction. Guest curated by Australian, London-based writer, curator and former editor of frieze magazine, Jennifer Higgie, it features works ...Show more
The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters by Benjamin Moser
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art
A charming and highly personal introduction to the artists of the Dutch Golden Age Twenty years ago, Benjamin Moser followed a love affair to an ancient Dutch town. In order to make sense of the place where he had ended up, Moser threw himself into the world of the painters of the Dutch Golden Age, Rem ...Show more