Art & Politics
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Frieze Frame: How Poets, Painters, and Their Friends Framed the Debate Around Elgin and the Marbles of the Parthenon
$17.95 Read more“Frieze Frame is a lucidly brilliant, learned read that wears its learning lightly, inviting the reader into a coterie of artists and intellectuals, traced and uncovered with a poet’s touch.”
–Times L- Author: Stallings, A. E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 235
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1589882008
- Language: English
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The War of Art: A History of Artists’ Protest in America
$29.95 Add to cartHow artists have changed America through direct action
Artists in America have long battled against injustices, believing that art can in fact “do more.” The War of Art tells this history of artist-le- Author: O’Neill-Butler, Lauren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1804296333
- Language: English
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The Disenlightenment: Politics, Horror, and Entertainment
$32.99 Add to cartOne of America’s greatest living literary legends invites you think for yourself in this compelling narrative of manipulation, power, and the human condition.
“Government, like Circe, turns men into s
- Author: Mamet, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 63455099
- Language: English
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Art on My Mind: Visual Politics
$18.99 Add to cartThe canonical work of cultural criticism by the “profoundly influential critic” (Artnet), in a beautiful thirtieth-anniversary edition, featuring a new foreword by esteemed visual artist Mickalene Tho
- Author: Hooks, Bell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1620979268
- Language: English
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But: Life Isn’t Like That, Is It?
$19.95 Add to cartLife’s stories are always prone to disruption and digression, thwarting the neat storybook narrative we love so much.
Almost all of our stories follow the same basic pattern: beginning, middle, end: e
- Author: Whalley, Boff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 9798887440897
- Language: English
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Art in a State of Siege
$37.00 Add to cartAn art historical epic for dangerous times
What do artworks look like in extreme cases of collective experience? What signals do artists send when enemies are at the city walls and the rule of law bre- Author: Koerner, Joseph Leo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0691267219
- Language: English
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Picturing the Border
$40.00 Add to cartA compilation of Latinx photography from the US-Mexico border that foregrounds the complexity and struggle of Latinx borderland communities in the face of widespread fearmongering
The US-Mexico borde- Author: Rivera Fellah, Nadiah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0300278764
- Language: English
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Naked City: A Graphic Novel
$29.99 Read moreIn this long-awaited graphic comedy from an esteemed illustrator and storyteller, three bohemians struggle to answer the question: “Is it possible for an artist to survive in the 21st Century?”
A youn- Author: Drooker, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1506743501
- Language: English
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Tomas Van Houtryve: 36 Views of Notre Dame
$60.00 Add to cartSpecial insider access to the rebuilding process at Notre Dame after the 2019 fire, shot with a historic wet-plate collodion photographic process.
In Tomas van Houtryve: 36 Views of Notre Dame, the vi
- Author: Van Houtryve, Tomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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Kinky Quilts: Patchwork Designs for Gay Men
$49.95 Add to cartSince patchwork quilts are usually displayed in bedrooms where couples engage in sex, why are there so few quilt designs for folks who want a bit of sexual energy in these intimate spaces?
The original… [more below]
- Author: Townsend, Johnny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: May 12 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988084761
- Language: English
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The Politics of Design: A (Not So) Global Design Manual for Visual Communication
$16.99 Read moreMany designs that appear in today’s society will circulate and encounter audiences of many different cultures and languages. With communication comes responsibility; are designers aware of the meaning… [more below]
- Author: Pater, Ruben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 07 2016
- ISBN10: 9063694229
- Language: English
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Poor Artists: A Quest Into the Art World
$24.99 Add to cartThis debut book by the popular collaborative team–heralded as one of the first truly new critical voices of the 21st century– blends real-world experience and poignant storytelling into a provocativ… [more below]
- Author: Puente, Gabrielle de la
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 3791380214
- Language: English
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Protest Art (Art Essentials)
$18.95 Add to cartA well-researched, concise guide to protest art, exploring what happens when artists join forces with radical political movements to foster change. The works and movements discussed in this book emerg
- Series: Art Essentials #20
- Author: Lack, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0500296685
- Language: English
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For Freedoms: Where Do We Go from Here?
$64.95 Read moreThe first monograph of the hundreds of billboards by artist-led coalition For Freedoms, the largest public creative collaboration in American history
Founded in 2016 by Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesm
- Author: Thomas, Hank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1580936628
- Language: English
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Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World
$17.99 Add to cartWhat is the purpose of art in a world on fire? In this exhilarating and deeply inspiring work, Amber Massie-Blomfield considers the work of artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers–such as Gran Fu
- Author: Massie-Blomfield, Amber
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1324078758
- Language: English
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The Art of Protest: Political Art and Activism
$60.00 Add to cartThanks to art’s ability to communicate and influence, it has always had a charged relationship with activism and politics. And, given the tumultuous times in which we live, with traditional democracie… [more below]
- Author: Gestalten
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 3967040119
- Language: English
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The Story of Propaganda in 50 Images
$24.95 Read moreFrom ancient Greek coinage to the sound bites of modern-day political spin doctors, propaganda has existed for thousands of years. But it was in the twentieth century that the art of persuasively comm
- Author: Welch, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0295751282
- Language: English
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You Don’t Have to Fuck People Over to Survive
$22.00 Read moreNew York, 1989: as a decade of activism around the urban housing crisis and beyond comes to a close, legendary graphic artist Seth Tobocman is there to document it all in his bold comic style.
You Don’
- Author: Tobocman, Seth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1849350043
- Language: English
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Poster Man: 50 Years of Iconic Graphic Design
$39.99 Read moreThis collection of over 140 curated posters by the revolutionary graphic artist Seymour Chwast provides context and insight into not only his five-decade career, but the poster genre itself. Since fou… [more below]
- Author: Chwast, Seymour
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0764361228
- Language: English
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The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, Resistance and Rebellion
$24.95 Read moreDrawing on Strummer’s lyrics, interviews and bootleg recordings, as well as interviews with friends and contemporaries like Billy Bragg, The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer reveals the wide-ranging… [more below]
- Author: Gall, Gregor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1526148986
- Language: English
