Contemporary (1945 -)
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When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect
$37.00 Read moreA uniquely personal biographical account of Louchheim’s life and work that takes readers inside the rarified world of architecture media
Aline B. Louchheim (1914-1972) was an art critic on assignment- Author: Hagberg, Eva
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0691206678
- Language: English
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Mark Bradford
$49.95 Read moreThe first comprehensive study of the work of one of the most significant abstract painters of his generation.
This timely entry in the Contemporary Artists series focuses on Mark Bradford, the Los Ange
- Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artist
- Author: Hill, Anita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 25 2018
- ISBN10: 071487339X
- Language: English
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Nothing Permanent: Modern Architecture in California
$39.95 Read moreA critical look at the competing motivations behind one of modern architecture’s most widely known and misunderstood movements
Although “mid-century modern” has evolved into a highly popular and ubiq
- Author: Cronan, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1517915201
- Language: English
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Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol
$30.00 Read moreLooking at Andy Warhol’s legacy as maker and muse, this book offers a critical examination of the coalescence of commerce and style.
Merchants of Style explores the accelerating convergence of art and- Author: Degen, Natasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146690
- Language: English
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
$23.33 Add to cartThe work of the artist couple Christo (1935-2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) resists categorization. It is a hybrid of art, urban planning, architecture, and engineering, but above all an aesthetic
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Baal-Teshuva, Jacob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 26 2016
- ISBN10: 3836524090
- Language: English
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The Story of Contemporary Art
$39.95 Read moreAn instant classic–a lively new introduction to contemporary art that stretches from Andy Warhol’s Brillo boxes to Marina Abramovic’s performance art to today’s biennale circuit and million-dollar au… [more below]
- Author: Godfrey, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0262044102
- Language: English
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The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
$20.00 Add to cartNational Bestseller
The true story that inspired the movie Woman in Gold starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds.
Contributor to the Washington Post Anne-Marie O’Connor brilliantly regales us with the- Author: O’Connor, Anne-Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 31 2015
- ISBN10: 1101873124
- Language: English
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Yasmeen Lari: Architecture for the Future
$39.95 Read moreA rich exploration of the extraordinary life and work of celebrated architect Yasmeen Lari, winner of the 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal.
After more than three decades as a renowned global architect, Yasm- Author: Fitz, Angelika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546094
- Language: English
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Speculation
$26.95 Read moreA wide-ranging investigation of what speculation is, and what is at stake for artistic, curatorial, critical, and institutional practices in relating to their own speculative character.
Engaging with- Author: Vishmidt, Marina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545330
- Language: English
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Sol Lewitt: Four Basic Kinds of Lines & Colour
$16.00 Read moreOriginally published in 1977, Four Basic Kinds of Lines & Colour is a classic artist’s book by preeminent conceptual artist Sol LeWitt
Originally published in 1977, Four Basic Kinds of Lines & Colour
- Author: Lewitt, Sol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1732098662
- Language: English
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Freud
$23.33 Read moreLucian Freud (1922-2011) was interested in the telling of truths. Always operating outside the main currents of 20th-century art, the esteemed portrait painter observed his subjects with the regimen a
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Smee, Sebastian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 15 2015
- ISBN10: 3836560631
- Language: English
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Louis I Kahn: Revised and Expanded Edition
$150.00 Read moreThe esteemed monograph on the globally-revered modern master – includes Roosevelt Island, Four Freedoms Park, which was completed after Kahn’s death
The significance of the work of Louis I Kahn, one
- Author: McCarter, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 23 2022
- ISBN10: 1838663045
- Language: English
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossroads
$57.50 Read moreA rare and poignant compilation of photography and written anecdotes by American photographer and artist Lee Jaffe that captures his close friendship, collaboration, and travels with the artist Jean-M… [more below]
- Author: Jaffe, Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0847871843
- Language: English
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Banksy: A Graphic Novel
$24.95 Read moreTold in classic comic-book form, this graphic biography invites a new audience to learn about Banksy–and uses a pitch-perfect medium to convey the artist’s message that art is for the people.
Banksy- Author: Matteuzzi, Francesco
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 3791388819
- Language: English
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Martin Kippenberger: Everything Is Everywhere
$49.95 Read moreAn illuminating study of the work of artist Martin Kippenberger, whose art expressed the enthusiasms and frustrations of the West German middle class.
Martin Kippenberger: Everything Is Everywhere is- Author: Reitz, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545012
- Language: English
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ISA Genzken
$50.00 Add to cartGenerously illustrated essays consider Isa Genzken’s remarkable body of work, from her early elegant floor pieces to her later explosive assemblages.
Since the late 1970s, the Berlin-based contemporary
- Series: October Files #17
- Author: Lee, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: January 30 2015
- ISBN10: 0262527111
- Language: English
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Louise Nevelson’s Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face
$60.00 Add to cartA daring reassessment of Louise Nevelson, an icon of twentieth-century art whose innovative procedures relate to gendered, classed, and racialized forms of making
“Here is a book that is not only a tr- Author: Bryan-Wilson, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0300236700
- Language: English
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Curating Capitalism: How Art Impacts Business, Management, and Economy
$24.95 Add to cartHow art impacts management, drawing from stories told by internationally known contemporary curators, artists, critics, and philosophers.
Curating has evolved into much more than creating interesting- Series: Munich Lectures in Economics
- Author: Guillet De Monthoux, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1915609194
- Language: English
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Ashley Longshore: I Do Not Cook, I Do Not Clean, I Do Not Fly Commercial
$50.00 Add to cartNew Orleans-based self-taught pop artist Ashley Longshore, known for her bold fashionista portraits and larger-than-life personality, has a massive art-cult following. I Do Not Cook, I Do Not Clean, I… [more below]
- Author: Longshore, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 0847866467
- Language: English
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Wayne Thiebaud: Updated Edition
$60.00 Add to cartIn remembrance of revered American artist Wayne Thiebaud who passed away in 2021 at the age of 101, the definitive monograph of Wayne Thiebaud’s work is now available in a reformatted, accessibly pric… [more below]
- Author: Baker, Kenneth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 0847871622
- Language: English
