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Guy Tal
An inspiring, educational, and practical book about philosophy and art, and finding a personally meaningful life.
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Ian Peddie
Examining how writers and musicians respond to attempts to define and categorize inequality in moral terms, Culture, the Arts and Inequality: American Artists and Social Justice analyses the writers and…
Jerrold Connors
A picture book biography of the late, great James Marshall-illustrator of Miss Nelson is Missing and the George and Martha series-and as clever, delightful, and daring as Jim himself
Author…
Elijah
Close The App, Make The Ting is a collection of ideas shared by Elijah that began in July 2021, as the Covid 19 lockdowns were ending in the UK. They…
Remi Rough
Introducing "B-Sides and Outtakes" - the latest addition to the renowned "Hello My Name is" series, pocket-sized documentary art books that unveil the world of graffiti and street artists.
This…
An iconic artist and graphic designer, Art Paul was perhaps best known as the founding art director of Playboy magazine - and the person who designed the magazine's legendary bunny…
Santiago Lombardi
A visually rich book about Japanese style tattooing, far-reaching in terms of scope and depth, that offers readers a comprehensive picture of the influence of traditional Japanese tattoos on some…
Margaret Heffernan
It has never been more necessary for us to become actors in our own future. Margaret Heffernan argues for the vital integration of art into all aspects of our lives…
Lisa G. Bailey
Told with unflinching honesty and a touch of gallows humor,Clay and Bonesis the personal memoir of the first female forensic sculptor in the FBI.
Lisa Bailey never considered a career…
Conceived during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and the accompanying rise in anti-Asian bigotry, Word of Mouth: Asian American Artists Sharing Recipes is an artists' cookbook featuring stories and artwork from…
A celebration of one of Britain's finest-ever bird artists and field ornithologists. Covers all aspects of Donald Watson's life from childhood through to his long residence in St John's Town…
Sideranch
An indispensable reference guide for manga artists presenting hundreds of different body positions, actions, movements and hand gestures!
This complete guide shows you how to draw your characters with the…
Jamie King
Filled with tales of con artists and their mind-bending schemes, this thrilling compendium of the world's most incredible scams is truly stranger than fiction. From swindlers and imposters to double…
Judith Lissauer Cromwell
This biography follows the remarkable life of Louise-Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, whose portraits of European royalty and nobility hang in many of the world's most important galleries. As a young…
Laurence Leamer
From the New York Times bestselling author of Capote's Women comes an astonishing account of the revolutionary artist Andy Warhol and his scandalous relationships with the ten women he deemed…
Morgan Falconer
The strange story of the twentieth-century artists who sought to destroy art by transforming it into the substance of everyday life.
Jeanne Mackin
Sun-drenched and sexy, a vivid reimagination of the women drawn into Pablo Picasso's charismatic orbit.
Ananda Pellerin, Amy Davila
The hassle-free, no-frills instruction manual for commercial success in the art world
In her 25 years of working with artists at all stages of their careers, Amy Davila has formulated…
Craig Caldwell
This book provides a clear and practical approach to understanding the essentials of storytelling. This book distills fundamental elements, principles, and structures, explicitly tailored for animators, game designers, VFX artists…
Catherine Ingram
Munch's Missing: This playful book invites the reader to spot Edvard Munch hidden in 12 hide-and-seek illustrations, which are inspired by the artist's life and art.
Diego Lopez Gimenez
A visually rich book that offers a varied and diverse selection of 85 of the best graffiti artists, urban artists and muralists in the world today, showcasing a selection of…
Miles J. Unger
The fascinating story of Vincent van Gogh's two groundbreaking years in Paris, where he transformed himself from a provincial unknown into one of the world's great visionary artists.
Jessie Kanelos Weiner
A 30-day masterclass in the art of using watercolor to tell your own stories
Lori Zimmer
An inspiring, briskly written, gorgeously illustrated reexamination of 31 overlooked women in the arts and creative fields, from the author-artist team behind the successful Art Hiding in New York, for…
Vital Signs looks closely at how abstraction is often intimately tied with expansive, fluid ideas of the bodily.
Vital Signs looks closely at how abstraction is often intimately tied with…
Caroline McAlister
A sweeping picture book biography about influential Japanese-American sculptor Aiko Ruth Asawa and her childhood spent in an incarceration camp, by award-winning author Caroline McCallister and rising star artist Jamie…
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Fred F Poyner
The art of public structure is nearly as old as society itself, and its figurative representations (and gaps) represent deep wells of insight into culture. This book examines sculptors both…
Jaime Lopez, Coco Myers
A close-up look at 50 artists-their work, their studios, their style-creating a wide variety of art in the Hamptons
It's one thing to admire an artist's work; it's another to…
Henry Martin
A powerful, poetic picture book biography about artist Agnes Martin and how she painted to show her love for the world
How to Love the Whole World is a powerful…
Meike Hoffmann, Christiane Remm
In a time like our own, where a young generation feels a great need to change our way of living, thinking and organizing ourselves, the publication on the artist group…
Grace Hamman
By exploring surprising medieval representations of Jesus in art and literature, Jesus through Medieval Eyes, by Grace Hamman, expands readers' Christian imaginations. Meeting Jesus as a Knight, a Lover, a…
Voices of Children Charitable Foundation
A heartrending and beautiful trilingual book that gives voice to the children of war-torn Ukraine, interspersed with moving works of art.
What is it like to be a child living…
Jacci Gresham, Sherry Fellores
A picture book biography celebrating the first known Black female tattoo artist in the U.S., Jacci Gresham, co-authored by Jacci herself, and with stylish, accessible artwork by David Wilkerson.
Alka Joshi
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Henna Artist, this sweeping novel of identity and self-discovery takes readers from Bombay to Prague, Florence, Paris and London, to uncover…
Susan Crabtree, Jedd McFatter
"Fool's Gold exposes the dangerous progressive vision that has failed California and now threatens every American." - #1 NY Times bestselling author Peter Schweizer
Violent crime is surging, illegal drug…
Exploring the concept and future of artist residencies
Artist residency programs can serve as a model for dealing with the ever-changing contemporary world. This polyphonic publication illustrates the nuances of…
Jamie Frater
Have you ever heard of the Phantom Burglar of Bel Air or the Doodler? Who were the most prolific murderers of the Victorian era?
Delve deeper into the true crime…
Anders Bergmark
A groundbreaking catalogue for the exhibition co-organised by Museum Arnhem, Saarlandmuseum and the Belvedere, Vienna.
Radical! Women Artists and Modernisms 1910 -1950 questions the concept of modern art as a…
Richard Haw
The first biography of prolific modern American artist Leon Bibel, this book tells how a boy from a Jewish shtetl received support from New Deal agencies that recognized his talents…
Youssef Daoudi
From graphic novelist Youssef Daoudi comes a radically new look at the director of Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil: legendary filmmaker Orson Welles.
Long after his death in 1985…
Peter Wolf
In the tradition of classic collections of observations and musings such as Christopher Isherwood's I Am a Camera and Truman Capote's The Dogs Bark, Waiting on the Moon is a…
David Armstrong
A groundbreaking exploration that reveals the powerful impact of marginalized groups on the evolution of the Broadway Musical.
At the turn of the 20th century, immigrants, Jews, Queers, and African…
