The Art Thief: A true story of love, crime and a dangerous obsession by Michael Finkel
$33.00 AUD
Category: Art
The true story of the world’s most prolific art thief, who accumulated a collection worth over $1.4 billion. A spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, from the bestselling author of The Stranger in the Wood. For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the ...Show more
Ceramics: An Atlas of Forms by Glenn Barkley
$80.00 AUD
Category: Art
What can we learn about the Roman empire from an amphora made in 200 BC? How can a simple, unadorned cup made in 1945 tell us so much about history? And what will an artwork comprising a vast collection of clay spheres tell our descendants about the act of making? Once fired, clay has the strength to ...Show more
Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art by Lauren Elkin
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art
A landmark feminist intervention- a dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, fema ...Show more
Earth & Fire: Modern potters, their tools, techniques and practice by Kylie Johnson, Tiffany Johnson
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art
From clay to kiln and all the techniques between, this is an introduction to the craft and techniques of working with ceramics by ceramicists. This book profiles established ceramicists who are making waves in the art world, to midcareer potters who work diligently at their craft daily and make a livin ...Show more
Australian Abstract: Contemporary Abstract Painting by Amber Creswell Bell
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art
'There is an internal monologue, and a world of decisions and possibilities behind each work that the viewer does not see. Abstraction is akin to learning a new language.' ANA YOUNG There is no single neat definition of abstract art. It makes no attempt to represent reality; instead it has its own visu ...Show more
The Art of Dying - Writings, 2019-2022 by Peter Schjeldahl; Steve Martin (Foreword by); Jarrett Earnest (Introduction by)
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art
When Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker's art critic and the leading art writer of his generation, published his eye-opening autobiographical essay, "The Art of Dying," in December 2019, he reported that he had lung cancer and had been given six months of life. Fortunately, his treatment was showing some ...Show more
Radiant - The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch
$80.00 AUD
Category: Art
A stunning life of the iconic American artist, Keith Haring, by the acclaimed biographer Brad Gooch. In the 1980s, the subways of New York City were covered with art. In the stations, black matte sheets were pasted over outdated ads, and unsigned chalk drawings often popped up on these blank spaces. The ...Show more
Julian Bell on Painting by Julian Bell
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Pocket Perspectives Ser.
Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series presents timeless works by writers and thinkers who have shaped the conversation across the arts, visual culture, and history. Celebrating the undiminished vitality of their ideas today, these covetable and collectable littl ...Show more
James Hall on the Self-Portrait by James Hall
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Pocket Perspectives Ser.
Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series presents timeless works by writers and thinkers who have shaped the conversation across the arts, visual culture, and history. Celebrating the undiminished vitality of their ideas today, these covetable and collectable littl ...Show more
Linda Nochlin on the Body by Linda Nochlin
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Pocket Perspectives Ser.
Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series presents timeless works by writers and thinkers who have shaped the conversation across the arts, visual culture, and history. Celebrating the undiminished vitality of their ideas today, these covetable and collectable littl ...Show more
Tattoo. 1730s-1970s. Henk Schiffmacher's Private Collection. 40th Ed by Henk Schiffmacher
$50.00 AUD
Category: Art
One part history book, one part art book, and one part fascinating memoir, this book is an overview of more than two centuries of tattoo history intermixed with an intimate look at the lives of tattoo artists, and the personal struggles and triumphs, occupational hazards, and artistic courage that have ...Show more
Reading the Rooms Behind the paintings of the State Library of NSW by Neville, Richard, Franks, Rachel
$90.00 AUD
Category: Art
The incredible painting collection of the State Library of New South Wales is documented for the first time.The State Library of New South Wales holds an unrivalled collection of oil paintings. Unlike an art gallery where the focus is usually on aesthetic excellence, the rationale behind the Library’s c ...Show more