Michael Landy: Saints Alive. A first hand experience of the National Gallery exhibition
British artist Michael Landy (b. 1963) is known primarily as an installation artist. His work, along with others…
Modern Artists
The First Modern Woman Artist: Paula Modersohn-Becker
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) was a groundbreaking painter whose often-overlooked place in modernism forces us to reconsider our understanding…
Experiments in Modern Realism: World Making, Politics and the Everyday in Postwar European and American Art
Experiments in Modern Realism: World Making, Politics and the Everyday in Postwar European and American Art offers a new…
‘Eva Hesse,1965’, Off The Wall
Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) was a Jewish German-born American sculptor and artist, who habitually challenged conventions. She is…
Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop
The widely acknowledged use of Photoshop in modern photography does not mark the emergence of manipulated photography; rather,…
The Making of John Baldessari’s Cremation Project: Author article by Patrick Pardo and Robert Dean
Last month we covered the exciting first volume of our new John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné. Today, the book’s editors Patrick…
Intelligent Design: Gorgeous book looks at over 60 years of iconic Marimekko designs
Marimekko: Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture (available now in paperback) is the first comprehensive study of Marimekko designs, and presents over two…
Capturing Harlem: New book on the street photography of Dawoud Bey
Recently published from Yale, Dawoud Bey: Harlem U.S.A. is the first book of the photographer’s vintage Harlem photographs from 1975–1978, a body…
Ambitious Concept: New book takes a panoramic look at the work of conceptual artist John Baldessari
This month sees the publication of a highly anticipated book on the conceptual American artist John Baldessari. John Baldessari…
Behind the Scream: Essential background reading on Edvard Munch
Today the Tate Modern launches its fabulous new Edvard Munch exhibition The Modern Eye, which focuses on the…
The Art of the Interview: Author article by art critic Michael Peppiatt
Michael Peppiatt is a world renowned art critic, author and art historian, who has interviewed some of the…
A History of Israeli Visual Art: Extract from ‘Israel: An Introduction’ by Barry Rubin
Last month Yale published Israel: An Introduction, a uniquely wide-ranging portrait of the country, covering important topics such as…
Mapping Alighiero Boetti’s Career: New book and Tate exhibition celebrates the Italian conceptual artist
This month sees the opening of a brand new exhibition at the Tate Modern looking at the career…
The Discovery of An American Icon: Extract from ‘Jackson Pollock’ by Evelyn Toynton
Jackson Pollock’s revolutionary ‘drip paintings’ put American art on the map, representing the first real break with the…
Yale University Press London launches its Spring / Summer 2012 Seasonal Catalogue
Yale’s Spring / Summer seasonal catalogue is now available now to order and download. Today we take a…