A full-length account of the life and career of the artist and gay activist.
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"Fair Women was an early example of a Victorian 'blockbuster' exhibition. Organised by a committee of women, it opened to great fanfare in the Grafton Galleries in London, and comprised both historical and contemporary portraits of women as well as decorative objects. Meaghan Cl…
"There exists a series of contemporary artists who continually defy the traditional role of the artist/author, including Art & Language, Guerrilla Girls, Bob and Roberta Smith, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and LuckyPDF. In Death of the Artist, Nicola McCartney explores their work and us…
There exists a series of contemporary artists who continually defy the traditional role of the artist/author, including Art & Language, Guerrilla Girls, Bob and Roberta Smith, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and Lucky PDF. In Death of the Artist, Nicola McCartney explores their work and us…
Owing to digitization, globalization and mass culture, what is deemed 'desirable' and 'of the moment' in art has increasingly followed the patterns of fashion. While in the past artistic styles were always inflected with signs of their modernity, today biennales and art markets …
In this book, the author establishes the importance of women artists' commercial dealings to their professional identities and reputations int he late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Grounded in economic, social and art history, the book draws on and synthesizes data f…
"This book examines the contemporary art world in Latin America from an anthropological and historical perspective, and recognises the recent reconfiguration of Lima's art scene. Giuliana Borea traces the practices of artists, curators, collectors, art dealers and museums in ord…
Long description: Dient die Kunst dem Vergnügen von Eliten? Oder besitzt sie subversive Kraft? Worum geht es im Spiel der Kunst? Valerie Moser untersucht das Berliner Kunstgeschehen als soziales Feld. Ihre empirische Studie bricht sowohl mit essentialistischen Sichtweisen auf di…
Dient die Kunst dem Vergnügen von Eliten? Oder besitzt sie subversive Kraft? Worum geht es im Spiel der Kunst? Valerie Moser untersucht das Berliner Kunstgeschehen als soziales Feld. Ihre empirische Studie bricht sowohl mit essentialistischen Sichtweisen auf die Kunst als auch m…
"The untold story of the exhibition that made America the center of the art world-and Picasso the most famous artist alive-in the shadow of World War II"--.
"In The Art Prophets, Richard Polsky introduces us to influential late twentieth-century dealers and tastemakers in the art world. These risk takers opened doors for artists, identified new movements, and resurrected art forms that had fallen into obscurity. In this distinctive …