In Vaginal Davis’ pioneering and incredibly diverse oeuvre, punk meets glamour, queer activism meets racial justice and resistance meets joy. An icon of contemporary queer history, Vaginal Davis has made scenes for a living: through personas as diverse and outrageous as Rayvn Cymone McFarlane or John Dean Egg III, and as a part of bands…
To look inside this book, click here. By Samantha Friedman. Illustrations by Cristina Pieropan. What Degas Saw looks at the world through a beloved artist’s eyes and provides insight into his creative process. Walking through the streets of Paris with cape and cane, the French artist Edgar Degas observes the world around him,…
Published to coincide with Miffy’s 70th birthday, this beautiful art book introduces young children to some of the world’s most iconic artists. Miffy and the Artists is a joyful introduction to art for young children, featuring Dick Bruna’s bold illustrations in combination with iconic artworks by Frida Kahlo, Yayoi Kusama, Henri Matisse, Vincent van Gogh,…
By Ann Temkin and Nora Lawrence Claude Monet devoted the last twenty-five years of his life to paintings of the Japanese-style pond and gardens of his property in Giverny, France. For nearly two decades, these works were considered messy and unstructured, even unfinished, and less appreciated than the artist’s classic Impressionist works. In 1955…
Vincent van Gogh is one of modern art’s most celebrated figures, and his painting The Starry Night is one of the touchstones of the modern period. Painted at the tumultuous end of Van Gogh’s life, his imagined firmament, executed in deep blues and brilliant yellows, continues to capture the imaginations of all who view it….
By Ann Temkin and Christophe Cherix In 2012, Jasper Johns encountered an old photograph of the painter Lucian Freud in an auction catalogue. In the picture, Freud sits on a bed, holding his right hand to his forehead in a gesture of weariness or despair. Inspired not only by the image, but by the…
Become an art expert as you scratch and sketch fine art masterpieces, using this book to copy 20 of the world’s most famous paintings. Includes wooden stylus for drawing on black-coated paper to reveal patterns, swirls and holographic colors beneath. Non-toxic: Potential eye irritant. Avoid inhaling particles of scratch coating. Not for children under 5…
When Vahram Muratyan began his online travel journal, “Paris versus New York,†he had no idea how quickly it would become one of the most buzzed-about sites on the Internet- it garnered more than a million and a half page views in just a few months, and the attention of savvy online critics. Now Muratyan…
By Cara Manes. Illustrated by Fatinha Ramos In Sonia Delaunay: A Life of Color an artist takes her young son on a fanciful journey to help him understand the many ways of experiencing color. In her multicolored car they enter a landscape made of the hues and shapes of her artworks. They visit a…
To look inside this book, click here. Edited by Sarah Hermanson Meister. With contributions by Julie Ault, Kimberly Juanita Brown, River Encalada Bullock, Sam Contis, Jennifer Greenhill, Lauren Kroiz, Sally Mann, Sandra Phillips, Wendy Red Star, Christina Sharpe, Robert Slifkin, Rebecca Solnit, and Tess Taylor Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) conveyed the stories of…
This visually spectacular survey of world art for middle-grade readers was compiled in collaboration with a global team of experts and educators. This imaginary art museum is an educational and inspiring experience without the constraints of space and time. Discover beautiful reproductions from pre-history to the present, arranged in easy-to-navigate, colour-coded wings, galleries, and rooms,…
By Samuil Marshak. Illustrated by Vladimir Lebedev. Afterword by Sarah Suzuki. Translation by Jamey Gambrell In the 1920s, avant-garde Russian writers and artists worked together with fervent dedication to create a new type of children’s literature, drawing on the aesthetic innovations and social and political philosophy of the period to inspire and stimulate young…
Edited by Terence Riley. With contributions by Anne Dixon and Terence Riley Transparency and luminescence have reemerged in the vocabulary of architecture, and light and “lightness” have become key concepts for a significant number of contemporary architects, as well as artists who create installations. The thirty-three projects illustrated in this book exemplify this emerging…
By Judith B. Hecker Printmaking, with its flexible formats, portability, relative affordability, and collaborative environment, was a catalyst in the exchange of ideas and the articulation of political resistance during the oppressive years of apartheid rule in South Africa. This volume presents prints by twenty-nine artists and organizations from the collection of The Museum…
Introduction by Lilian Tone and David Platzker A rare classic of sound art from Brazilian avant-gardist and provocateur Antonio Dias, this vinyl record is available in a limited edition. In 1971 Brazilian artist Antonio Dias (1944–2018) self-published Record: The Space Between, a vinyl LP audio project. Side A, titled “The Theory of Counting,” features…
To look inside this book, click here. By Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts. Illustrated by Christopher Myers Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series at The Museum of Modern Art, Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem is a vibrant introduction to the artist by the acclaimed writer…