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Kelly Grovier
A new way of appreciating art that puts the artwork front and centre, brought to us by one of the freshest and most exciting new voices in cultural criticism.
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Which contemporary artworks best capture the zeitgeist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries? This book, written by one of the freshest and most exciting voices in cultural criticism…
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The poems in The Sleepwalker at Sea tread a fragile line between dream and wakefulness, memory and loss, presence and longing.
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A unique approach to the history of art told through the story of colour and pigments.
Did you know that the ultramarine that shimmers at the centre of Vermeer's Milkmaid…
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An exciting new critical voice explores what makes art great through an illuminating analysis of the world’s artistic masterpieces, now in paperback.
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The years since 1989 have seen a complete untethering of what art can be, who makes it and where it can be found, which has been matched by a reassessment…
A new take on the history of art through the eyes of the international phenomenon that is Banksy.
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John Gage
A wide-ranging and engaging introduction to the place and power of color in life and art by John Gage, author of the award-winning Color and Culture.
An Ode to Vanishing Beauty
It is estimated that, as a result of climate change, illegal trade, and habitat loss from the encroachments of technology and industrialization, as many as…
A unique look into the life and art of Sean Scully, an internationally celebrated artist and creative practitioner at the height of his powers.
A captivating new history of art told through the storied biographies of colors and pigments
Liliane Tomasko
For over twenty years Liliane Tomasko has explored the themes of dreams, sleep, and the unconscious. This book follows the development of her work as a painter. It begins with…
The comprehensive written work of the Irish-American painter Sean Scully
Fusing the traditions of European painting with the distinct character of American abstraction, Scully’s great achievement is the reinvigoration of abstract painting with the metaphorical, the philosophical and the sublime…
Scully’s latest transcendental portals for a new interpretation of abstract painting
During 2020, a year rocked by a global pandemic and political unrest, Sean Scully (born 1945) painted two new…
Daniel Herrmann,Colin Wiggins
Published to accompany the exhibition: Sea star: Sean Scully at the National Gallery 13 April - 11 August 2019 –Title page verso.
A stunning showcase of the iconic Irish-born painter's soft geometric abstractions
This exhibition catalog features large-scale paintings from Sean Scully's (born 1945) most formative series, alongside a selection of watercolors…
