Thames & Hudson presents David Hockney: A Bigger Picture to accompany a major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, open 21 January – 9 April 2012. Illustrated with paintings, iPad drawings and video stills, many of which have never been seen before, this landmark publication confirms David Hockney as one of the greatest artists of his generation. David Hockney has always been closely associated with Pop Art and California, where he has lived for much of his life but this ... Read More
The first dictionary of slang, out of print for 300 years, is being published by the Bodleian Library from a rare copy unearthed in its collections. Originally entitled A New Dictionary of Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew, its aim was to educate the polite London classes in ‘canting’ – the language of thieves and ruffians – should they be unlucky enough to wander into the ‘wrong’ parts of town. With over 4,000 entries, the dictionary contains many words which are now ... Read More
CREATE, a civil-society organization based in Cameroon has released its second edition of the Directory of Arts and Culture Organizations active within the CEMAC Region made up of Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The directory is a great resource for anyone interested in international cultural exchanges and a great reference tool for the sector. It also lists global and pan-African organizations as well as web portals. The Collective Resources for ... Read More
MoMA has published Abstract Expressionism at MoMA by Ann Temkin Beginning in the mid-1940s, works by then little-known American artists—including Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, David Smith, Lee Krasner, and Mark Rothko—became a part of the Museum’s collection. The achievements of this generation put New York City on the map as the center of the international art world. Abstract Expressionism at The Museum of Modern Art celebrates the Museum’s unrivaled holdings of paintings, ... Read More
William Christenberry: Kodachromes is the first publication to showcase the artist’s stunning and previously unknown body of work produced with 35 mm Kodachrome slide film. Spanning from 1964 to 2007, only a small number of the images have ever been published or exhibited. As in all of Christenberry’s photographs, the subject matter is the rural Deep South: the twisting back roads, open landscapes, rusted signage, and ramshackle vernacular architecture found in Hale County, ... Read More
Catalogue to accompany the exhibition Mark Twain: A Skeptic’s Progress, on view September 17, 2010 through January 2, 2011. Mark Twain’s life (1835-1910) spanned and era that witnessed the trasnformation of America and the world by the Industrial Revolution. With the expansion of transportation, manufacturing, and communications technology, the focus of American life in the North began to shift from its farms and small towns to its cities. For Twain, such technological, ... Read More
Remembering Our Own by Robert L. Nelson honors the 463 former residents of Santa Cruz County, California, who died while on active duty in the military during times of war, from the American Civil War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Using biographical sketches and photographs, this Roll of Honor is dedicated to their memory. Pages: 276 pages Numberous illustrations Index Size: 11 x 8 in. ISBN 13 978-0-940283-21-3 The Museum of Art & History @ the McPherson Center 705 Front Street ... Read More
The Putnam County Museum, Greencastle, Indiana, has announced the publication and release of its second book, Peeler Pottery; A Retrospective, by Marj Peeler, et al. The 342 page book tells the story of Richard and Marj Peeler from their meeting in 1941 as art students at Indianapolis Arsenal Tech High School through their college and courting years and the building of their self-constructed rammed earth home in southern Putnam County. It continues with the story of Richard’s tenure on the ... Read More
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Contrasto Books publish Francesca Woodman. The Roman Years. Between Flesh and Film
The Latin American Photobook by Horacio Fernandez
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Thames & Hudson announces David Hockney. A Bigger Picture
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