John M. Williams, a Winchester artist who specializes in fine art collage, has been featured in a new book about artists with autism entitled Drawing Autism. The new book celebrates the artistry and self-expression found in the drawings, paintings and collages created by individuals diagnosed with autism. Drawing Autism is […]
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A Vietnamese – English biligual book on contemporary fine art featuring works by 12 prominent Vietnamese artists has been launched in Ha Noi. The Twelve Contemporary Artists of Viet Nam includes works by Vu Dan Tan, Tran Luong, Truong Tan, Nguyen Bao Toan, Le Quang Ha, Nguyen Minh Thanh, Dinh […]
BECOMING PABLO O’HIGGINS tells the intriguing story of how a blond-haired, blue-eyed Presbyterian from Salt Lake City, Utah became a celebrated Mexican muralist. Born Paul Higgins in 1904, O’Higgins traveled to Mexico City in 1924 to see the mural renaissance involving Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. […]
Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage reveals the glories that have been kept from our sight. Until now. The book contains 240 pages documenting Havana’s most important buildings and urban spaces. Over 350 illustrations juxtapose historical colored postcard images of Havana with recent digital color photographs of the same views. In […]
Los Angeles – The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), announces the publication of a new children’s book about contemporary art, titled ‘Breaking the Rules: What is Contemporary Art?’. Written by award winning author Susan Rubin, the 64-page hardcover book is the first to make the museum’s world-renowned permanent […]
The Erie Art Museum celebrates the arrival of its recent publication, Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life, featuring the work of pioneering ceramist and industrial designer, Eva Zeisel. The artist’s work is explored in essays and photographs of designs and prototypes from the Erie Art Museum’s 2005-2007 exhibition of the […]
Smithsonian Books has reached agreement with Random House Publisher Services for worldwide sales and distribution of its title catalog beginning March 27. “We look forward to working with Random House Publisher Services,” said Carolyn Gleason, director of Smithsonian Books. “Random House is an industry leader in sales and marketing, and […]
Athens, Ga. – The Georgia Museum of Art announces the publication of the “Corpus of Early Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections: The South.” Conceived as a massive project that would catalogue and illustrate every Italian painting on panel and canvas dating between 1250 and 1500 in public collections […]
This April a new book and exhibition at Windsor Castle will celebrate the work of Marcus Adams, who devoted 50 years to photographing children – particularly royal children. The publication Marcus Adams: Royal Photographer features over 150 photographs, including vintage prints from almost all the royal sittings, many from the […]
This important reference work is the latest in the series of thoroughly researched, impressively detailed catalogues raisonnés of the National Portrait Gallery’s Collections. It catalogues the entire Collection of portraits in all media of those active in the period 1685 and 1714, and includes new research from the Gallery’s curators […]