ProQuest and Getty Research Institute work together to continue pivotal art history database ProQuest, an information technology firm supporting global research, and the Getty Research Institute (GRI), dedicated to advancing understanding of the world’s artistic heritage, announce an agreement that will allow ProQuest to take over the indexing of the […]
This book new rewrites the history of jewellery in the age of Victoria. The ‘age of Victoria’ is taken in its widest sense to encompass jewellery made throughout Europe and America, displayed at the great international exhibitions and distributed through foreign trade, illustrated publications and a burgeoning tourist industry. Throughout, […]
Enduring icons of American culture, the car and the highway remain vital as auguries of adventure and discovery, and a means by which to take in the country’s vast scale. Lee Friedlander is the first photographer to make the car an actual “form” for making photographs. Driving across most of […]
With this publication, produced in conjunction with the largest expansion in the history of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the full scope of the museum’s outstanding American art collection is represented for the very first time. Following an introduction tracing the history of American art at this encyclopedic museum−a […]
The first-ever in-depth exploration of the process behind one of the greatest modern buildings in America, The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Making of the Modern Museum has won First Prize in the Book category in the 2009 American Association of Museums (AAM) Publications Design Competition. Designed by Abbott […]
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 […]
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 […]