Ben Quilty by Ben Quilty
$90.00 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections | Reading Level: 4 non fiction
Ben Quilty has worked across a range of media including drawing, photography, sculpture, installation and film. His works often respond to social and political events, from the current global refugee crisis to the complex social history of Australia; he is constantly critiquing notions of identity, patr ...Show more
MoMA Masterpieces: Painting and Sculpture by Ann Temkin
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections
Since its founding in 1929, The Museum of Modern Art in New York has brought the history of modern and contemporary art to vivid life through its extraordinary holdings. MoMA Masterpieces provides a fresh look at the Museums exceptional collection as it stands today. Ann Temkins introduction addresses t ...Show more
The Art Book by Phaidon Editors
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections | Reading Level: very good
The Second Edition of The Art Book is a substantially expanded and updated version of the hugely successful original. Introducing 100 new artists selected from all periods and from across the globe, the new edition includes for the first time leading figures from the fields of photography and performanc ...Show more
The Art Museum by Phaidon Editors
$79.95 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections
Visit the world’s most comprehensive and compelling museum in a single book – the ultimate gallery in your own home Housing the finest art collection ever assembled, this classic format of Phaidon’s bestselling The Art Museum offers the ultimate museum experience without the boundaries of space and time ...Show more
New York is... by Metropolitan Museum of Art
$24.95 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections
What is New York in the eyes of artists? This engaging book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers myriad answers to that question, pairing selected works in the museum's collection with simple, concise observations. The Flatiron Building is shape; the Empire State Building is line. Washington Squar ...Show more
Drunken Buddha the by Ian Fairweather
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections
In 1965, UQP first published Ian Fairweather's The Drunken Buddha. His iconic translation of an ancient Chinese novel, illustrated with his paintings, was praised by scholars and readers alike. Fairweather was fascintated by Chinese calligraphy and possessed great knowledge of popular Buddhism; his tran ...Show more
Australiana to Zeitgeist: an A-Z of Contemporary Australian Art by Loughnan Melissa
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections
Many critics have traditionally dismissed Australian art as derivative. Australiana to Zeitgeist offers an immersive look at a new breed of early career Australian artists proving them wrong. Championing underrepresented and often, unrepresented up-and-comers, it delves into the various themes shaping t ...Show more
Nightingale and the Rose Del Kathryn Barton by Del Kathryn Barton (Illustrator); Oscar Wilde
$79.95 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections
THIS 9 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Best Known Works of Oscar Wilde, by Oscar Wilde. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 076613010X.
Made Up Love Song by Bettina von Zwehl
$21.99 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections
Made Up Love Song documents a new work by internationally acclaimed artist Bettina von Zwehl - a captivating series of 34 miniature photographic portraits that record her evolving relationship with sitter Sophia, a V&A gallery assistant. These intimate and beautiful portraits are presented together ...Show more
Gold Boxes: Masterpieces from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection by Heike Zech
$21.99 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections
This book is a precious small volume on precious small boxes. Most of them were used to hold snuff, powdered tobacco, and were meant to be looked and admired from a close-up. These miniature masterpieces were a key accessory for every stylish man and woman in the eighteenth century. They reflect the cul ...Show more
My Horizon - Tracey Moffatt by Natalie King
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections | Reading Level: General Adult
Tracey Moffatt is arguably Australia's most successful artist. She has exhibited in galleries and museums around the world and is the recipient of the International Center of Photography's 2007 Infinity Award for Art. My Horizon is the first book on this esteemed artist in ten years. With all new work, ...Show more
Introspective by Leunig, Michael
$25.00 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections
Collection of images selected for an exhibition of Leunig's paintings and satirical cartoons at the National Gallery of Victoria. Foreword by Helen Garner and comments by the artist, the selection contains the signs of struggle, normally etched out in the printing process.