A Painter's Progress - A Portrait of Lucian Freud by David Dawson
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art
For nearly twenty years David Dawson was Lucian Freud's assistant, companion and model. Freud was famously private. He carefully avoided distraction. With few exceptions, he only wanted those he knew well, like the late Bruce Bernard, to photograph him. David Dawson was in a unique position and Freud be ...Show more
Picasso's Masterpieces: The Musee Picasso Paris Collection by Anne Baldassari
$250.00 AUD
Category: Art
This lavish edition comes in three striking color combinations that will be shipped to customers at random. The Musee Picasso Paris, housed in the magnificent Hotel Sale since 1985, includes more than 5,000 pieces, constituting the finest public collection of the artists works ever assembled. This defin ...Show more
Anarchy & Beauty: William Morris & His Legacy, 1860 - 1960 by Fiona MacCarthy
$60.00 AUD
Category: Art
William Morris (1834-96) regarded beauty as a basic human birthright. In this fascinating book, which accompanies a major exhibition, Morris's biographer Fiona MacCarthy looks at how his highly original and generous vision of a new form of society in which art could flourish has reverberated through the ...Show more
Pop to Popism by Wayne Tunnicliffe
$80.00 AUD
Category: Art
From the emergence of pop art in the 1950s through to its reinvented forms in the 1980s, Pop to Popism explores the dynamic engagement of art with popular culture. Drawn from major public and private collections around the world, Pop to popism includes over 180 works including pivotal works by key artis ...Show more
Anselm Kiefer by Richard Davey
$95.00 AUD
Category: Art
Born in Germany in 1945, Anselm Kiefer is one of the most important artists of his generation. His works encompassing and transcending painting, sculpture, photography and installation are epic in both scale and subject-matter; in them Kiefer wrestles with the darkness of German history, unearthing the ...Show more
The Essential Cy Twombly by Nicola Del Rosciol; Simon Schama; Kirk Varnedoe; Laszlo Glozer; and Thierry Greu
$100.00 AUD
Category: Art
Cy Twombly (1928-2011) created art that was remarkable for its versatility, sensitivity and originality. Throughout his career, he followed his own artistic pathway, independent from contemporary trends, and for a long time his work went unnoticed by a wider audience. By the time of his death in Rome, a ...Show more
French Art Deco by Jared Goss
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art
Art Deco is epitomized by the French works exhibited at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925. The exquisite craftsmanship and artistry of the dazzling works displayed spoke to a sophisticated modernity, yet were firmly rooted in tradition. Interest i ...Show more
Weak Messages Create Bad Situations - A Manifesto by David Shrigley
$59.99 AUD
Category: Art
A personal message from the author: Lots of individuals in society today are feeble-minded. They don't know what the HELL is going on. Unfortunately many of these people are responsible for running THE COUNTRY. They don't know the difference between a PRECIOUS JEWEL and a piece of animal turd. Their ide ...Show more
Alphonse Mucha by Agnes Husslein-Arco
$99.00 AUD
Category: Art
Alphonse Mucha is known largely for having originated Art Nouveau, when his poster of the actress Sarah Bernhardt became a legendary icon of the movement. Mucha went on to design hundreds of pieces in the decorative arts field, but later distanced himself from the style he pioneered, devoting his time a ...Show more
Bill - The Life of William Dobell by Scott Bevan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
In post-war Australia, William Dobell was a household name. But the most famous artist in the land was a broken man. His Archibald Prize-winning portrait of Joshua Smith was the subject of a sensational legal case, challenging not only Dobell's right to the prize, but the very idea of art itself. Dobell ...Show more
Playing to the Gallery Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to be Understood by Grayson Perry
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art
'It's easy to feel insecure around art and its appreciation, as though we cannot enjoy certain artworks if we don't have a lot of academic and historical knowledge. But if there's one message that I want you to take away it's that anybody can enjoy art and anybody can have a life in the arts - even me! ...Show more
The Making of Mona by Franklin Adrian
$60.00 AUD
Category: Art
Hailed as the most important addition to the Australian cultural landscape since the opening of the Sydney Opera House, MONA has shaken up the art world by breathing life and delight back into the museum experience. Visitors are flocking to MONA, but what is it about MONA that makes it such a transforma ...Show more