Book Review: Make Art or Die Trying – Stuart Semple
In “Make Art or Die Trying,” Stuart Semple—an artist, entrepreneur, and activist—delivers a powerful manifesto on the transformative potential of art.
23 July 2024
In “Make Art or Die Trying,” Stuart Semple—an artist, entrepreneur, and activist—delivers a powerful manifesto on the transformative potential of art.
23 July 2024
“The Christo Interviews” combines a compelling collection of dialogues between the renowned environmental artist Christo…
18 July 2024
The book accompanying Yayoi Kusama’s major European retrospective exhibition provides an exhaustive overview of the Japanese artist’s…
11 July 2024
“Queens of Bohemia and Other Miss-fits” is an affectionate and illuminating rescue of many remarkable women from virtual obscurity.
18 June 2024
“Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well” is an essential companion to the retrospective exhibition of the same name, highlighting the profound impact of Goldin’s work as a filmmaker.
30 May 2024
“Judy Chicago: Revelations,” co-published by Serpentine and Thames & Hudson, accompanies Judy Chicago’s first major institutional exhibition in London.
23 May 2024
In his book “The Avant-Gardists,” Sjeng Scheijen delves deeply into the tumultuous artistic revolution in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1935.
4 April 2024
In Surrealist art, Eileen Agar shines brightly as a hive of creativity and innovation. Now, in an overdue revival, her long out-of-print autobiography…
7 March 2024
In modern British art, the narrative has often been dominated by male voices, leaving the stories of women artists relegated to the sidelines.
4 February 2024
“Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You” is a journey through five decades of groundbreaking art… Read More
1 February 2024
A visual and literary meditation juxtaposing Isaac Julien’s artworks with archival images of Frederick Douglass and essays that consider his enduring legacy.
20 July 2023
Michael Petry’s latest book, In League with Devils, beautifully weaves together his multidisciplinary practice. Book Signing with Michael Petry at Hatchards Piccadilly – Saturday 8th July, 2-4pm The signing will start at 2pm and run until 4pm
29 June 2023
London was never invaded, but London has been at war. The look of London during the Blitz and after is captured in this marvel of a picture book, Wartime London in Paintings by Suzanne Bardgett, which reminds us of the superb collections of Modern British art held at the Imperial War Museum.
19 July 2020
Andrew Lambirth’s The Life of Bryan, recently published by Unicorn, describes itself rather demurely as a celebration, rather than as a biography.
11 June 2020
I’ve just been reading a remarkable book, published last year, that seems to have received almost no attention here in Britain, save for a brief anonymous review in The Guardian.
28 July 2018
JANE ENGLAND: TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE a new book reviewed by Paul Carey -Kent
5 December 2016
The Art of Rivalry is a relief in art critical terms. It is well and clearly written, with no pretentions. Sebastian Smee is currently the art critic for the Boston Globe, where he has been since 2008.
22 November 2016
Louise Nevelson was one of the relatively few female artists to make a major stir in the furiously competitive environment of the New York art world.
13 September 2016
These books are worth noticing together (even though one of them is in fact a reissue) because of the things they… Read More
20 June 2016