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  • Spheres of Action: Art & PoliticsSpheres of Action: Art & Politics
    Tate

    Spheres of Action: Art & Politics

    Peter Osborne & Eric Alliez Softcover | 15.5 x 1.1 x 23.3 cm | 160 pp Tate Publishing | 2013 | 9781854379757 A snapshot of current debates about the relationship of politics to contemporary art, with original writings by major European thinkers. This collection of essays...
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  • Radio Benjamin
    Verso

    Radio Benjamin

    Walter Banjamin Softcover | 12.9 x 2.79 x 19.81 cm | 432 pp Verso | 2021 | 9781839764165 Walter Benjamin was fascinated by the impact of new technology on culture, an interest that extended beyond his renowned critical essays. From 1927-33, he wrote and presented...
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  • The Dialectics of ArtThe Dialectics of Art
    Haymarket Books

    The Dialectics of Art

    John Molyneux Softcover | 15.24 x 2.03 x 22.61 cm | 300 pp Haymarket Books | 2020 | 9781642591316 To the question of "what is art?", it is often simply responded that art is whatever is produced by the artist. For John Molyneux, this clearly...
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  • Methods & Theories of Art History (Second Edition)Methods & Theories of Art History (Second Edition)
    Laurence King

    Methods & Theories of Art History (Second Edition)

    Anne D'Alleva Softcover | 13.97 x 1.27 x 20.96 cm | 192 pp Laurence King | 2012 | 9781856698993 This book provides an accessible introduction to the range of critical theories used in analysing art. It covers a broad range of approaches, presenting individual arguments,...
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  • Futurist ManifestosFuturist Manifestos
    Museum Of Fine Arts Boston

    Futurist Manifestos

    Umbro Apollonio Softcover | 14.76 x 1.8 x 21.06 cm | 240 pp Museum of Fine Arts Boston | 2001 | 9780878466276 On February 20th, 1909, a belligerent manifesto announcing the birth of the Futurist movement appeared on the front page of the Paris newspaper Le...
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  • Beyond the Face: New Perspectives on PortraitureBeyond the Face: New Perspectives on Portraiture
    D Giles

    Beyond the Face: New Perspectives on Portraiture

    Wendy Wick Reaves Hardcover | 24.38 x 3.56 x 26.67 cm | 328 pp D Giles | 2018 | 9781911282204 Is there more to portraiture than eyes meeting eyes? Beyond the Face: New Perspectives on Portraiture presents sixteen essays by leading scholars who explore...
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  • Adjusted Margin: Xerography, Art, and Activism in the Late Twentieth CenturyAdjusted Margin: Xerography, Art, and Activism in the Late Twentieth Century
    MIT Press

    Adjusted Margin: Xerography, Art, and Activism in the Late Twentieth Century

    Kate Eichorn Hardcover | 14.94 x 2.01 x 22.38 cm | 216 pp MIT Press | 2016 | 9780262033961 This is the story of how the xerographic copier, or "Xerox machine," became a creative medium for artists and activists during the last few decades...
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  • Contemporary Art DecodedContemporary Art Decoded
    Tate Publishing/Ilex

    Contemporary Art Decoded

    Jessica Cerasi Hardcover | 20.7 x 2.54 x 26.04 cm | 208 pp Tate Publishing/Ilex | 2021 | 9781781577455 What is contemporary art, and how did art come to be what it is today? How can we understand what a work of art means;...
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  • What Comes After Farce?: Art and Criticism at a Time of DebacleWhat Comes After Farce?: Art and Criticism at a Time of Debacle
    Verso

    What Comes After Farce?: Art and Criticism at a Time of Debacle

    Hal Foster Hardcover | 14.73 x 1.78 x 21.84 cm | 224 pp Verso | 2020 | 9781788738118 Surveying the artistic and cultural scene in the era of Trump, What Comes After Farce? comments on shifts in art, criticism, and fiction in the face of...
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  • Top This and Other Parables of Design: Selected Writings by Phil PattonTop This and Other Parables of Design: Selected Writings by Phil Patton
    Cooper-Hewitt Museum

    Top This and Other Parables of Design: Selected Writings by Phil Patton

    Softcover | 10.92 x 2.03 x 17.53 cm | 296 pp Cooper-Hewitt Museum | 2017 | 9781942303152 In September 2015 the world lost Phil Patton – prolific design writer, teacher and tantalising wordsmith. Patton’s insatiable curiosity, sense of humour and keen eye made for the...
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  • Thomas Hirschhorn: Deleuze Monument (One Work)Thomas Hirschhorn: Deleuze Monument (One Work)
    Afterall

    Thomas Hirschhorn: Deleuze Monument (One Work)

    A FURTHER 10% OFF WHEN YOU BUY ANY THREE ONE WORK TITLES  View more One Work titles Softcover | 14.94 x 1.12 x 20.96 cm | 100 pp Afterall | 2014 | 9781846381430 The One Work series is a library of small books, each title focusing on...
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  • Has Modernism Failed? (Revised Edition)Has Modernism Failed? (Revised Edition)
    Thames & Hudson

    Has Modernism Failed? (Revised Edition)

    Suzi Gablik Softcover | 15.75 x 1.27 x 23.62 cm | 168 pp Thames & Hudson | 2004 | 9780500284841 In 1984, Suzi Gablik's Has Modernism Failed? was one of the first books to confront the social situation of contemporary art. In describing a world whose central...
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  • Fashion in Fiction: Text and Clothing in Literature, Film and TelevisionFashion in Fiction: Text and Clothing in Literature, Film and Television
    Berg Publishers

    Fashion in Fiction: Text and Clothing in Literature, Film and Television

    Softcover | 15.8 x 1.22 x 23.47 cm | 224 pp Berg | 2009 | 9781847883575 Fashion in Fiction examines the ways in which dress 'performs' in a wide range of contemporary and historical literary texts. Essays by North American, European and Australian scholars explore...
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  • Walker Evans: Kitchen Corner (One Work)Walker Evans: Kitchen Corner (One Work)
    Afterall

    Walker Evans: Kitchen Corner (One Work)

    A FURTHER 10% OFF WHEN YOU BUY ANY THREE ONE WORK TITLES  View more One Work titles Oliver Richon & Mark Lewis Softcover | 14.91 x 1.04 x 21.11 cm | 88 pp Afterall | 2019 | 9781846381980 The One Work series is a library of...
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  • Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art (Non-mint)
    Dia Art Foundation

    Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art (Non-mint)

    Softcover | 13.21 x 1.78 x 20.07 cm | 176 pp Dia Art Foundation | 2014 | 9780944521809 From 1992 to 2004, Dia Art Foundation presented the Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art, in which a distinguished array of scholars, critics and cultural historians engaged in...
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  • The Artist as Economist: Art and Capitalism in the 1960sThe Artist as Economist: Art and Capitalism in the 1960s
    Yale University Press

    The Artist as Economist: Art and Capitalism in the 1960s

    Sophie Cras, Malcolm Debevoise & Cécile Whiting  Hardcover | 18.29 x 2.03 x 25.91 cm | 244 pp Yale University Press | 2019 | 9780300232707 This timely and original study transforms our understanding of the relationship between art and economics. Bearing witness to the changing economic landscape...
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  • Look at This If You Love Great Art: A Critical Curation of 100 Essential ArtworksLook at This If You Love Great Art: A Critical Curation of 100 Essential Artworks
    Ivy Press

    Look at This If You Love Great Art: A Critical Curation of 100 Essential Artworks

    Chloë Ashby Hardcover | ‎17.15 x 2.54 x 23.11 cm | 224 pp Ivy Press | 2021 | 9780711256064 Look At This If You Love Great Art is a must read for anyone with a passion for exceptional art. Featuring 100 of the best artworks ever produced,...
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  • Sturtevant: Warhol Marilyn (One Work)Sturtevant: Warhol Marilyn (One Work)
    Afterall

    Sturtevant: Warhol Marilyn (One Work)

    A FURTHER 10% OFF WHEN YOU BUY ANY THREE ONE WORK TITLES  View more One Work titles Patricia Lee Softcover | 14.94 x 0.89 x 21.11 cm | 104 pp Afterall | 2016 | 9781846381638 The One Work series is a library of small books,...
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  • The Empire of Non-Sense: Art in the Technological SocietyThe Empire of Non-Sense: Art in the Technological Society
    Papadakis

    The Empire of Non-Sense: Art in the Technological Society

    Jacques Ellul  Hardcover | 21.64 x 2.03 x 27 cm | 2014  Papadakis | 2014 | 9781906506407 Translated into English for the first time, Jacques Ellul's ground-breaking Empire of Non-Sense analyses the relation between technology, art, rationality and human freedom. Many modern artists and architects continue...
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  • Alighiero e Boetti: Mappa (One Work)Alighiero e Boetti: Mappa (One Work)
    Afterall

    Alighiero e Boetti: Mappa (One Work)

    A FURTHER 10% OFF WHEN YOU BUY ANY THREE ONE WORK TITLES  View more One Work titles Softcover | 15.09 x 1.02 x 21.11 cm | 112 pp Afterall | 2008 | 9781846380273 The One Work series is a library of small books, each title...
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