By 1862, just a decade after its launch as a study collection for art and design, the Victoria and Albert Museum had become a reference resource for collectors, scholars and art-market experts. Enriching the V&A, the final volume in a trilogy of books on the museum's 19th-century history, describes how the young museum's rapid growth ......
The behemothic global art market is one which few aspiring artists manage to penetrate. How then would a creative person with virtually no arts engagement, maybe with mental or other significant health issues, disability, or difficult social circumstances, find a way in? Providing a means of gaining an understanding and appreciation of largely ......
Examining for the first time the life and work of the sculptor Matt Rugg (1935-2020), Michael Bird's impeccably researched text vividly charts Rugg's parallel careers as artist and teacher in the context of developments in creative pedagogy in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century, and their implications for practice and teaching ......
During World War II, London was at its most perilous moment since the Great Fire of 1666. Districts were transformed at night by falling bombs, fires, and searchlights. During the day, when the results of the previous night's bombing were laid bare, ordinary people dealt with the aftermath as best they could. In 1939, the Ministry of Information ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423118
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
This book, richly illustrated and based on extensive scholarly research into the family archive, tells a comprehensive story of the collectors who amassed these treasures.
The Hungarian National Gallery commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust with a graphic art exhibition in cooperation with the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives.The exhibition on the terrible events of eight decades ago will therefore focus on artists who themselves were victims of this catastrophe.
Extraordinary Art Experiences introduces readers to a variety of institutions, many of which began as private collections. Art lovers can find them inside converted industrial warehouses or in structures designed by star architects, or even in homes left intact for visitors to see how collectors lived with their art. World class curators fill ......
A Curated Collection of the World's Most Exciting Artists
Artfolio2020 is a publication of the best in abstract and contemporary work as decided by a jury of distinguished professional artists, museum curators, gallery owners, art consultants and collectors
