Arts / Criticism & Theory

Make Good Art

by Neil Gaiman

In May 2012, bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts, in which he shared his thoughts about creativity, bravery, and strength. He encouraged...

Femininity in Asian Women Artists' Work from China, Korea and USA: If the Shoe Fits

by Patricia Karetzky

Patricia Karetzky discusses the metaphor of the shoe and how it is present in different women artists' work in China, Korea and USA

Good Day Today: David Lynch Destabilises The Spectator

by Daniel Neofetou

This book argues that the films of David Lynch pose a radical challenge to conservative and absolutist ideologies.

Letters on Cézanne

by Rainer maria Rilke & Joel Agee

Rilke's prayerful responses to the french master's beseeching art

For a long time nothing, and then suddenly one has the right eyes.

Virtually every day in the fall of 1907, Rainer Maria Rilke returned to a Paris...

Inside Bruegel

by Edward Snow

In this brilliant, original and lavishly illustrated book, Edward Snow undertakes an inquiry into a single painting by the Flemish master Peter Bruegel the Elder—the kaleidoscopic Children’s Games—in order...

Sculptors, Painters, and Italy

by Sirpa Salenius

The essays in Sculptors, Painters, and Italy: Italian Influence on Nineteenth-Century American Art examine the influence of Italy in the works of nineteenth-century American sculptors and painters. The focus...

A Hedonist's Guide to Art

by Laura K. Jones

A Hedonist's Guide to Art shines a light on both the little-known and the wilder shores of contemporary art, affording readers a peek inside the machinations of the gilded beast known as the "Art World." Here...

The View From The Studio Door: How Artists Find Their Way In An Uncertain World

by Ted Orland

How artists convert art theory into art making. Sequel to the author's previous best-seller, "Art & Fear".

And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos

by John Berger