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  • The Selected Letters of John CageThe Selected Letters of John Cage
    Wesleyan University Press

    The Selected Letters of John Cage

    Hardcover | 15.75 x 4.83 x 23.88 cm | 656 pp Wesleyan University Press | 2016 | 9780819575913 This selection of over five hundred letters gives us the life of John Cage with all the intelligence, wit, and inventiveness that made him such an...
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  • Sturtevant: Warhol Marilyn (One Work)Sturtevant: Warhol Marilyn (One Work)
    Afterall

    Sturtevant: Warhol Marilyn (One Work)

    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, each title focusing on a single artwork that has significantly shaped the way we understand art...
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  • Alighiero e Boetti: Mappa (One Work)Alighiero e Boetti: Mappa (One Work)
    Afterall

    Alighiero e Boetti: Mappa (One Work)

    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 focusing on a single artwork that has significantly shaped the way we understand art and its history....
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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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  • Male Trouble: A Crisis in Representation
    Thames & Hudson

    Male Trouble: A Crisis in Representation

    Abigail Solomon-Godeau Softcover | 15.7 x 2 x 23.5 cm | 264 pp Thames & Hudson | 1999 | 9780500280379 Why did the male nude dominate French art through the French Revolution and then largely disappear? In this pioneering book which challenges received ideas...
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  • Sifting the Trash: A History of Design CriticismSifting the Trash: A History of Design Criticism
    MIT Press

    Sifting the Trash: A History of Design Criticism

    Alice Twemlow Hardcover | 18.75 x 2.34 x 23.65 cm | 312 pp MIT Press | 2017 | 9780262035989 This book looks at how product design criticism has rescued some products from the trash and consigned others to the landfill. Product design criticism operates...
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  • ON&BY Andy WarholON&BY Andy Warhol
    MIT Press

    ON&BY Andy Warhol

    Gilda Williams & Iwona Blazwick Softcover  | 14.61 x 1.91 x 20.96 cm | 240 pp MIT Press | 2016 | 9780262528689 Writings about Andy Warhol by critics, artists, cultural theorists, and Factory associates together with archival material, interviews, and texts by Warhol himself. The impact...
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  • Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There: How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America
    Black Swan

    Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There: How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America

    David Hepworth Softcover | 12.7 x 2.29 x 19.84 cm | 336 pp Black Swan | 2021 | 9781784166410 The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted. Suddenly the youth of the richest, most...
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  • Images In Transition: Wirephoto 1938-1945Images In Transition: Wirephoto 1938-1945
    Schlit Publishing

    Images In Transition: Wirephoto 1938-1945

    David Pace & Stephen Wirtz Hardcover 24 x 1.3 x 30 cm | 136 pp Schlit Publishing | 2019 | 9789053309162 Wirephoto is the sending of photographs by telegraph, telephone or radio. David Pace and Stephen Wirtz manipulate and transform wirephotos transmitted during World War...
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  • Pleasuring Painting: Matisse's Feminine RepresentationsPleasuring Painting: Matisse's Feminine Representations
    Thames & Hudson

    Pleasuring Painting: Matisse's Feminine Representations

    John Elderfield Hardcover | 15.5 x 1 x 21.7 cm | 64 pp Thames & Hudson | 1996 | 9780500550281 In 1913, outraged by Matisse's painterly violations of the female body, students of the Art Institute of Chicago found him guilty of "artistic murder"...
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  • Come Together: The Rise of Cooperative Art and DesignCome Together: The Rise of Cooperative Art and Design
    Princeton Architectural Press

    Come Together: The Rise of Cooperative Art and Design

      Francesco Spampinato Softcover | 21 x 2.5 x 26 cm | 256 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2014 | 9781616892685   The past twenty years have seen a resurgence of artists working together in small groups and larger collectives to explore new avenues of art,...
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  • Musical Truth: A Musical Journey Through Modern Black Britain in 28 SongsMusical Truth: A Musical Journey Through Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs
    Faber & Faber

    Musical Truth: A Musical Journey Through Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs

    Jeffrey Boakye & Ngade Smart Hardcover | 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm | 206 pp Faber & Faber | 2021 | 9780571366484 Lord Kitchener, Neneh Cherry, Smiley Culture, Stormzy . . . Groundbreaking musicians whose songs have changed the world. But how? This exhilarating...
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  • The Remarkable Tale of Radio 1: The History of the Nation's Favourite Station 1967-95The Remarkable Tale of Radio 1: The History of the Nation's Favourite Station 1967-95
    Omnibus Press

    The Remarkable Tale of Radio 1: The History of the Nation's Favourite Station 1967-95

    Robert Sellers Hardcover | 15.88 x 3.56 x 23.5 cm | 352 pp Omnibus Press | 2021 | 9781913172121 For most people in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, Radio 1 provided the soundtrack to their lives. Commanding up to 24 million listeners a...
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  • Roy Lichtenstein (October Files #7)
    MIT Press

    Roy Lichtenstein (October Files #7)

    Edited by Graham Badert Softcover | 15.4 x 1.22 x 23 cm | 202 pp | b&w illustrations MIT Press | 2009 | 9780262512312 The most comprehensive collection on Lichtenstein, from the earliest reviews to recent reassessments, including several hard-to-find and previously unpublished pieces. Roy...
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  • Nothing is Real: Why The Beatles Were Underrated And Other Sweeping Statements About Pop
    Black Swan

    Nothing is Real: Why The Beatles Were Underrated And Other Sweeping Statements About Pop

    David Hepworth Softcover | 12.7 x 1.5 x 19.8 cm | 240 pp Black Swan | 2019 | 9781784166205 Pop music’s a simple pleasure. Is it catchy? Can you dance to it? Do you fancy the singer?But what’s fascinating about pop is our relationship...
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  • Richard Hamilton (October Files #10)
    MIT Press

    Richard Hamilton (October Files #10)

    Edited by Hal Foster Softcover | 15.4 x 1 x 23 cm | 165 pp | b&w illustrations MIT Press | 2010 | 9780262513722 As an original member of the legendary Independent Group in London in the 1950s, Richard Hamilton organised or participated in groundbreaking exhibitions...
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  • Bruce Nauman (October Files #22)Bruce Nauman (October Files #22)
    MIT Press

    Bruce Nauman (October Files #22)

    Edited by Taylor Walsh Softcover | 15.1 x 1.4 x 23 cm | 222 pp | b&w illustrations MIT Press | 2018 | 9780262535670 This volume collects essential texts on the work of Bruce Nauman (b. 1941), an artist of exceptional range whose work continues to...
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  • Art: A Beginner's GuideArt: A Beginner's Guide
    Oneworld Publications

    Art: A Beginner's Guide

    Laurie Schneider Adams Softcover | 12.95 x 2.29 x 19.81 cm | 240 pp Oneworld Publications | 2012 | 9781851688531 From Stone Age statuettes to twenty first-century video art, Laurie Schneider Adams unravels the extraordinary story of Western art in this fast-paced introduction. Reining in the isms'...
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  • William Kentridge (October Files #21)William Kentridge (October Files #21)
    MIT Press

    William Kentridge (October Files #21)

    Edited by Rosalind Krauss Softcover | 15.4 x 1 x 23 cm | 187 pp | b&w illustrations MIT Press | 2017 | 9780262533454 Critical texts and interviews that explore the drawings, animations, and theatrical work of the South African artist William Kentridge. Since...
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  • LAND (Photographs That Make You Think)LAND (Photographs That Make You Think)
    Abrams

    LAND (Photographs That Make You Think)

    Henry Carroll Softcover | 12.7 x 2.16 x 17.65 cm | 144 pp Abrams | 2022 | 9781419751479 How do the most diverse and relevant voices of contemporary photography respond to the urgent issues of today?  Henry Carroll, the bestselling photography writer of the last...
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