Theory of Art

This book is unique in both its subject matter and its approach. It focuses on the collaboration of J. Derrida, J.-F. Lyotard, J. Hillis Miller, D...

This book explores how speculative thinking is shaping how we relate to our entangled social, mental, and environmental ecologies. It examines how ...

Die Publikation widmet sich den Beziehungen zwischen Restaurierung und Politik in der Kunst der italienischen Renaissance. Die Frage nach der Herku...

In these diatribes on the marketing of culture and the branding of identity, the development of spectacle-architecture and the rise of global citie...

What is a family? And how is family experienced? These questions, explored through artists eyes, are at the heart of the exhibition, Real Families:...

Since the advent of modernity, art has been associated with freedom, provocation and courage. In 1972, art was to unfold its potential as an emanci...

The synthetic proposition examines the impact of Civil Rights, Black Power, the student, feminist and sexual-liberty movements on conceptualism and...

Autumn in Peking takes place in an imaginary desert called Exopotamie, where a train station and a railway line are under construction. Homes are d...

What makes a work of art a masterpiece? Discover the answers in the fascinating stories of how these artworks came to be and the circumstances of t...

A wide-ranging and engaging introduction to the place and power of colour in life and art by John Gage, author of the award-winning Colour and Cult...

Overturning the long-held assumption that the Xuanhe Catalogue of Paintings was the work of the Northern Song emperor Huizong (r. 11001126), Amy Mc...

Imbued with the collective memories of Romanian culture, Andra Ursuta's (born 1979) work uses her grim past to tackle our harsh present. This book ...

There Are No Such Things as Theories considers the fundamental question: what is a scientific theory? It presents a range of options - from theorie...

What is pretentiousness? Why do we despise it? And more controversially: why is it vital to a thriving culture? In this brilliant, passionate essay...

C.C. Wang (19072003) is best known as a preeminent twentieth-century connoisseur and collector of pre-modern Chinese art, a reputation that often o...

Anniversary publication of the Belvedere The Belvedere in Vienna epitomizes the changes that have taken place over the course of three centuries ...

Drawing on a rich legacy of pictorial evidence, Images of Childhood examines historical constructions of childhood and how they reinforce or challe...

The idea of a graduate art program likely conjures up images of young artists in lofty studios, learning advanced techniques and honing the physica...

In this expansive study, John Clark draws on decades of his research on modern art cultures across Asia from 1850 to the present day. The Asian Mod...

In The Future of the Image, Jacques Rancière develops a fascinating new concept of the image in contemporary art, showing how art and politics have...

In this invaluable and thought-provoking book, Vladimir Belogolovsky reflects on nearly 20 years of conversations with leading creatives from aroun...

Reflections on how institutions inform art, curatorial, educational, and research practices while they shape the world around us. Contemporary a...

What makes a colour work? What do colours mean to artists or cultures? Why does grey make a colour stand out? What colour are the oceans? Why is t...

In an age of protest, culture and museums have come under fire. Protests of museum funding (for example, the Metropolitan Museum accepting Sackler ...