Theory of Art

By developing his own conception of the 'figure' Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship betwee...

By developing his own conception of the 'figure' Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship betwee...

Part of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of anthologies. Moving Image is a key text for comprehending the deep interconnection...

Why are curves important? What are the secrets of ornamentation? How do you create an invisible repeat in a fabric or wallpaper design? Does a h...

This is a bestselling and comprehensive introductory textbook that uses a four-part structure to cover all aspects of the visual arts, including: h...

Part of the acclaimed ''''Documents of Contemporary Art'''' series of anthologies . Intrinsically collaborative, the magazine is an inherently `o...

Part of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of anthologies . This book will be an original and indispensable resource for all wh...

Photography has a unique relationship to chance. Anyone who has wielded a camera has taken a picture ruined by an ill-timed blink or enhanced by an...

The rise of the exhibition as critical form and artistic medium, from Robert Smithson''s antimodernist non-sites in 1968 to today''s institutional ...

Never has the spirit of innovation been more highly valued than today. Around the world, people see the hard-to-teach skills of creativity as the l...

This popular collection of the best of Art Monthly's interviews since the magazine's inception in the early 1970s provides a supplementary history ...

The novelist, writer, curator and cultural commentator Michael Bracewell has written extensively for museums and galleries, along with art publicat...

Colour is a given of most people's everyday lives, but at the same time it lies at the limits of language and understanding. David Batchelor's prev...