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What Artists Wear
What Artists Wear
Porter, Charlie
4.12
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Dec 07, 2023
Nov 13, 2023
 
Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment
Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment
Steward, James
4.50
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Apr 14, 2023
 
Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
Braude, Mark *
3.88
it was amazing
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Nov 28, 2022
Nov 25, 2022
 
Lee Krasner: A Biography
Lee Krasner: A Biography
Levin, Gail
3.80
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Aug 12, 2022
 
Magritte: A Life
Magritte: A Life
Danchev, Alex
3.50
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May 27, 2022
 
The Undressed Art: Why We Draw
The Undressed Art: Why We Draw
Steinhart, Peter
4.13
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Jan 15, 2021
Dec 04, 2020
 
Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous
Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous
Bonanos, Christopher *
4.02
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May 23, 2023
Jul 21, 2020
 
Art as Therapy
Art as Therapy
de Botton, Alain *
4.08
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Jan 25, 2020
Nov 07, 2019
 
Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over
Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over
Painter, Nell Irvin
3.50
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Dec 08, 2018
Nov 16, 2018
 
Making Art a Practice: How to Be the Artist You Are
Making Art a Practice: How to Be the Artist You Are
Bennett, Cat *
3.89
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Jun 14, 2018
Jun 16, 2018
 
Unexpected Art: Serendipitous Installations, Site-Specific Works, and Surprising Interventions
Unexpected Art: Serendipitous Installations, Site-Specific Works, and Surprising Interventions
Spring, Jenny Moussa
3.87
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Apr 05, 2017
 
Dadaismo
Dadaismo
Elger, Dietmar
3.84
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Apr 05, 2017
 
Art
Art
Bell, Clive
3.69
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Aug 31, 2005
Mar 08, 2017
 
Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art
Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art
Barnes, Julian
3.99
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Dec 28, 2016
Dec 17, 2016
 
Institutional Time: A Critique of Studio Art Education
Institutional Time: A Critique of Studio Art Education
Chicago, Judy
4.17
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May 16, 2016
 
Balthus and Cats
Balthus and Cats
Vircondelet, Alain
4.22
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Feb 01, 2016
 
Eugene Atget's Paris
Eugene Atget's Paris
Atget, Eugène
4.25
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Sep 04, 2015
 
Magritte
Magritte
Meuris, Jacques
4.26
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Aug 31, 2015
 
The Artist's Handbook
The Artist's Handbook
Smith, Ray Campbell
4.20
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Aug 31, 2015
 
Gothic: Transmutations of Horror in Late Twentieth-Century Art
Gothic: Transmutations of Horror in Late Twentieth-Century Art
Grunenberg, Christoph
3.45
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Aug 31, 2015
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