Category: Museum Collections

A critical history and comprehensive catalog of the celebrated and controversial works created by activist and artist Tim Rollins and Kids of Survival.In August 1981, artist and activist Tim Rollins was recruited by the principal of Intermediate School 52 in the South Bronx to develop a curriculum that combined art-making with lessons in reading and writing for students classified as "at risk." On the first day of school, Rollins told his students, "Today we are going to make art, but we are also going to make history." This book unfolds that history, offering the first comprehensive catalog o...
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Picasso for Portland: September 20 through October 25, 1970

By: (intro), The Portland Art Museum; Francis J. Newton

Price: $11.00

Publisher: The Portland Art Museum / Graphic Arts Center : January 1970

Seller ID: 73099

ISBN: B000H68EBY

Binding: Thin and/or Small

Condition: Used - Good

The Quality Instinct: Seeing Art Through a Museum Director's Eye

By: Anderson, Maxwell L.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: American Alliance Of Museums : February 2012

Seller ID: 27391

ISBN-13: 9781933253671

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

How do we judge what is good in art? Or more to the controversial point, can we judge art? Acclaimed museum director Maxwell Anderson, newly named Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art, enters the fray with The Quality Instinct. Part personal memoir, part thinking person's guide to the museum, The Quality Instinct is filled with wit and humor, anecdotes, and insights from the author's 30 years in the highly competitive, often contentious art world. Anderson takes us on a grand tour of ancient and contemporary art, sharing five simple metrics of quality that help us to increase ...
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Humble Masterpieces: Everyday Marvels of Design

By: Antonelli, Paola

Price: $6.00

Publisher: ReganBooks : November 2005

Seller ID: 90160

ISBN-13: 9780060838317

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

From M & Ms to Post-It Notes, a charming and insightful collection of design marvels from everyday life, celebrated by the curator of the MoMA's department of architecture and design. Every day we use dozens of tiny objects, from Post-It notes to Band-Aids. If they work well, chances are we do not pay them much attention. But although modest in size and price, some of these objects are true masterpieces of the art of design. Paola Antonelli, curator of the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Design and Architecture, is a highly celebrated figure in the world of design (she was just ranked am...
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide

By: Art, Metropolitan Museum of,Howard, Kathleen

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art : September 1983

Seller ID: 74139

ISBN-13: 9780870993466

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Masters of British Painting, 1800-1950, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in Collaboration With the City Art Museum of St. Louis and the California

By: art, new york museum of modern

Price: $4.00

Publisher: : January 1956

Seller ID: 88667

ISBN: B0031EOB1G

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

State art collection: Art Gallery of Western Australia

By: Australia, Art Gallery of Western

Price: $6.00

Publisher: The Gallery : January 1997

Seller ID: 70074

ISBN-13: 9780730936152

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Istanbul The Kariye Museum

By: Ayyildiz, Ugur

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Net : January 1990

Seller ID: 91521

ISBN: B0063NW2JU

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Treasures of the British Museum

By: Caygill, Marjorie

Price: $11.00

Publisher: British Museum : December 2009

Seller ID: 92763

ISBN-13: 9780714150628

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The BM is the greatest treasure house in the world and it could fill many books with pretty pictures ... but this is more than that. A choice selection of topics, some well known and obvious (Sutton Hoo, the Royal Cemeteries at Ur, the Elgin Marbles), others less obvious (the Folkton Drums, the Lothar Crystal), fifty in all, serve as the basis for description and discussion of both objects and collectors and the way in which the BM has acquired them. This unusual and interesting approach makes for a magnificent book: superb pictures, highly readable descriptions and lots of human interest anec...
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From Oregon private collections: [exhibition] Portland Art Museum, November 16-December 30, 1977

By: Chiego, William J

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Portland Art Museum : January 1977

Seller ID: 73085

ISBN: B000738RB4

Binding: Thin and/or Small

Condition: Used - Good

Hotel-dieu, the beaune hospices (anglais) (FONDS ANCIENS)

By: collectif,

Price: $4.00

Publisher: BEAUX ARTS ED : March 1999

Seller ID: 67031

ISBN-13: 9782842782658

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

ORSAY - VISITOR'S GUIDE (ANGLAIS)

By: Collectif, Françoise

Price: $3.00

Publisher: ART LYS : September 2004

Seller ID: 80349

ISBN-13: 9782854951998

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

ORSAY - VISITOR'S GUIDE (ANGLAIS)

By: Collectif, Françoise

Price: $5.00

Publisher: ART LYS : September 2004

Seller ID: 85181

ISBN-13: 9782854951998

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Whitney Biennial 2014

By: Comer, Stuart,Elms, Anthony,Grabner, Michelle

Price: $7.00

Publisher: The Whitney Museum of American Art : March 2014

Seller ID: 27389

ISBN-13: 9780300196870

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A striking accompaniment to the 2014 biennial exhibition, which presents the perspectives of three innovative guest curators The Whitney Biennial, the Museum s signature exhibition, has charted some of the most exciting new work in contemporary art since it was first introduced in 1932. Three guest curators Stuart Comer, Anthony Elms, and Michelle Grabner offer diverse views of contemporary art today. "Whitney Biennial 2014" serves as a record of this historic exhibition, featuring the work of almost 100 artists working in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, film, ...
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