The Story of Art in 1,000 Pieces

Discover the calming power of the flow state. We all know flow, even if we don’t yet know what to call it: that blissful state of absorption, when you’re so engaged with what you’re doing that you don’t notice the time passing. Psychologists now know that this still, almost meditative, state, brings us a host of […]

An artist both of her time and well ahead of it, Hilma af Klint was a rare original. Years before such Modernist pioneers as Piet Mondrian and Vasily Kandinsky dipped their brushes into abstraction, af Klint was breaking ground with colorful, energetic compositions that veered away from the figurative. Her group of paintings called The […]

A nostalgic jigsaw journey with a crazy coast-to-coast collage. Includes images of great US and Canadian cities, plus a hop over the border to Tijuana, and details like: road maps, gas stations, roadsigns; cactus, redwoods , palm trees; moose, bears, deer, eagles; Golden Gate and Brooklyn Bridges; postcards, copy of On the Road;hubcabs, car parts, […]

The Short Story of Contemporary Art is a must-read introduction to this exciting and important period from bestselling author and art historian Susie Hodge. This fascinating pocket guide to art explains the how, why and when of contemporary art – who introduced certain techniques or genres, and why these matter. Simply constructed, the book explores 40 […]