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In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over across the...

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A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARAN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022?This is a wonderful book. A lyrical journey into the natural and unnatural world? Patti Smith?Everything Philip Hoare writes is bewitch...

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After the best-seller The End is My Beginning, co-authored with his father Tixiano Terzani, the long-awaited Folco Terzani's comeback with a spiritual fable of nature, men and God.This spiritual fable intends to make us reflect on our own life, th...

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''I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art'' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he''s call...

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Brought to you by Penguin. From the bestselling author of Purple Cow and This is Marketing comes an elegant little book that will inspire artists, writers, and entrepreneurs to stretch and commit to putting their best work out into the world. Crea...

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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Turner by Franny Moyle, read by John Sackville. The extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain''s most admired, misunderstood and celebrated artists J. M. W. Turner is B...

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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Walk Through Walls written and read by Marina Abramovic. This memoir spans Marina Abramovic''s five decade career, and tells a life story that is almost as exhilarating and extrao...

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The downloadable audiobook edition of Judy Taylor's classic biography, Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman, read by the actress Patricia Routledge.Starting with the publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902, Beatrix Potter w...

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Brought to you by Penguin.**THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection...

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** Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4 **'Other things in the world are white but for me porcelain comes first'A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise: that mixed with the right materials, it might survive the fire of the kiln, and...

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*BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2016*"e;The Vanishing Man is a riveting detective story and a brilliant reconstruction of an art controversy, but it is also a homage to the art of Velazquez, written by ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - told through her unique textile scrapbook.In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets o...

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Edvard Munch, l'introspettivo espressionista, viene principalmente associato al celebre dipinto "e;L'urlo"e;. Ma dietro questo capolavoro di fama mondiale si celano un passato fatto di privazioni e poverta, la tragica morte di sua madre e ...

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Picasso, el revolucionario de la pintura. Picasso, el maltratador de mujeres. El que retrato a la humanidad sufriente en el "e;Guernica"e;. El comunista cuyo nombre se convirtio en una marca global. Esta biografia ayuda a comprender como c...

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Abbedissan kallades hon av somliga. Andra sade att hon hörde till tidens stora fröknar. Märkeskvinna sade en tredje. Säkert är att textilkonstnären Märta Måås-Fjetterström ritade mattor som fortfarande nästan 80 år efter hennes död säljs för sexsi...

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Lars Lerins och Jan Malmsjös brevinläsningar flätas i ljudboken samman av musik framförd av Benny Andersson; pianotoner som förflyttar lyssnaren genom århundradena. "Hem! Det är ändå ett underligt ord! De tre bokstäfverna bilda ett begrepp, som ka...

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Konstnären Alfred Kunft föddes i Aussig i dubbelmonarkin Österrike-Ungern 1892 och dog i Nybro i Sverige 1961. Första världskrigets utbrott 1914 innebar att han fick avbryta sina konststudier i Wien. Han sändes först till den serbiska fronten och ...

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Rakastetun taiteilijan arvoituksellinen elämä. Hugo Simbergin Haavoittunut enkeli on Suomen rakastetuin taideteos. Millaisen elämän taiteilija itse eli? Nuori ja omapäinen Hugo Simberg muuttaa Viipurista Helsinkiin vakaana aikeenaan tulla suureksi...

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Intohimona kultaseppien taide Tarina Tillanderin kultaseppäsuvun vesasta ja uteliaisuudesta, sitkeydestä ja rakkaudesta kauneuteen. Kirja on kertomus sukupolvien ketjusta, voitoista ja menetyksistä. Ulla Tillander-Godenhielmia arvostetaan kaikkial...

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Taiteilija, joka eli aikaansa edellä Abstraktin taiteen pioneerin kiehtova elämäkerta tempaa mukaansa sadan vuoden takaisiin esoteerisiin virtauksiin, teosofien ja antroposofien maailmaan. Ruotsalaisen Hilma af Klintin ihmeelliset teokset saivat G...

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