The Art Book

Published on behalf of The Association of Art Historians

Edited by:
Sue Ward and Gillian Whiteley

The Art Book, a quarterly magazine, offers lively and informative reading for a broad art community. It appeals to all those interested in the visual arts, including exhibitions, architecture, decorative arts, design, new media, photography and film. It investigates the challenging, ever-changing and increasingly popular phenomenon called 'art'. It is designed for anyone interested in new interpretations of art histories, its contemporary provocation and visual allure within and beyond the West - art lovers, exhibition visitors, academics and students, museum professionals, collectors, artists. Each issue contains reviews of at least 50 book and exhibition catalogues, plus feature articles and interviews with leading figures in the art world. Ask for The Art Book in the bookshop at your favourite art gallery, or for a discounted rate subscribe online.

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TopHighlights

A selected of Features from 2008

• Touched with Darkness - Andrew Lambirth writes on Constable
• George Stubbs: The Modern Painter of Life by Paul Bonaventura
• Digital Art by Anna Bentkowska Kaffel
• Living it up in Fifteenth Century Florence by Gabriele Neher
• Can Art be Evil? Portrait of a Nazi Propagandist - John Walker on Lein Reifenstahl
• Pictures of Millais - Colin Cruise discusses a misunderstood painter
• That Person's Workbook or Enquire about Everything - Frances Follin considers Matt Mullican
• Process as Communication - Victoria Keller on Richard Serra

Perspectives

• Familiar Signs in a Distant Land - Pamela Gerrish Nunn examines British Art in Australia and New Zealand
• Wembley Stadium: Venue of Legends by Mike Davies
• Ben Uri: Hidden and Homeless by Darrelyn Gunzburg
• Copyright between Commerce and Creativity: Art Photography and the Law by Nina Lager
• A Decade of Discovery: Ten Years of the Estorick Collection by Rosalind McKever

Interviews

• Tacita Dean talks to Claire Walsh
• The Art of Photojournalism - Guy Lane interviews Paolo Pellegrin and reviews As I Was Dying
• A Chronic Curiosity - Julian Bell, author of Mirror of the World, talks to Justin Freeman
• Two Saints Home at Last - Darrelyn Gunzburg talks to Michael Liversidge
• Christain Innovators - Jeffrey Spier of Kimbell Art Museum, Texas talks to Janet Tyson

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