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Magic Off Main chronicles the life and art of Esther Warkov, a visual artist of Jewish heritage who lives in Winnipeg and paints in a surrealistic and postmodern style. It considers Warkov's art through an understanding of her life and the palpable effect her life as a Jewish woman growing up on the Canadian prairies has had on her art. By tracing the development of Warkov's art over forty years, Rasporich addresses aspects of biography, social and cultural history, and art history in a cohesive volume.

Drawn from Gaiman's trove of published speeches, poems, and creative manifestos, this book is an embodiment of this remarkable multimedia artist's vision, and a timely call to arms.

Traces the theft of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" from Oslo's National Gallery in 1994, recounting the efforts of art detective Charley Hill to recover the painting in an investigation ranging from the estates of aristocrats to the art underworld.

To this day, the name "Andy Warhol" conjures his famous images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe. But though Pop Art became synonymous with Warhol's name and dominated the public's image of him, his life and work are infinitely more complex and multi-faceted than that. The extent and range of Warhol's success, and his deliberate attempts to thwart his biographers, means that it hasn't been easy to put together an accurate or complete image of him.

Have you ever wondered what exactly goes on inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Sure, the president of the United States works and resides there, but do you know who helps keep this historic house running? It's no simple task, especially when there are important state events and foreign dignitaries, in addition to presidential pups, mischievous children, and even a couple of ghosts.

An artist's odyssey from Jim Crow era, Georgia to the Yale Art Gallery. A memoir in prose and paintings that celebrates Black life and summons readers to confront painful and urgent realities at the heart of American history and society

Augusta Savage, a gifted sculptor of the 1930s, flourished during the Harlem Renaissance, and became a teacher to an entire generation of African American artists, including Jacob Lawrence.

Franny Moyle traces and analyzes the life and work of an extraordinary artist against the backdrop of an era of political turbulence and cultural transformation, to which his art offers a subtle and endlessly refracting mirror.

Veronique Hyland takes aim at the institutions within the fashion industry while reminding us of the importance of dress and what it means for self-presentation. Everything from societal changes to the progress (or lack thereof) of women's rights to the hidden motivations behind what we choose to wear to align ourselves with a particular social group can be tracked through clothing.

Georgia O'Keeffe, renowned for her fierce independence and unique artistic vision, had a personal mystique as intriguing and enduring as her bold, brilliant canvasses. Here is a full account of her exceptional life.