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"Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn't just about fashion.

How do the bodies we inhabit affect our relationship with art? How does art affect our relationship to our bodies?

Following a bout with polio at the age of six, Frida Kahlo's life was marked by pain and loneliness. In real life, she walked with a limp, but in her dreams, she flew.

Every great artist started out as a kid. Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces.

What is your art really about? Where is it going?

You don't have to starve to be an artist. Build a career doing what you love.

Originally published in 2009, Art/Work was the first practical guide to address how artists can navigate the crucial business and legal aspects of a fine art career.

"Traveling easily through a thousand years of history, The Bright Ages reminds us society never collapsed when the Roman Empire fell, nor did the modern world did wake civilization from a thou

Even as a kid, everyone thought Jeff Kinney was talented. People loved his drawings, and when he went to college, his comic strip Igdoof was so popular that it spread to other universities!

Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters.

In a sparkling social history, Skirts traces the shifting roles of women over the twentieth century through the era's most iconic and influential dresses.

Celebrated artist Robert Bateman is renowned internationally for bringing the natural world to life on the canvas.

A lyrically told, exquisitely illustrated biography of influential Jewish artist and activist Ben Shahn"The first thing I can remember," Ben said, "I drew."As an observant child

Using Toronto as a case study, Subdivided asks how cities would function if decision-makers genuinely accounted for race, ethnicity, and class when confronting issues such as housing, policing, lab

The rich, revealing, and thrilling story of five women whose lives and painting propelled a revolution in modern art, from the National Book Award finalist.