The Affordable Art Fair recommends
By Bookshop.org UK
The Affordable Art Fair recommends
By Bookshop.org UK
Hugo Barclay, Director of Affordable Art Fair UK – the art fairs that work to support living artists and introduce new audiences to the joy of collecting art – shares his top art books to read now.
With three London fairs each year, Affordable Art Fair champions living artists and makes collecting art easy and enjoyable for everyone. The next fair is in Hampstead Heath, 7–11 May, bringing together over 100 galleries and thousands of artworks by brilliant artists from the UK and around the world.
Point Counter Point
Aldous Huxley
£10.99 £10.44Social satire at its finest, Aldous Huxley’s longest novel is a work of art in its own right, and a fascinating glimpse into the fictionalised lives of some of the biggest names moving in the artistic circles of the 1920s.
Those Passions: On Art and Politics
T. J. Clark
£40.00 £38.00Written over 25 years, this is a bold essay collection that explores art’s relationship with politics.
Scottish Artists in an Age of Radical Change: 1945 to the 21st Century
Bill Hare
£18.99 £18.04A landmark book that shines a light on contemporary Scottish visual art through artist interviews and essays.
What Artists Wear
Charlie Porter
£14.99 £14.24A refreshing look at the way in which artists present themselves to the world through their fashion choices. A fun and captivating read that holds up a mirror to the stories we all tell through the clothes we choose to wear.
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency
Olivia Laing
£9.99 £9.49A powerful and original essay collection making the case for why art matters. It includes profiles Jean-Michel Basquiat and Georgia O’Keefe, interviews Hilary Mantel and Ali Smith, and love letters to David Bowie and Freddie Mercury.
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Wassily Kandinsky
£10.99 £10.44One of the most important books ever published throughout the history of modern art, Concerning the Spiritual in Modern Art is Kandinsky’s manifesto and sets out the ideas that were fundamental to his art – and which lead him to become the father of abstract art.