Books

For Bill Cunningham, New York City was the land of freedom, glamour, and, above all, style. Growing up in a lace-curtain Irish suburb of Boston, secretly trying on his sister’s dresses and spending his evenings after school in the city’s...

In Wild Design, environmental designer and scientist Alan Marshall presents a manifesto on nature-inspired designs, including visionary concepts as well as exhibits of actual products, landscapes, and artwork from around the world. With elegant...

A practical, bipartisan call to action from the world’s leading thinkers on the environment and sustainability Sustainability has emerged as a global priority over the past several years. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and the adoption of the...

John Wilmerding’s “Masterpiece” column is among the The Wall Street Journal’s most popular features. This book gathers those essays by Wilmerding, the distinguished former curator of American art at the National Gallery. Each...

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe accompanies the most comprehensive exhibition to date of the innovative body of work by Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang—best known for his spectacular artworks using gunpowder. It presents a chronological and thematic...

Get ready to repurpose your recycling with this do-it-yourself craft book! It’s jam-packed with creative activities to make beautiful objects from recycled everyday materials. Marie-Laure Pham-Bourwens is an architect, mum of two and a craft-loving,...

For the first time since 1931, the modern art collection of Philadelphia artist and collector Earl Horter has been reassembled. This great collection included some of the greatest works by the most renowned and respected figures in Modern Art. However,...

With dramatic expressions of futurism alongside rustic eco-trends, this  book collects the best of 1970s design in one expertly curated and annotated volume, drawn from the now-classic collectible, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook. Across...

From the snap and crackle of Pop to the florid excesses of the hippie  era, explore the most memorable designs from the transformative 1960s.  Drawn from the much-coveted Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook, this colorful survey of interiors,...

Latex, plastics, and fervent consumerism: discover the design trends and materials which literally shaped the American 1950s. This overview explores a decade of postwar rebuilding driven by idealistic vision and  positive spirit, applied from the...

The Japanese kimono is celebrated worldwide for its elegant, distinctive silhouette. Though quintessentially Japanese, the kimono form has influenced fashion designers around the globe.  The 150 stunning kimonos in this beautifully illustrated book...

The art of Claude Monet reveals a delicately colored world of harbors and beaches, roads and gardens.  With this book, serious colorists can create their own versions of this  famous Impressionist's lovely landscapes, seascapes, and graceful...

One of Europe’s most influential contemporary artists, Michelangelo Pistoletto (born 1933) has persistently investigated and expanded the role of the spectator in art since the 1950s through painting, sculpture, and performance. His present...

This fully illustrated catalogue features entries on more than one  hundred significant works by artists including Stieglitz Circle painters Georgia O'Keeffe, John Marin, Marsden Hartley, and Arthur Dove;  Precisionists Charles Demuth, Ralston...

One of the most complex and fascinating artists working today, Bruce Nauman (b. 1941) has assembled a mesmerizing body of work that encompasses video, installation, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and neon. In 2008, Nauman was unanimously...

The Rookwood Pottery was probably the most famous company making art pottery in the United States in the late nineteenth century into the twentieth century, achieving an international reputation and consistently promoting artistic innovation. Proud that...

Experience the art of Jerry Pinkney, a master of the American picture book whose unforgettable visual narratives reflect deeply felt  personal and cultural themes, bearing witness to the African-American experience, the wonders of classic...

More than ninety objects, painted in vibrant colors that have survived half a millennium with undiminished brilliance, are reproduced in color and in black and white. Together they represent the various shapes, ornamentation, ambitious compositions, and...

Over the next five years, what do you really want to do? Who do you really want to be? Filled with examples from past and present leaders, thought-provoking activities, and real-life examples, this  book offers fuel for embracing the possibilities...

A behind-the-scenes look at leading contemporary artists at work, with original art projects to recreate at home. Open Studio goes behind closed doors with a host of prominent visual artists to capture them in the act of creation as they draw, paint,...

A tool to bring sanity to our most intense technological relationship. The dark truth is that it has become very hard to find anyone (and certainly anything) more interesting than one’s smartphone. This perplexing and troubling realization has for most...

"The subject impresses by its simplicity: a solitary traveler and his lean hound making way in hilly dunes, a remnant of a tumble-down fence and almost formless clouds." Jacob van Ruisdael's landscapes are lonely, distant views with only the occasional...

Little Bo-Peep may have lost her sheep but our bookmark will keep your place in a favorite book!   George Romney was an 18th century English portrait painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures...

Philadelphia’s diverse public libraries, universities, scholarly institutions, and museums hold numerous—but often little-known—treasures, including many hand-produced manuscripts decorated with miniature paintings. Presented in this catalogue are eighty...

By Ainsley M. Cameron and Darielle Mason This publication presents the first in-depth survey of the Conley Harris and Howard Truelove Collection of Indian Drawings, which was recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This exceptional...

By Innis Howe Shoemaker, with contributions by Nancy Ash and Eliza Spaulding Richard Pousette-Dart (American, 1916–1992) is best known as an American painter of mid-20th-century Abstract Expressionism, although his work was distinct for its spiritual...

By Ruth Fine and Shelley R. Langdale Since its founding in 1972, the Brandywine Workshop has become an internationally recognized center for printmaking and a vital part of the Philadelphia community. In 2009 the workshop donated one hundred prints to...

By Michael R. Taylor This scholarly catalogue provides an engaging analysis of Chagall’s life and career in the early decades of the twentieth century. Featured throughout are the paintings and works on paper that the artist created during these years,...

By Ann Temkin, Gabriel Orozco and David Sylvester In 1993 Gabriel Orozco removed a lengthwise section of a Citroën DS and reconnected the two sides, making the car’s fleet form look lighter yet. Orozco continues his experimentations with perceptions of...

By Peter Barberie, with an essay on the photographic materials by Beth A. Price and Ken Sutherland Renowned for his alluring and provocative photographs of the monuments, interiors, streets, and people of Paris and its environs, Eugène Atget carefully...