Escape From the Screen This Winter With These 17 Absolutely Gorgeous Coffee-Table Books

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Escape From the Screen This Winter With These 17 Absolutely Gorgeous Coffee-Table Books

From Gordon Parks's unflinching photography to an outsized tribute to Salvador Dalí, these are some of our favorite coffee-table books.

By Artnet News, Dec 22, 2020

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In 1776, Young Francisco Goya Set Out to Make Copies of Diego Velázquez’s Work—and It Etched Itself Into His Style Forever

Read an excerpt from the new book "Goya: A Portrait of the Artist."

By Janis Tomlinson, Nov 25, 2020

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A New Book Traces the Visual Symbolism of the Zodiac Throughout Art History—See the Trippy Astrological Images Here

Read an excerpt from the new book 'The Art of the Occult: A Visual Sourcebook for the Modern Mystic.'

By S. Elizabeth, Oct 11, 2020

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How MoMA and the CIA Conspired to Use Unwitting Artists to Promote American Propaganda During the Cold War

Art's role in American intelligence history features in the new book 'ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History'—read an excerpt here.

By Jennifer Dasal, Sep 23, 2020

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In a New Memoir, John Giorno Recalls the Night Andy Warhol Conceived of an Epic Anti-Film While Watching Him Sleep—Read an Excerpt Here

Warhol watched his former lover sleep for eight hours when the idea for the film came to him.

By John Giorno, Sep 3, 2020

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A New Book Tells 6,000 Years of Art History Through the Close Study of Treasures at the Metropolitan Museum—Read Excerpts Here

Art historians and Metropolitan Museum curators do close reads of objects in the collection in this leapfrogging history of art.

By Artnet News, Jul 28, 2020