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Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Guided by Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of @thegreatwomenartists, discover the glittering paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century United States and the artist who really invented the "readymade." Explore the Dutch...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten - certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by progeny of film producers, C-Suite executives, and international art-dealers, most of whom float through...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Sadie Montogmery has had good breaks and bad breaks in her life, but as a struggling artist, all she needs is one lucky break. Things seem to be going her way when she lands one of the coveted finalist spots in a portrait competition. It happens to coincide with a surgery she needs to have. Minor, they say. Less than a week in the hospital, they say. Nothing about you will change, they say. Upon recovery, it begins to dawn on Sadie that she can see...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When X - an iconoclastic artist, writer, and polarizing shape-shifter - falls dead in her office, her widow, wild with grief and refusing everyone's good advice, hurls herself into writing a biography of the woman she deified. Though X was recognized as a crucial creative force of her era, she kept a tight grip on her life story. Not even CM, her wife, knew where X had been born, and in her quest to find out, she opens a Pandora's box of secrets,...
5) Oh, Olive!
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Presenting Olive Chen! The most magnificent and brilliant artist in the whole wide world! Her parents are also artists--serious artists--who paint prim, proper, perfect shapes. They know Olive has the talent to follow in their footsteps. But Olive likes to smear, splatter, splash, and even lick. With a brush in each hand, Olive cascades through town with her friends in tow, painting what she wants to, what she feels--until she reaches her parents'...
7) That Summer
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Welcome to GREY GARDENS...as you've never seen it before. Discover the long-lost film featuring Big and Little Edie before they were cultural icons. With Andy Warhol.
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When artist Maleonn realizes that his father suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, he creates “Papa’s Time Machine,” a magical, autobiographical stage performance featuring life-size mechanical puppets. Through the production of this play, the two men confront their mortality before time runs out and memories are lost forever.
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (67 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Seeking solace in music during the COVID-19 pandemic, global pop star Charli XCX asks her fans to help her make an album while quarantined at home. Charli embarks on a creative and emotional journey as she confronts mental health issues, rekindles her relationship with her boyfriend, connects with her fans, and ultimately produces the music for how i’m feeling now.
10) The Punk Singer
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An exciting portrait of the hugely influential rock & roll icon Kathleen Hanna, featuring intimate interviews and electric concert footage.
11) The Louvre
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
1964.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Before this film no one else, including the French was ever permitted to film the Louvre. The priceless treasures and incomparable art can be shared through the eyes of award-winning filmmaker Lucy Jarvis. Set against the panoramic history of France, and hosted by Charles Boyer, The Louvre, regal palace and home to so many of the world's great gifts of art, becomes THE LOUVRE, a film acclaimed and winner of fourteen national and international awards,...
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
While Banksy has become a household name, he remains a mysterious figure with controversy surrounding his works of art, stunts, political statements, and identities, leading to the art world's biggest unanswered question - who is Banksy?
13) The art book
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
New edition
Physical Desc
599 pages : colour illustrations ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
This is an accessible, informative and fun A-Z guide to artists from medieval times to the present day. It has been updated and expanded with 100 new works, including paintings, photographs, sculptures, video, installations and performance art.
14) Hands
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Trevor has an adult problem to deal with: how to protect himself, his sisters, and his mother from his abusive stepfather, who is currently in prison. He takes up boxing, figuring if he learns how to build himself up, nobody can knock him down. Trev is a talented artist-- and others are advising him to follow that path to the future, rather than fighting. When the boyfriend of one of his sisters becomes disrespectful and threatens...
15) Instant Dreams
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Instant film production came to a halt after Polaroid shut down in 2008, but a group of engineers are trying to recreate the lost formula behind instant film. The documentary follows three people with a deep love for Polaroid and along with archival footage delves into the chemistry, artistry and history behind this technological behemoth of the 20th century. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the **Slamdance Film Festival** and **San Francisco...
16) Tattoo Nation
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
For years people saw tattoos as a sign of rebellion. A middle finger salute to the rest of the world. Outlaw bikers got tattoos. Sailors on leave in Singapore got tattoos. Lifers in the joint got tattoos. But now in the United States one out of every three adults under forty has a tattoo! So what happened? How did tattoo go from something that was put on you to an expression that comes from within you? TATTOO NATION tells the story of a few people...
17) Capturing Grace
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (60 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An award-winning documentary telling the unlikely story of what happens when New York's legendary Mark Morris Dance Group joins forces with people with Parkinson's disease to stage a unique performance. CAPTURING GRACE is a story about the power of art and the enduring strength of the human spirit. Focusing on the rediscovery of a lighter step and the sweetness of motion, this film is about a remarkable community of dancers -- some professional,...
18) Magical Universe
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (77 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This captivating film reveals the wondrous world of a true American original: an 88-year-old, Barbie doll-obsessed recluse who creates extraordinary works of art.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Armed with just his talent, some paint and an iphone, follow Willard Snow as he attempts to open an art gallery, while painting giant guitar sculptures, real drums, guitars, and large portraits of Rock Star Legends. Along the way he meets many of his Rock Star idols, impressing them with his art, getting a drum to paint for Mark Schulman of PINK, and seeing his art travel around the world.
Publisher
Brainstorm Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In the sleepy town of Fairhaven, MA, THE AMERICAN SCREAM follows the creative minds behind three local homemade haunts and their spirited, passionate and sometimes harrowing efforts in igniting their town’s Halloween spirit each year.
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