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The International Art Magazine. Published monthly since 1925, we cover everything from antiquities to contemporary work

48 books
Book Cover for: Dune, Frank Herbert

Dune

Frank Herbert
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'Featuring no text, aside from the credits and a brief end quotation from Frank Herbert’s Dune, it’s an enigmatic and sinister affair.' Diane Smyth reviews Latvian artist Julia Soboleva's monograph https://www.apollo-magazine.com/julia-soboleva-monograph-reviewed/

Paperback, 2005

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Architecture: An Introductory Reader, Rudolf Steiner

Architecture: An Introductory Reader

Rudolf Steiner
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In the October issue, out now: @edwinheathcote considers the other-worldly architecture of Rudolf Steiner https://t.co/o84gek24wf

Paperback, 2004

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard: And Other Poems..., Thomas Gray

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard: And Other Poems...

Thomas Gray
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Thomas Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ was the best-loved poem of the 18th century – and has proved a lure to illustrators ever since https://t.co/7iSbecgmeK

Paperback, 2011

$18.75Member price:$9.38 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bao, Erchen Chang

Bao

Erchen Chang
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After meeting at the Slade, Erchen Chang, Shing Tat Chung and Wai Ting have taken the creation of the soft, steamy buns to new heights @bao_london https://t.co/owNdjjJcuO https://t.co/CKcifBS9Dv

Hardcover, 2023

$39.95Member price:$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ulysses, James Joyce

Ulysses

James Joyce
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From James Joyce’s Ulysses to Francis Bacon’s screaming portraits, we’ve picked 4 objects to bring you closer to many myths of Ireland this #StPatricksDay. @NatGalleriesSco @littlemuseumdub @fondartecrt @artinstitutechi Sponsored by @bbgconnects. https://t.co/KSZ0GeAvF3 https://t.co/le6tnjelp7

Paperback, 1990

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Art: A Ruskin Anthology, John Ruskin

Art: A Ruskin Anthology

John Ruskin
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John Ruskin, the foremost art critic of the Victorian era, died #OTD in 1900. Here, Marcus Waithe considers how relevant his ideas are today https://t.co/2pNbp4c0Rg

Paperback, 2022

$18.95Member price:$17.06 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Moby Dick, Herman Melville

Moby Dick

Herman Melville
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Herman Melville was born #OTD in 1819. Here Matthew Kerr looks at the artists who have set out to capture the novelist’s great white whale, Moby Dick. https://t.co/Bm9o5uSJ2P #fromthearchives

Paperback, 2011

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bamigboye: A Master Sculptor of the Yoruba Tradition, James Green

Bamigboye: A Master Sculptor of the Yoruba Tradition

James Green
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Curator James Green takes a close look at a carving by Bamigboye, a sculptor who represented the beating heart of his community in the early 20th century https://t.co/V7vSHiCSbp

Hardcover, 2022

$50.00Member price:$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert, Patricia Cornwell

Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert

Patricia Cornwell
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'Twenty years ago, popular crime writer Patricia Cornwell published a non-fiction book called "Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed" in which she proposed that artist Walter Sickert had been the 19th century’s most famous serial killer...' https://t.co/EaU7JEmOGv

Hardcover, 2017

$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Art, Auguste Rodin

Art

Auguste Rodin
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.@the_clark explores how the Auguste Rodin's reception among American collectors and critics has shifted over the decades, plus more from Apollo's art diary https://t.co/svOUO73I9e

Hardcover, 2025

$31.95Member price:$28.75 + Free shipping10% off