Art Basel Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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🔜 Paris+ par Art Basel 🗓️ October 19–22, 2023

Alice Neel: Freedom
Alice Neel
'Art is two things: a search for a road and a search for freedom.' – Alice Neel Shown here: Alice Neel, 'Nancy with Flowers' (1981), presented by @davidzwirner at Art Basel Miami Beach 2019 https://t.co/h2xPKr0LSY
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2020 this year is best year: 2020
New Art
NFTs and crypto art have exploded in 2020 and 2021 as a new context with a significant market for artists to use. Artist @dennnnnnnnny explores why: https://t.co/u5AbzDDkJJ https://t.co/vR5Vts2vLO
Paperback, 2019
$8.00$4.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Paris
Gail Scott
🎙🇫🇷 The architect and designer #IndiaMahdavi known as the ‘Queen of color’ shares her memories – and her top tips in Paris. 'My Paris: India Mahdavi', read full interview 👉 https://t.co/TGkNwOZNat https://t.co/fLrK6vjr3N
Paperback, 2003
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion
Antwaun Sargent
In 2019, @Sirsargent, author of 'The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion,' joined leading contemporary photographers Deana Lawson and Paul Mpagi Sepuya to discuss contemporary approaches to portraying the black figure in photography during our Miami show. ⤵️ https://t.co/vuNNkf9N11
Hardcover, 2019
$50.00$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
White Cube
Brecht Vandenbroucke
If you're in Paris, be sure to check out an exhibition of new works by artist Jessica Rankin at White Cube. Drawing on a wide range of subject matter, she fuses personal experience and memory with politics, history, literature and poetry. Learn more: http://bit.ly/3y6V3vj https://t.co/ixpnmdVhFX
Hardcover, 2014
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
India Mahdavi
India Mahdavi
🎙🇫🇷 The architect and designer #IndiaMahdavi known as the ‘Queen of color’ shares her memories – and her top tips in Paris. 'My Paris: India Mahdavi', read full interview 👉 https://t.co/TGkNwOZNat https://t.co/fLrK6vjr3N
Hardcover, 2021
$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Moby-Dick: The Whale
Herman Melville
See the first-ever VR works by Albert Oehlen and Wu Tsang 👁 Oehlen's work transports the viewer into his Pasadena studio space, while Tsang’s explores the underwater world of the whale from Herman Melville’s ‘Moby Dick.’ Both are on view at the @vive_arts Lounge at Art Basel. https://t.co/V5MZBBsTXN
Paperback, 2018
$43.00$21.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Story of Art Without Men
Katy Hessel
Now streaming 🎧 Episode 8 of Intersections Hot on the heels of the publication of her book 'The Story of Art without Men,' author, podcaster, and curator @KatyHessel joins Marc Spiegler to discuss all things women and art: https://t.co/mwTMpl9YIs — @UBSglobalart @UBS https://t.co/cAKk4ppOt7
Hardcover, 2023
$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Moby-Dick
H. Melville
See the first-ever VR works by Albert Oehlen and Wu Tsang 👁 Oehlen's work transports the viewer into his Pasadena studio space, while Tsang’s explores the underwater world of the whale from Herman Melville’s ‘Moby Dick.’ Both are on view at the @vive_arts Lounge at Art Basel. https://t.co/V5MZBBsTXN
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Moby Dick
Herman Melville
See the first-ever VR works by Albert Oehlen and Wu Tsang 👁 Oehlen's work transports the viewer into his Pasadena studio space, while Tsang’s explores the underwater world of the whale from Herman Melville’s ‘Moby Dick.’ Both are on view at the @vive_arts Lounge at Art Basel. https://t.co/V5MZBBsTXN
Paperback, 2011
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book