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Book Cover for: Beautiful Lies: Ridley Jones #1, Lisa Unger

Beautiful Lies: Ridley Jones #1

Lisa Unger
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The exhibition Ali Banisadr: Beautiful Lies instigates a dialogue between Banisadr's work and Florence's history, and includes site-specific paintings inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy. Presented by Museo Novecento, Florence, until 29 August: http://www.museonovecento.it/mostre/ali-banisadr-beautiful-lies/ https://t.co/fpiLhj5mKe

Paperback, Mass Market, 2008

$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Tal R.: Flamingo Flametti, Tal R.

Tal R.: Flamingo Flametti

Tal R.
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See new flower paintings made during the pandemic by celebrated Danish artist #TalR, in our presentation for @artbasel OVR: Portals VIP preview from 1pm BST today, public viewing from 1pm tomorrow. See more: https://online.victoria-miro.com/artbasel-ovr-portals-tal-r/ https://t.co/wgXH8gzco1

Hardcover, 2017

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Hive, Gregg Olsen

The Hive

Gregg Olsen
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Penn Station's new Moynihan Train Hall is, 'graced by first-rate public art, including "The Hive", a stalactite-like skyline by the Berlin-based duo Elmgreen & Dragset,' writes The @NewYorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/08/first-rate-public-art-at-the-moynihan-train-hall https://t.co/nIHgx0QcPj

Paperback, 2021

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The American Exhibition of the Arts, Inventions, Manufacturers, Products and Resources of the United States of America: London: To Be Opened May 1st,, American Exhibition

The American Exhibition of the Arts, Inventions, Manufacturers, Products and Resources of the United States of America: London: To Be Opened May 1st,

American Exhibition
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Coinciding with final week of the acclaimed exhibition Milton Avery: American Colourist at the @royalacademy, our presentation for Frieze London (Booth C17) will include works by the artist: https://t.co/GqsZCEnmTa #friezeweek #friezelondon @friezeofficial https://t.co/GMXF4u8yCi

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Book Cover for: Beacons, Angela S. Compton

Beacons

Angela S. Compton
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Only a few weeks left to see Conrad Shawcross's Beacons. Standing 8.5m above Ramsgate's East Cliff, the Beacons flash the same message (chosen by local schoolchildren) out to sea and to shore, reading 'HOME' in semaphoric colours: https://t.co/1mjSKS81NK https://t.co/41CwJiR6Pu

Paperback, 2014

$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren: The Biography, Paul Gorman

The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren: The Biography

Paul Gorman
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Happy birthday to artist #DavidHarrison, pictured here c. 1974 from Paul Gorman's recent book The Life & Times Of Malcolm McLaren: https://t.co/XQaJnorhXF Harrison's work draws from aspects of culture that are forgotten, buried, discarded or disregarded: https://t.co/LjfTBs3jPN https://t.co/LoWUkb43T6

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Book Cover for: Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance, Paula Rego

Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance

Paula Rego
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#PaulaRego's Grief, 2015, is one of a number of works inspired by the 1878 novel Cousin Bazilio, a story of marriage, betrayal, blackmail and, ultimately, death, set in bourgeois Portuguese society. Paula Rego: The Forgotten is on view until 12 February: https://online.victoria-miro.com/paula-rego-london-2021 https://t.co/X7Vfo0DJx3

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Book Cover for: Inferno, Dante Alighieri

Inferno

Dante Alighieri
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#AliBanisadr (@Abanisadr) takes inspiration from Dante's Inferno for his new two-part exhibition Beautiful Lies, presented by Museuo Novecento in Florence (30 April to 29 August): https://t.co/JBFMEC0C7D https://t.co/J97QI7vIAN

Paperback, Mass Market, 1982

$6.95$3.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Chantal Joffe: Personal Feeling Is the Main Thing, Chantal Joffe

Chantal Joffe: Personal Feeling Is the Main Thing

Chantal Joffe
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'A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel' by #ChantalJoffe spans the platforms at Whitechapel station as part of the newly launched central section of the Elizabeth Line which opens today. Read more via the link: https://art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/asundayafternooninwhitechapel/? https://t.co/8Hsr3tLInQ

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Book Cover for: The Double: Identity and Difference in Art Since 1900, James Meyer

The Double: Identity and Difference in Art Since 1900

James Meyer
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See Howardena Pindell's seminal 1980 video work Free, White and 21 in the new exhibition The Double: Identity and Difference in Art since 1900 — now open at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC: https://t.co/7q8JUWcWEv 1900.html @ngadc https://t.co/KlWvrK5oxt

Hardcover, 2022

$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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