I’ve just finished reading this book and was really impacted by it, so first I want to share my feelings with you. I feel the book gives a really solid treatment of Contemporary Chinese Ink and is really the best place to go to learn more about this fascinating topic. It’s an exciting exploration of both conventional and experimental Chinese ink work. It’s left me with the feeling that I have a solid grasp of the background....
by Don Thompson What causes otherwise savvy investors to drop enormous sums of money on what, through a particular lens, looks like nothing more than a common object? That’s the topic this book addresses with aplomb and insight. There is an incredible contrast and such a world between the people who see Tracey Emin’s unmade bed, and say “What the hell – that isn’t art?!” and the collectors who spend £2....
Richter Gerhard Richter is one of Germany’s foremost living visual artists. He is primarily known for his painting, but in this book we lay witness to his talents as a photographer. In recent years, Richter has made headlines for breaking records at auction. He has broken the record for highest price at auction for an living artist 3 times since 2012. One of his paintings – _Abstraktes Bild –_ sold for $44....