Backyard Museum
Giuseppe Bianchi has been making models of cars, buildings and people for years. Now at the age of 78 years he has opened a museum of his art called the Abruzzo Museum of Art. From the front garden to the back fence his home is a collection of ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold's artwork is in the permanent collections of the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Her books for young people include tar beach, a ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Ann Tanksley
Ann Tanksley's vibrant, expressive work has been exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the African American Museum in Dallas, and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. Her art is also showcased in private ... [... more]
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James McKean
Matt O'Brien, an assistant curator and art restorer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has always been passionate about the Italian Renaissance. But when he discovers a long-neglected portrait of a beautiful woman among the museum's miles of ... [... more]
Random House |
Todd Siler
Todd Siler received his Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies in psychology and art from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; his artworks are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the ... [... more]
Random House |
Betty Woodman
One of the world's leading ceramists, Betty Woodman bridges the gap between art and craft, and continues to expand the boundaries of her discipline. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New ... [... more]
Random House |
Richard Meier
Richard Meier's award-winning buildings include the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Canal + Television Headquarters in Paris, and the acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona. He has received the highest honors in architecture, ... [... more]
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Janet Koplos
One of the world's leading ceramists, Betty Woodman bridges the gap between art and craft, and continues to expand the boundaries of her discipline. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New ... [... more]
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Hamish Bowles
Hamish Bowles is European editor at large for Vogue and editor in chief of Vogue Living. He was curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2001 Costume Institute exhibition, "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years." He lives in New York, ... [... more]
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Esther K. Smith
ESTHER K. SMITH, author of How to Make Books, collaborates with typographer Dikko Faust and other artists and writers at Purgatory Pie Press in New York City. Their handmade books have been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and London's ... [... more]
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Adachi Museum, Japan
The Adachi Museum of Art is famous for its collection of around 1300 contemporary Japanese paintings, including works by Taikan Yokoyama and Shiho Sakakibara. There are also ceramics by Kanjiro Kawai and Rosanjin Kitaoji, as well as wood ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Ludwig Bemelmans
Ludwin Bemeumans wrote over forty children's books. His illustrations can be found in many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Musee National d'Art of Paris. [... more]
Harper Collins |
