Books by Alex Farquharson
“I cannot overstate how important it was as an exhibition in terms of redefining the post-war period in British art history. Again, this shows a whole other narrative going on alongside the artists that we’ve all heard of, like David Hockney and Eduardo Paulozzi and Bridget Riley. There were all these other brilliant artists working too: Frank Bowling and Aubrey Williams, later on Lubaina Himid—these artists who had come from, or had a connection with, the Caribbean. “ Read more...
Charlotte Mullins, Art Historians, Critics & Curator
Interviews where books by Alex Farquharson were recommended
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This is Tomorrow: Twentieth-century Britain and its Artists
by Michael Bird -
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Ninth Street Women: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
by Mary Gabriel -
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A History of Art History
by Christopher S. Wood -
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Women, Art, and Society
by Whitney Chadwick -
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Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now
by Alex Farquharson & David A. Bailey
The best books on Art History, recommended by Charlotte Mullins
The best books on Art History, recommended by Charlotte Mullins
The critic Charlotte Mullins, author of A Little History of Art, recommends five books that have altered her understanding of art history. Too often, she argues, we have forgotten that our concept of the past is deeply influenced by the views of those who wrote about it first; these readable, well-researched books offer readers a fresh perspective.
