Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America
By: Hugh Eakin
4.36
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center…
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By: Jason Felch , Ralph Frammolino
4.01
Format: 511 pages, Hardcover
In recent years, several of America's leading art museums have voluntarily given up their finest pi… read more
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2. Life with Picasso
By: Françoise Gilot
4.09
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
Francoise Gilot was a young painter in Paris when she first met Picasso - he was sixty-two and she … read more
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3. The Muralist
By: B.A. Shapiro
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
From the author of theNew York Times bestsellerThe Art Forgercomes a thrilling new novel of art, hi… read more
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4. In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art
By: Sue Roe
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A lively and deeply researched group biography of the figures who transformed the world of art in b… read more
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5. Rogues’ Gallery: The Rise (and Occasional Fall) of Art Dealers, the Hidden Players in the History of Art
By: Philip Hook
4.12
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
Philip Hook takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance, cunning, greed, an… read more
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6. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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7. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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8. Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
By: Lynne Olson
4.26
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against the international ca… read more
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9. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
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10. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
By: Michael Finkel
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more
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"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
11. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
By: Bianca Bosker
4.16
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—thi… read more
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"Art Lovers pitied me: They said I lacked "Visual literacy", which they swore was downright dangerous in a world so saturated with pictures."-Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
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By: Beverly Gage
4.37
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
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13. The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
By: Susan Page
3.90
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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14. Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America
By: Hugh Eakin
4.36
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center… read more
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15. Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art
By: Michael Shnayerson
3.91
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A behind-the-scenes look at the egomaniacs, geniuses, and canny promoters who shaped the world of m… read more
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16. Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
By: Mary Gabriel
4.52
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and… read more
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17. The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever
By: Prudence Peiffer
4.11
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Longlisted for the National Book Award The never-before-told story of an obscure little street at t… read more
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18. Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
By: Natalie Dykstra
4.05
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The vivid and masterful story of an American original—a formidable art collector and builder of one… read more
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19. Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
By: Mark Braude
3.88
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
One of The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2022 One of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2022 On… read more
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20. Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night
By: Jerry Saltz
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of How to Be an Artist: a deliciously readabl… read more
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21. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
By: Nancy Pelosi
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more
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