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Pennsylvania architects build hobbit house

Extreme US Tolkien fan commissions an inspired Lord of The Rings folly for his Middle Earth memorabilia

Pennsylvania architects build hobbit house

Hauser & Wirth go mad in the country

Hauser & Wirth go mad in the country

China's post-Mao generation gets bold new show

China's post-Mao generation gets bold new show

Steve McCurry's Iconic Photographs #4

Steve McCurry's Iconic Photographs #4

Artist of the Week: Damien Hirst

Artist of the Week: Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst leaves Larry Gagosian

Damien Hirst leaves Larry Gagosian

Morag Myerscough on Peter Blake's Beatles cover

Morag Myerscough on Peter Blake's Beatles cover

Steve McCurry's Iconic Photographs #3

Steve McCurry's Iconic Photographs #3

'Idiot' who defaced Tate's Rothko jailed for two years

'Idiot' who defaced Tate's Rothko jailed for two years

Warhol surfboards hit the market

Warhol surfboards hit the market

'Lost' TV series inspires new LA art show

'Lost' TV series inspires new LA art show

Sebastiaan Bremer’s ode to the family holiday

Sebastiaan Bremer’s ode to the family holiday

Keith Coventry talks about Junk Paintings at Pace

Keith Coventry talks about Junk Paintings at Pace

Conceptual Art explained

Conceptual Art explained

Artist of the Week: J M W Turner

Artist of the Week: J M W Turner

Ansel Adams, from the Mountains to the Sea

Ansel Adams, from the Mountains to the Sea

Damien Hirst to design next year's Brit Award

Damien Hirst to design next year's Brit Award

How one Korean artist invited the outside in

How one Korean artist invited the outside in

Will Christo's new sculpture be the world's biggest?

Will Christo's new sculpture be the world's biggest?

Artist of the Week: Ansel Adams

Artist of the Week: Ansel Adams

An Allegory of Venus and Cupid, for Christmas

An Allegory of Venus and Cupid, for Christmas

Warhol's Death and Disaster Vs Standard & Poor's

Warhol's Death and Disaster Vs Standard & Poor's

MoMA gets John Cage's silence

MoMA gets John Cage's silence

Ai Weiwei new video art shot on public bus in China

Ai Weiwei new video art shot on public bus in China

Artist of the Week: Salvador Dalí

Artist of the Week: Salvador Dalí

Have Martin Parr shoot you for Christmas

Have Martin Parr shoot you for Christmas

Artist of the Week: Auguste Rodin

Artist of the Week: Auguste Rodin

Andy Warhol in 3-D

Andy Warhol in 3-D

Romanticism explained

Romanticism explained

Artist of the Week: Roy Lichtenstein

Artist of the Week: Roy Lichtenstein

Do you know a kid who can do better than Mariscal?

Do you know a kid who can do better than Mariscal?

'New' Titian St John the Baptist confirmed by Prado

'New' Titian St John the Baptist confirmed by Prado

The Art Book Challenge

The Art Book Challenge

Artist of the Week: Francis Bacon

Artist of the Week: Francis Bacon

Ai Weiwei does Gangnam Style

Ai Weiwei does Gangnam Style

Arte Povera Explained

Arte Povera Explained

The Art Book Challenge

The Art Book Challenge

Artist of the Week: Peter Doig

Artist of the Week: Peter Doig

Buckyballs to light up New York

Buckyballs to light up New York

Hear Warhol in Conversation, next month

Hear Warhol in Conversation, next month

Gerhard Richter painting sells for record £21.3m

Gerhard Richter painting sells for record £21.3m

Joseph Beuys goes back to his childhood

Joseph Beuys goes back to his childhood

Jeff Koons goes walkabout

Jeff Koons goes walkabout

Rothko: The greatest Abstract Expressionist ever?

Rothko: The greatest Abstract Expressionist ever?

Frieze art works fly off the walls

Frieze art works fly off the walls

Artist of the Week: Mark Rothko

Artist of the Week: Mark Rothko

Tripping the light fantastic

Tripping the light fantastic

The Art Book Quiz: Those Questions Answered

The Art Book Quiz: Those Questions Answered

Can the Tate clean up its defaced Rothko?

Can the Tate clean up its defaced Rothko?

Artist of the Week: Marcel Duchamp

Artist of the Week: Marcel Duchamp

Surrealism explained

Surrealism explained

William Eggleston - unseen Kodachrome dye transfer process photos on show for the first time ever

William Eggleston - unseen Kodachrome dye transfer process photos on show for the first time ever

The Queen Buys Warhol

The Queen Buys Warhol

Vincent's Sunflowers on the move

Vincent's Sunflowers on the move

Artist of the Week: John Baldessari

Artist of the Week: John Baldessari

Doug Aitken's great archive

Doug Aitken's great archive

Street photography explained

Street photography explained

Artist of the Week: Stephen Shore

Artist of the Week: Stephen Shore

Take The Art Book quiz

Take The Art Book quiz

Amanda Renshaw on The Art Book: New Edition

Amanda Renshaw on The Art Book: New Edition

Pop art explained

Pop art explained

Cy Twombly, photographer?

Cy Twombly, photographer?

John Baldessari, Jasper Johns, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra and Bruce Nauman unite behind Obama

John Baldessari, Jasper Johns, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra and Bruce Nauman unite behind Obama

Artist of the Week: Alex Katz

Artist of the Week: Alex Katz

How Javier Mariscal designed The Art Book cover

How Javier Mariscal designed The Art Book cover

Baroque Explained

Baroque Explained

Chess at the Saatchi

Chess at the Saatchi

Artist of the Week: Caravaggio

Artist of the Week: Caravaggio

Performance Art Explained

Performance Art Explained

Was Vincent van Gogh colourblind?

Was Vincent van Gogh colourblind?

Fancy a go at restoring the Ecce Homo?

Fancy a go at restoring the Ecce Homo?

Artist of the Week: Marina Abramović

Artist of the Week: Marina Abramović

Expressionism Explained

Expressionism Explained

Artist of the Week: Edvard Munch

Artist of the Week: Edvard Munch

Cannes International Film Festival
Cannes International Film Festival
Cannes International Film Festival

The Art Book: New Edition

The Art Book: New Edition

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The Art Book New Edition

Presenting a whole new way of looking at art. Easy to use, informative and fun, it’s an A-to-Z guide to the greatest painters, photographers and sculptors from medieval times to the present day.

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