Theory of art

The writings of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari offer the most enduring and controversial contributions to the theory and practice of art in post-war Continental thought.

Visual Arts Practice and Affect brings together a group of artist scholars to explore how visual arts can offer unique insights into the understanding of place, memory and affect.

Since Marcel Duchamp created his 'readymades' a century ago - most famously christening a urinal as a fountain - the practice of incorporating commodity objects into art has become ever more pervasive.

This is the first major collection to reimagine and analyse the role of the creative arts in building resilient and inclusive regional communities.

This is the first major collection to reimagine and analyse the role of the creative arts in building resilient and inclusive regional communities.

When using digital technologies, many types of dysfunction can occur, ranging from hardware malfunctions to software errors to human ineptitude.

When using digital technologies, many types of dysfunction can occur, ranging from hardware malfunctions to software errors to human ineptitude.

Deftly deploying Derrida's notion of the 'unexperienced experience' and building on Paul Virilio's ideas about the aesthetics of disappearance, Vanishing Points explores the aesthetic character of presence and absence as articulated in contemporary art, photography, film and emerging media.

Deftly deploying Derrida's notion of the 'unexperienced experience' and building on Paul Virilio's ideas about the aesthetics of disappearance, Vanishing Points explores the aesthetic character of presence and absence as articulated in contemporary art, photography, film and emerging media.

Since Marcel Duchamp created his 'readymades' a century ago - most famously christening a urinal as a fountain - the practice of incorporating commodity objects into art has become ever more pervasive.

Six years after its initial publication, Applied Theatre returns with a second edition.

Six years after its initial publication, Applied Theatre returns with a second edition.

Improvisation is crucial to a wide range of artistic activities - most prominently, perhaps, in music, but extending to other fields of experience such as literature and pedagogy.

William Hogarth wrote his Analysis of Beauty in 1753, during the Age of Enlightenment.

'A really good starting point to discover what lights you up' - Emma Gannon'Unlock your inner creativity and ease your anxiety' Daily TelegraphTHE MULTI-MILLION-COPY WORLDWIDE BESTSELLERSince its first publication, The Artist's Way has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss, Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose.

Have we completely missed the point of the modern western revolution in the arts?

Examines the manners in which modern artists use boredom as a form of aesthetic resistance that, at its most positive, is the will to boredom.

Declares the relationship between sound art and music “colloquial”: spoken and accessible, rather than locked behind disciplinary boundaries.

An ontological and epistemological framework and foundation for the psychological symptom 'neurosis'.

A collection of the site''s very best reviews on art, culture & theory.

From the ruins of communism, Boris Groys emerges to provoke our interest in the aesthetic goals pursued with such catastrophic consequences by its founders.

The theorists of art and film commonly depict the modern audience as aesthetically and politically passive.

Since the decidedly bleak beginning of the twenty-first century, art practice has become increasingly politicized.

Shortlisted for the Architectural Book of the Year Award 2025Is architecture an art, like literature or music?

The seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza-also known as Benedict or Bento de Spinoza-spent the most intense years of his short life writing.

High modernism is now as far from us as antiquity was for the Renaissance.

On the New looks at the economies of exchange and valuation that drive modern culture's key sites: the intellectual marketplace and the archive.

In this fascinating work of cultural theory and philosophy, Robert Pfaller explores the hidden cost of our contemporary approach to pleasure, belief and illusion.

Hal Foster, author of the acclaimed Design and Crime, argues that a fusion of architecture and art is a defining feature of contemporary culture.

Winner of the 2014 Annual Book Prize of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (USA).

The definitive statement on aesthetics and the history of modernism from one of France's most renowned philosophers.

"e;We benefit from Saltz's rare ability to articulate the mysterious alchemy of great art.

"e;The Colour Bible is one to return to again and again.

What is contemporary art, and how did art come to be what it is today?

'the mundane becomes special as soon as you pay attention to it' - Susan HillerThis essential guide delves into the techniques, routines and mindsets of boundary-shifting artists, and the ways in which seeing differently can lead to creating something original.

A new study of the early Renaissance portraitIn fourteenth-century Italy, ever more women and mennot only clergy but also laityintroduced their own portraits into sacred paintings.

Using a simple four-stage process, the world-renowned artist shows how to build a portrait, from the basic shape right to finished faces.

This book argues that the films of David Lynch pose a radical challenge to conservative and absolutist ideologies.

The Awakening Artist invites artists to discover their relationship to the greatest source of creativity the world has ever known.

Charting new directions for cultural theory and practice and offering alternatives to the project of neoliberal class restoration.

The Politics of Aesthetics rethinks the relationship between art and politics, reclaiming "e;aesthetics"e; from the narrow confines it is often reduced to.

The Politics of Aesthetics rethinks the relationship between art and politics, reclaiming "e;aesthetics"e; from the narrow confines it is often reduced to.

Print is an exciting and dynamic design area, with new analogue and digital technologies opening up a wealth of creative possibilities for designers in textile and non-textile media.

William Hogarth wrote his Analysis of Beauty in 1753, during the Age of Enlightenment.

An intimate, revealing biography of a talented artist who lived life on her own terms.

Delve into the rich and mysterious history of geishas with our latest book: "e;The History of Geishas in Japan - A Excursion through Japan's Cultural History"e;.

Why some of the most interesting artists of our time committed themselves to some of the most devastating conflicts on EarthWhy are some of the most interesting artists of our time committed to engaging with conflict and exploitation around the world?

"Gabriela Goldstein y Carlos Weisse, dos prestigiosos y avezados psicoanalistas, intentan en este amplio y profundo escrito, acercar una vez más el psicoanálisis al arte, siguiendo la estela de muchos antecesores ilustres, S.

Western civilization is grappling with a profound crisis of unity and meaning, as analytical methods and intense specialization have fragmented knowledge and severed its connection to the holistic purpose of life: enabling humanity to embrace existence more fully.

A guide to choosing, completing, and sharing a 100-day creative project.