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An exploration of artistic freedom, survival, and the hidden places of the imagination, including James Baldwin in Provence, Josephine Baker in Paris, Kevin Killian in San Francisco, and E. M. Forster in Cambridge, among other groundbreaking queer artists of the twentieth century. Nothing Ever Just Disappears is a radical new history of seven queer lives and the places that shaped these groundbreaking artists.

In less than a decade, the prodigious painter Jean-Michel Basquiat went from a teenage graffiti artist to an international art star at the peak of the heady, excessive 1980s art boom. A legend in his own lifetime, Basquiat was a fixture of the downtown scene, full of rock music, couture fashion, outrageous art, and heady drugs. Along the way, Basquiat was involved with several of the time's most infamous personalities, from Keith Haring and Andy Warhol to his brief romantic fling with Madonna.

The enchanting story of La Maison du Pastel, a tiny shop in Paris that has been providing pastels to artists since the eighteenth century, and the two women who fell in love and brought it back to life.

In this unique oral biography, Bachardy recounts his astonishing story, providing illuminating recollections of celebrity portrait sittings and revelations about his thirty-year relationship with Christopher Isherwood. From their meeting in the 1950s until Isherwood's death in 1986, theirs was a legendary love story, courageous and uncompromising for its time, and remarkable in any era for the creative collaborations and art it continues to inspire.

The paintings of Johannes Vermeer of Delft are some of the most beautiful, even sublime, in the history of art. Yet like the life of Vermeer himself, they are mysterious and have for centuries defied explanation. Following new leads, and drawing on a mass of historical evidence, some of it freshly uncovered in the archives of Delft and Rotterdam, Andrew Graham-Dixon paints a dramatically new picture of Vermeer, revealing many of the painter’s hitherto unknown friendships as well as his previously undetected allegiance to a radical movement driven underground by persecution.

Throughout his five-decade career, film director Abel Ferrara—now in his seventies—has been one of cinema’s most provocative and critically revered figures. Since beginning as an independent filmmaker in Manhattan in the early 1970s—before “indie films” were a genre—and refining his craft as a director for the TV show Miami Vice, he has directed more than thirty feature films, most notably the cult classics Bad Lieutenant, King of New York, and Dangerous Game.

Everything about Picasso, except his physical stature, was on an enormous scale. His appetite for sex and money, eating and drinking, friends and quarrels, comedy and tragedy, are legendary. No artist of the first rank has been so aw-inspiringly productive. No artist of any rank has made so much money. A few artists have rivalled his life-span of ninety years, but none has attracted so insatiable a public interest. Patrick O’Brian, author of the famous Aubrey-Maturin novels, was a near neighbour of Picasso’s in the south of France for many years and knew him well.

The volatile years of England's Tudor dynasty (1485–1603) and the five monarchs who ruled England during this period continue to fascinate and intrigue. Thanks to the paintings of artists like Hans Holbein, we have very definitive ideas about the appearance and personalities of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and her successor Elizabeth I. It is through their eyes of artists that we still see the dynasty which ruled England for just over a century.

As one of the top fashion photographers in the industry, Sante D’Orazio played a seminal role in shaping how we define what it is to be beautiful, cool, glamorous, and hot. The résumé of A-listers he has shot includes top supermodels—Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, and Naomi Campbell, among others—as well as a myriad of actors, artists, and athletes including Pamela Anderson, Prince, Keith Richards, Axl Rose, Sophia Loren, Mickey Rourke, and Mike Tyson.

Here, Cheryl McKissack Daniel, CEO and president of McKissack & McKissack, reveals the full fascinating story of her family. So much more than an exploration of architectural achievements, The Black Family Who Built America is also a compelling illustration of how history rhymes and reverberates, and a celebration of the human spirit’s ability to overcome adversity and drive change. F

Telefonieren mit Marlene Dietrich, Momente mit Lauren Bacall oder Eartha Kitt. Ein geplatzter Reißverschluss am Kleid von Verona Feldbusch, ein Song von Cindy Crawford, ein guter Rat von Greta Garbo und eine brenzlige Fotosession mit Pamela Anderson. Sharon Stone und Katarina Witt im Fahrstuhl, 44 Jahre wahre Freundschaft mit Lilo Wanders, und auch Isabella Rossellini, Ute Lemper, Joan Collins, Gianni Versace, Wolfgang Joop, Barbara Becker, Heidi Klum, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Rush oder Christopher Lee stand er gegenüber. Und was hat das alles mit Marianne Rosenberg zu tun?

A cultural storm swept through the 1960s—Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies—and at its center sat a bemused young artist with silver hair: Andy Warhol. Andy knew everybody (from the cultural commissioner of New York to drug-driven drag queens) and everybody knew Andy.

In Belle Époque Paris, the Eiffel Tower was newly built, France was experiencing remarkable political stability, and American women were painting the town and gathering at a female-only Residence known as The American Girls' Club in Paris. Opened in 1893, The Club was the center of expatriate living and of dedication to a calling in the fine arts, and singularly harbored a generation of independent, talented, and driven American women. Now in The Club, curator, art historian, and podcast host Jennifer Dasal presents the never-before-told story of the Club.

Ihre Werke sind unsterblich: Maler, Bildhauer und Visionäre, die die Kunstwelt revolutionierten. Von Leonardo da Vinci über van Gogh bis Banksy, Chagall, Rubens, Klimt, Picasso, Rubens oder Beuys – entdecken Sie 15 faszinierende Lebensgeschichten weltberühmter Künstler.

Step into the extraordinary world of William Verdult—an acclaimed Dutch-American painter whose work blended royal heritage, mythological influence, and raw emotional depth. From his early life in war-torn Europe to his rise among American elites, The Life and Times of William Verdult explores the artist’s journey through fame, scandal, artistic brilliance, and ultimate legacy.

In diesem Audiobuch erfahren Sie alles über den venezianischen Maler Tizian, der mit seinen leuchtenden Farben und meisterhaften Kompositionen die Kunstwelt revolutionierte. Anne Leforts Neuübersetzung bringt Dumas' kraftvolle Erzählung in einem modernen, zugänglichen Deutsch zur Geltung und lässt die Hörer die Dramatik und den Glanz von Tizians Leben und Schaffen hautnah miterleben. Von seinen Anfängen in Venedig über seine Aufträge für Könige und Päpste bis hin zu seinen letzten Jahren – Dumas zeichnet ein lebendiges und eindringliches Porträt dieses genialen Künstlers.

In dieser Neuübersetzung von Anne Lefort erleben Sie Dumas' mitreißende Erzählkunst in einem frischen, modernen Deutsch, das den Geist und die Leidenschaft dieses außergewöhnlichen Künstlers zum Leben erweckt. Mit großem erzählerischen Talent und tiefem Verständnis für die Kunst und die Zeit der Renaissance zeichnet Dumas ein lebendiges Porträt von Michelangelo.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Renaissance mit Die Lebensgeschichte von Raffael, meisterhaft erzählt von Alexandre Dumas. Dumas' Erzählkunst lässt die prachtvolle Ära der Renaissance wieder aufleben und entführt den Hörer in die Zeit, in der Kunst und Kultur in Florenz und Rom ihre Blütezeit erlebten. Erleben Sie die Höhen und Tiefen von Raffaels Leben und Karriere, seine bedeutendsten Werke und seinen Einfluss auf die Kunstgeschichte.

I wrote this book in an effort to help creative souls who feel directionless and lost like I had been, and to provide hope through the stories of my life. To help them in ways teachers and authorities in their lives may have failed them. And to see their value in the world, regardless of their circumstances, and in business, in the markets in which they’ll trade in.

In questo memoir, Vincenzo Montella compie un'esplorazione profonda della propria esistenza, intrecciando ricordi, relazioni e intenzioni. Attraverso immagini ereditate dalla sua famiglia e create grazie a una ricerca artistica personale, Montella racconta la sua vita e le connessioni significative con artisti di tutto il mondo. Questo viaggio attraverso la memoria e l'arte offre una visione unica e affascinante del suo percorso, invitando il lettore a scoprire la bellezza e la complessità delle esperienze umane. Note biografiche: • Nato a Benevento il 14/7/1952.