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From Frida Kahlo to Grace Jones and famous names to lesser-knowns, these books explore the lives and work of extraordinary creative women across centuries of visual culture.
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Fifty years have passed since the release of ‘John Lennon/ Plastic Ono Band'. Take an intimate look inside this turbulent and transformative period in Lennon’s life, including his anti-war activism, his experiences with primal therapy and the liberating power of his and Yoko Ono’s love.
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Bankruptcy, rivalry & brain-boggling detail: Meet William Smith, father of English geology
28 Oct, 2020
Thames & Hudson Associate Editor Phoebe Lindsley recently spoke to Professor Paul Smith, Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History about William Smith, the pioneering geologist whose remarkable work is finally getting the spotlight it deserves. In this interview, Phoebe and Paul chat about the ‘brain-boggling’ detail in Smith’s maps, how this underdog helped spark the Industrial Revolution, and what geology has to do with black forest gateau.
The artists in 'Abstract Art: A Global History' make it clear that abstraction is not a closed chapter in the history of modern art – or a club limited to white men from Europe or North America – but an open-ended, inclusive conversation.