How to Write About Contemporary Art
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How to Write About Contemporary Art by Gilda Williams
The essential handbook for students, arts professionals and other aspiring writers on contemporary art.
'An illuminating, engaging and urgent guide to contemporary art-writingEssential reading for arts students … invaluable for anyone involved in the art world' - Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-Director, Serpentine Gallery
'Williams’s methodology is flawless ... gives insight to the inner workings of very different industries: academia, auction houses and mainstream and professional press' - frieze
'Will become a standard text for anyone studying or interested in critical writing and the very vexed subject of “writing about art”' - Michael Bracewell, critic and novelist
'Fantastic … a must-read for every writer, reader, artist and designer' - Fullscream.com
'Thrillingly clear … beautifully formed ... an incisive manual for clarity of thought. This guide could as easily apply to writing (and indeed thinking on any creative endeavour … Essential!' - Dressing the Air.com
'A thoroughly sensible and accessible guide to writing that could almost be applied to any subject' - ArtBookReview.net
'Williams’s methodology is flawless ... gives insight to the inner workings of very different industries: academia, auction houses and mainstream and professional press' - frieze
'Will become a standard text for anyone studying or interested in critical writing and the very vexed subject of “writing about art”' - Michael Bracewell, critic and novelist
'Fantastic … a must-read for every writer, reader, artist and designer' - Fullscream.com
'Thrillingly clear … beautifully formed ... an incisive manual for clarity of thought. This guide could as easily apply to writing (and indeed thinking on any creative endeavour … Essential!' - Dressing the Air.com
'A thoroughly sensible and accessible guide to writing that could almost be applied to any subject' - ArtBookReview.net
Gilda Williams is a contemporary art critic, editor and teacher. She has lectured at Goldsmiths College and Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London. She is London correspondent for Artforum magazine and a member of the International Association of Art Critics.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780500291573 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500291578 |
| Title | How to Write About Contemporary Art |
| Author | Gilda Williams |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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