Biography of the art dealer Richard Bellamy by Judith E. Stein. Includes Green Gallery history, images, and index.
"Journey back to the early sixties, to the beginning of the market for contemporary art, when the art dealer and tastemaker Dick Bellamy (1927-1998) made history but chose not to make money.
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"Twenty-five years in the making, and completed shortly before John Giorno's death in 2019, 'Great Demon Kings' is the memoir of a cultural pioneer: an openly gay man at a time when many artists remained closeted and shunned gay subject matter, and a devout Buddhist whose faith acted as a rudder during a life of tremendous animation, one full of fantastic highs and frightening lows. ... [details]
In this book Maurice Berger uses his own childhood experiences to discuss and analyze race and the myths of whiteness. "In White Lies, he encourages his readers to reckon with their own complex and often troubling opinions about race. ... [details]
Monograph documenting performances held from June 6, 1968 - July 27, 1969 by The Performance Group. Text by Richard Schechner. Photographs by Frederick Eberstadt, Raenne Rubenstein, and Max Waldman. Includes transcripts of the performances. ... [details]
Sontag's famous and now-standard collection of critical essays on photography. "On Photography considers the relation of photography to art, to conscience, and to knowledge. These highly acclaimed essays, which originally appeared in somewhat different form in The New York Review of Books, contain illuminating discussinos of the work of such important photographers such as Nadar, Muybridge, Stieglitz, Atget, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, August Sander, Walker Evans, Carter-Bresson, Robert Frank, Richard Avedon, and Diane Arbus. ... [details]
Anthology of the writings of art critic Hilton Kramer. "In the eight years since he became art news editor of The New York Times, Hilton Kramer has emerged as perhaps the most perceptive and influential art critic in America. ... [details]