{"title":"National Portrait Gallery, London","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFind beau\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etifully produced catalogues accompanying the National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibitions and annual awards.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tacita-dean-landscape-portrait-still-life","title":"Tacita Dean : Landscape, Portrait, Still Life","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beautiful book exploring the work of British artist, Tacita Dean \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritish artist Tacita Dean (born 1964) first came to the attention of the art world with her surrealistic 16-mm film “The Story of Beard” (1992), making a name for herself as part of the Young British Artists generation. Dean was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1998 and has since been a vocal advocate for the medium of film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book accompanies major exhibitions at three of London’s leading art institutions: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/whats-on\/exhibitions\/tacita-dean-still-life\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethe National Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.npg.org.uk\/whatson\/tacita-dean\/exhibition\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethe National Portrait Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.royalacademy.org.uk\/exhibition\/tacita-dean-landscape\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethe Royal Academy of Arts\u003c\/a\u003e which each explore the filmmaker’s work through a different lens: landscape, portrait and still life.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTacita Dean: Landscape, Portrait, Still Life\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunites the three exhibitions in one elegant volume. Works drawn from Dean’s entire career to the present day are brought together with texts by leading writers Alexandra Harris, Alan Hollinghurst and Ali Smith providing unique insights into Dean’s vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book provides a new and authoritative view on a hugely influential filmmaker who has been at the cutting edge of British art for over 20 years and is published with three different covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e 224 pages | 200 colour illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eDate published:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e March 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e English\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 978-1910350874\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eProduct Dimensions: \u003c\/b\u003e29\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e x 23 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Royal Academy\/National Gallery\/National Portrait Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12092512403529,"sku":"9781910350874","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/8302\/products\/royal-academy-national-gallery-national-portrait-gallery-tacita-dean-landscape-portrait-still-life-7363228139593.jpg?v=1579632437"},{"product_id":"gainsboroughs-family-album","title":"Gainsborough's Family Album","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beautiful book of the portraits of Gainsborough \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book accompanies a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery featuring over 50 portraits by the 18th-century master Thomas Gainsborough (1727–88).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book, and the major exhibition it accompanies, features a dozen portraits of his daughters Mary and Margaret, the same number of himself and his wife Margaret (though, perhaps tellingly, only one of the couple together), as well as works depicting four of his five siblings, his handsome nephew Gainsborough Dupont (who became his studio assistant) , an aunt and uncle, several in-laws and - last, but not least - his beloved dogs, Tristram and Fox. 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