Artful reads to give and receive
Readers rejoice! Beautiful books abound this holiday season at shopAGO. Order online for home delivery or schedule curbside pickup.
The crack of a spine, the flutter of pages, the sound of a new book opening—this is one of the true joys of the holiday season. In the spirit of festive giving, AGOinsider presents its top picks for artful reads to give and receive. Browse the shopAGO catalogue and order online, or take advantage of curbside pickup, available Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 pm.
Dreaming of the rural life? Twenty years after its first publication, Christmas with Maud Lewis is finally back in print. Co-written by acclaimed Nova Scotia playright Lance Woolaver and the photojournalist Bob Brooks, this beautiful hardcover gift edition presents celebrated folk artist Maud Lewis’s buoyant winter pictures of nature, pets, farm animals, and people at work and play.
Heralded as a ‘must-read’ for anyone interested in the history of American art, Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power brings to light previously neglected 20th-century Black artists, including Sam Gilliam, Melvin Edwards, Jack Whitten, Romare Bearden and Faith Ringgold. Featuring more than 170 colour illustrations, essays, and recollections from African-American artists, writers and curators, this 256-page catalogue is an illuminating tour of an overlooked period.
From B.C.-based artist and author Nicola Morgan comes Studio Dogs, a charming portrait of 18 working artists and the dogs who keep them company.
From Ibram X. Kendi, the esteemed author of How to Be an Antiracist, comes the #1 New York Times bestseller for tots, Antiracist Baby, an empowering picture book for children ages 0-3 that will enlighten and entertain.
Go behind the scenes of one of the world’s most iconic nightclubs in Studio 54: Night Magic. This full colour catalogue (image at top) is the perfect forerunner to the exciting upcoming AGO exhibition and the perfect gift for anyone who loves to boogie. It's full of amazing photos, artworks and anecdotes galore.
Looking for something that pops? Here comes Andy Warhol: Seven Illustrated Books, a selection of Warhol’s earliest drawings, beautifully collected in an accordion portfolio and accompanied by an XL-sized guidebook to Warhol’s life.
Work continues on the much-anticipated AGO publication, Emergence: Haegue Yang, but in the meantime, fans of the South Korean artist can go deeper with Tightrope Walking and Its Wordless Shadow, a fully illustrated anthology of the most significant writing on Yang's work from 2006 to 2018.