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Walter Sickert
Walter Sickert was one of the most influential artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An apprentice of Whistler and close associate of Degas, he engaged with the work …
Death at the Spa
Death is best served... pampered? When a woman is brutally murdered at a luxury spa resort, it’s the retiree Anne-Maj Mortensen who stumbles upon the body. Despite being slowed …
The Alchemy of Conquest
The Age of the Discovery of the Americas was concurrent with the Age of Discovery in science. In The Alchemy of Conquest, Ralph Bauer explores the historical relationship between …
With Freedom in Our Ears
Jewish anarchism has long been marginalized in histories of anarchist thought and action. Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer edit a collection of essays which recovers many …
Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art
Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) was a major European artist and critic of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, whose statements on art from the 1880s to the 1930s …
Places of the Mind (British Museum)
A fresh perspective on British landscape drawing in the Victorian and Modern eras. The attempts by artists of the Victorian and early Modern period to convey not merely the …
Memories of Degas
Degas was a celebrity in Britain in his lifetime, thanks originally to George Moore's pioneering essay, The Painter of Modern Life. When Degas died Moore reprised the essay with …
Walter Sickert
Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) was a major European artist and critic of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, whose statements on art from the 1880s to the 1930s …
Toulouse-Lautrec and Jane Avril
This publication celebrates for the first time the important creative collaboration between the artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 1901) and his muse, the dancer Jane Avril (1868 …
A Fragile Modernism
Whistler embarked on a new project in the 1880s, working on a small scale in oil, pastel and watercolor to depict new London subjects and painting portraits of new urban types. …
Science Fiction and Anticipation
Science Fiction and Anticipation: Utopias, Dystopias and Time Travel presents ten chapters discussing themes related to time travel, utopias, and dystopias in science fiction …
The Mystery at the Second-Hand Shop
In a quiet provincial Danish town, something is afoot. The volunteers of the local second-hand shop keep dying. Since they’re all OAP's, the police can’t see the problem. It’s the …