What Are You Looking At? Paperback by Will Gompertz

Product Details

• Publisher: Plume (2013-09-24)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 464 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780142180297
• Item Weight: 742.77 grams
• Dimensions: 8.38 x 5.56 x 1.25 cm

The perfect gift for the art lover in your life. In the tradition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Will Gompertz teaches art history with a sense of humor

Every year, millions of museum and gallery visitors ponder the modern art on display and secretly ask themselves, "Is this art?" A former director at London's Tate Gallery and now the BBC arts editor, Will Gompertz made it his mission to bring modern art's exciting history alive for everyone, explaining why an unmade bed or a pickled shark can be art—and why a five-year-old couldn't really do it. Rich with extraordinary tales and anecdotes, What Are You Looking At? entertains as it arms readers with the knowledge to truly understand and enjoy what it is they’re looking at.

About the Author

Will Gompertz writes, presents, and produces programs about the arts for the BBC. He lives in Oxford, England.