Art & Museums

Annelise K. Madsen and contributors

Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A hardcover catalogue that moves beyond the familiar Cassatt: experimental color prints, ambitious scale and the lost Modern Woman mural. Its close attention to process rewards looking slowly.

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Annelise K. Madsen and contributors

Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A hardcover catalogue that moves beyond the familiar Cassatt: experimental color prints, ambitious scale and the lost Modern Woman mural. Its close attention to process rewards looking slowly.

Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism

Annelise K. Madsen and contributors

$50

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The San Diego Museum of Art

Individual Membership

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

Museum membership changes the relationship with a museum. Instead of treating every visit as an occasion, you can return for an hour, revisit one room, see temporary exhibitions and make art part of ordinary life.

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The San Diego Museum of Art

Individual Membership

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

Museum membership changes the relationship with a museum. Instead of treating every visit as an occasion, you can return for an hour, revisit one room, see temporary exhibitions and make art part of ordinary life.

The San Diego Museum of Art

Individual Membership

Balboa Park, San Diego

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E. H. Gombrich

The Story of Art

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

An expansive introduction to art that builds connections between images rather than treating them as isolated masterpieces.

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E. H. Gombrich

The Story of Art

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

An expansive introduction to art that builds connections between images rather than treating them as isolated masterpieces.

The Story of Art

E. H. Gombrich

$46.55

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Hippopotamus — Museum Reproduction

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A compact blue form animated by marsh plants: the Met’s glazed-earthenware reproduction of its Egyptian hippopotamus. Chosen for the marriage of silhouette, color and ornament; this is a modern reproduction, not an antiquity.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Hippopotamus — Museum Reproduction

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A compact blue form animated by marsh plants: the Met’s glazed-earthenware reproduction of its Egyptian hippopotamus. Chosen for the marriage of silhouette, color and ornament; this is a modern reproduction, not an antiquity.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Hippopotamus — Museum Reproduction

$68

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Victoria and Albert Museum

V&A Membership

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

For sustained curiosity about how things are made: exhibitions, members’ rooms and a programme of talks and tours across decorative arts, fashion and design. Individual access also includes up to four children under 16.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

V&A Membership

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

For sustained curiosity about how things are made: exhibitions, members’ rooms and a programme of talks and tours across decorative arts, fashion and design. Individual access also includes up to four children under 16.

Victoria and Albert Museum

V&A Membership

London

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John Berger

Ways of Seeing

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

Berger asks us to notice how ownership, reproduction and convention shape the act of looking.

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John Berger

Ways of Seeing

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

Berger asks us to notice how ownership, reproduction and convention shape the act of looking.

Ways of Seeing

John Berger

$19.57

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MCASD

Discovery Membership

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A way to make contemporary art a recurring part of life in San Diego. Discovery includes year-round museum access, a guest admission with each visit, member exhibition previews and program discounts.

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MCASD

Discovery Membership

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A way to make contemporary art a recurring part of life in San Diego. Discovery includes year-round museum access, a guest admission with each visit, member exhibition previews and program discounts.

MCASD

Discovery Membership

La Jolla, California

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Norman Rosenthal

David Hockney

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A substantial visual encounter with Hockney’s persistent interest in the possibilities of seeing.

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Norman Rosenthal

David Hockney

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A substantial visual encounter with Hockney’s persistent interest in the possibilities of seeing.

David Hockney

Norman Rosenthal

$55.92

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met — Individual Membership

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A reason to return to a collection rather than race through it. Individual membership includes admission for the member and one guest, preview days and weekend Member Mornings.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met — Individual Membership

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A reason to return to a collection rather than race through it. Individual membership includes admission for the member and one guest, preview days and weekend Member Mornings.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met — Individual Membership

New York

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James Danziger

Cecil Beaton: The Art of the Scrapbook

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A view into Cecil Beaton’s visual imagination through the material he saved, arranged and returned to. The scrapbook format reveals how photographs, clippings and personal references can become a working vocabulary for an artist.

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James Danziger

Cecil Beaton: The Art of the Scrapbook

WHY IT MADE THE EDIT

A view into Cecil Beaton’s visual imagination through the material he saved, arranged and returned to. The scrapbook format reveals how photographs, clippings and personal references can become a working vocabulary for an artist.

Cecil Beaton: The Art of the Scrapbook

James Danziger

$250

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