An indispensable and fun guide to the contemporary art world.
Thomas Girst, PhD, art historian and worldwide Head of Cultural Engagement at the BMW Group. He lectures at the Ludwig Maximilian University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Most recent publications include The Duchamp Dictionary (2014) and Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment (2015). Magnus Resch is a writer and entrepreneur. He also lectures at the University of St. Gallen. His most recent publications include the Art Collector Report (2015) and the #1 Amazon Bestseller Management of Art Galleries (2016).
There's pop art, and then there's poop art. While Chris Ofili caused a spit-storm by using elephant dung in his 1996 painting 'The Holy Virgin Mary, ' this new book 100 Secrets of the Art World reveals that Pablo Picasso used feces to paint with as far back as 1938. Divulging 'a family secret, ' Diana Widmaier Picasso states that her grandfather used excrement produced by his then-3-year-old daughter Maya (Diana's mother) to paint an apple in a 1938 still life.--Richard Johnson "New York Post"
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