{"product_id":"the-pursuit-of-art-martin-gayford-9780500094112","title":"The Pursuit of Art: Travels, Encounters and Revelations","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the course of a career thinking and writing about art, critic Martin Gayford has traveled all over the world both to see works of art and to meet artists. Gayford's journeys, often to fairly inaccessible places, involve frustrations and complications, but also serendipitous encounters and outcomes, which he makes as much a part of the story as the final destination. In chapters that are by turns humorous, intriguing, and stimulating, Gayford takes us to places as varied as Brancusi's Endless Column in Romania; prehistoric caves in France; the museum island of Naoshima in Japan; the Judd Foundation in Marfa, Texas; and an exhibition of Roni Horn's work in Iceland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterwoven with these tales are journeys to meet artists--Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris, Marina Abramovic  in Venice, Robert Rauschenberg in New York--and travels with artists, such as a trip to Beijing with Gilbert \u0026amp; George. These encounters not only provide fascinating insights into the way artists approach and think about their art, but reveal the importance of their personal environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA perceptive, amusing, and knowledgeable companion, in \u003cem\u003eThe Pursuit of Art\u003c\/em\u003e Gayford takes readers on a tour of art that is immensely entertaining, informative, and eminently readable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Gayford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 050009411X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500094112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019","brand":"Martin Gayford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988170637567,"sku":"9780500094112","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d46c19d-8c4f-448b-8826-b0ba5de5b56a.jpg?v=1683293026","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pursuit-of-art-martin-gayford-9780500094112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}