Rowe, Kaz

Summary: "This graphic biography chronicles the life of Surrealist artist Claude Cahun, from their childhood and experiences of antisemitism in France, through the development of their artistic practice in Paris, to their resistance against the Nazis in Jersey, and includes photographs by Cahun and artistic and romantic partner Marcel Moore"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Getty Publications 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 CAH

Ho, Joanna

Summary: "...a moving text about the life and work of social activist and artist, Ai Weiwei. Told in...lyrical writing, this story shines a light on Ai Weiwei's journey and focuses on Safe Passage, his exhibition of thousands of life jackets at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Moved by the life jackets discarded on the shores of the Greek Island of Lesbos by people seeking safety far from home, Ai Weiwei created...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 AI

Summary: Leonardo da Vinci is well known for his inventions as well as his art. But new evidence shows that many of his ideas were realized long before he sketched them out in his notebooks, some even 1700 years before him.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LEO

Herbert, Kari

Summary: Profiles fifteen notable women artists, including Georgia O'Keefe, Faith Ringgold, Frida Kahlo, and Tove Jansson.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.22 HER