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Funny weather

Hardcover • 2020 • English • 1. edition

Funny weather: art in an emergency

By Olivia Laing

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About the book

In this remarkable, inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a brilliant case for why art matters, especially in the turbulent political weather of the twenty-first century. Funny Weather brings together a career's worth of Laing's writing about art and culture, examining its role in our political and emotional lives. She profiles Jean-Michel Basquiat and Georgia O'Keefe, interviews Hilary Mantel and Ali Smith, writes love letters to David Bowie and Freddie ...Show more

The arts: general topics
Literary essays
Political activism / Political engagement

Book details

ISBN

9781529027648

Publisher

Picador

Published year

2020

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Funny weather

Format

Hardcover

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