Book description
A New York Times bestsellerāa dazzling and inspirational survey of how art can be found and appreciated in everyday life
Michael Kimmelman, the prominent New York Times writer and a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books, is known as a deep and graceful writer across the disciplinesā¦
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1 author picked The Accidental Masterpiece as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I didnāt love this entire book from cover to cover, but what I did love, I loved deeply. It contemplates what indeed makes an artist an artist, ruminating on a variety of art makersāfrom Bonnard to Yoko Ono to Bob Ross to Eve Hesse and Sol LeWitt.
LeWittās letter to Eve is something that is seared into my brain. Thereās profanity in it, so I wonāt repeat any of it here, but it struck me to my core; my whole body agreed with his sentiment. Kimmelman is a skilled writer (duh, he was a New York Times art critic), andā¦
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