How To Art

A much-needed antidote to an art world fogged with jargon and pretension. Bryan’s book is honest, humane, and crammed with revelatory insights – James Fox
How To Art is a cry from the heart, a call to arms … Read it, enjoy and be liberated. * Press Association *
A delightful guide for enjoying more art, Bryan’s witty volume - adorned with original artworks by David Shrigley - shows how to take art on your own terms. * Waterstones Blog *
A joyous and liberating new book that I love … How to Art is friendly, witty and super-accessible, so if art slightly scares you, or if you’ve ever stood in front of a painting feeling gauche and tongue-tied, you’re going to love it (such an inspired idea, this book). Plus David Shrigley! … Funny, joyful and completely demystifies what art ‘is’ and how to approach it, buy it, look at it, spend time with it, talk about it and make it. – India Knight
Finally! Art without terror! – Phoebe Waller-Bridge
A completely joyful book about the joy of art. A cracking, easy read that puts art in our lives, our homes, our hearts. – Richard Curtis
In this book, you hold in your hand a set of luminous keys to infinite doors in the world of art. – Es Devlin
The definitive ‘how to’ guide to not being intimidated by the world of art and artists. It brings joy, which is a powerful thing. – Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate
Like food, art has that wonderful ability to bring us joy. Kate is the perfect expert to help us all develop a more meaningful relationship with art. – Jamie Oliver
Art is a fundamental part of being alive and Kate’s book helps everybody get involved. – Russell Tovey

Kate Bryan (Author)

Kate Bryan is a British art historian, curator and arts broadcaster. Since 2016, she has been the curator for Soho House’s global art collection which numbers 10,000 artworks. For over a decade she has regularly presented television programmes for Sky Arts including “My Week With” and is a judge on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of The Year. This is Kate’s third book and her first for a mainstream audience.

David Shrigley (Illustrator)

David Shrigley OBE is one of those unique artists, like Andy Warhol or Keith Haring, who is recognised within the art world but whose reach extends far beyond to impact our wider culture. In 2016, he was awarded the Fourth Plinth Commission for Trafalgar Square and was nominated for the Tate’s Turner Prize in 2013. His works are found in prominent international collections, including Museum of Modern Art, New York and Tate Britain, London.

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