{"title":"Clare Elliott","description":"\u003cp\u003eClare Elliott’s works explore the rich tapestry of the arts, offering insightful portraits and narratives that celebrate creative lives. Her writing captures the spirit of artists and cultural moments with empathetic detail and thoughtful reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a blend of biography and cultural history that brings the world of art vividly to life, revealing the stories behind those who shape our artistic heritage. Her books are a testament to the enduring impact of creativity on society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"artists-weve-known-by-clare-elliott-9780300269802","title":"Artists We've Known","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn eclectic selection of twentieth-century artwork from the collection of legendary curator and museum director Walter Hopps, some with personal reminiscences by the artists themselves\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver a fifty-year career that included stints at the famed Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles and as director of the Pasadena Art Museum (now Norton Simon Museum), the Corcoran Gallery, and as founding director of the Menil Collection, the legendary curator Walter Hopps (1932–2005) established himself as a voracious and eclectic collector of twentieth-century art. Hopps, together with his wife Caroline Huber—also a curator, as well as an artist—assembled an adventurous and diverse collection of art, a large portion of which has been donated or promised to the Menil Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing sculpture and photography as well as drawings and paintings, and including work by Christo, Linda Connor, Beauford Delaney, Anne Doran, Marcel Duchamp, Walker Evans, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, and Niki de Saint Phalle, to name a few, this book reveals the personal choices of two fine curatorial minds. Many of the more than fifty works illustrated have a story—often marvellous, sometimes humorous, and in several cases in the artist’s own words—of how they came to be in the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe publication also highlights artists not often featured in print, such as John Altoon, James Bettison, Mark Flood, and Sonia Gechtoff. Candid photos also highlight some of the interactions between Hopps, Huber, and the artists from 1957 to 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDistributed for the Menil Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455523373292,"sku":"9780300269802","price":83.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71Psa6TuccL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774778112"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/clare-elliott.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}