How To Live An Artful Life

365 artists’ inspirations to bring creativity into your everyday

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Summary

The year ahead is a gift that has been given to you. What might you do with it?

Dive into the year with the wisdom of artists. Gathered from interviews, personal conversations, books and talks, How to Live an Artful Life moves through the months of the year offering you thoughts, reflections and encouragements from artists such as Marina Abramovic, Nan Goldin, Lubaina Himid, Louise Bourgeois and many more. With a thought for every day of the year, whether looking for beginnings in January, freedom in summer, or transformation as the nights draw in, this is a book of words to cherish. The year is full of the promise of work that has yet to be written, paintings that are yet to be painted, people who have yet to meet, talk, or fall in love. With this book in hand, pay attention, and see the world anew. Go out and find it, taste it, seize it, and live it – artfully.

About the author

Katy Hessel

Katy Hessel is an art historian, broadcaster and curator dedicated to celebrating female artists. The founder of @thegreatwomenartists on Instagram and the podcast of the same name, she writes a fortnightly column in the Guardian, is a fellow of Cambridge University and a Trustee of Charleston. She has lectured at the National Gallery and Guggenheim, and presented programmes for the BBC.

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