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Our Art of Reading Book Club selection for May 8, 2021, Broad Strokes offers an entertaining corrective to the exclusion of female artists from the mainstream art canon. Art historian Bridget Quinn delves into the lives and careers of 15 brilliant female artists in text that’s smart, feisty, educational, and an enjoyable read. Replete with beautiful reproductions of the artists’ works and contemporary portraits of each artist by renowned illustrator Lisa Congdon, this is art history from 1600 to the present day for the modern art lover, reader, and feminist.

Hardcover with 192 pages