Bookshelf
On my bookshelf | Ogilvy on Advertising
There's a lot we can learn about engaging audiences from the legendary 1960s adman, says Jamie Taylor
On my bookshelf | The Other Hogarth: The Aesthetics of Difference
Fanning the flames for Hogarth's love language
On my bookshelf | Black Artists in British Art: A History Since the 1950s, by Eddie Chambers
Cheryl Bowen selects a book that holds the space and cultural memory of Black British art
On my bookshelf | The Pre-Raphaelites, by Christopher Wood
This book is a reminder of the emotional connections visitors make to collections, says Helen Antrobus
On my bookshelf | The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club, by Peter Hook
Owen Hopkins on the link between nightclubs and museums
On my bookshelf | The Waste Land by TS Eliot
A poem that inspired Jemma Channing to investigate heritage as a place of asylum and recovery
On my bookshelf | Dan Vo
The Sexual Perspective: Homosexuality and Art in the Last 100 Years in the West, by Emmanuel Cooper
On my bookshelf | The Conservation of Cultural Property, Museums and Monuments Series Vol XI, by Unesco
This wonderful book was first published in 1968, with a minimal, white, soft cover, an ahead-of-its-time typeface, and lower-case printed title. It is one of my most used – falling apart, edges worn – publications. It is beautifully written, with black-and-white illustrations, a learned book – and easy to read. I bought it in Durham, …
On my bookshelf | The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds, by John Higgs
When I was lent this book in 2016, I was developing a gallery at the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead – a complicated project about an abandoned and unremarkable collection from a museum that didn’t exist any more. This book isn’t just about a popular techno outfit from the 1990s burning £1m. It weaves a …