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24 books recommended for fans of When Art Really Works by Andy Pankhurst, tied together by themes of Optical Illusions, Criticism & Theory, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions, and Cognitive Psychology & Cognition.

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The Playful Eye An Album of Visual Delight — Julian Rothenstein

The Playful Eye An Album of Visual Delight

Julian Rothenstein

Themes: Optical Illusions • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

Magic Eye Gallery A Showing Of 88 Images — Cheri Smith

Magic Eye Gallery A Showing Of 88 Images

Themes: Optical Illusions • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Games & Activities

Best of the Sunday Comics Magic Eye — N.E. Thing Enterprises

Best of the Sunday Comics Magic Eye

N.E. Thing Enterprises

Themes: Optical Illusions • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Games & Activities

Ways of Seeing — John Berger

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Art

Recreative Minds Imagination in Philosophy and Psychology — Gregory Currie

Recreative Minds Imagination in Philosophy and Psychology

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Art

Unflattening — Nick Sousanis

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Art

Art and the Brain — Joseph Goguen

Art and the Brain

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Art

Colours and Colour Vision An Introductory Survey — Daniel Kernell

Colours and Colour Vision An Introductory Survey

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Art

Invention And Understanding A Pedagogical Guide to Three Dimensions — Steven Careau

Invention And Understanding A Pedagogical Guide to Three Dimensions

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Art

Exhibitionist Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper — Richard Dorment

Exhibitionist Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper

Richard Dorment

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

Talking Contemporary Curating — Terry E. Smith

Talking Contemporary Curating

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

Young German Artists II At the Saatchi Gallery — Saatchi Gallery

Young German Artists II At the Saatchi Gallery

Saatchi Gallery

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

Ancient Mexican Art at Dumbarton Oaks Central Highlands, Southwestern Highlands, Gulf Lowlands — Dumbarton Oaks

Ancient Mexican Art at Dumbarton Oaks Central Highlands, Southwestern Highlands, Gulf Lowlands

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

Beyond Objecthood The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968 — James Voorhies

Beyond Objecthood The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

Thin Skin The Fickle Nature of Bubbles, Spheres and Inflatable Structures — Barbara Clausen

Thin Skin The Fickle Nature of Bubbles, Spheres and Inflatable Structures

Barbara Clausen

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

Abstract Painting and the Minimalist Critiques Robert Mangold, David Novros, and Jo Baer in the 1960s — Matthew L. Levy

Abstract Painting and the Minimalist Critiques Robert Mangold, David Novros, and Jo Baer in the 1960s

Matthew L. Levy

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

Robert Rauschenberg — Carolyn Lanchner

Robert Rauschenberg

Carolyn Lanchner

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

Jackson Pollock — Carolyn Lanchner

Jackson Pollock

Carolyn Lanchner

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

Making Strange The Chara Schreyer Collection — Douglas Fogle

Making Strange The Chara Schreyer Collection

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

William Blake’s Universe — David Bindman

William Blake’s Universe

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

The Twentieth Century German Art Exhibition Answering Degenerate Art in 1930s London — Lucy Wasensteiner

The Twentieth Century German Art Exhibition Answering Degenerate Art in 1930s London

Lucy Wasensteiner

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

Nina Chanel Abney Royal Flush — Natalie Y. Moore

Nina Chanel Abney Royal Flush

Natalie Y. Moore

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

Lynching Photographs — Dora Apel

Lynching Photographs

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

The Dada Seminars — Leah Dickerman

The Dada Seminars

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions • Art

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Optical Illusions, Criticism & Theory, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions — the same threads that run through When Art Really Works by Andy Pankhurst. Among the authors featured: Julian Rothenstein, Cheri Smith, N.E. Thing Enterprises, John Berger, and others.

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