£12 (from £14.99) until December 17th
'"Which counts for more, the painting or the model, art or nature?" Society has no interest in the living subject represented; to pose for a sculpture is to submit oneself entirely to the artist's gaze' – Charlie Stone, The Arts Desk
'Sensitive, human, and profound.' – Catherine Hewitt, author of Renoir’s Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon
Camille Laurens 'touches on one of the most significant problems for fiction: the imperative of understanding others while honouring that inner secrecy they always possess and we never will be able to grasp’ — Adrian Nathan West, Review 31
Read an excerpt of Little Dancer Aged Fourteen on Culturetheque
On 16 November, we published our second book by Jean Frémon, translated by Cole Swensen, interspersed with gouache drawings by Louise Bourgeois.
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Read an excerpt of Nativity on The Arts Desk
‘How should one paint the baby Jesus? This deceptively innocent question runs the length of Jean Frémon's Nativity, a fictional work that takes as its subject the first painter to represent the saviour of humankind without his swaddling clothes. The book is a miniature portrait in itself, running for fewer than 50 pages and punctuated by a series of evocative drawings by the artist Louise Bourgeois. With the bells of Christmas ringing faintly in the distance, Nativity offers a stylish, expressive new study into artistic representations of Christianity's founding story.’ – The Arts Desk
'A distinctly humanised view of the Nativity, and an interesting alternative Christmas story for you to seek out this year.'– Helen Vassallo, Translating Women
25 December marks the birth of the Grande Dame of contemporary art Louise Bourgeois, as well as that of Jesus. We couldn’t resist a Christmas pun and new books bundle for lovers of art, classical and modern.
If you too are a Christmas baby, drop us a line, and we’ll send you a code for an extra discount on this bundle.
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Read an excerpt of Now, Now, Louison on Granta
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Les Fugitives gratefully acknowledges financial assistance from Arts Council England's
Emergency Response Fund to support the arts during the covid-19 crisis.
