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GET THE PICTURE - BIANCA BOSKER GEBUNDEN

The New York Times bestselling author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating 
hilarious  and revelatory journey-this time burrowing deep inside the impassioned  secretive
world of art and artists. An award-winning journalist obsessed with obsession  Bianca Bosker's
existence was upended when she wandered into the art world-and couldn't look away. Intrigued by
artists who hyperventilate around their favorite colors and art fiends who max out credit cards
to show hunks of metal they think can change the world  Bosker grew fixated on understanding
why art matters and how she-or any of us-could engage with it more deeply. In Get the Picture 
Bosker throws herself into the nerve center of art and the people who live for it: gallerists 
collectors  curators  and  of course  artists themselves-the kind who work multiple jobs to
afford their studios while scrabbling to get eyes on their art. As she stretches canvases until
her fingers blister  talks her way into A-list parties full of billionaire collectors  has her
face sat on by a nearly-naked performance artist  and forces herself to stare at a single
sculpture for hours on end while working as a museum security guard  she discovers not only the
inner workings of the art-canonization machine but also a more expansive way of living. Probing
everything from cave paintings to Instagram  and from the science of sight to the importance of
beauty as it examines art's role in our culture  our economy  and our hearts  Get the Picture
is a rollicking adventure that will change the way you see forever--

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