{"product_id":"9781739440541","title":"A Little Art Education","description":"Author: Lynn Barber\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781739440541\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Cheerio Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Nov 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalist, writer, interviewer and memoirist Lynn Barber claims no skill in art herself but loves hanging out with artists  and has devoted much of her career to interviewing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynn Barber was born in 1944 and studied English at the University of Oxford. She began her career in journalism at Penthouse, and progressed to the \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday, the Observer, the Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won six British Press Awards and two volumes of her celebrated interviews have been published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Education\u003c\/i\u003e, Lynn's memoir about her schoolgirl affair with a con-man, was made into an Oscar nominated film in 2010, with a screenplay by Nick Hornby, starring Carey Mulligan. \u003ci\u003eA Curious Career\u003c\/i\u003e published in May 2014, continued the story of her life as a journalist and interviewer. \u003ci\u003eA Little Art Education\u003c\/i\u003e documents her fascination with art and artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book feels like a marvellous cocktail party, packed with the painters and sculptors Barber has interviewed over the years:...everyone, naturally, is smoking.'  Lisa Hilton, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Little Art Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e [is a] highly entertaining celebration of the famous artists she has encountered over the course of a long and extremely successful career as a newspaper interviewer.'  John Maier, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Saturday Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839809114270,"sku":"ADS-9781739440541","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781739440541.jpg?v=1778827108","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781739440541","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}