What Are You Looking At? cover art

What Are You Looking At?

150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

What Are You Looking At?

By: Will Gompertz
Narrated by: Roy McMillan
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz, read by Roy McMilllan. What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. From Monet's water lilies to Van Gogh's sunflowers, from Warhol's soup cans to Hirst's pickled shark, hear the stories behind the masterpieces, meet the artists as they really were, and discover the real point of modern art. You will learn: not all conceptual art is bollocks; Picasso is king (but zanne is better); Pollock is no drip; Dali painted with his moustache; a urinal changed the course of art; and why your 5-year-old really couldn't do it. Refreshing, irreverent and always straightforward, What Are You Looking At? asks all the basic questions that you were too afraid to ask. Your next gallery trip is going to be a little less intimidating and a lot more interesting.

©2014 Will Gompertz (P)2014 Penguin Audio Art Witty Thought-Provoking

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Playing to the Gallery cover art
Tom and Jack cover art
Find Your Artistic Voice cover art
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them cover art
Art & Fear cover art
Ninth Street Women cover art
Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light, 100 Art Writings 1988-2018 cover art
Oil and Marble cover art
Art Is My Career: How to Start an Art Business cover art
Nothing Is Lost cover art
The Eye cover art
Without Saying a Word cover art
Art History (2nd Edition) cover art
Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World cover art
David Hockney In His Own Words cover art
Modernism: The Strange Story of Art and Music in the Twentieth Century cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
I have dabbled in visiting modern art for the last decade or so just because i like the way it seems to communicate ideas without words....I found this book gives it’s a framework and context, so the enjoy it more. Loved it

What a great journey

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
super interesting, reads like a novel, makes not only the art accessible, but the lives of the artists as well. would highly recommend.

brilliant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I didn’t know anything about Modern Art before I listened to this. Now I do. That is all.

A detailed history of Modern Art

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I thoroughly recommend this excellent introduction to the world of modern Art. I was a little disappointed that the author wasn't reading his own work. However Mr McMillan made a great job of it.

First class

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A very enjoyable listen on a fascinating subject told with clarity, insight and humor. Really very good.

Wonderful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A must read for anybody just getting into art or already deeply immersed in this fascinating world!

Highly recommended!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Wonderful clear writing, straightforward explanations, introductions to the main protagonists. Brilliant book. So good I bought a hard copy.

Brilliant intro to Modern Art

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Its a great example of an audio text that is well read, intelligent with a good central voice that is keen to teach the history of modern art to all without being too light and poppy or too wordy and heavy. perfect balance. I'll be listening to this again.

Its a great listen. Intelligent and engaging.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A crash course in art history which will enhance my future viewing experiences - beautifully read, and I had no concentration problems, often a drawback of audio books. As a primary school teacher I imagine it will also enhance my children's art education experience as I can now claim to know the a little more than just what I like.

Brilliantly engaging

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
well narrated and well connected story of recent developments in art from impressionism onwards. well worth a listen. very entertaining.

strong overview of recent art history

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews