Many of my blog readers already know that 2016 was a shit-show for my family (as well as for quite a few people that I know.) 2017 is here and we're determined on focusing on the here and now...
In the art department in my home, however, it was stellar. It was a year to find solace, comfort and refuge in art (that includes books and film.) Several hospital stays, long waiting room visits and being a caretaker (yay for David sleeping a lot!) gave me some added time to read.
Thanks to my family and friends, local used bookstores (yay for trade-in credit) and gift certificates, David and I were kept sane with books last year.
These are my favorites from 2016 (in no particular order.)
Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth: Inside the Creation of a Modern Fairy Tale
Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters: Inside His Films, Notebooks, and Collections (not shown)
Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
Maria Lassnig: The Pen Is the Sister of the Brush: Diaries 1943-1997
The Keeper
Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-Portraits
The Woman Who Says No: Françoise Gilot on Her Life With and Without Picasso - Rebel, Muse, Artist
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