GET THE PICTURE

A fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey burrowing deep inside the impassioned, secretive world of art and artists. Bosker brings her whip-smart yet accessible, "unfailingly funny" (San Francisco Chronicle) sensibility along for a ride through another subculture of elite obsessives.

An inquisitive author and journalist plunges deep inside the world of art and the people who live for it: gallerists, collectors, curators, and, of course, artists themselvesthe kind who work multiple jobs and let their paintings sleep soundly in the studio while they wake up covered in cat pee on a friend's couch. 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 an hour straight 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. Encompassing everything from color theory to evolutionary biology, and from ancient cave paintings to Instagram as it attempts to discern 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. Bianca Bosker Bianca is the New York Times bestselling author of Cork Dork and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Best American Travel Writing, and been recognized with awards from the New York Press Club, Society of Professional Journalists, and more.