A splendid new volume of missives about art, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections.Vincent Van Gogh curses the stare of the blank canvas. Salvador Dali contemplates mailing a piece of his 'lobster-colored pajamas' to Federico Lorca. Hollis Frampton, to the MoMA, demands that artists be paid. The dean of students at San Francisco Art Institute argues to Alicia McCarthy, in very stern words, that graffit is not art but, rather, a "pain in the ass." In a letter to the editor, Martin Scorsese defends and celebrates Fellini's filmmaking. This collection celebrates extraordinary correspondence about art, from missives on the agony of being overlooked, the ecstacy of producing work that excits, to surprising sources of inspiration and rousing manifestos. These thirty letters show us the many ways that art and life can intersect, and what we talk about when they do.Includes letters from Carl Jung, Mary Cassatt, Mark Rothko, Oscar Wilde, Frida Kahlo, Mick Jagger, and more.

DELUXE PACKAGE: Flaps, rough-front pages, soft-touch finish, and foil make this a must-have literary object.DIVERSE CONTRIBUTORS: The series features a wide range of writers, from luminaries to everyday people.SOCIAL MEDIA: The website receives more than 1.5 million hits per week, and @LettersOfNote has more than 600,000 Twitter followers and more than 140,000 Facebook followers. On Instagram, @LettersOfNote has 6,000 followers and the author @ShaunUsher has 14,000.TIE-IN EVENTS: Letters Live events, timed to coincide with publication, will present staged readings of the letters by internationally renowned actors, authors, and other celebrities. Books will be sold at the events.PROVEN BRAND: Letters of Note has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide and appeared in 18 territories and counting.PERFECT FOR GIFTING: The high quality and variety of the letters, their universal appeal, their thematic focus, and an appealing price point make this book an ideal gift.PART OF A PLANNED SERIES: Following the Letters of Note installments Cats, Love, Music, and War in fall 2019, we are publishing Paris, New York City, London, and Space in spring 2020 and James Baldwin, The Beatles, Virginia Woolf, and Dorothy Parker in summer 2020.