Challenge: Art Stories

It’s an art sampler! Read a true art story that sparks your curiosity.

When you complete 1 task, you will earn 10 points and a badge.

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Task
Read *Claire McCardell: the designer who set women free* by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson View Certificate
Read *The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: The complete story of the world's most famous artwork* by Noah Charney View Certificate
Read *The man who invented motion pictures: a true tale of obsession, murder, and the movies* by Paul Fischer View Certificate
Read *The devil in the gallery: how scandal, shock, and rivalry shape the art world* by Noah Charney View Certificate
Read *Warhol* by Blake Gopnik View Certificate
Read *Chasing Beauty: The life of Isabella Stewart Gardner* by Natalie Dykstra View Certificate
Read *Saving Michelangelo's dome: how three mathematicians and a pope sparked an architectural revolution* by Wayne Kalayjian View Certificate
Read *Flashes of brilliance : the genius of early photography and how it transformed art, science and history* by Anika Burgess View Certificate
Read *Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh* by Robin Givhan (Libby) View Certificate
Read *The art spy: the extraordinary untold tale of WWII resistance hero Rose Valland* by Michelle Young View Certificate
Read *Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist* by Jane Rosenberg View Certificate
Read *Thunderclap: a memoir of art and life & sudden death* by Laura Cumming View Certificate
Read *Zodiac: a graphic memoir* by Weiwei Ai View Certificate
Watch The Thief Collector on Hoopla (art theft with a Tucson connection) View Certificate

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