Have you ever dreamt of having your own private museum tour with one of the world's most-celebrated artists? Take a walk through art history in the company of one of the pre-eminent American painters of our time, Alex Katz. Describing his personal encounters with the work of over 90 key artists, Katz's observations offer a fluent, vivid, and incisive view, making Looking at Art with Alex Katz the perfect guide both for those looking for an introduction to the world of visual art, and anyone looking for a fresh view on their favourite artist. Includes entries: Bacon, Bourgeois, Cézanne, Da Vinci, Doig, Giacometti, Philip Guston, Hockney, Matisse, Miró, Munch, Newman, Pollock, Rembrandt, Rousseau, Titian, Tuymans, Van Gogh, Vermeer and more. "The effect of the book is of going around an art gallery with a very knowledgeable and entertainingly opinionated friend-one we'd all be lucky to have." -House & Garden "An immensely readable book." -The Guardian