What Art Does

An Unfinished Theory

Brian Eno, Bette Adriaanse

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Faber & Faber
15 April 2025

Art & Architecture; Theory of art; Music: styles & genres

Why do we need art?

What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us.

Curious and playful, richly illustrated, full of ideas and life, it is an inspiring call to imagine a different future.

By: Brian Eno, Bette Adriaanse
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 160mm, Width: 111mm,
ISBN: 9780571395514
ISBN 10: 0571395511
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 15 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Brian Eno is a British artist, musician and activist. He has made music and visual art for five decades as composer, producer, collaborator and individual artist. He is a founding member of EarthPercent, a trustee of Client Earth, and co-founder of HardArt. Bette A. is a Dutch artist, novelist and art school teacher. Her previous books include Rus Like Everyone Else and What's Mine. She is co-founder of the Heroines! Movement.

Reviews for What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory

""A lifetime's worth of practical wisdom and reflection. The result is a kind of joyous manifesto."" - David Shariatmadari, Guardian ""Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s I wasn't afraid of Art even though my family was poor and undereducated and knew nothing about it. I was excited and wanted to join in, even to be part of contemporary art-making. I lost that confidence along the way. Became scared of Art, felt excluded by it. Reading What Art Does, has helped me regain that confidence by reminding me we're all making art all the time. That Art is for us and by us."" - Viv Albertine