About

Mr B's Emporium is delighted to welcome art historian, curator and television presenter, Kate Bryan, to chat to them about her new book, How to Art: Bringing a Fancy Subject Down to Earth so We Can All Enjoy It.

A regular on our TV screens as a presenter of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year, Kate Bryan is a self-confessed art addict and on a mission to help everybody come to art. From how to enjoy famous artworks and how to own art, to making a career out as an artist – How to Art has something for us all.

Kate Bryan is a British art historian, curator and arts broadcaster. Since 2016, she has been the curator for Soho House's global art collection which numbers 10,000 artworks. For over a decade she has regularly presented television programmes for Sky Arts including "My Week With" and is a judge on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of The Year. This is Kate's third book and her first for a mainstream audience.

About the book:

What is art, where do I find it, and once I'm in front of it, what am I supposed to think about it?

Kate Bryan is a self-confessed art addict who has worked with art for over twenty years. But before she studied art history at university, she'd been into a gallery just twice in her life and had no idea she was entering an elitist world.

Now, she's on a mission to help everybody come to art. Like playing or listening to music, or cooking and eating great food, reading or watching films, making art or looking at other people's deserves to be an enriching part of all our lives. So here, in How to Art is a nifty way to take art on your own terms.

From where it is to what it is, to tips on how to actually enjoy really famous artworks like the Mona Lisa, to how to own art and make art at home, through to vital advice for making a career as an artist and even how to make your dog more cultural, How to Art gives art to everyone, and makes it fun. Laced throughout with original artworks by the very down-to-earth artist David Shrigley.

'Finally! Art without terror!' Phoebe Waller-Bridge

'A completely joyful book about the joy of art. A cracking, easy read that puts art in our lives, our homes, our hearts' Richard Curtis

'A whole art education in one book. Written in accessible language, communicating the joy that is art, both to make and to look at. It's what the art world needs – fresh air' Philippa Perry

'The definitive 'how to' guide to not being intimidated by the world of art and artists. It brings joy, which is a powerful thing' Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate