
Russell Tovey, Author
Robert Diament, Author
Rose Blake, Illustrator
Imprint: Laurence King Publishing
Publication date: October 23, 2025
Category: Art: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
ISBN: 9781510231412
An exciting introduction to the world of contemporary art for young creatives from the makers of hit podcast Talk Art, actor Russell Tovey and gallerist Robert Diament.
Do you love art and want to know more but don’t know where to start? Introducing Art School (in a book), a virtual gallery where you can see the most exciting contemporary artists of today, as well as some of the greatest from the twentieth century, including Henri Matisse, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Frida Kahlo.
And who are the visionaries, the icons, the ones to watch now? With works by Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley, and David Hockney, study the art of key artists working today, find out what inspires them, how they work and the meaning behind their art.
With Russell and Robert as your guides you will also discover the artist within you, with tips on new ways of seeing and reacting to the world around you and guidance on how you can develop your own creativity.
Russell Tovey is a familiar face on TV and in movies, and in the art world as a curator, collector, and most recently a member of the jury for the Turner Prize and patron for the charity Art UK.
Rose Blake is an illustrator and artist from London. Her book A History of Pictures for Children (2018), written by David Hockney and Martin Gayford, won the New Horizons award at the 2019 Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Her latest project, Meet the Artist: Andy Warhol, will be published alongside Warhol’s retrospective at the Tate Modern in 2020. She won the D&AD New Blood award in 2009.