Collection: Reference

If you've read The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who, or any of the dozens of books written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel, you may think you're familiar with the work of the man who delighted millions as Dr. Seuss.

Recently, David Hockney put down his brushes and stopped painting. He had become gripped by a desire to find out how the artists of the past had managed to depict the world around them so accurately and vivdly.

Offering a two-page spread on every day of the year, a volume featuring a combination of astrology and numerology presents personality profiles, meditation suggestions, and more for each day.

Explores one's relationship with the universe and what one is fated to accomplish. Based on an individual's date of birth, the book reveals what each person came into this life to achieve, what lesson is to be learned, and what goal is to be embraced.

Secrets in stone started very simply as an idea - to see if it was possible to trace the history of Sydney through stone. The more he searched, the more he discovered, slowly realising that stone really was the key to unlocking the secrets of Sydney.

In 2002 the Islamist Justice and Development Part (AKP) swept to power in Turkey. Since then it has shied away from a hard-line ideological stance in favor of a more conservative and democratic approach. M. Hakan Yavuz, negotiates this ambivalence.....

This publication accompanies an exhibition of the Vizard Foundation Art Collection of the 1990s at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, 3 August to 12 October 2003.