What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory [Hardcover]

“Any aspiring artist—but especially any aspiring musician—will be grateful.”—Amanda Petrusich,the New Yorker

"Really delightful."—Ezra Klein

Why do we need art?

What Art Doesis 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.

PLBrian Enois 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.

“Any aspiring artist—but especially any aspiring musician—will be grateful.”—Amanda Petrusich, the New Yorker

"Really delightful."—Ezra Klein

"Art—as a field of work and study and as a matter of qualitative rather than quantitative value—is threatened, misunderstood and undervalued. No doubt this is because art is not an obvious form of self-advancement—it doesn’t make you thinner or, except in very rare circumstances, richer. It does, however, improve you, and What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory by Brian Eno and Bette A. explains how."—The Wall Street Journal 

"A fascinating little book."—Grayson Haver Currin, GQ

"A lifetime’s worth oflS'