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4 coffee table art books from 2023 that are a visual feast

This group ranges from a fabulous collection by contemporary, neurodiverse artists to Milton Glaser's pop art, and Aino and Alvar Aalto's Finnish modernist designs to a survey of Islamic architecture.
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There's plenty of art to feast your eyes on in these four very different coffee table books.

Presented in reverse chronological order, we move back in time from Art is Art — a fabulous collection of outside-the-box work by more than 100 contemporary, neurodiverse artists — to Milton Glaser's '60s and 70's pop graphics, Aino and Alvar Aalto's iconic Finnish modernist designs, and a global survey of Islamic architecture through the centuries.

All are eye-opening (and would make great gifts, if you're still looking).

Art is Art: Collaborating with Neurodiverse Artists at Creativity Explored

is such a spirit lift. The nonprofit studio and gallery behind it, Creativity Explored, was founded in San Francisco in 1983 to partner with disabled, neurodiverse artists. Their mission is to encourage

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