149 Paintings You Really Need to See in North America

Julian Porter is a litigation lawyer whose other passion in life is art. He’s had a lot of fun looking at art and wants to share his enthusiasm with others. He has lectured in galleries from Madrid to St. Petersburg. He lives in Toronto.Stephen Grant is a Toronto lawyer and life-long art lover, especially of the twentieth-century modernists. He lives in Toronto.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Boston, MassachusettsIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumMuseum of Fine ArtsChapter 2: Buffalo, New YorkAlbright Knox MuseumChapter 3: Chicago, IllinoisArt Institute of ChicagoMuseum of Contemporary ArtChapter 4: Cleveland, OhioCleveland Museum of ArtChapter 5: Dallas, TexasDallas Museum of ArtChapter 6: Detroit, MichiganDetroit Institute of ArtsChapter 7: Hartford, ConnecticutWadsworth Atheneum Museum of ArtChapter 8: Los Angeles, CaliforniaJ. Paul Getty MuseumLos Angeles County Museum of ArtMuseum of Contemporary ArtChapter 9: New York City, New YorkFrick CollectionSolomon R. Guggenheim MuseumMetropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtNeue Galerie New YorkParrish Art Museum, Long Island, New YorkWhitney Museum of American ArtChapter 10: Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBarnes FoundationPhiladelphia Museum of ArtChapter 11: San Francisco, Californiade Young Fine Arts MuseumSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtChapter 12: Washington, D.C.National Gallery of ArtPhillips CollectionCANADAChapter 13: Kleinburg, OntarioMcMichael Canadian Art CollectionChapter 14: Montreal, QuebecMusée D’art Contemporain de MontréalChapter 15: Ottawa, OntarioNational Gallery of CanadaChapter 16: Toronto, OntarioArt Gallery of OntarioChapter 17: Vancouver, British ColumbiaVancouver Art GalleryEpilogueNotesIndex of Artists and Their WorksIndex of Paintings by TitleChecklist of the 149 Paintings

Porter and Grant, lawyers by trade, make difficult art accessible through simple formal descriptions and introductory histories of artists and patrons. Both write in an inviting, casual tone…Their book is rich with color illustrations and brief, wall-text-style explanations that make turning the pages akin to strolling through a museum’s galleries.