Like a well-made playlist, the album covers in this volume combine to createa portrait of cool and culture desired by art, music, and record lovers.Art Sleeves is a time capsule of visual art and music culture as shown through themost important record covers designed by visual artists and graphic designersin the past forty years. This tightly curated collection of covers chosen includesworks with significant cultural impact as well as collaborations that themselvescreated cultural fascination.The eclectic roster of visual artist musician collaborations presented spans artand musical genres as well as generations, including Ryan McGinley for SigurRós, Kara Walker for Arto Lindsay, Peter Saville for Joy Division, BarbaraKruger for Growing Up Skipper, Jeff Koons for Lady Gaga, Tauba Auerbachfor Glasser, and Stanley Donwood for Radiohead, to name a few. From post-modernist paintings and minimalism to collage and photography, as well asNew Wave, emo, pop, and punk, the albums chosen present a bright and richvisual and cultural history.This inspiring volume celebrates this long creative tradition of visual artist musician collaborations and, just like a perfect album, it will be treasured byart, music, and record lovers alike.