Brian Eno announces new art book with Dutch artist Bette A.

(Image credit: Cecily Eno)

Musician and artist Brian Eno has announced that he will release a new book on art with renowned Dutch artist Bette A.

What Art Does will be published by Faber in hardback and e-book editions on January 16.

"What Art Does examines the function of fictional worlds - such as pop songs, detective novels, soap operas, shoe tassels and the hidden language of haircuts - and suggests a new theory of art," say the publishers. "Why do we do it? How does it help us? And how does it hold us all together?"

Then new, full colour illustrated hardback book will initially available in a limited edition of 777 signed copies. Each copy will come with its own unique slipcase hand-painted by Eno and Bette A. This limited edition will be available exclusively from Metalabel for North American customers, and Enoshop for customers in the rest of the world. A black and white PDF will be available for seven days from initial release of the limited edition.

All profits from the limited edition and PDF of What Art Does will go to the charities Earth Percent, a charity that channels funds from the music business to organizations that do the most impactful work around the climate emergency, and The Heroines! Movement, a worldwide non-profit collective of grassroots teams making story projects and school programs around local women role models.

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Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.