OTHER SIDE: WOMEN ART AND THE SPIRIT WORLD (WEIDENFELD) (PB)

A blend of memoir and art history, The Other Side explores the lives and work of a group of extraordinary women artists. From the twelfth-century mystic Hildegard of Bingen and the nineteenth-century spiritualist Georgiana Houghton to the pioneering Hilma af Klint, these women all - in their own unique ways - shared the same goal: to communicate with, and learn from, other dimensions. Weaving in and out of their lives, Jennifer Higgie considers the solace of ritual and the impact of spiritualism on feminism and contemporary art.