Tory’s Spring 2015 collection taps into the spirit of artist Françoise Gilot and the time she spent with Picasso in Vallauris; together, the two were an art-world power couple. But they weren’t the only examples of such creative coupling — as Veronica Kavass’ book Artists In Love makes clear. In it, she dives into 29 such stories dotting the annals of art history: Gilot and Picasso, Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Marina Abramović and Ulay, just to name a few. Some of the pairs were all-out fiery (and often turbulent) romances; others, more creative/inspirational unions. With the book’s reach over various art movements and numerous countries around the world, Kavass provides a fascinating window through which to view, and understand, some of art’s greatest cultural forces. “Would we have seen Max Ernst’s deserts, his full spectrum of settings, without [Dorothea] Tanning by his side, enthusiastic to live and paint out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by skulls?,” she asks in the introduction. “Without [Tom] Doyle’s invitation to join him on a residency in Germany, would [Eva] Hesse have taken the pivotal trip back to her home, to the setting that inspired her to transition to sculpture?”