An okay book to browse when you have nothing to do. Some funny comments next to the paintings. I do think you should be American to get them all. Don't expect a lot out of this book.

Men to Avoid in Art and Life was great, feminist fun! A hilarious take on famous paintings, this book had some truly brutal one-liners and i'm definitely here for it. From menstrual cramps to sexual harassment, to all the ways women go wrong, these oil painted mansplainers give some eye rolling advice to their female companions.

As a bit of an art nerd, I appreciated the different art styles represented in the book. Though each page shows a portrait, the variety in terms of art movements was abound. Alas, I did find it a bit disappointing that the source of the paintings were not included on each page but instead stuck at the end, in a list. I do get that it's for the aesthetic. But I would have enjoyed to see the sources as I flipped through this book, because it is as much a look at the art as it is the snarky male comments.

Overall, I enjoyed the humorous anecdotes in this book, and it will definitely make me look twice next time i'm strolling through a museum.

***Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***
This book cracked me up! The commentary went perfectly with the art and it makes me wonder a little about the context of the art in real life.

Who'd have thought that so much of art history is actually just the mansplainer, with the roguish chap leaning into the well-presented woman and telling her where women go wrong, or where her attitudes to being leered at suck, or how women, you know, just aren't funny? Here's proof that it's gone on for a lot longer than we thought, and out in the open too – hung on gallery walls, and given approval by being the thing to see and therefore be seen doing. This book offers up a lot of examples of it, with what is allegedly the original captions and dialogue (sorry, monologue) splurged across them. And you know something else, for a novelty gift humour book, this is actually pretty damned funny – veering a bit towards the crude for some tastes in the chapter on the sexpert, but getting the right point across in the right way, and generally gifting the ideal words to the right image, and showing some forethought. What's more surprising still, perhaps, is the wealth of different images – yes, they're all of a type, generally staid portraits, with far too many King Charles Spaniels, but even the art expert will find some of them new to her. I don't know if it's the act of taking them out of the galleries and putting them in this context, but a lot of them do look a bit rapey, but that's a bit too serious for a funny/serious novelty book like this. I don't know what you gain by having this and not relying on the author's tw*tter series of such images, but I for one enjoyed it. I did wish that the attribution was there with each image and not in a list at the end, but still, four and a half stars.

This book is humorous and engaging. The author uses beautiful paintings and hilarious captions to lampoon men and their foibles. Thoroughly enjoyable!

Funny and witty. A quick take on gender roles as critiqued through classical art, I would probably keep this as a coffee table book, allowing access for quick perusing and quick chuckles to anyone who would glimpse it's cover.

I'm not really sure how to rate this book. On one hand I found it offensive, but on the other hand I found it a bit of fun. It was rather a rocky start for me personally, but then The Comedian helped break the ice. I thought that and The Patroniser were the best. This book won't be everyone's cup of tea but I can see there being an audience for it.

I had hopes that I would enjoy this book because I love feminist humor and classic art. Some of it was funny, but it felt a lot like the same sort of jokes I've seen over and over again. It was ok, but not a lot to this.

Hilarious! Men to Avoid in Art and Life is the perfect gift book for any snarky badass in your life. If you've ever been one of the people who quietly snickers at art museums, you've got to have this one. Five Stars!