A new book spans artists from the 1970s through today around 15 themes, including body art, queer politics, ecofeminism, and the North American diaspora.
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Indie Books and Holiday Miracles at Brooklyn’s Press Play Fair
The two-day event was a welcome cure to holiday-season fatigue, with accordion zines, rare books, and copper wire-bound short stories.
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A Comic Artist’s Antidote to the How-To Guide
Adrian Tomine’s new book answers questions from his readers, a gesture of acknowledgment and even gratitude delivered from a safe distance.
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June Jordan’s Utopian Vision for Harlem
In the wake of the 1964 race riots, the Black feminist writer collaborated with architect Buckminster Fuller on a never-realized project to reimagine the neighborhood’s public housing.
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Orhan Pamuk’s Secret Paintings of Time
Poet Kaveh Akbar speaks with the Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist about his book of journal entries and paintings, authors who also make art, and the delight of writing fiction.
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The 30 Best Art Books of 2024
This expansive genre includes any title with a bearing on the multifaceted art world — from Audrey Flack’s memoir to Caitlin Cass’s Suffrage Song.
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Jonathan Lethem’s Alternative Life as an Artist
In a new book, the novelist and essayist writes in parallel to, rather than directly about, art.
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Serenading Entwined Lineages of Black Art and Music
Organized around the five components of a song, Nikki A. Greene dissects a lineage of sonic resonance and visual aesthetics in Grime, Glitter, and Glass.
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Asian America’s Unofficial Photographer Laureate
Corky Lee’s Asian America is a stunning glimpse into the fight for racial justice over the last half-century — one many Americans haven’t seen.
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A Brief History of Underwear in Art
Author Nina Edwards weaves a seamless tale of the social, visual, and economic dimensions of the hidden garments that literally underpin our lives.
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A Photographer’s Unflinching Hymn to Her Aging Body
Rosalind Fox Solomon forged her way as an artist at 53. With remarkable self-knowledge, A Woman I Once Knew lays out her nonagenarian life story.
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5 Art Books to Light Your Path Through November
A biography of Andy Warhol’s mother, São Paulo’s Neo-Avant-Garde, resplendent Hokusai works, plus new monographs and catalogs to check out this month.