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Megan N. Liberty

Megan N. Liberty is the Art Books section editor at the Brooklyn Rail and co-founder of Book Art Review. Her writing on artist books, ephemera, and graphic novels also appears in Artforum.com, ArtReview, frieze, and elsewhere. Find her on twitter @meganlib.

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya Breathes New Life Into the Genre of Studio Portraiture

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty April 18, 2019April 18, 2019

Sepuya’s portraits unmask the artifice of studio portrait photography.

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Art on Paper Fair Celebrates the Tactile While Resisting Nostalgia

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty March 13, 2019March 12, 2019

Featuring 3D collages made from Batman comics, sculptures carved from archaeology books, and massive archways built from recycled paperbacks, Art on Paper 2019 celebrates the fine art potential of an undervalued material.

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Best of 2018: The Top 10 Graphic Novels

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Dan Schindel, Dominic Umile, Megan N. Liberty, Christine Ro and Elisa Wouk Almino December 13, 2018November 11, 2019

Here are some of the most innovative graphic novels this year, selected by Dan Schindel and other Hyperallergic reviewers.

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At the New York Tech Zine Fair, the Digital and the Tactile Converge

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty December 4, 2018December 12, 2018

Zine-makers working at the intersection of art and technology showcase their projects at the School for Poetic Computation.

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A Cartoonist Takes Aim at the Art World

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty November 13, 2018November 12, 2018

Cartoonist Matthew Thurber doesn’t leave us with a clean moral or tidy ending to his series of comic jabs at the art world and its institutions.

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Jack Whitten’s Newly Published Journals Chronicle a Troubled Path to Success

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty August 8, 2018August 7, 2018

A new book from Hauser & Wirth compiles five decades of abstract artist Jack Whitten’s personal writings.

Keith Smith, "Book Number 11, Up" (1969), artist's book with photographs, drawings, prints, and transparencies (courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York; © Keith Smith)
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The Tactile Pull of Keith Smith’s Book Art

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty June 21, 2018June 20, 2018

An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art features Smith’s many and manifold book artworks.

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The Clever Concrete Poetry of a Benedictine Monk

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty June 12, 2018June 12, 2018

Dom Sylvester Houédard, friends with the beatniks, littered his texts with references to god and prayer, and had a peculiar sense of humor.

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How the Evolution of Graphic Design Lines Up with Historical Events

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty March 26, 2018March 23, 2018

Covering the span of 1890 to 1959, A Visual History of Graphic Design illustrates design advancements alongside historical events, from the founding of Pepsi-Cola to the stock market crash.

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A Magical 1970s French Comic Book Finally Translated Into English

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty February 23, 2018

In Nicole Claveloux’s comic collection, The Green Hand and Other Stories, we move through dream states with highly idiosyncratic characters.

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Chris Ware’s Annotated Visual History of His Comics Career

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty January 10, 2018January 9, 2018

In Chris Ware’s latest book, Monograph, he confronts his past self through various ephemera and remembrances.

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A Stamp Designer Makes His Mark with Cheeky Designs

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty November 3, 2017

Vincent Sardon’s The Stampographer, published by Siglio Press, collects the witty designs he makes with rubber stamps, which are sometimes several feet long.

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