Book Review
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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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 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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A Turn-of-the-Millennium Künstlerroman
One of the great joys of Endpapers is how author Jennifer Savran Kelly folds the search for artistic and gender identity into the elements of the book form.
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The Legendary Weavers of Black Mountain College
As a new book shows, the school’s teachings continue to influence creative practices.
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Did the Witch Trials Ever Truly Come to an End?
Marion Gibson’s research rigorously traces the legal and human aspects of the trials through today.
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Historical Lessons From Nelson Mandela’s Desk Calendar
Indian artist Jitish Kallat translated an installation based on the South African leader’s daily logs during his incarceration into an intimate book.
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A Charming Cat-alog of John Craxton’s Kittens
John Craxton would see the animal mid-action and think, that’s another picture. On the occasion of National Cat Day, here are some of his most fantastic felines.
Art
The Cross-Pollination Between Prints and Textiles Yields Abundance
An exhibition at the New York Public Library shows that these modes share deep roots.
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Artist Interviews and the Literature of Self-Endorsement
In three recent volumes, artists express nostalgia for the smaller, scrappier New York art world.