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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.
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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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A Mother-Daughter Inheritance Illustrated in Thread and Ink
Galician artist Bea Lema navigates themes of generational trauma and healing, tenderly illustrating the story of a daughter who desperately wants to protect her mother.
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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.
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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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How to Navigate Through the Wilderness of the Internet in 2024
Identifying “dark forests” as digital havens from mainstream gamification, a new book plumbs the depths of the Internet and what it means for creatives today.
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The Anti-Apartheid Photographer Who Was Stranded in America
Ernest Cole’s life story is an anti-colonialism epic, Cold War thriller, and a tragedy.