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Diarmuid Hester Distills Queer Longing
In Nothing Ever Just Disappears, Hester wanders in search of kinship with queer bohemians such as James Baldwin, Josephine Baker, and Kevin Killian.
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8 Art Books to Read This February
Samia Halaby, the collaborative history of photography, ancient cave paintings, shapeshifting flocks of birds, and more for your art reading list.
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When Whistler Sued Ruskin
Paul Thomas Murphy’s Falling Rocket: James Whistler, John Ruskin, and the Battle for Modern Art provides a snapshot of the founding litigation of modern art.
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Historic Artworks Seen Through the Eyes of University of Iowa Writers
In A Time of Witness brings poets, essayists, and authors to reinterpret pieces in the Stanley Museum of Art’s collection.
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The Children’s Book Author Who Was Also an Artist
Leo Lionni’s wide-ranging practice was kaleidoscopic and rooted in a strong sense of justice.
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Can AI Be Better at Art History Than Us?
Artificial Intelligence may efficiently sort images but loses out to a humanistic approach.
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Celebrating Feminist Art’s Unruly Bodies
Art Monsters reassesses controversial feminist artists who turned to body-focused art to rebel against the societal norms eager to suppress them.
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Redefining Modern Art in the Muslim World
Though at times a puzzling read, artist Rasheed Araeen’s latest book critiques Western scholarship that ignores Islam’s influence on modern art.
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Rose Marasco Captures the Poetry of Domestic Objects
Rose Marasco: At Home surveys the photographer's experimentations with everyday objects like shoes, cutlery, and a vegetable peeler.
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Can We Free Ourselves From Algorithms?
In Filterworld, Kyle Chayka proposes that the algorithmically driven, primarily digital nature of how we consume culture has rendered culture homogenous.
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How Blue Paper Revolutionized the Art of Drawing
Drawing on Blue provides a glimpse into the genesis of the tinted paper as a new vehicle for expression in European art.
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7 Art Books to Start the New Year
From an artist’s moving children’s book to an index of Indigenous North American type, add these art titles to your 2024 reading list.