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Another Story of Disaffected Young Women
Nicole Flattery's Nothing Special is a story of a lost girl, washed up in Warhol's Factory, which could, for all its peculiarities, be pretty much anywhere.
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11 Art Books to Add to Your Reading List This Summer
Our staff and contributors recommend titles for your next artsy summer read, including writings by Philip Guston and Sophie Calle, musings on slime, and a mystery novel set at The Met Cloisters.
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A Poet's “Almost Obscene” Devotion to Beauty
The poems of Raúl Gómez Jattin — by turns agile, charming, intimate, and dark — have long been pushed out of sight.
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What the Art World Doesn't Want You to Know About Yayoi Kusama
A new publication tries hard to reinvent Kusama as a champion of racial equity despite her troubling record of anti-Black statements.
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Five Enchanting Art Bookstores in NYC
Whether you’re looking to beef up your catalogue collection or discover small affordable zines, these bookstores have offerings for everyone.
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Black Resistance According to Angela Davis and Tschabalala Self
A radical communion of painting and writing, Art on the Frontline reckons with the leftist political potential of Black visual and expressive culture.
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Kinship Amid a Loneliness Epidemic
Through multiple mediums, Kinship demonstrates the ways that a number of artists had to navigate COVID-19’s influence on their process.
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Mapping Patchwork Across the Globe
Catherine Legrand’s Patchwork: A World Tour is an important step towards finally giving this art form the appreciation it deserves.
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Helen Cammock’s Love Letter to New Orleans
In a vividly illustrated artist's book, Cammock breaks through the fourth wall of the page to present the city as a composition of energies.
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Katy Hessel Kicks Men Out of the Western Art Canon
After reading The Story of Art Without Men, educators may aspire to redesign their art history surveys and syllabi — and trade some Picassos for Gegos.
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Beware the Rise of Anti-Anti-Colonialism
Two new books by Nigel Biggar and Adam Kuper advocate for wilful amnesia and collective repression of British colonial brutality.
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A Global History of Women's Photography Includes Over 300 Artists
This book unearths a trove of unseen images from the past two centuries.