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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.
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The Stories of Art History's Detectives
The provenance researcher must be a detective, figuring out alternative ways to get at information that major participants in the trade are often unwilling to disclose.
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The Black Comic Book Festival Is an Act of Resistance
At the annual Schomburg Center event, I didn't have to go searching for books made by and for me — because they were all around me.
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The World Is Finally Ready for Mina Loy
A new exhibition and forthcoming book honor the overlooked 20th-century female artist.