Book Review
André Breton After the Surrealist Manifesto
In the French poet’s later writings, now available in an English translation, his ideas about the movement he founded begin to mingle with our own.
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Photographs That Depict Alzheimer's With Dignity
Alicia Vera documents and processes her mother’s disease diagnosis in a new book.
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An Ancient Roman Guide to Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook
The authors of a new anthology argue that we can understand and counter authoritarianism’s rapid expansion today by looking at culture in the time of Julius Caesar.
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This Novel Is the Art World’s Black Mirror
We all know the protagonists of Vincenzo Latronico’s Perfection. You’ve seen them at the gallery openings, on Instagram. In fact, there’s a good chance you are them.
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How Liberty Fabrics Weaves Design and Art History
Kassia St. Clair, who specializes in color, explores its historical connection to artists and art movements in a book timed with the company’s 150th anniversary.
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This Is Not the Real Geronimo
Elbridge Ayer Burbank’s haunting paintings of the Apache leader capture a likeness that was only ever real from the vantage point of a White man with a gun, canvas, or camera.
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6 Art Books to Read This August
Before summer ends, we’re reading books on Ruth Asawa’s circle of artist-mothers, water and race in contemporary art, Kent Monkman, Carrie Yamaoka, and more.
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Ruth Asawa Proved That Mothering Is Inherently Artistic
Jordan Troeller’s book about the Bay Area sculptor and her artist-mother community shows us how reciprocity and caretaking become the work itself, not just the subject or the conditions.
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Five Art Books for Your July Reading List
A new translation of a beloved Argentine comic, artists over 50 tell their stories, diasporic Puerto Rican art history, and more to enjoy by the seaside (or your A/C).
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8 Art Books to Read This Pride Month
Dig into new and upcoming tomes on the long lineage of LGBTQ+ art, from Beauford Delaney’s bond with James Baldwin to iconic lesbian photographer JEB and Alice Austen.
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Unraveling the Imperial Impulses of Chinese Textiles
Like an art history detective, Mei Mei Rado mines textiles and techniques to reveal cross-cultural Chinese-European liaisons driven by nationalism and a keen interest in design.
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Hitler’s Three-Hour Architectural Tour of Paris
His first and last trip to the city in 1940 was not for military purposes — he left that to his generals — but for his one true love: art.