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Lessons on Propaganda: Visualizing Empire Counters the Colonial Archive
The Getty volume is replete with vital lessons on studying and historicizing imperial ephemera.
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The City as Seen From a Hi-Rise Window
Ed Roberson's poems express a troubled awareness of the earth’s exhaustion.
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How Kuniko Tsurita Broke the Mold for Women Comic Artists in Japan
The Sky Is Blue With a Single Cloud shines a light on Tsurita’s short but innovative career.
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A Glorious, Visceral Reissue of a Carolee Schneemann Artist Book
Produced under the artist’s supervision, this version of Parts of a Body House Book raises fascinating questions about what it means to reproduce something originally so handmade.
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A Revelatory Tarot Deck by Leonora Carrington
Resurfacing a little known part of the artist’s oeuvre, a new text from Fulgur Press demonstrates that occultism was thoroughly knit into the fabric of Carrington’s life.
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Why Are Giorgione’s Paintings So Mysterious, Even Centuries Later?
We know precious little about the painter’s life, and we know even less about his work’s meaning. A new book argues that the artist wanted it that way.
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The Rise of the Machines
Rebecca Morgan Frank's poems critique sexism, objectification, and violence by depicting humans as robots.
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A Tattoo Artist’s History of Tattoos
TATTOO: 1730s-1970s. Henk Schiffmacher’s Private Collection is strong on the presentation of images, but says very little about their meaning.
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From Rum Punch to Curries, This Artists’ Cookbook Is Deliciously Inclusive
The 1Shanthiroad Cookbook does more than stoke nostalgia, hinting at the politics that touch the growing, trading, cooking, and eating of food in India and beyond.
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Black Futures, an Anthology Brimming With Life and Radical Imagination
The new book by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham considers an urgent question: “What does it mean to be Black and alive right now?”
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Printed Matter’s Art Book Fair Is Back, Sans the Long Lines
With its first-ever virtual edition, the fan favorite offers a robust slate of exhibitors, performances, and a conference on contemporary artists’ books.
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The Story of Women Artists in Revolution, a Movement Against Patriarchy
W.A.R. existed for a brief yet prolific period, from 1969 to 1971, igniting a robust movement against New York City’s art industry.