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Updating a Pivotal Presentation of Craft
A heartfelt display, Objects USA: 2020 updates the 1969 project by building bridges of influence and inspiration across generations of artists.
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Loïs Mailou Jones, an Artist and Educator Who Made History
Rebecca VanDiver hopes that her book will appeal to readers interested in “what it means to be Black in the 20th century, what it means to Black in the 21st century.”
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The Poetry of Love and Textspeak
Simina Banu’s poetry celebrates those who speak of love and loss in the language of emojis and memes, and have had our hearts broken by a text message.
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A Book of Practical, Everyday Magic
Ideas, Arrangements, Effects is a rare, straightforward handbook for teachers, community organizers, artists on how to create communities we aspire toward.
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A Dictionary Takes Us Through the Fascinating History of Symbols
Juan Eduardo Cirlot’s A Dictionary of Symbols has been an invaluable resource for decoding symbols since it was first published in 1958.
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The Fascinating World of Neanderthal Aesthetics
It turns out that we Homo sapiens are not the only species to explore art and its abstractions.
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The Meanings of Minimalist Memorials
Monuments are built only when the political struggle they commemorate has been definitively won.
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100 Years of Photographs of Gay Men in Love
Hundreds of photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries offer a glimpse at the life of gay men during a time when their love was illegal almost everywhere.
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E. McKnight Kauffer, a Commercial Artist With Ideals
For nearly 20 years between the two world wars, E. McKnight Kauffer, an American, was the most celebrated graphic designer in England.
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Don DeLillo’s Dark Prism
In his deftly hewn new novel, The Silence, DeLillo disconnects us from our devices, wreaking havoc on our human fragility.
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When Japan Reinvented Filmmaking
A new book looks at a heady time in the 1960s, when avant-garde Japanese artists explored genre-blending intermedia and expanded cinema.
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Poetry That Pulls at the Seams of Colonial Power and Memory
Enjoy a sneak peek of Perfidia, a new book from Sky Hopinka, which examines collective memory and the everyday impacts of colonial violence upon Indigenous peoples.