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Why Matisse Thought “A Picture Should Always Be Decorative”
For Matisse, decoration was never a secondary matter.
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An Art Historian’s Ode to His Mentors, Including Leo Steinberg and Beatrice Wood
Francis M. Naumann's Mentors is an accessible and richly detailed celebration of intense cross-generational exchanges.
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A Poet's Exploration of Austerity
Marion Bell explores large ideas—capitalism, queer liberation, radical friendship, and community—in a deeply human and personal way.
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A Tale of Two Memoirs
Immigration accounts by Ayelet Tsabari and Sophia Shalmiyev question how self-identity is understood.
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A Memoir that Makes Us Love Merce Cunningham More
Cunningham is centered in the book by Marianne Preger-Simon, which approaches her subject multiple times attempting to catch him off guard or see through his professional demeanor.
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Looking at Asian-Pacific Art Through the Weather
Absolute Humidity provides a timely glimpse of the worlds across the Asia-Pacific and the artists the region has produced.
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The Art School Roots of Pop Music's Legends
In How Art Made Pop and Pop Became Art, Mike Roberts charts the extraordinary reciprocal relationship between art schools and pop musicians.
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Two Books Take on the Vast Ecological and Social Consequences of Climate Change
A Year Without a Winter looks to the past to imagine how people might grapple with the climate upheavals of the future, while A Moving Border explores how rising temperatures have changed the geography of Europe.
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How Our Relationship to Books Has Changed Throughout History
Amaranth Borsuk’s The Book traces how the nature of reading changed from an activity practiced by a small number of scholars to a pastime of the masses.
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Allen Ginsberg: Poet on the Move
The poet travelled to 66 countries and left traces of each one in his poetry.
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A Philosophical and Practical Handbook on the Development of Artistic Ideas
Allan DeSouza's book is both a reflective investigation exploring how artistic meaning takes shape and a functional handbook that clarifies terms often used in the art world without much lucidity.
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Plastic Capitalism Traces the Phenomenon of "Waste Art"
Plastics have drastically altered our society and environment. A new book by Amanda Boetzkes looks at the material as an artistic medium and eco-cultural signifier.