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Biennale Bitch Tells the Hilarious Truths of the Art World
Veteran culture journalist Nadja Sayej offers filter-free commentary on the art world, which, she thinks, "needs a dose of fun."
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Examining the Suspended Present of Beirut's Cultural Geography
Judith Naeff argues that Beirut exists in a prolonged state of “protracted ‘presentness’ with limited access to past and future” — specifically, a prolonged state of precarity.
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A Graphic Artist Observes How Germany Is Not as Safe as It Promised to Be for Refugees
Ali Fitzgerald, an American expat in Berlin, began running art workshops for refugees in 2015. Her book Drawn to Berlin looks at their current difficulties as they seek and struggle for safety.
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Revisiting Emily Vanderpoel’s Color Theory Book 117 Years After Its First Release
In addition to being a watercolorist, Emily Noyes Vanderpoel was also the author of Color Problems, widely overlooked, yet staggering turn-of-the-century book on color theory.
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Aerial Photographs Reveal the Environmental Scars of American Industry
In the 1980s, photographer David T. Hanson captured aerial views of Superfund sites, revealing the environmental toll of American industry.
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The Inner Life of David Wojnarowicz Through His Words
A new transcription of the artist's recorded journals offers readers a unique perspective on his inner life and the daily realities of individuals living with the threat of AIDS.
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What Do Art Critics Actually Do?
Artists, collectors, curators, and dealers are all needed for the system to function, but the role of critics is up for grabs.
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Inspired by the Story of a Women’s Sanitarium, a Book Explores Mental Health as a Feminist Issue
The personal essays in this luminous anthology, published by Which Witch LA, pair the interiors of the sanitarium's rooms with the inner lives of women.
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Photographing the Daily Roar of Life on a New York City Flight Path
In Landing Lights Park, photographer David Rothenberg captures a quiet Queens neighborhood disrupted by descending airplanes.
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Monuments Not Meant to Last
This new book, Temporary Monuments , includes the range of documentation that defines Mayer's ephemeral works: photographs, sketches and drawings, writings by Mayer, and a scholarly essay.
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How the Mythic Heroines of the New York School Changed Modern Art
Mary Gabriel charts the Abstract Expressionist movement through the lives of its five most prominent female painters in her newest work of biography, Ninth Street Women.
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American Art Critics, from Lucy Lippard to Darby English, Open Up in a Book of Interviews
In What It Means to Write About Art, famous critics put into print parts of their story they’ve never revealed to the public before.