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A Magical 1970s French Comic Book Finally Translated Into English
In Nicole Claveloux’s comic collection, The Green Hand and Other Stories, we move through dream states with highly idiosyncratic characters.
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Portrayals of Prisoners Complicate Stereotypes and Implicate the US
The images and art works that make up this exhibition — mostly vernacular and documentary photographs — restore dignity to their subjects by restoring nuance to their stories.
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Marina Abramović Says Ugly Things But Draws Cute Ducklings
The Serbian performance artist reimagines The Ugly Duckling, the classic children's book by Hans Christian Andersen.
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Art's Gender Divide in 19th-Century Paris
Does siphoning 19th-century women artists into their own book and exhibition really do them justice?
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A Colossal Compendium of Brutalist Architecture Argues for Saving 'Concrete Monsters'
SOS Brutalism is the first global survey of Brutalist architecture from the 1950s to '70s, and is a rallying cry for preserving these concrete structures.
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Dazzling and Didactic Board Games from the 19th Century
Games serve as curious records of 19th-century British beliefs and prejudices, reflecting the attitudes of a growing empire towards its own society as well as towards those beyond its borders.
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Anni Albers's Thoughts on Textiles Loom Large
On Weaving offers a model for how to write in a way that incorporates theoretical examination alongside practical content; in it Anni Albers provides valuable — and often overlooked — thoughts on art and creative work.
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Dada’s Holy Grail
Marcel Duchamp’s zines leapt from their lair to entertain artists and educate the public.
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Hilarious and Heartbreaking Objects Left in the Wake of Failed Relationships
Just in time for Valentine's Day. We're not bitter, we promise.
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Max Ernst’s Collage Novels Are Part Séance, Part Victorian Underworld, and All Uncanny
Ernst’s trailblazing “collage novels" employ the dreamlike conjunction — the fusion or juxtaposition of unlike elements whose collision makes perfect sense, in a free-associated way.
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Gaudy Gore and Artful Architecture in a Gaudí Graphic Novel
The book follows a fictional murderer through the iconic architectural creations of Antoni Gaudí.
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The Reluctant Surrealist
Guy R. Beining's poems appear disjunctive but are in fact carefully constructed in ways that call to mind André Breton, Luis Buñuel, and Paul Delvaux.