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Japan’s Tattoo Art, in Classic Woodblock Prints
Ukiyo-e artists produced woodblock prints incorporating depictions of tattooed bodies that told personal stories of their own.
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A Stamp Designer Makes His Mark with Cheeky Designs
Vincent Sardon's The Stampographer, published by Siglio Press, collects the witty designs he makes with rubber stamps, which are sometimes several feet long.
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Daring Escapes and Sensational Illusions: Posters from the Golden Age of Magic
Illusions: The Art of Magic is a book and exhibition at the McCord Museum in Montreal featuring hundreds of posters from the Golden Age of Magic
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Joel Meyerowitz's Still Life Photographs of the Objects in Cézanne's Studio
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz captured objects in Cézanne's studio against a grey wall, considering the influence of this background on the artist's work.
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In North Korea, the Graphic Design of Everyday Objects Promotes National Identity
Selections from a frequent visitor's personal collection highlight a "golden age" of North Korean graphic design.
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Photographing the Lower East Side's Fading Jewish Culture
For Remnants, Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum photographed the synagogues, knisheries, delicatessens, and other survivors of Jewish heritage on New York's Lower East Side.
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The Surreal Arctic Life of Svalbard, One of the Northernmost Settlements
In Svalbard — An Arcticficial Life, Julia de Cooker photographs the life and landscapes of one of the northernmost human settlements.
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Poems that Make You Aware of Your Skin
With dystopian fear and fierce warmth, Rindon Johnson's book, illustrated by Ser Serpas, is an evocative encounter between image and text.
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Framing Tina Modotti’s Art and Activism on Their Own Terms
A newly reissued biography chronicles the career of photographer and revolutionary Tina Modotti, whose art is often eclipsed by her relationships with male artists.
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Picturing America's Weirdest Laws by Breaking Them
In photos that range from silly to unsettling, looking at the US's oddest, most surprising, least sensible — and sometimes outright fake — laws.
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A 19th-Century Guide to Seeing Ghosts Everywhere
The 1864 Spectropia used optical illusions to manifest ghosts in Victorian homes, and was designed to attack the quackery of Spiritualism.
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An Artist Who Fantasized as a Way to Survive
A self-taught draftsman and fantastical storyteller, Renaldo Kuhler’s life and fashion sense were as eccentric as his art.