Books
A Year of Struggle in Words and Images
Manjit Thapp’s first full-length graphic novel, Feelings, charts a young woman’s emotional journey through South Asia’s six-season calendar.
Penguin Random House
Interview
Hanif Abdurraqib on Black Performance and the Joy of Writing his New Book
The poet talks to Hyperallergic about A Little Devil in America and the process behind his new music podcast, Object of Sound.
Books
New Helen Frankenthaler Biography Favors Nostalgia Over Artist’s Interiority
In Fierce Poise, the paternalistic attitude toward Frankenthaler undermines both the author’s gifts and the artist’s.
Books
Black Futures, an Anthology Brimming With Life and Radical Imagination
The new book by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham considers an urgent question: “What does it mean to be Black and alive right now?”
Books
Kimberly Drew Asks: What Should a Museum Look Like in 2020?
In This Is What I Know About Art, Drew uses her own fumbles and triumphs as a frame in which to examine the symbiotic relationship between art and activism.
Books
A Novel Take on Teaching Children About Art
Women Artists A to Z encourages young readers to interact thoughtfully and inquisitively with art and artists, which is no small undertaking.
Opinion
Penguin Random House and Barnes & Noble's Latest Diversity Initiative Failed Miserably
After backlash, the advertising ploy, which reimagined literary figures from Peter Pan to Frankenstein's monster as people of color, was canceled less than 24 hours after it was announced.
Books
Welcome Back, William Gibson
In Agency, Gibson’s unequaled sequel to The Peripheral (2014), characters return from the future, virtually and with a vengeance.
Books
A Novelist Mines the Profound Humor of Human Life
Etgar Keret's stories are absurd, tragic, surreal, and often dramatic, with surprising and shocking twists.
News
Richard Avedon Foundation Demands New Avedon Biography Be Pulled [UPDATED]
According to the photographer's foundation, the newly released biography Avedon: Something Personal, "is filled with countless inaccuracies."
Books
The Curious Histories of Colors, from Beige to Heliotrope
These stories about the origins of hues makes for a colorful read.
Books
The Beauty and Devastation of Mankind's Impact on Earth
In his book Overview: A New Perspective of Earth, photographer Benjamin Grant uses satellite imagery to convey the enormity of mankind's effects on the planet.