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DATE 6/1/2024

There's no such thing as being extra in June! Pride Month Staff Picks 2024

DATE 5/17/2024

Lee Quiñones signing at Perrotin Store New York

DATE 5/13/2024

Rizzoli Bookstore presents Tony Caramanico and Zack Raffin launching 'Montauk Surf Journals'

DATE 5/12/2024

Black Feminist World-Building in LaToya Ruby Frazier’s ‘Monuments of Solidarity’

DATE 5/10/2024

Artbook at MoMA PS1 Bookstore presents Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez and Juan Ferrer on 'Let's Become Fungal!'

DATE 5/8/2024

The World of Tim Burton in rare, archival materials

DATE 5/5/2024

Artbook at Hauser & Wirth LA Bookstore presents Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez and David Horvitz on 'Let's Become Fungal'

DATE 5/5/2024

Eugene Richards' eloquent new photobook documenting Green-Wood Cemetery

DATE 5/2/2024

Dan Walsh and Bob Nickas to launch 'The Process of Painting' at Paula Cooper Gallery

DATE 5/1/2024

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!

DATE 5/1/2024

A new book on NYC graffiti art legend Lee Quiñones

DATE 4/30/2024

Rizzoli Bookstore presents Roger A. Deakins with James Ellis Deakins and Matthew Heineman on 'Byways'

DATE 4/30/2024

Danny Lyon at Photobook Austin

IMAGE GALLERY

Featured image is Walker Evans

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 2/4/2015

Tools: Extending Our Reach

In the Cooper-Hewitt's wonderful new Irma Boom-designed exhibition catalog/design resource, co-organizer Matilda McQuaid writes, "In the July 1955 issue of Fortune magazine, the American photographer Walker Evans celebrated iconic hand tools in a photograph essay, Beauties of the Common Tool. Referring to the hardware store as an 'offbeat museum show,' Evans praised the 'undesigned' forms of classic tools and chided the 'design-happy manufacturers' who dared to change the least detail. Tin snips, a bricklayer's trowel, chain-nose pliers and a crate opener were, in Evans' eyes, standards of 'elegance, candor and purity.' Ultimately, what Evans valued was the design, the construction that resulted from the maker's understanding of function, efficiency of form and material." Featured photograph is Evans' "T" Bevel.

Tools: Extending Our Reach

Tools: Extending Our Reach

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Hbk, 8 x 9.5 in. / 176 pgs / 200 color.

$29.95 free shipping

The World of Tim Burton in rare, archival materials

DATE 5/8/2024

The World of Tim Burton in rare, archival materials

Eugene Richards' eloquent new photobook documenting Green-Wood Cemetery

DATE 5/5/2024

Eugene Richards' eloquent new photobook documenting Green-Wood Cemetery

A new book on NYC graffiti art legend Lee Quiñones

DATE 5/1/2024

A new book on NYC graffiti art legend Lee Quiñones

Joshua Charow's 'Loft Law' documents the last of NYC's original artist lofts

DATE 4/25/2024

Joshua Charow's 'Loft Law' documents the last of NYC's original artist lofts

Heads up on 4/20!

DATE 4/20/2024

Heads up on 4/20!

A birthright and a legacy in Ivan McClellan's 'Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture'

DATE 4/18/2024

A birthright and a legacy in Ivan McClellan's 'Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture'

Vintage 'Audio Erotica' from Jonny Trunk

DATE 4/14/2024

Vintage 'Audio Erotica' from Jonny Trunk

DATE 4/11/2024

A new must-have memoir from American icon Danny Lyon

The excruciating power of Käthe Kollwitz

DATE 4/9/2024

The excruciating power of Käthe Kollwitz

Ed Ruscha / Now Then opens at LACMA

DATE 4/7/2024

Ed Ruscha / Now Then opens at LACMA

A global standing ovation for 'Joan Jonas: Good Night Good Morning'

DATE 4/4/2024

A global standing ovation for 'Joan Jonas: Good Night Good Morning'

Technique, beauty, illusions and dreams, long before AI

DATE 4/1/2024

Technique, beauty, illusions and dreams, long before AI

Behold the photographic work of Jay DeFeo, born OTD in 1929

DATE 3/31/2024

Behold the photographic work of Jay DeFeo, born OTD in 1929

Welcome No More Rulers!

DATE 3/27/2024

Welcome No More Rulers!

On view now! 'Surrealism and Us'

DATE 3/23/2024

On view now! 'Surrealism and Us'

Sublime punk protest in 'Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot's Russia'

DATE 3/20/2024

Sublime punk protest in 'Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot's Russia'

A gorgeous and compelling new exploration of bodega culture from rising star, Tschabalala Self

DATE 3/15/2024

A gorgeous and compelling new exploration of bodega culture from rising star, Tschabalala Self

Vintage girl power in ‘Las Mexicanas’

DATE 3/15/2024

Vintage girl power in ‘Las Mexicanas’

Celebrate Pi Day with 'Einstein: The Man and His Mind'

DATE 3/14/2024

Celebrate Pi Day with 'Einstein: The Man and His Mind'

Hot book alert! ‘God Made My Face’ is NEW from Dancing Foxes Press and Brooklyn Museum

DATE 3/12/2024

Hot book alert! ‘God Made My Face’ is NEW from Dancing Foxes Press and Brooklyn Museum

Visions of the Black figure in ‘The Time is Always Now’

DATE 3/7/2024

Visions of the Black figure in ‘The Time is Always Now’

DATE 3/6/2024

Ancient custom, from darkness to light, in 'Yelena Yemchuk: Malanka'

Let’s hear it for the female gaze!

DATE 3/1/2024

Let’s hear it for the female gaze!

Heart, humor and humanity in ‘Barkley L. Hendricks: Solid!’

DATE 2/28/2024

Heart, humor and humanity in ‘Barkley L. Hendricks: Solid!’

A gorgeous new book on the woodblock virtuosos of the Edo period

DATE 2/26/2024

A gorgeous new book on the woodblock virtuosos of the Edo period

In Walter Pfeiffer's 'Chez Walti,' a playful, captivating dream world

DATE 2/23/2024

In Walter Pfeiffer's 'Chez Walti,' a playful, captivating dream world

The elusive practice of bootlegging, alive and well in the creative fields

DATE 2/20/2024

The elusive practice of bootlegging, alive and well in the creative fields

Next-level Ellsworth Kelly

DATE 2/15/2024

Next-level Ellsworth Kelly

Vintage Valentine

DATE 2/14/2024

Vintage Valentine

Joy and magnificence in Valentine's Day staff pick, 'Elder Sex'

DATE 2/14/2024

Joy and magnificence in Valentine's Day staff pick, 'Elder Sex'

Black History essential 'Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898–1971' is on view now at Detroit Institute of Arts

DATE 2/11/2024

Black History essential 'Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898–1971' is on view now at Detroit Institute of Arts

Enter the Year of the Dragon with ‘Cultivated Stones’

DATE 2/10/2024

Enter the Year of the Dragon with ‘Cultivated Stones’

“For anyone who has ever felt uncomfortable in their own skin,” Joshua Amissah presents ‘Black Masculinities’

DATE 2/6/2024

“For anyone who has ever felt uncomfortable in their own skin,” Joshua Amissah presents ‘Black Masculinities’

Black History Month Staff Pick 'Separate Cinema' is Back in Stock!

DATE 2/4/2024

Black History Month Staff Pick 'Separate Cinema' is Back in Stock!

Kerry James Marshall, redefining Blackness

DATE 2/1/2024

Kerry James Marshall, redefining Blackness

A comprehensive new monograph on Sarah Crowner

DATE 1/30/2024

A comprehensive new monograph on Sarah Crowner

Staff Favorite 'Pippa Garner: Better Living Catalog' is Back in Stock!

DATE 1/28/2024

Staff Favorite 'Pippa Garner: Better Living Catalog' is Back in Stock!

Empathy, affection and outright elation in 'Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color'

DATE 1/26/2024

Empathy, affection and outright elation in 'Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color'

Hot Book Alert! 'Let's Become Fungal' is back in stock!

DATE 1/25/2024

Hot Book Alert! 'Let's Become Fungal' is back in stock!

A comprehensive new survey on Marina Abramović

DATE 1/21/2024

A comprehensive new survey on Marina Abramović

Forsaken modern-day cowboys in Jim Mangan's 'The Crick'

DATE 1/18/2024

Forsaken modern-day cowboys in Jim Mangan's 'The Crick'

A thrilling trove of Frida Kahlo photographs, back in stock!

DATE 1/16/2024

A thrilling trove of Frida Kahlo photographs, back in stock!

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a photograph from 'Gordon Parks: Segregation Story'

DATE 1/15/2024

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a photograph from 'Gordon Parks: Segregation Story'

Comprehensive 'Simone Leigh' is Back in Stock

DATE 1/11/2024

Comprehensive 'Simone Leigh' is Back in Stock

Mesmerizing new starling migration photographs from Søren Solkær

DATE 1/8/2024

Mesmerizing new starling migration photographs from Søren Solkær

'Dream in the Rhythm' via the poetic vision of Grace Wales Bonner

DATE 1/5/2024

'Dream in the Rhythm' via the poetic vision of Grace Wales Bonner

Pleasure, pathos, and above all, originality, in this holiday staff pick

DATE 12/24/2023

Pleasure, pathos, and above all, originality, in this holiday staff pick

Arthur Jafa on Rirkrit Tiravanija in 'A LOT OF PEOPLE'

DATE 12/19/2023

Arthur Jafa on Rirkrit Tiravanija in 'A LOT OF PEOPLE'

Design meets sculpture in 'The Spirit of Chairs'

DATE 12/16/2023

Design meets sculpture in 'The Spirit of Chairs'

The unmistakable portraiture of David Hockney

DATE 12/13/2023

The unmistakable portraiture of David Hockney

Exquisite Eggleston in 'Mystery of the Ordinary'

DATE 12/10/2023

Exquisite Eggleston in 'Mystery of the Ordinary'

Advice to live by in 'Remember to Dream! 100 Artists, 100 Notes'

DATE 12/4/2023

Advice to live by in 'Remember to Dream! 100 Artists, 100 Notes'

In Sugimoto's 'Time Machine,' the flicker of a second life

DATE 12/2/2023

In Sugimoto's 'Time Machine,' the flicker of a second life

The Definitive Marisol Retrospective

DATE 11/30/2023

The Definitive Marisol Retrospective

Forever Valentino

DATE 11/27/2023

Forever Valentino

Happy Thanksgiving from Artbook | D.A.P.!

DATE 11/23/2023

Happy Thanksgiving from Artbook | D.A.P.!

Holiday Gift Staff Pick: Kerry James Marshall: The Complete Prints

DATE 11/20/2023

Holiday Gift Staff Pick: Kerry James Marshall: The Complete Prints

DATE 11/17/2023

Shaggy and spontaneous, 'The New York Tapes' collects Alan Solomon’s mid-60s interviews for television

Havoc and stardust in Bruce Gilden's 'Haiti'

DATE 11/15/2023

Havoc and stardust in Bruce Gilden's 'Haiti'

‘Going Dark’ probes the stakes of being seen

DATE 11/13/2023

‘Going Dark’ probes the stakes of being seen

Everybody's talking about Marguerita Mergentime for the Holidays!

DATE 11/12/2023

Everybody's talking about Marguerita Mergentime for the Holidays!

Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of hip hop

DATE 11/9/2023

Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of hip hop

'Mayan Toledano: No Mames' is NEW from Damiani

DATE 11/6/2023

'Mayan Toledano: No Mames' is NEW from Damiani

A new, expanded edition of Dave Hickey's landmark 'Invisible Dragon'

DATE 11/4/2023

A new, expanded edition of Dave Hickey's landmark 'Invisible Dragon'

Celebratory and transgressive, 'John Waters: Pope of Trash'

DATE 10/31/2023

Celebratory and transgressive, 'John Waters: Pope of Trash'

An endless panorama of beauty and drama in ‘The Sphinx and the Milky Way: Selections from the Journals of Charles Burchfield’

DATE 10/28/2023

An endless panorama of beauty and drama in ‘The Sphinx and the Milky Way: Selections from the Journals of Charles Burchfield’

Gilded Age glamour in 'Fashioned by Sargent'

DATE 10/24/2023

Gilded Age glamour in 'Fashioned by Sargent'

Trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah on his time in the Sun Ra Arkestra

DATE 10/21/2023

Trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah on his time in the Sun Ra Arkestra

There can never be enough Lee Miller

DATE 10/18/2023

There can never be enough Lee Miller

“It’s great. She’s superb. It’s stupendous!” William Klein’s ‘Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?’ is NEW from Delpire & Co. and D.A.P.

DATE 10/16/2023

“It’s great. She’s superb. It’s stupendous!” William Klein’s ‘Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?’ is NEW from Delpire & Co. and D.A.P.

The first major monograph on Andrew Dosunmu

DATE 10/12/2023

The first major monograph on Andrew Dosunmu

On Indigenous Peoples' Day, work from 'Robert Houle: Red Is Beautiful'

DATE 10/9/2023

On Indigenous Peoples' Day, work from 'Robert Houle: Red Is Beautiful'

On Indigenous Peoples' Day, an exceptional catalog of Native American Art of the last millennium

DATE 10/9/2023

On Indigenous Peoples' Day, an exceptional catalog of Native American Art of the last millennium

Kenya Hara on the art of Cleaning

DATE 10/5/2023

Kenya Hara on the art of Cleaning

Tragicomic absurdity and profound beauty in 'Lee Friedlander: Real Estate'

DATE 10/2/2023

Tragicomic absurdity and profound beauty in 'Lee Friedlander: Real Estate'

Comprehensive, long-overdue retrospective of Henry Taylor opens at the Whitney

DATE 9/28/2023

Comprehensive, long-overdue retrospective of Henry Taylor opens at the Whitney

Turn-of-the-century typographic revolution in 'Die Fläche'

DATE 9/26/2023

Turn-of-the-century typographic revolution in 'Die Fläche'

Mindblowing info-design in Theo Deutinger's 'Joy and Fear: An Illustrated Report on Modernity'

DATE 9/22/2023

Mindblowing info-design in Theo Deutinger's 'Joy and Fear: An Illustrated Report on Modernity'

Hot book alert! ‘Chloe Sherman: Renegades’ is NEW from Hatje Cantz

DATE 9/21/2023

Hot book alert! ‘Chloe Sherman: Renegades’ is NEW from Hatje Cantz

'Rob Wynne: Obstacle Illusion' is NEW from Gregory R. Miller & Co.

DATE 9/18/2023

'Rob Wynne: Obstacle Illusion' is NEW from Gregory R. Miller & Co.

Highly anticipated 'Cynthia Carlson: Sixty Years' is NEW from D.A.P. Publishing

DATE 9/14/2023

Highly anticipated 'Cynthia Carlson: Sixty Years' is NEW from D.A.P. Publishing

'Publish Your Photography Book' third edition… at last!

DATE 9/11/2023

'Publish Your Photography Book' third edition… at last!

Photo book joy in 'Corita Kent: Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us'

DATE 9/7/2023

Seeing anew in 'Corita Kent: Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us'

Spiritualist and art historical revelations in ‘Anna Cassel: The Saga of the Rose’

DATE 9/6/2023

Spiritualist and art historical revelations in ‘Anna Cassel: The Saga of the Rose’

Keith Haring's art really is for everybody

DATE 9/5/2023

Keith Haring's art really is for everybody

Long-lost photos from the 1970s in 'Tina Barney: The Beginning'

DATE 9/5/2023

Long-lost photos from the 1970s in 'Tina Barney: The Beginning'

Blue Dream, "like nothing that has come before it"

DATE 8/28/2023

Blue Dream, "like nothing that has come before it"

Discreetly poetic: 'Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City'

DATE 8/15/2023

Discreetly poetic: 'Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City'

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop with 'The Culture'

DATE 8/9/2023

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop with 'The Culture'

Long-awaited ‘Kara Walker: White Shadows in Blackface’ releases this week!

DATE 8/1/2023

Long-awaited ‘Kara Walker: White Shadows in Blackface’ releases this week!