Turning Turner’s Legacy
“Turner and the Slave Trade” recasts Romanticism’s relationship to nature and landscape painting as a vehicle for colonial propaganda.
“Thinking From Black” Is a Glossary of Possibility
Artists, poets, and scholars mull over words of their choosing in this book, offering new definitions of phrases from which Blackness proliferates: “world,” “water,” “care.”
Spanning 200+ Works, a New Book Celebrates the World of Fungi
This October, Phaidon will release an expansive tome gathering more than 200 photographs, artworks, historical objects, and more all devoted to the vast diversity and creative potential of mycology. Do…
The Album Art Music Left Behind
Two projects examine the visual art and design that shape our perception of music, from Raymond Pettibon’s Foo Fighters record covers to the ephemera of bygone bands.
The Story of Printmaking Is the Story of Democracy
Holly EJ Black deftly weaves a narrative that integrates varied geographical and cultural perspectives, centering figures who may not have been artists themselves.
7 Art Books You Should Read This Pride Month
A joint biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, a catalog on Martin Wong’s Chinatowns, Catherine Opie’s portraiture, queer nightlife through the ages, and more.
The 14 Best Classic Novels to Read Before Watching the Movie or Series
From the pages of your high school syllabus come these iconic titles—which are getting new life on TikTok, in movie theaters, and via streaming.
Petra Collins Explores the Highs & Lows of Pop Stardom in a Surreal New Book
The artist discusses her latest Rizzoli tome ‘STAR,’ the impacts of fame, and what she's filming next.