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DATE 6/25/2024

LIVE from NYPL presents Michael Stipe launching 'Even the birds gave pause'

DATE 6/2/2024

Green-Wood Cemetery presents Eugene Richards launching 'Remembrance Garden: A Portrait of Green-Wood Cemetery'

DATE 6/1/2024

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

DATE 5/28/2024

'Mickalene Thomas: All About Love' opens at The Broad

DATE 5/24/2024

Celebrate Memorial Day weekend with Garry Winogrand's intimate, flashing mirror of America

DATE 5/24/2024

Beautifully illustrated essays on Arab Modernists

DATE 5/19/2024

Of bodies and knowing, in 'Christina Quarles: Collapsed Time'

DATE 5/17/2024

192 Books presents Robert Storr and Lloyd Wise launching Heni 'Focal Points' series

DATE 5/17/2024

Lee Quiñones signing at Perrotin Store New York

DATE 5/15/2024

A gorgeous new book on Bauhaus textile innovator Otti Berger

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!'

IMAGE GALLERY

Featured image is reproduced from

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 3/12/2018

Weird and beautiful: Anna Zemánková

One of the weirdest books on our list this season, as well as one of the most beautiful, Anna Zemánková is the first major English-language monograph on this fascinating self-taught Czech painter, draftsman and pastel artist who began drawing when she was more than fifty years old, getting up at 4:00AM daily to enter a trance-like state, "as if dawn could put her in a state of ecstasy conducive to attracting the magnetic forces emanating from a parallel world." An eventual double-amputee who suffered from depression, she also crocheted yarn into curtains, tablecloths, lampshades, pillowcases and hats, transforming her home into an "iridescent bubble." Featured image, a pastel, was produced in the early 1960s.

Anna Zemánková

Anna Zemánková

Kant
Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 304 pgs / 213 color.

Beautifully illustrated essays on Arab Modernists

DATE 5/24/2024

Beautifully illustrated essays on Arab Modernists

Celebrate Memorial Day weekend with Garry Winogrand's intimate, flashing mirror of America

DATE 5/24/2024

Celebrate Memorial Day weekend with Garry Winogrand's intimate, flashing mirror of America

Of bodies and knowing, in 'Christina Quarles: Collapsed Time'

DATE 5/19/2024

Of bodies and knowing, in 'Christina Quarles: Collapsed Time'

A gorgeous new book on Bauhaus textile innovator Otti Berger

DATE 5/15/2024

A gorgeous new book on Bauhaus textile innovator Otti Berger

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

DATE 5/12/2024

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

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