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DATE 7/22/2024

Explore the influence of Islamic art and design on Cartier luxury objects

DATE 7/18/2024

Join us at the San Francisco Art Book Fair, 2024!

DATE 7/18/2024

History and healing in Calida Rawles' 'Away with the Tides'

DATE 7/16/2024

Join us at the Atlanta Gift & Home Summer Market 2024

DATE 7/15/2024

In 'Gordon Parks: Born Black,' a personal report on a decade of Black revolt

DATE 7/14/2024

Familiar Trees presents a marathon reading of Bernadette Mayer's 'Memory'

DATE 7/11/2024

Early 20th-century Japanese graphic design shines in 'Songs for Modern Japan'

DATE 7/8/2024

For 1970s beach vibe, you can’t do better than Joel Sternfeld’s ‘Nags Head’

DATE 7/5/2024

Celebrate summer with Tony Caramanico’s Montauk Surf Journals

DATE 7/4/2024

For love, and for country

DATE 7/1/2024

Summertime Staff Picks, 2024!

DATE 7/1/2024

Enter the dream space of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron

DATE 6/30/2024

Celebrate the extraordinary freedom of Cookie Mueller in this Pride Month Pick

IMAGE GALLERY

Exhibition poster for "The Nativity" (1962), reproduced from

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 12/24/2016

Alexander Girard: A Designer's Universe

One of our favorite books of 2016 and a masterpiece of design scholarship that refuses to be uptight, Alexander Girard: A Designer's Universe is 512 pages of gorgeously printed joy, courtesy of the world's experts at Vitra Design Museum. Culled from the previously private archives of the designer's estate, this linenbound volume presents textiles, wallpaper, objects, interiors, exhibitions, showrooms, corporate and graphic design, as well as documentary photographs and items from Girard's own collection of more than 100,000 examples of international folk art. Featured image is the exhibition poster for The Nativity, organized by Girard in 1962. The show featured 170 nativity scenes from 20 different countries.

Alexander Girard: A Designer's Universe

Alexander Girard: A Designer's Universe

Vitra Design Museum
Clth, 7.75 x 10.75 in. / 512 pgs / illustrated throughout.

History and healing in Calida Rawles' 'Away with the Tides'

DATE 7/18/2024

History and healing in Calida Rawles' 'Away with the Tides'

In 'Gordon Parks: Born Black,' a personal report on a decade of Black revolt

DATE 7/15/2024

In 'Gordon Parks: Born Black,' a personal report on a decade of Black revolt

Early 20th-century Japanese graphic design shines in 'Songs for Modern Japan'

DATE 7/11/2024

Early 20th-century Japanese graphic design shines in 'Songs for Modern Japan'

For 1970s beach vibe, you can’t do better than Joel Sternfeld’s ‘Nags Head’

DATE 7/8/2024

For 1970s beach vibe, you can’t do better than Joel Sternfeld’s ‘Nags Head’

DATE 7/5/2024

Celebrate summer with Tony Caramanico’s Montauk Surf Journals

For love, and for country

DATE 7/4/2024

For love, and for country

Enter the dream space of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron

DATE 7/1/2024

Enter the ethereal, experimental dream space of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron

Celebrate the extraordinary freedom of Cookie Mueller in this Pride Month Pick

DATE 6/30/2024

Celebrate the extraordinary freedom of Cookie Mueller in this Pride Month Pick

Celebrating Hip Hop and contemporary art, 'The Culture' opens at Cincinnati Art Museum

DATE 6/28/2024

Celebrating Hip Hop and contemporary art, 'The Culture' opens at Cincinnati Art Museum

Evidence of common human folly in 'Ah Ah'

DATE 6/26/2024

Evidence of common human folly in 'Ah Ah'

Michael Stipe's poetic new photobook

DATE 6/22/2024

Michael Stipe's poetic new photobook

Transgression and transformation in Shanay Jhavari's 'Night Fever'

DATE 6/20/2024

Transgression and transformation in Shanay Jhavari's 'Night Fever'

Celebrate Juneteenth with Mickalene Thomas’s unabashed celebration of Black womanhood

DATE 6/19/2024

Celebrate Juneteenth with Mickalene Thomas’s unabashed celebration of Black womanhood

Jenny Holzer continues to challenge, opaquely, with 'Trace'

DATE 6/17/2024

Jenny Holzer continues to challenge, opaquely, with 'Trace'

Celebrate Father's Day with 'What Matters Most'

DATE 6/16/2024

Celebrate Father's Day with 'What Matters Most'

LaToya Ruby Frazier, removing the contradiction between ideals and practice

DATE 6/13/2024

LaToya Ruby Frazier, removing the contradiction between ideals and practice

"Next-level otherness" in Pride Month staff pick 'Nick Cave: Forothermore'

DATE 6/8/2024

"Next-level otherness" in Pride Month staff pick 'Nick Cave: Forothermore'

Celebratory and transgressive, 'John Waters: Pope of Trash' is a Pride Month Staff Pick

DATE 6/6/2024

Celebratory and transgressive, 'John Waters: Pope of Trash' is a Pride Month Staff Pick

In Nan Goldin's 'The Other Side,' you are who you pretend to be

DATE 6/3/2024

In Nan Goldin's 'The Other Side,' you are who you pretend to be

'Mickalene Thomas: All About Love,' on view at The Broad

DATE 5/28/2024

'Mickalene Thomas: All About Love,' on view at The Broad

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

Beautifully illustrated essays on Arab Modernists

DATE 5/24/2024

Beautifully illustrated essays on Arab Modernists

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

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'

Vintage Valentine

DATE 2/14/2024

Vintage Valentine

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'

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’