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DATE 6/1/2025

Pride Month Staff Picks 2025!

DATE 5/28/2025

Aeon Bookstore launches The Further Reading Library

DATE 5/17/2025

Jasmine Benjamin and Alex/2Tone present 'City of Angels: A Book about L.A. Style' at Printed Matter's L.A. Art Book Fair

DATE 5/16/2025

Hot book alert! 'Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers'

DATE 5/12/2025

Ethics of care in California quilts from the Second Great Migration

DATE 5/10/2025

Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore presents Prem Krishnamurthy, David Knowles and others launching 'Past Words'

DATE 5/10/2025

Mothers Day Staff Picks

DATE 5/8/2025

The exquisitely rendered botanical watercolors of Hilma af Klint, published for the first time

DATE 5/6/2025

"Confidence to do whatever the hell you want" in Nina Chanel Abney's 'Big Butch Energy/Synergy'

DATE 5/4/2025

In celebration of the 2025 Met Gala honoring Black style, 'Black Ivy'

DATE 5/1/2025

A Granary History of 20th-Century Experimental Poetics

DATE 4/30/2025

Christopher Rawlins and Charles Renfro launch 'Fire Island Modernist' at Rizzoli

DATE 4/26/2025

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IMAGE GALLERY

Featured image is reproduced from

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 11/19/2018

Lydia Kallipoliti asks, "What is the Power of Shit?"

Featured image—a composite of diagrams of real or imagined closed systems ranging from an eighteenth-century underwater breathing apparatus to a zero-gravity life support system and an anaerobic digester used to convert human and animal waste into methane—is reproduced from The Architecture of Closed Worlds by architect, engineer and scholar Lydia Kallipoliti. A hands-down staff favorite 2018 Holiday Gift Book for the Design Devotee, this vibrantly designed volume with reflective silver cover and the winning subtitle, Or, What Is the Power of Shit?, comes to us from Lars Müller and Storefront for Art and Architecture.

The Architecture of Closed Worlds

The Architecture of Closed Worlds

Lars Müller Publishers/Storefront for Art and Architecture
Pbk, 7.75 x 10.75 in. / 352 pgs / 340 color.

$46.00 free shipping

Ethics of care in California quilts from the Second Great Migration

DATE 5/12/2025

Ethics of care in California quilts from the Second Great Migration

The exquisitely rendered botanical watercolors of Hilma af Klint, published for the first time

DATE 5/8/2025

The exquisitely rendered botanical watercolors of Hilma af Klint, published for the first time

"Confidence to do whatever the hell you want" in Nina Chanel Abney's 'Big Butch Energy/Synergy'

DATE 5/6/2025

"Confidence to do whatever the hell you want" in Nina Chanel Abney's 'Big Butch Energy/Synergy'

In celebration of the 2025 Met Gala honoring Black style, 'Black Ivy'

DATE 5/4/2025

In celebration of the 2025 Met Gala honoring Black style, 'Black Ivy'

A Granary History of 20th-Century Experimental Poetics

DATE 5/1/2025

A Granary History of 20th-Century Experimental Poetics

'Fire Island Modernist,' expanded edition

DATE 4/24/2025

'Fire Island Modernist,' expanded edition

From propaganda to abuse of power, 'Obey' surveys the art of Shepard Fairey

DATE 4/21/2025

From propaganda to abuse of power, 'Obey' surveys the art of Shepard Fairey

LA style, magic and myth in Jasmine Benjamin's 'City of Angels'

DATE 4/17/2025

LA style, magic and myth in Jasmine Benjamin's 'City of Angels'

A new edition of Tony Peake's definitive Derek Jarman biography

DATE 4/14/2025

A new edition of Tony Peake's definitive Derek Jarman biography

The search for a new way to be in 'Jack Whitten: The Messenger'

DATE 4/10/2025

The search for a new way to be in 'Jack Whitten: The Messenger'

Celebrating 25 years of 'The Face Magazine'

DATE 4/8/2025

Celebrating 25 years of 'The Face Magazine'

Inspiration for now in 'Gran Fury: Art Is Not Enough'

DATE 4/1/2025

Inspiration for now in 'Gran Fury: Art Is Not Enough'

From Mucha to Manga

DATE 3/31/2025

From Mucha to Manga

Long live 'STUFF'!

DATE 3/27/2025

Long live 'STUFF'!

“Johanssonian democracy” from a true photographer’s photographer

DATE 3/27/2025

“Johanssonian democracy” from a true photographer’s photographer

She Knows Who She Is…

DATE 3/20/2025

She Knows Who She Is…

Say yes to utopia! Last day to support 'Archigram: The Magazine' facsimile

DATE 3/18/2025

Say yes to utopia! Last day to support 'Archigram: The Magazine' facsimile

Mitch Epstein's take on power and climate change

DATE 3/16/2025

Mitch Epstein's take on power and climate change

See the world anew with 'Just Looking'

DATE 3/15/2025

See the world anew with 'Just Looking'

Chef's kiss for 'Wicked Arts Education'

DATE 3/13/2025

Chef's kiss for 'Wicked Arts Education'

The first major retrospective of John Wilson

DATE 3/9/2025

The first major retrospective of John Wilson

In Kent Monkman, a little mischief may lead to monumental change

DATE 3/4/2025

In Kent Monkman, a little mischief may lead to monumental change

Help us publish the first-ever authorized facsimile of ‘Archigram’ magazine

DATE 2/19/2025

Help us publish the first-ever authorized facsimile of ‘Archigram’ magazine

A new edition of bookseller favorite, 'Women in Trees'

DATE 2/18/2025

A new, “best-of” edition of bookseller favorite, 'Women in Trees'

A timely look at 20th-century propaganda

DATE 2/17/2025

A timely look at 20th-century propaganda

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

DATE 2/15/2025

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

Share the Letter Love!

DATE 2/14/2025

Share the Letter Love!

'Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal' opens at the Hammer!

DATE 2/9/2025

'Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal' opens at the Hammer!

A book like no other: 'Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery'

DATE 2/5/2025

A book like no other: 'Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery'

A memorable first monograph from Nydia Blas

DATE 2/1/2025

A memorable first monograph from Nydia Blas

'Tim Burton: Designing Worlds' is perfectly dark and strange for the moment

DATE 1/26/2025

'Tim Burton: Designing Worlds' is perfectly dark and strange for the moment

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

DATE 1/20/2025

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Simplicity and complexity in 'Adolph Gottlieb: A Powerful Will to Art'

DATE 1/15/2025

Simplicity and complexity in 'Adolph Gottlieb: A Powerful Will to Art'

A new book on Hans J. Wegner's remarkable watercolors

DATE 1/14/2025

A new book on Hans J. Wegner's remarkable watercolors

When innovation is fundamental and archives run deep

DATE 1/9/2025

When innovation is fundamental and archives run deep

Art, food and the senses in 'More Than the Eyes'

DATE 1/6/2025

Art, food and the senses in 'More Than the Eyes'

Wishing You the Beauty of the Mysterious

DATE 1/2/2025

Wishing You the Beauty of the Mysterious

Happy New Year from Artbook | D.A.P.

DATE 12/31/2024

Happy New Year from Artbook | D.A.P.

An ode to holiday pleasures

DATE 12/26/2024

An ode to holiday pleasures

Happy Holidays from Artbook | D.A.P.

DATE 12/24/2024

Happy Holidays from Artbook | D.A.P.

Good news for open minds

DATE 12/17/2024

Good news for open minds

A fascinating new study of Helen Frankenthaler & Co.

DATE 12/14/2024

A fascinating new study of Helen Frankenthaler & Co.

A fresh new take on Black Mountain College

DATE 12/12/2024

A fresh new take on Black Mountain College

‘Larry Sultan & Mike Mandel: Evidence’ is back in print at last!

DATE 12/8/2024

‘Larry Sultan & Mike Mandel: Evidence’ is back in print at last!

Vibrating with animate intensity, 'JJ Manford' is new from Derek Eller & Harper's

DATE 12/7/2024

Vibrating with animate intensity, 'JJ Manford' is NEW from Derek Eller & Harper's!

New from Sophie Calle and Siglio: 'The Sleepers'

DATE 12/5/2024

New from Sophie Calle and Siglio: 'The Sleepers'

Happy Holidays from Artbook | D.A.P.

DATE 12/3/2024

Happy Holidays from Artbook | D.A.P.

Film lovers, rejoice! 'Sergio Leone by Himself' is NEW from Reel Art Press

DATE 12/2/2024

Film lovers, rejoice! 'Sergio Leone by Himself' is NEW from Reel Art Press

Happy Holidays from Artbook | D.A.P.

DATE 11/28/2024

Happy Holidays from Artbook | D.A.P.

This week, we gather!

DATE 11/28/2024

This week, we gather!

Photorealism lives!

DATE 11/24/2024

Photorealism lives!

“All is beauty, all is measure, richness, serenity and pleasure” in ‘Matisse: Invitation to the Voyage’

DATE 11/18/2024

“All is beauty, all is measure, richness, serenity and pleasure” in ‘Matisse: Invitation to the Voyage’

Kaleidoscopic and dynamic, Orphism comes to the Guggenheim

DATE 11/16/2024

Kaleidoscopic and dynamic, Orphism comes to the Guggenheim

From Belly Dancers to Bingo Enthusiasts

DATE 11/13/2024

From Belly Dancers to Bingo Enthusiasts

Know your propaganda!

DATE 11/11/2024

Know your propaganda!

Yumna Al-Arashi pays poetic tribute to her great-grandmother and an ancient tattooing practice

DATE 11/9/2024

Yumna Al-Arashi pays poetic tribute to her great-grandmother and an ancient tattooing practice

Long before social media, Sophie Calle fearlessly overshared

DATE 11/7/2024

Long before social media, Sophie Calle fearlessly overshared

A shudder of American self-recognition in 'Omen'

DATE 11/6/2024

A shudder of American self-recognition in 'Omen'

Hot book alert! 'Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy' is out now from the Morgan Library & Museum

DATE 11/1/2024

Hot book alert! 'Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy' is out now from the Morgan Library & Museum

Halloween reading

DATE 10/31/2024

Halloween reading

Denim deep dive

DATE 10/27/2024

Denim deep dive

The must-have monograph on Yoshitomo Nara

DATE 10/21/2024

The must-have monograph on Yoshitomo Nara

'Mickalene Thomas: All About Love' opens at Philadelphia Museum of Art

DATE 10/20/2024

'Mickalene Thomas: All About Love' opens at Philadelphia Museum of Art

‘Indigenous Histories’ is Back in Stock!

DATE 10/17/2024

‘Indigenous Histories’ is Back in Stock!

‘Cyberpunk’ opens at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

DATE 10/15/2024

‘Cyberpunk’ opens at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Textile as language in 'Sheila Hicks: Radical Vertical Inquiries'

DATE 10/10/2024

Textile as language in 'Sheila Hicks: Radical Vertical Inquiries'

DATE 10/8/2024

Queer history, science-fiction and the occult in visionary, pulp-age Los Angeles

The Academy Museum comes on strong with 'Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema'

DATE 10/6/2024

The Academy Museum comes on strong with 'Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema'

A poetic manifesto on labor inequity from George Saunders and Joshua Lutz

DATE 10/1/2024

A poetic manifesto on labor inequity from George Saunders and Joshua Lutz

In 'David Hockney: Paper Trails,' an artist brimming with love

DATE 9/29/2024

In 'David Hockney: Paper Trails,' an artist brimming with love

Behold, Svetlana Alpers' 'Is Art History?'

DATE 9/26/2024

Behold, Svetlana Alpers' 'Is Art History?'

Early Joel Meyerowitz in 'Europa 1966-1967'

DATE 9/25/2024

Early Joel Meyerowitz in 'Europa 1966-1967'

Essential Reading: 'The Collected Poems of Mary Ellen Solt'

DATE 9/22/2024

Essential Reading: 'The Collected Poems of Mary Ellen Solt'

A laid-back blockbuster for Magdalena Suarez Frimkess—at last

DATE 9/19/2024

A laid-back blockbuster for Magdalena Suarez Frimkess—at last

From Grandmasters to method actors, 'Chess Players' presents the pure pleasure of the most serious game

DATE 9/16/2024

From Grandmasters to method actors, 'Chess Players' presents the pure pleasure of the most serious game

All the kinds of love in a powerful new monograph from Lyle Ashton Harris

DATE 9/12/2024

All the kinds of love in a powerful new monograph from Lyle Ashton Harris

New from DelMonico Books! 'This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance'

DATE 9/9/2024

New from DelMonico Books! 'This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance'

DATE 9/3/2024

Citizen Printer Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. prints for the glory of ALL peoples

If only Summer could stretch from here to eternity…

DATE 9/1/2024

If only Summer could stretch from here to eternity…

The first major monograph on rising star Tau Lewis

DATE 8/29/2024

The first major monograph on rising star Tau Lewis

Back in Stock! Jacob Lawrence's 'Migration Series'

DATE 8/26/2024

Back in Stock! Jacob Lawrence's 'Migration Series'

The Lewis & Clark of computer dating: Operation Match

DATE 8/18/2024

The Lewis & Clark of computer dating: Operation Match

Hot book alert! ‘1001 Movie Posters’ is NEW from Reel Art Press

DATE 8/13/2024

Hot book alert! ‘1001 Movie Posters’ is NEW from Reel Art Press

Celebrate summer with Garry Winogrand's intimate, flashing mirror of America—Back in Stock from Twin Palms

DATE 8/11/2024

Celebrate summer with Garry Winogrand's intimate, flashing mirror of America—Back in Stock from Twin Palms

The highly anticipated writings of Glenn Ligon

DATE 8/8/2024

The highly anticipated writings of Glenn Ligon

The radical performativity and transdisciplinarity of Dorothy Iannone

DATE 8/4/2024

The radical performativity and transdisciplinarity of Dorothy Iannone

Celebrating the centennial of James Baldwin

DATE 8/2/2024

Celebrating the centennial of James Baldwin

The importance of fascination, tolerance and creativity in the first children’s board book from Atelier Enfants

DATE 7/30/2024

The importance of fascination, tolerance and creativity in the first children’s board book from Atelier Enfants

Humanity searching for itself in 'Cecilia Vicuña: Dreaming Water'

DATE 7/27/2024

Humanity searching for itself in 'Cecilia Vicuña: Dreaming Water'

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

DATE 7/22/2024

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