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The Artbook | D.A.P. 2025 Gift Guides

Artbook Featured Image Archive

Artbook D.A.P. Events Archive

DATE 11/30/2025

Artbook at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Bookstore presents Kelli Anderson and Claire L. Evans launching 'Alphabet in Motion'

DATE 11/27/2025

Indigenous presence in 'Wendy Red Star: Her Dreams Are True'

DATE 11/24/2025

Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Artful Crowd-Pleasers

DATE 11/22/2025

From 'Bottle Rocket' to 'The Phoenician Scheme' — the archives of Wes Anderson

DATE 11/20/2025

The testimonial art of Reverend Joyce McDonald

DATE 11/18/2025

A profound document of art, love and friendship in ‘Paul Thek and Peter Hujar: Stay away from nothing’

DATE 11/17/2025

The Strand presents Kelli Anderson + Giorgia Lupi launching 'Alphabet in Motion'

DATE 11/15/2025

Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Stuff that Stocking

DATE 11/15/2025

Artbook at MoMA PS1 presents Cory Arcangel, Eivind Røssaak and Alexander R. Galloway launching 'The Cory Arcangel Hack'

DATE 11/14/2025

Columbia GSAPP presents 'The Library is Open 23: Archigram Facsimile' with Beatriz Colomina Thomas Evans, Amelyn Ng, David Grahame Shane, Bernard Tschumi & Bart-Jan Polman

DATE 11/13/2025

Holiday Gift Guide 2025: For the Photo Fanatic

DATE 11/13/2025

Holiday Gift Guide 2025: For the Edition Collector

DATE 11/13/2025

Pop-up pleasure in Kelli Anderson's astonishing 'Alphabet in Motion'

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

From 'Bottle Rocket' to 'The Phoenician Scheme' — the archives of Wes Anderson

DATE 11/22/2025

From 'Bottle Rocket' to 'The Phoenician Scheme' — the archives of Wes Anderson

The testimonial art of Reverend Joyce McDonald

DATE 11/20/2025

The testimonial art of Reverend Joyce McDonald

A profound document of art, love and friendship in ‘Paul Thek and Peter Hujar: Stay away from nothing’

DATE 11/18/2025

A profound document of art, love and friendship in ‘Paul Thek and Peter Hujar: Stay away from nothing’

Pop-up pleasure in Kelli Anderson's astonishing 'Alphabet in Motion'

DATE 11/13/2025

Pop-up pleasure in Kelli Anderson's astonishing 'Alphabet in Motion'

The first major monograph on Greer Lankton’s iconic, life-sized dolls

DATE 11/7/2025

The first major monograph on Greer Lankton’s iconic, life-sized dolls

The experimental 1965 Tamarind Lithography Workshop prints of Ruth Asawa

DATE 11/4/2025

The experimental 1965 Tamarind Lithography Workshop prints of Ruth Asawa

Art and artists through the Hollywood lens

DATE 11/2/2025

Art and artists through the Hollywood lens

In Wes Lang's 'Black Paintings,' skulls and skeletons as "fully functioning, realized beings"

DATE 10/31/2025

In Wes Lang's 'Black Paintings,' skulls and skeletons as "fully functioning, realized beings"

Phenomenal facsimile in 'Archigram: The Magazine'

DATE 10/28/2025

Phenomenal facsimile in 'Archigram: The Magazine'

Courageous and inherently original, 'Claude Cahun: Cancelled Confessions' is back in print!

DATE 10/23/2025

Courageous and inherently original, 'Claude Cahun: Cancelled Confessions' is back in print!

Celebrating the 100th birthday of Robert Rauschenberg

DATE 10/22/2025

Celebrating the 100th birthday of Robert Rauschenberg

For the 100th birthday of Robert Rauschenberg, a remarkable facsimile

DATE 10/22/2025

For the 100th birthday of Robert Rauschenberg, a remarkable facsimile

Celebrating Robert Rauschenberg on his centenary

DATE 10/21/2025

Celebrating Robert Rauschenberg on his centenary

'Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens,' on view at Brooklyn Museum

DATE 10/20/2025

'Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens,' on view at Brooklyn Museum

An invocation for change, anger aspiring to beauty, in 'David Wojnarowicz: Arthur Rimbaud in New York'

DATE 10/16/2025

An invocation for change, anger aspiring to beauty, in 'David Wojnarowicz: Arthur Rimbaud in New York'

A new facsimile edition of ‘The Harlem Book of the Dead’

DATE 10/14/2025

A new facsimile edition of ‘The Harlem Book of the Dead’

We celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day with work by Jeffrey Gibson

DATE 10/11/2025

We celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day with work by Jeffrey Gibson

Contradictions and complexities in Morris Lum's 'Chinatowns'

DATE 10/7/2025

Contradictions and complexities in Morris Lum's 'Chinatowns'

'Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors' brings mischief, mastery and mystery to Montreal

DATE 10/6/2025

'Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors' brings mischief, mastery and mystery to Montreal

Photobook heat in Henry O. Head's 'Twelve Acres'

DATE 10/3/2025

Photobook heat in Henry O. Head's 'Twelve Acres'

'The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art'—alive and in the present

DATE 10/1/2025

'The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art'—alive and in the present

In 'Yoshitomo Nara,' the artist traces himself

DATE 9/23/2025

In 'Yoshitomo Nara' the artist traces himself

In Elizabeth Catlett, art for liberation and for life

DATE 9/21/2025

In Elizabeth Catlett, art for liberation and for life

In George Whitmore’s stunning ‘Nebraska,’ “a book ahead of its time brought back to life”

DATE 9/17/2025

In George Whitmore’s stunning ‘Nebraska,’ “a book ahead of its time brought back to life”

An Historic Survey on Women, Art and Computing

DATE 9/10/2025

An Historic Survey on Women, Art and Computing

Welcome, 'The Metrograph!'

DATE 9/6/2025

Welcome, 'The Metrograph!'

'Jason Polan: The Post Office' is a "kind of portrait, and a manifesto for finding happiness in the tiny details of life"

DATE 9/4/2025

'Jason Polan: The Post Office' is a "kind of portrait, and a manifesto for finding happiness in the tiny details of life"

The overlooked South Asian art form of super-individualized, decorated trucks

DATE 9/2/2025

The overlooked South Asian art form of super-individualized, decorated trucks

'Mothering Myths' for Labor Day

DATE 9/1/2025

'Mothering Myths' for Labor Day

Four decades of Catherine Opie's powerful portraiture

DATE 8/27/2025

Four decades of Catherine Opie's powerful portraiture

'Live Evil' is essential Arthur Jafa

DATE 8/25/2025

'Live Evil' is essential Arthur Jafa

A meditation on the multifaceted work of Essex Hemphill and the community of artists in his sphere

DATE 8/23/2025

A meditation on the multifaceted work of Essex Hemphill and the community of artists in his sphere

Intimate infinity in 'Vija Celmins'

DATE 8/21/2025

Intimate infinity in 'Vija Celmins'

Coco Chanel's breathtaking work of the 1920s

DATE 8/18/2025

Coco Chanel's breathtaking work of the 1920s

Arthur Jafa’s essential ‘MAGNUMB’ is back in stock!

DATE 8/15/2025

Arthur Jafa’s essential ‘MAGNUMB’ is back in stock!

Imaginings and ideas in 'Finn Juhl: Life, Work, World'

DATE 8/12/2025

Imaginings and ideas in 'Finn Juhl: Life, Work, World'

A significant new monograph on Pat Steir

DATE 8/9/2025

A significant new monograph on Pat Steir

The inexplicable magnetism of the Shakers

DATE 8/6/2025

The inexplicable magnetism of the Shakers

The first major monograph on Kambui Olujimi

DATE 8/5/2025

The first major monograph on Kambui Olujimi

The vibrant design language of Czech typographic pioneer, Clara Istlerová

DATE 7/31/2025

The vibrant design language of Czech typographic pioneer, Clara Istlerová

Photobook gold in 'Adrienne Salinger: Teenagers in Their Bedrooms'

DATE 7/28/2025

Photobook gold in 'Adrienne Salinger: Teenagers in Their Bedrooms'

The incisive photography of Denise Scott Brown

DATE 7/25/2025

The incisive photography of Denise Scott Brown

A new facsimile edition of 'The Butch Manual'—"a gift to readers and queer studies scholars alike"

DATE 7/21/2025

A new facsimile edition of 'The Butch Manual'—"a gift to readers and queer studies scholars alike"

New from Swamp Dogg and Pioneer Works Press: 'If You Can Kill It I Can Cook It'

DATE 7/18/2025

New from Swamp Dogg and Pioneer Works Press: 'If You Can Kill It I Can Cook It'

'Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery' opens at Colby Museum

DATE 7/11/2025

'Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery' opens at Colby Museum

This holiday weekend, consider the Lobster!

DATE 7/3/2025

This holiday weekend, consider the Lobster!

Raise your spades for Ron Finley, Gangsta Gardener

DATE 6/30/2025

Raise your spades for Ron Finley, Gangsta Gardener

1920s Japanese graphic design in a playful boxed postcard set

DATE 6/26/2025

1920s Japanese graphic design in a playful boxed postcard set

Enlightening 'Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal' is Back in Stock!

DATE 6/22/2025

Enlightening 'Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal' is Back in Stock!

Attention photobook collectors, ‘Masahisa Fukase: Sasuke’ is Back in Stock!

DATE 6/20/2025

Attention photobook collectors, ‘Masahisa Fukase: Sasuke’ is Back in Stock!

In Nydia Blas' 'Love, You Came from Greatness,' the title says it all

DATE 6/13/2025

In Nydia Blas' 'Love, You Came from Greatness,' the title says it all

'Gordon Parks: Segregation Story' is Back in Stock!

DATE 6/12/2025

'Gordon Parks: Segregation Story' is Back in Stock!

Four decades of previously unpublished work by Bruce Davidson

DATE 6/9/2025

Four decades of previously unpublished work by Bruce Davidson

A love letter from Robert Frank

DATE 6/5/2025

A love letter from Robert Frank

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

DATE 6/1/2025

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

Feel-good color photography in 'Chromotherapia'

DATE 5/29/2025

Feel-good color photography in 'Chromotherapia'

Booksellers, rejoice… 'Offline Activities' is Back in Stock!

DATE 5/28/2025

Booksellers, rejoice… 'Offline Activities' is Back in Stock!

Absolute moments of epiphany in 'Louis Fratino: Satura'

DATE 5/23/2025

Absolute moments of epiphany in 'Louis Fratino: Satura'

25 cartoonists and illustrators take on MoMA

DATE 5/20/2025

25 cartoonists and illustrators take on MoMA

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

DATE 5/16/2025

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

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'

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

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!

'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