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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

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CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 2/11/2018

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Words Are All We Have

"A poet, a scribbler, a scrawler was he. A salvager of verbal resources and an intertextual sorcerer. A bruja, a badass witchy-man wiith crayon-stick and xerox machines with had his tricks and poultices, his incantations and his shrines, his potions, haints and elixirs, his free-verse block printing and his mojo handwriting on the walls." Moses and the Egyptians (1982) and this excerpt from Greg Tate's essay are reproduced from Jean-Michel Basquiat: Words Are All We Have, a Black History Month staff favorite featuring numerous papers of different sizes, rich texts, a gorgeous plate section, a wealth of documentary photographs and portraits, details of the paintings themselves, and more.

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Words Are All We Have

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Words Are All We Have

Hatje Cantz
Hbk, 10.5 x 12.25 in. / 208 pgs / 103 color.

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’