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DATE 3/25/2026

The Strand presents George Condo in conversation with Massimiliano Gioni and Dakis Joannou for the launch of 'The Mad and the Lonely'

DATE 3/21/2026

Artbook at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Bookstore presents Eileen G’sell launching 'Lipstick'

DATE 3/19/2026

AIGA presents '50 Books | 50 Covers: The Exhibition' at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

DATE 3/18/2026

Westweek 2026 kicks off with Christopher Rawlins discussing Fire Island and the Modernist Beach House

DATE 3/15/2026

Artbook at MoMA PS1 presents Jin Mei and Chang Yuchen launching 'Jin Mei: jm'

DATE 3/14/2026

Artbook at MoMA PS1 presents J. Lester Feder and Miriam Elder in conversation for the launch of 'The Queer Face of War'

DATE 3/13/2026

McNally Jackson presents Oluremi C. Onabanjo in conversation with Air Afrique on 'Ideas of Africa'

DATE 3/11/2026

KAWS: FAMILY is back in stock!

DATE 3/9/2026

Obedience only to inspiration in 'Agnes Martin: On Beauty'

DATE 3/8/2026

Textile testimony in 'Women Affected by Dams: Embroidering Our Rights'

DATE 3/5/2026

Deeply strange, and deeply sympathetic: Marisol

DATE 3/4/2026

Revolutionary portraiture in 'Alice Neel: I Am the Century'

DATE 3/1/2026

May all your weeds be wildflowers: Staff Picks for Gardeners, 2026

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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.

Obedience only to inspiration in 'Agnes Martin: On Beauty'

DATE 3/9/2026

Obedience only to inspiration in 'Agnes Martin: On Beauty'

Textile testimony in 'Women Affected by Dams: Embroidering Our Rights'

DATE 3/8/2026

Textile testimony in 'Women Affected by Dams: Embroidering Our Rights'

Deeply strange, and deeply sympathetic: Marisol

DATE 3/5/2026

Deeply strange, and deeply sympathetic: Marisol

Revolutionary portraiture in 'Alice Neel: I Am the Century'

DATE 3/4/2026

Revolutionary portraiture in 'Alice Neel: I Am the Century'

Contemporary Latinx painting in new release, 'Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way'

DATE 3/1/2026

Contemporary Latinx painting in new release, 'Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way'

Back in stock! ‘Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors’

DATE 3/1/2026

Back in stock! ‘Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors’

The complete paintings of master and madman Francis Bacon

DATE 2/25/2026

The complete paintings of master and madman Francis Bacon

Rare Hindu prints by Bengali artists during colonial rule

DATE 2/19/2026

Rare Hindu prints by Bengali artists during colonial rule

Humble beauty in 'Chinese Patchwork'

DATE 2/16/2026

Humble beauty in 'Chinese Patchwork'

Love, magic and alchemy in Hayao Miyazaki's 'Ponyo'

DATE 2/14/2026

Love, magic and alchemy in Hayao Miyazaki's 'Ponyo'

Lake Verea inhabits Casa Barragán—with wonder

DATE 2/9/2026

Lake Verea inhabits Casa Barragán—with wonder

The romance of hand-painted signage, courtesy of 19th- and 20th-century France

DATE 2/5/2026

The romance of hand-painted signage, courtesy of Belle Époque France

In our current emergency, 'Someday is Now'

DATE 1/29/2026

In our current emergency, 'Someday is Now'

Dyani White Hawk offers much needed 'Love Language' in Minneapolis

DATE 1/28/2026

Dyani White Hawk offers much needed 'Love Language' in Minneapolis

Stunning 'Graciela Iturbide: Heliotropo 37' is Back in Stock!

DATE 1/25/2026

Stunning 'Graciela Iturbide: Heliotropo 37' is Back in Stock!

The groundbreaking films of Bong Joon Ho

DATE 1/22/2026

The groundbreaking films of Bong Joon Ho

Black Photojournalism, 1945 to 1984

DATE 1/19/2026

Black Photojournalism, 1945 to 1984

Pan-African possibility in 'Ideas of Africa'

DATE 1/12/2026

Pan-African possibility in 'Ideas of Africa'

Previously unseen photographs by Canadian color master Fred Herzog

DATE 1/11/2026

Previously unseen photographs by Canadian color master Fred Herzog

Minnie Evans’ divine visions of a lost world

DATE 1/5/2026

Minnie Evans’ divine visions of a lost world

Happy New Year!

DATE 1/1/2026

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

DATE 1/1/2026

Happy New Year!

A revelation of our nation’s essential, quirky visual character in ‘Lee Friedlander: Christmas’

DATE 12/25/2025

A revelation of our nation’s essential, quirky visual character in ‘Lee Friedlander: Christmas’

'Lisette Model: The Jazz Pictures' reclaims history

DATE 12/19/2025

'Lisette Model: The Jazz Pictures' reclaims history

Herbert Pföstl's 2025 D.A.P. Highlights at the New Museum Store

DATE 12/18/2025

Herbert Pföstl's 2025 D.A.P. Highlights at the New Museum Store

The acute gaze of Gabriele Münter

DATE 12/16/2025

The acute gaze of Gabriele Münter

The atmospheric, rarely-seen watercolors of Winslow Homer

DATE 12/9/2025

The atmospheric, rarely-seen watercolors of Winslow Homer

Pure winter glamour in ‘It’s Snowing!’

DATE 12/8/2025

Pure winter glamour in ‘It’s Snowing!’

Flamboyant poses and melodramatic airs in 'Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World'

DATE 12/3/2025

Flamboyant poses and melodramatic airs in 'Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World'

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

DATE 11/27/2025

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

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

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