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DATE 8/2/2026

Join Artbook | D.A.P. at Shoppe Object New York, August 2026

DATE 7/23/2026

Join us at the San Francisco Art Book Fair, 2026!

DATE 7/19/2026

Metrograph presents Collier Schorr signing ‘Writing a Letter: Akerman Ballet, Act 1’ followed by a screening of Chantal Akerman’s ‘Je tu il elle’ with joint introduction by Matt Wolf

DATE 7/17/2026

LACMA Store presents Audrey Sands and Rebecca Morse on 'Lisette Model: The Jazz Pictures'

DATE 7/13/2026

An exploration of dancehall, reggae en español, and reggaeton through contemporary art

DATE 7/12/2026

Artbook @ Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Bookstore presents Karl Haendel, Andrea Gyorody and Aldy Milliken on 'Less Bad'

DATE 7/11/2026

LA Showroom Summer Sample Sale, Save 75–85%!

DATE 7/11/2026

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

DATE 7/8/2026

Conflict, culture and exchange in 18th-century art across the Americas

DATE 7/7/2026

Hot Town, Summer In (and Out) of the City

DATE 7/6/2026

Another kind of Americana in François Prost’s ‘Gentlemen’s Club’

DATE 7/4/2026

Declarations of Independence: America at 250

DATE 7/4/2026

Power and Resistance in 'Art in the Americas'

IMAGE GALLERY

Featured image is reproduced from

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 1/4/2016

I Met a Penguin by Frank Ash

Featured image is reproduced from I Met a Penguin, the new and gorgeously produced linenbound edition of Frank Ash's classic 1972 children's book from Nieves/Al Pastor. What child (or adult) wouldn't adore a lion who likes to fish and falls in love with a penguin "as strong as an elephant, as gentle as a dove," and "pretty as a peacock?" See more books for children and the young at heart. >>

I Met a Penguin

I Met a Penguin

Nieves/Al Pastor
Clth, 10 x 7.75 in. / 48 pgs / 48 b&w.

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

DATE 7/11/2026

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

Conflict, culture and exchange in 18th-century art across the Americas

DATE 7/8/2026

Conflict, culture and exchange in 18th-century art across the Americas

Another kind of Americana in François Prost’s ‘Gentlemen’s Club’

DATE 7/6/2026

Another kind of Americana in François Prost’s ‘Gentlemen’s Club’

Power and Resistance in 'Art in the Americas'

DATE 7/4/2026

Power and Resistance in 'Art in the Americas'

A celebration of post-colonial independence in 'Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa'

DATE 6/30/2026

A celebration of post-colonial independence in 'Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa'

“The kind of people you stop and notice” in ‘Greer Lankton: Could It Be Love’

DATE 6/26/2026

“The kind of people you stop and notice” in ‘Greer Lankton: Could It Be Love’

A new edition of Kelli Anderson’s acclaimed pop-up book camera

DATE 6/22/2026

A new edition of Kelli Anderson’s acclaimed pop-up book camera

The testimonial art of Reverend Joyce McDonald

DATE 6/19/2026

The testimonial art of Reverend Joyce McDonald

Back in stock from Edition Patrick Frey: ‘Lee Scratch Perry: Black Ark’

DATE 6/18/2026

Back in stock from Edition Patrick Frey: ‘Lee Scratch Perry: Black Ark’

The New York Knicks

DATE 6/18/2026

The New York Knicks

'Fire Island Modernist'—architectural goldmine and a portal to a lost generation

DATE 6/13/2026

'Fire Island Modernist'—architectural goldmine and a portal to a lost generation

We will miss David Hockney

DATE 6/12/2026

We will miss David Hockney

For NIGO, creative inspiration is "like catching air"

DATE 6/11/2026

For NIGO, creative inspiration is "like catching air"

A centennial celebration of Marilyn Monroe, in all her complexity

DATE 6/9/2026

A centennial celebration of Marilyn Monroe, in all her complexity

The reaching never ends in 'Love & Lightning'

DATE 6/7/2026

The reaching never ends in 'Love & Lightning'

She Knows Who She Is…

DATE 6/3/2026

She Knows Who She Is…

New from Primary Information: ‘Paul Mpagi Sepuya: SHOOT’

DATE 6/1/2026

New from Primary Information: ‘Paul Mpagi Sepuya: SHOOT’

One master paying homage to another in the new, expanded edition of ‘Joel Meyerowitz: Morandi’s Objects’

DATE 5/28/2026

One master paying homage to another in the new, expanded edition of ‘Joel Meyerowitz: Morandi’s Objects’

Memory and optimism in Robert Adams’ ‘The Plains, Remembered Again’

DATE 5/22/2026

Memory and optimism in Robert Adams’ ‘The Plains, Remembered Again’

Cat personality beaming out in 'Walter Chandoha: Family Cats'

DATE 5/20/2026

Cat personality beaming out in 'Walter Chandoha: Family Cats'

High power, low tech activism from lesbian collective fierce pussy

DATE 5/19/2026

High power, low tech activism from lesbian collective fierce pussy

How-dee! ‘The Shithole Opry Collector’s Guide’ is here

DATE 5/13/2026

How-dee! ‘The Shithole Opry Collector’s Guide’ is here

From solar furnaces to radio telescope control panels: Soviet Scientific Institutes

DATE 5/11/2026

From solar furnaces to radio telescope control panels: Soviet Scientific Institutes

The influence of Henri Matisse’s “Femme au chapeau”

DATE 5/7/2026

The influence of Henri Matisse’s “Femme au chapeau”

Now it can be told: The true story of the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals

DATE 5/6/2026

Now it can be told: The true story of the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals

Craftsmanship, creativity, change: 'Fashioning Chinese Women' captures twentieth-century flux

DATE 5/3/2026

Craftsmanship, creativity, change: 'Fashioning Chinese Women' captures twentieth-century flux

'Mathew Wong: Interiors' — radiating the light of dreams

DATE 5/1/2026

'Mathew Wong: Interiors' — radiating the light of dreams

Internal lyrical motives in Frida Kahlo’s ’Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair’

DATE 4/27/2026

Internal lyrical motives in Frida Kahlo’s ’Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair’

Garden passion and the passing of time

DATE 4/23/2026

Garden passion and the passing of time

‘Carol Bove’ is new from Guggenheim New York

DATE 4/21/2026

‘Carol Bove’ is new from Guggenheim New York

Watershed moments in Australian Aboriginal modernism

DATE 4/17/2026

Watershed moments in Australian Aboriginal modernism

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

DATE 4/16/2026

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

The essential companion to MoMA's monumental 'Marcel Duchamp'

DATE 4/14/2026

The essential companion to MoMA's monumental 'Marcel Duchamp'

A long lost archive documenting life at the Chelsea Hotel, 1969–71

DATE 4/11/2026

A long lost archive documenting life at the Chelsea Hotel, 1969–71

ESP, aliens and life after death in 'Jackie Gleason: Library of the Paranormal'

DATE 4/9/2026

ESP, aliens and the afterlife in 'Jackie Gleason: Library of the Paranormal'

A West Coast Modern respite for meditation and play in 'The Sea Ranch'

DATE 4/7/2026

A West Coast Modern respite for meditation and play in 'The Sea Ranch'

For Catherine Opie, "Without representation, there is no visibility"

DATE 4/5/2026

For Catherine Opie, "Without representation, there is no visibility"

In this season of rejuvenation, a meditation on loss and revival

DATE 4/5/2026

In this season of rejuvenation, a meditation on loss and revival

Hiroshi Sugimoto's terrestrial celestial masterpiece

DATE 4/1/2026

Hiroshi Sugimoto's terrestrial celestial masterpiece

Celebrating Women's History Month and Frida-mania in NYC

DATE 3/29/2026

Celebrating Women's History Month and Frida-mania in NYC

Gateways to other realms in 'Uman: After all the things'

DATE 3/27/2026

Gateways to other realms in 'Uman: After all the things'

Back in stock! 'Helen Frankenthaler: Painting without Rules'

DATE 3/24/2026

Back in stock! 'Helen Frankenthaler: Painting without Rules'

The fearless self-portraiture of Frida Kahlo, timed for MoMA's Kahlo / Rivera show

DATE 3/21/2026

The fearless self-portraiture of Frida Kahlo, timed for MoMA's Kahlo / Rivera show

‘Tom Lloyd’ at Studio Museum

DATE 3/20/2026

‘Tom Lloyd’ at Studio Museum

Sophie Calle finishes the unfinished

DATE 3/17/2026

Sophie Calle finishes the unfinished

A sticker book of vintage luggage labels from the golden age of travel

DATE 3/17/2026

A sticker book of vintage luggage labels from the golden age of travel

KAWS: FAMILY is back in stock!

DATE 3/11/2026

KAWS: FAMILY is back in stock!

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

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!

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 the 100th birthday of Robert Rauschenberg

DATE 10/22/2025

Celebrating the 100th birthday of Robert Rauschenberg

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'