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DATE 6/1/2022

Celebrate LGBTQ Pride, June 2022!

DATE 5/15/2022

Artbook @ MoMA PS1 presents Lauren O’Neill-Butler for the launch of 'Let’s Have a Talk: Conversations with Women on Art and Culture'

DATE 5/15/2022

'Ellsworth Kelly: Postcards' is on view at Matthew Marks

DATE 5/14/2022

Artbook @ Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Bookstore presents the launch of Christopher Soto's 'Diaries of a Terrorist'

DATE 5/13/2022

‘William Wegman: Writing by Artist’ is NEW from Primary Information!

DATE 5/12/2022

1014 presents 'Plastic. Remaking Our World' with Jochen Eisenbrand

DATE 5/11/2022

In 'Charles Ray,' a physicality embedded in a mentality

DATE 5/9/2022

A new facsimile of 'Black Phoenix: Third World Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture'

DATE 5/8/2022

Happy Mother's Day!

DATE 5/6/2022

Summertime Staff Picks, 2022

DATE 5/5/2022

Hot Book Alert: 'Hilary Pecis' is a New Release this week!

DATE 5/4/2022

Stunning 'Graciela Iturbide: Heliotropo 37' is NEW from Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

DATE 5/4/2022

Rizzoli presents 'Garmenting' with Alexandra Schwartz, Lydia Brawner and Enoch Cheng

DATE 5/2/2022

Photography as a tool of resistance in 'Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists'

DATE 4/29/2022

Jonny Trunk’s ‘A–Z of Record Shop Bags’ is new from FUEL!

DATE 4/26/2022

‘Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse’ is on view at LACMA!

DATE 4/26/2022

Visions of Motherhood

DATE 4/25/2022

'Cy Twombly: Making Past Present' is NEW from MFA Boston

DATE 4/23/2022

Readers and Lovers unite with Nicole Rudick's (Auto)biography of Niki de Saint Phalle

DATE 4/20/2022

Celebrate Earth Day with the hyperreal feel of 'Landscape Painting Now'

DATE 4/17/2022

Tapping into the joy of Cherry Blossom season

DATE 4/16/2022

Museum Store of the Month: MoMA Design Store

DATE 4/15/2022

'Marisol and Warhol Take New York' opens at Pérez Art Museum!

DATE 4/15/2022

Food, art and exile in Michael Rakowitz's 'A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve'

DATE 4/15/2022

Aquavella presents 'Unnatural Nature: Post-Pop Landscapes,' curated by Todd Bradway

DATE 4/12/2022

Spring has sprung and we're book-foraging with 'John Cage: A Mycological Foray—Variations on Mushrooms'

DATE 4/12/2022

Spring blossoms bring summer fruit in 'An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts'

DATE 4/10/2022

'Afro-Atlantic Histories' opens at NGADC

DATE 4/10/2022

Artbook @ Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Bookstore presents David Horvitz signing new artist's books

DATE 4/8/2022

LJ Roberts: Carry You With Me

DATE 4/7/2022

Join Artbook & MCA Chicago Store at EXPO CHICAGO 2022!

DATE 4/6/2022

AfriCOBRA on our minds

DATE 4/4/2022

'City of Cinema: Paris 1850–1907' is NEW from DelMonico Books and LACMA

DATE 4/2/2022

Sandro Miller's 'Crowns: My Hair, My Soul, My Freedom' is NEW from Skira

DATE 3/31/2022

'Robert Houle: Red Is Beautiful' is NEW from DelMonico Books and Art Gallery of Ontario

DATE 3/30/2022

Bauhaus Typography, Still Thrilling after 100 Years

DATE 3/30/2022

Letterform Archive & Cooper Hewitt present 'Bauhaus Typography at 100' with Ellen Lupton

DATE 3/27/2022

'Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future' is Back in Stock!

DATE 3/24/2022

'Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child' is NEW from Hatje Cantz

DATE 3/22/2022

'(Nothing but) Flowers' is NEW from Karma Books, New York

DATE 3/22/2022

Spring Fever!

DATE 3/19/2022

Museum Store of the Month: LACMA Store

DATE 3/19/2022

Pioneer Works to launch 'PÒTOPRENS: The Urban Artists of Port-au-Prince' at Red Hook Labs

DATE 3/19/2022

Arcana presents Richard Misrach signing 'Notations'

DATE 3/19/2022

Museum Store of the Month: LACMA Store

DATE 3/19/2022

Museum Store of the Month: LACMA Store

DATE 3/19/2022

Electrifying 'Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You' opens at LACMA this week!

DATE 3/16/2022

Embed 'Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future' in your visual library forever!

DATE 3/14/2022

Brookline Booksmith presents Mark Ludwig on 'Our Will to Live: The Terezín Music Critiques of Viktor Ullmann'

DATE 3/13/2022

'Darrel Ellis' explores the "beautiful and often tragic pageantry of everyday life"

DATE 3/12/2022

Timely and enigmatic, 'Helga Paris: Women at Work' is a New Release this week

IMAGE GALLERY

Daniel Libeskind

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 9/11/2016

Never Built New York

One of nearly 200 unbuilt architecture projects collected in Metropolis Books' highly anticipated, 408-page blockbuster Never Built New York, Daniel Libeskind's 2002 master-plan for the new World Trade Center called for a spiral-shaped set of office buildings, increasing in height from 61 stories to over 100, public space, a transportation hub and cultural facilities surrounding the World Trade Center Memorial. NBNY authors Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell write, "No unbuilt project in recent New York history was as well documented—and as horribly bungled" as Libeskind's 1776-foot-tall-tower.

Never Built New York

Never Built New York

METROPOLIS BOOKS
Hbk, 11.5 x 8.5 in. / 408 pgs / 220 color / 220 b&w.

‘William Wegman: Writing by Artist’ is NEW from Primary Information!

DATE 5/13/2022

‘William Wegman: Writing by Artist’ is NEW from Primary Information!

In 'Charles Ray,' a physicality embedded in a mentality

DATE 5/11/2022

In 'Charles Ray,' a physicality embedded in a mentality

A new facsimile of 'Black Phoenix: Third World Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture'

DATE 5/9/2022

A new facsimile of 'Black Phoenix: Third World Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture'

Happy Mother's Day!

DATE 5/8/2022

Happy Mother's Day!

Hot Book Alert: 'Hilary Pecis' is a New Release this week!

DATE 5/5/2022

Hot Book Alert: 'Hilary Pecis' is a New Release this week!

Stunning 'Graciela Iturbide: Heliotropo 37' is NEW from Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

DATE 5/4/2022

Stunning 'Graciela Iturbide: Heliotropo 37' is NEW from Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

Photography as a tool of resistance in 'Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists'

DATE 5/2/2022

Photography as a tool of resistance in 'Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists'

Jonny Trunk’s ‘A–Z of Record Shop Bags’ is new from FUEL!

DATE 4/29/2022

Jonny Trunk’s ‘A–Z of Record Shop Bags’ is new from FUEL!

‘Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse’ is on view at LACMA!

DATE 4/26/2022

‘Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse’ is on view at LACMA!

'Cy Twombly: Making Past Present' is NEW from MFA Boston

DATE 4/25/2022

Remembering Cy Twombly, born OTD in 1928

Readers and Lovers unite with Nicole Rudick's (Auto)biography of Niki de Saint Phalle

DATE 4/23/2022

Readers and Lovers unite with Nicole Rudick's (Auto)biography of Niki de Saint Phalle

Celebrate Earth Day with the hyperreal feel of 'Landscape Painting Now'

DATE 4/20/2022

Celebrate Earth Day with the hyperreal feel of 'Landscape Painting Now'

Tapping into the joy of Cherry Blossom season

DATE 4/17/2022

Tapping into the joy of Cherry Blossom season

Food, art and exile in Michael Rakowitz's 'A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve'

DATE 4/15/2022

Food, art and exile in Michael Rakowitz's 'A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve'

'Marisol and Warhol Take New York' opens at Pérez Art Museum!

DATE 4/15/2022

'Marisol and Warhol Take New York' opens at Pérez Art Museum!

Spring blossoms bring summer fruit in 'An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts'

DATE 4/12/2022

Spring blossoms bring summer fruit in 'An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts'

Spring has sprung and we're book-foraging with 'John Cage: A Mycological Foray—Variations on Mushrooms'

DATE 4/12/2022

Spring has sprung and we're book-foraging with 'John Cage: A Mycological Foray—Variations on Mushrooms'

'Afro-Atlantic Histories' opens at NGADC

DATE 4/10/2022

'Afro-Atlantic Histories' opens at NGADC

LJ Roberts: Carry You With Me

DATE 4/8/2022

LJ Roberts: Carry You With Me

AfriCOBRA on our minds

DATE 4/6/2022

AfriCOBRA on our minds

'City of Cinema: Paris 1850–1907' is NEW from DelMonico Books and LACMA

DATE 4/4/2022

'City of Cinema: Paris 1850–1907' is NEW from DelMonico Books and LACMA

Sandro Miller's 'Crowns: My Hair, My Soul, My Freedom' is NEW from Skira

DATE 4/2/2022

Sandro Miller's 'Crowns: My Hair, My Soul, My Freedom' is NEW from Skira

'Robert Houle: Red Is Beautiful' is NEW from DelMonico Books and Art Gallery of Ontario

DATE 3/31/2022

'Robert Houle: Red Is Beautiful' is NEW from DelMonico Books and Art Gallery of Ontario

Bauhaus Typography, Still Thrilling after 100 Years

DATE 3/30/2022

Bauhaus Typography, Still Thrilling after 100 Years

'Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future' is Back in Stock!

DATE 3/27/2022

'Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future' is Back in Stock!

'Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child' is NEW from Hatje Cantz

DATE 3/24/2022

'Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child' is NEW from Hatje Cantz

'(Nothing but) Flowers' is NEW from Karma Books, New York

DATE 3/22/2022

'(Nothing but) Flowers' is NEW from Karma Books, New York

Electrifying 'Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You' opens at LACMA this week!

DATE 3/19/2022

Electrifying 'Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You' opens at LACMA this week!

Embed 'Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future' in your visual library forever!

DATE 3/16/2022

Embed 'Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future' in your visual library forever!

'Darrel Ellis' explores the "beautiful and often tragic pageantry of everyday life"

DATE 3/13/2022

'Darrel Ellis' explores the "beautiful and often tragic pageantry of everyday life"

Timely and enigmatic, 'Helga Paris: Women at Work' is a New Release this week

DATE 3/12/2022

Timely and enigmatic, 'Helga Paris: Women at Work' is a New Release this week

Celebrate International Women's Day… 1975 to now!

DATE 3/8/2022

Celebrate International Women's Day… 1975 to now!

Hot book alert! 'Frida Kahlo: Her Universe' is a New Release this week!

DATE 3/6/2022

For Women's History Month reading, you can't do better than 'Frida Kahlo: Her Universe'

Ardent collecting and a life well-lived in 'Selection: Art, Architecture and Design from the Collection of Ronnie Sassoon'

DATE 3/3/2022

Ardent collecting and a life well-lived in 'Selection: Art, Architecture and Design from the Collection of Ronnie Sassoon'

Pulling no punches, 'Faith Ringgold: Politics / Power' is NEW from Weiss Publications!

DATE 3/1/2022

Pulling no punches, 'Faith Ringgold: Politics / Power' is NEW from Weiss Publications!

Loud, quiet, radiant, serene: 'Devan Shimoyama: All the Rage'

DATE 2/27/2022

Loud, quiet, radiant, serene. 'Devan Shimoyama: All the Rage'

How can we understand what's happening in Ukraine?

DATE 2/24/2022

How can we understand what's happening in Ukraine?

Remember fun? It's making a comeback with 'Everyday Play'

DATE 2/22/2022

Remember fun? It's making a comeback with 'Everyday Play'

Celebrate Presidents Day with 'Photographs of Abraham Lincoln'

DATE 2/21/2022

Celebrate Presidents Day with 'Photographs of Abraham Lincoln'

The ultimate 'Domenico Gnoli'

DATE 2/20/2022

The ultimate 'Domenico Gnoli'

'Painting is a Supreme Fiction: Writings by Jesse Murry, 1980–1993' is Back in Stock from Sobersove!

DATE 2/18/2022

'Painting is a Supreme Fiction: Writings by Jesse Murry, 1980–1993' is Back in Stock from Sobersove!

Each page a Valentine in 'Love, Icebox: Letters from John Cage to Merce Cunningham'

DATE 2/14/2022

Each page a Valentine in 'Love, Icebox: Letters from John Cage to Merce Cunningham'

Adam Pendleton's 'Who Is Queen?' reader is a Staff Pick for Black History Month

DATE 2/12/2022

Adam Pendleton's 'Who Is Queen?' reader is a Staff Pick for Black History Month

Provocative 'Sophie Calle: The Hotel' is a critic's pick!

DATE 2/10/2022

Provocative 'Sophie Calle: The Hotel' is a critic's pick!

Happy 90th Birthday Gerhard Richter, born OTD in 1932!

DATE 2/9/2022

Happy 90th Birthday Gerhard Richter, born OTD in 1932!

Congratulations Jennie C. Jones, on view at the Guggenheim!

DATE 2/5/2022

Congratulations Jennie C. Jones, on view at the Guggenheim!

In Mel D. Cole's new photo book, an indelible record of American Protest, 2020–2021

DATE 2/3/2022

In Mel D. Cole's new photo book, an indelible record of American Protest, 2020–2021

DATE 2/1/2022

Celebrate Black History with W.E.B. Du Bois' Remarkable Turn-of-the-Century Infographics

Luminous 'Helen Pashgian: Spheres & Lenses' is new from Radius Books

DATE 1/30/2022

Luminous 'Helen Pashgian: Spheres & Lenses' is new from Radius Books

Countering racist preconceptions 'Black Ivy' style offered symbolic armor

DATE 1/26/2022

Countering racist preconceptions 'Black Ivy' style offered symbolic armor

A poetic meditation on color in Agnes Martin's paintings

DATE 1/24/2022

A poetic meditation on color in Agnes Martin's paintings

'Hayao Miyazaki' is BACK IN STOCK!

DATE 1/22/2022

'Hayao Miyazaki' is BACK IN STOCK!

'Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs' is Back in Stock!

DATE 1/20/2022

'Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs' is Back in Stock!

The first major monograph on N. Dash

DATE 1/18/2022

The first major monograph on N. Dash

Celebrate Martin Luther King with 'Leonard Freed: Black in White America'

DATE 1/17/2022

Celebrate Martin Luther King with 'Leonard Freed: Black in White America'

Memphis meets Beat in 'Sottsass: Poltronova 1958–1974'

DATE 1/14/2022

Memphis meets Beat in 'Sottsass: Poltronova 1958–1974'

Romance and magic, decadence and ruins in 'Francesca Woodman: Alternate Stories'

DATE 1/12/2022

Romance and magic, decadence and ruins in 'Francesca Woodman: Alternate Stories'

Hot Book Alert! 'Nudism in a Cold Climate' is NEW from Atelier Éditions

DATE 1/10/2022

Hot Book Alert! 'Nudism in a Cold Climate' is NEW from Atelier Éditions

Magical 'Kiki Smith: Memory' is New from Deste Foundation

DATE 1/8/2022

Magical 'Kiki Smith: Memory' is New from Deste Foundation

Transforming toxicity into beauty, Richard Kraft's penalty cards track Donald Trump's transgressions in office

DATE 1/6/2022

Transforming toxicity into beauty, Richard Kraft's penalty cards track Donald Trump's transgressions in office

In Silvana's Joe Colombo catalogue raisonné, a future-facing "total design" ethos

DATE 1/4/2022

In Silvana's Joe Colombo catalogue raisonné, a future-facing "total design" ethos

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

DATE 1/1/2022

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

New ways of thinking and seeing for a new year

DATE 12/26/2021

New ways of thinking and seeing for a new year

Happy Holidays from Artbook | D.A.P.!

DATE 12/24/2021

Happy Holidays from Artbook | D.A.P.!

Happy Holidays from Artbook | D.A.P.

DATE 12/22/2021

Happy Holidays from Artbook | D.A.P.

Hot book alert! 'Yo! The Early Days of Hip Hop 1982–84' is NEW from Soul Jazz Books

DATE 12/20/2021

Hot book alert! 'Yo! The Early Days of Hip Hop 1982–84' is NEW from Soul Jazz Books

Highly anticipated 'Tauba Auerbach — S v Z' opens this week at SFMOMA!

DATE 12/16/2021

Highly anticipated 'Tauba Auerbach — S v Z' opens this week at SFMOMA!

For the gardener in your life: David Hockney's recent iPad drawings of springtime in Normandy

DATE 12/12/2021

For the gardener in your life: David Hockney's recent iPad drawings of springtime in Normandy

Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle is NEW from the Guggenheim

DATE 12/10/2021

Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle is NEW from the Guggenheim

Provocative, prescient 'Gillian Wearing: Wearing Masks' is on view now at the Guggenheim

DATE 12/6/2021

Provocative, prescient 'Gillian Wearing: Wearing Masks' is on view now at the Guggenheim

'Led Zeppelin Vinyl' is a Staff Pick Holiday Gift Book for Music (& Design) Lovers!

DATE 12/5/2021

'Led Zeppelin Vinyl' is a Staff Pick Holiday Gift Book for Music (& Design) Lovers!

Mike Mandel selects unknown Ansel Adams in 'Zone Eleven'

DATE 12/4/2021

Mike Mandel selects unknown Ansel Adams in 'Zone Eleven'

🌴 The time is right for 'Godlis: Miami' 🌴

DATE 11/29/2021

🌴 The time is right for 'Godlis: Miami' 🌴

Get festive! 'A Small Book of Jewish Comedians' is the undisputed staff favorite Hannukah gift book of 2021

DATE 11/28/2021

Get festive! 'A Small Book of Jewish Comedians' is the undisputed staff favorite Hannukah gift book of 2021

Remarkable 'Hayao Miyazaki' is a Staff Pick Holiday Gift Book, 2021!

DATE 11/27/2021

Remarkable 'Hayao Miyazaki' is a Staff Pick Holiday Gift Book, 2021!

In celebration of Native American Heritage Day

DATE 11/26/2021

In celebration of Native American Heritage Day

Happy Thanksgiving from Artbook | D.A.P.!

DATE 11/25/2021

Happy Thanksgiving from Artbook | D.A.P.!

Viva Mexico!

DATE 11/21/2021

Viva Mexico!

'Andrea Bowers' opens this week at MCA Chicago!

DATE 11/19/2021

'Andrea Bowers' opens this week at MCA Chicago!

The Architecture of Health: Hospital Design and the Construction of Dignity

DATE 11/15/2021

The Architecture of Health: Hospital Design and the Construction of Dignity

Eye-popping 'Jim Isermann: Works 1980–2020' is NEW from Radius Books

DATE 11/13/2021

Eye-popping 'Jim Isermann: Works 1980–2020' is NEW from Radius Books

For savvy photography lovers, 'Joel Meyerowitz: Wild Flowers' is a Staff Pick Holiday Gift Book

DATE 11/11/2021

For savvy photography lovers, 'Joel Meyerowitz: Wild Flowers' is a Staff Pick Holiday Gift Book

Ominously beautiful 'Alexis Rockman: Works on Paper' is NEW from Damiani

DATE 11/10/2021

Ominously beautiful 'Alexis Rockman: Works on Paper' is NEW from Damiani

Remembering Robert Frank, born OTD in Zurich, 1924

DATE 11/9/2021

Remembering Robert Frank, born OTD in Zurich, 1924

Magical, comprehensive Milton Avery exhibition opens at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

DATE 11/7/2021

Magical, comprehensive Milton Avery exhibition opens at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

November is Native American Heritage Month!

DATE 11/4/2021

November is Native American Heritage Month!

Day of the Dead inspiration in Phyllis Galembo's 'Mexico Masks Rituals'

DATE 11/1/2021

Day of the Dead inspiration in Phyllis Galembo's 'Mexico Masks Rituals'

Halloween inspiration in 'California Infernal'

DATE 10/31/2021

Halloween inspiration in 'California Infernal'

Get into the spirits with 'Ira Cohen: Into the Mylar Chamber'

DATE 10/30/2021

Get into the spirits with 'Ira Cohen: Into the Mylar Chamber'

Fantasy and Fairy Tales in 'Kay Nielsen: An Enchanted Vision'

DATE 10/23/2021

Fantasy and Fairy Tales in 'Kay Nielsen: An Enchanted Vision'