In the tradition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, art history with a sense of humor. Every year, millions of museum and gallery visitors ponder the modern art on display and secretly ask themselves, “Is this art?†A former director at London’s Tate Gallery and now the BBC arts editor, Will Gompertz made it his mission…
By Oluremi C. Onabanjo The photographer Ming Smith has practiced her craft for more than fifty years, producing a body of work distinguished by its uncanny merging of subject and style. Her Invisible Man, Somewhere, Everywhere (1991) was made in the depths of winter. Depicting a lone figure whose form dissolves into the ink-black…
Edited by Stuart Comer and Michelle Kuo. With contributions by Aria Dean and Erika Balsom. Video is everywhere. Since its debut as a consumer medium in the 1960s, video has shaped our opinions, our politics, and our societies. On our phones and computer screens, walls and streets, it defines new spaces and experiences—spreading memes,…
Edited by Christian Rattemeyer. With contributions by Brian Sholis, Jan Tumlir, Manfred Hermes, Isabelle Graw, Martin Herbert, and Scott Gerson The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection was formed by Harvey S. Shipley Miller, trustee of the Foundation, and given to The Museum of Modern Art in 2005. This definitive volume presents the collection…
Meet Rosario—she loves cars! She knows everything there is to know about cars. She can’t wait until she can drive a car. But which one does she want? A race car? A spy car? A purple, green, or blue car? Which would you choose? As Rosario considers her options, from a Ferrari F1 race car…
Published in 1966, this rare book from MoMA Publications is available in extremely limited quantities. Each book from this special selection has been stored for decades in MoMA’s warehouse. MoMA’s award-winning publications program has been an integral part of the Museum’s mission since its founding in 1929. These exhibition- and collection-related titles are renowned for…
By Annemarie Iker In 1905 the young Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was at a crossroads in his career. With the bleak themes and hues of his Blue Period behind him and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon—the painting that would scandalize the art world—ahead of him, he embarked on the monumental painting Boy Leading a Horse. The boldly outlined…
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Edited by Sarah Suzuki. With contributions by Brenna Campbell, Scott Gerson, and Lynda Zycherman Dieter Roth’s wildly inventive artistic practice encompassed everything from painting and sculpture to film and video. It is, arguably, through his editioned works—books, prints, and multiples—that he made his most important contributions. These experimental editions include literature sausages, filled with…
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Edited by Ann Temkin and Claire Lehmann. With contributions by Ann Temkin and Leslie Camhi During a career spanning half a century, Ileana Sonnabend (1914–2007) helped shape the course of postwar art in Europe and North America. A legendary gallerist and collector, Sonnabend was renowned for her ambassadorial role in bringing new art across…
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To look inside this book, click here. Edited by Ann Temkin. With contributions by Hilton Als, Claudia Carson, Robert Gober, Paulina Pobocha, and Christian Schiedermann Published in conjunction with the first large-scale survey exhibition of Robert Gober’s art in the United States and prepared in close collaboration with him, Robert Gober: The Heart…
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To look inside this book, click here. Edited by Manuel J. Borja-Villel and Christophe Cherix. With contributions by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Jean-François Chevrier, Thierry de Duve, Doris Krystof, Cathleen Chaffee, Kim Conaty, Rafael García Horrillo, Christian Rattemeyer, Sam Sackeroff, Teresa Velázquez, and Francesca Wilmott Marcel Broodthaers was at the center of international…
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To look inside this book, click here. Edited by Roxana Marcoci. With contributions by Rhea Anastas, Mieke Bal, Douglas Crimp, Rosalyn Deutsche, Diedrich Diederichsen, David Platzker, and Julian Stallabrass For the past forty years, Louise Lawler has raised questions about art—about the circumstances that produce it, its circulation, and the institutional frameworks in…
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To look inside this book, click here. Edited by Ron Magliozzi and Sophie Cavoulacos. With contributions by J. Hoberman, Jenny Schlenzka, Laura Hoptman, Lucy Gallun, and Ann Magnuson New York’s East Village was alive with artistic activity in the 1970s and ’80s, fueled by low rents, resistance to the Reagan presidency, and the…
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To look inside this book, click here. Chosen by the New York Times as one of the Best Art Books of 2018 Edited by Kathy Halbreich with Isabel Friedli, Heidi Naef, Magnus Schaefer, and Taylor Walsh. With contributions by Thomas Beard, Briony Fer, Nicolás Guagnini, Kathy Halbreich, Rachel Harrison, Ute Holl, Suzanne…
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Edited by Cornelia Butler and David Platzker. With contributions by Diarmuid Costello, Jörg Heiser, Kobena Mercer, Nizan Shaked, Vid Simoniti, and Elvan Zabunyan Adrian Piper’s artwork, over the course of her fifty-year career, has been critical in shaping how we think and talk about contemporary art and the role of the artist. Her…
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To look inside this book, click here. Edited by Sarah Suzuki. With contributions by David Adjaye, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Sammy Baloji, and André Magnin The visionary artist Bodys Isek Kingelez created utopian propositions for cities in a peaceful and prosperous tomorrow. Born in the Belgian Congo in 1948, Kingelez came of age in…