ARTBOOK BLOG

Events

Store News

Museum Stores of the Month

New Title Releases

Staff Picks

Image Gallery

Books in the Media

Excerpts & Essays

Artbook Interviews

Ex Libris

At First Sight

The Artbook 2024 Gift Guides

Artbook Featured Image Archive

Artbook D.A.P. Events Archive

DATE 12/5/2024

The Primary Essentials x Artbook Pop Up

DATE 11/21/2024

NYPL Jefferson Market presents Neal Slavin with Kevin Moore on 'When Two or More Are Gathered Together'

DATE 11/16/2024

Kaleidoscopic and dynamic, Orphism comes to the Guggenheim

DATE 11/13/2024

From Belly Dancers to Bingo Enthusiasts

DATE 11/11/2024

Know your propaganda!

DATE 11/9/2024

Yumna Al-Arashi pays poetic tribute to her great-grandmother and an ancient tattooing practice

DATE 11/7/2024

Long before social media, Sophie Calle fearlessly overshared

DATE 11/6/2024

Holiday Gift Guide 2024: For the Lover of Letters

DATE 11/6/2024

A shudder of American self-recognition in 'Omen'

DATE 11/5/2024

Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Where Form Meets Function

DATE 11/3/2024

Holiday Gift Guide 2024: For the Film Buff

DATE 11/2/2024

Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Artful Crowd-Pleasers

DATE 11/1/2024

Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Stuff that Stocking

IMAGE GALLERY

Featured image is reproduced from

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 11/19/2018

Lydia Kallipoliti asks, "What is the Power of Shit?"

Featured image—a composite of diagrams of real or imagined closed systems ranging from an eighteenth-century underwater breathing apparatus to a zero-gravity life support system and an anaerobic digester used to convert human and animal waste into methane—is reproduced from The Architecture of Closed Worlds by architect, engineer and scholar Lydia Kallipoliti. A hands-down staff favorite 2018 Holiday Gift Book for the Design Devotee, this vibrantly designed volume with reflective silver cover and the winning subtitle, Or, What Is the Power of Shit?, comes to us from Lars Müller and Storefront for Art and Architecture.

The Architecture of Closed Worlds

The Architecture of Closed Worlds

Lars Müller Publishers/Storefront for Art and Architecture
Pbk, 7.75 x 10.75 in. / 352 pgs / 340 color.

$40.00 free shipping

From Belly Dancers to Bingo Enthusiasts

DATE 11/13/2024

From Belly Dancers to Bingo Enthusiasts

Know your propaganda!

DATE 11/11/2024

Know your propaganda!

Yumna Al-Arashi pays poetic tribute to her great-grandmother and an ancient tattooing practice

DATE 11/9/2024

Yumna Al-Arashi pays poetic tribute to her great-grandmother and an ancient tattooing practice

Long before social media, Sophie Calle fearlessly overshared

DATE 11/7/2024

Long before social media, Sophie Calle fearlessly overshared

A shudder of American self-recognition in 'Omen'

DATE 11/6/2024

A shudder of American self-recognition in 'Omen'

Hot book alert! 'Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy' is out now from the Morgan Library & Museum

DATE 11/1/2024

Hot book alert! 'Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy' is out now from the Morgan Library & Museum

Halloween reading

DATE 10/31/2024

Halloween reading

Denim deep dive

DATE 10/27/2024

Denim deep dive

Photorealism lives!

DATE 10/24/2024

Photorealism lives!

The must-have monograph on Yoshitomo Nara

DATE 10/21/2024

The must-have monograph on Yoshitomo Nara

'Mickalene Thomas: All About Love' opens at Philadelphia Museum of Art

DATE 10/20/2024

'Mickalene Thomas: All About Love' opens at Philadelphia Museum of Art

‘Indigenous Histories’ is Back in Stock!

DATE 10/17/2024

‘Indigenous Histories’ is Back in Stock!

‘Cyberpunk’ opens at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

DATE 10/15/2024

‘Cyberpunk’ opens at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Celebrate Indigenous artists across the spectrum

DATE 10/14/2024

Celebrate Indigenous artists across the spectrum

Textile as language in 'Sheila Hicks: Radical Vertical Inquiries'

DATE 10/10/2024

Textile as language in 'Sheila Hicks: Radical Vertical Inquiries'

DATE 10/8/2024

Queer history, science-fiction and the occult in visionary, pulp-age Los Angeles

The Academy Museum comes on strong with 'Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema'

DATE 10/6/2024

The Academy Museum comes on strong with 'Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema'

A poetic manifesto on labor inequity from George Saunders and Joshua Lutz

DATE 10/1/2024

A poetic manifesto on labor inequity from George Saunders and Joshua Lutz

In 'David Hockney: Paper Trails,' an artist brimming with love

DATE 9/29/2024

In 'David Hockney: Paper Trails,' an artist brimming with love

Behold, Svetlana Alpers' 'Is Art History?'

DATE 9/26/2024

Behold, Svetlana Alpers' 'Is Art History?'

Early Joel Meyerowitz in 'Europa 1966-1967'

DATE 9/25/2024

Early Joel Meyerowitz in 'Europa 1966-1967'

Essential Reading: 'The Collected Poems of Mary Ellen Solt'

DATE 9/22/2024

Essential Reading: 'The Collected Poems of Mary Ellen Solt'

A laid-back blockbuster for Magdalena Suarez Frimkess—at last

DATE 9/19/2024

A laid-back blockbuster for Magdalena Suarez Frimkess—at last

From Grandmasters to method actors, 'Chess Players' presents the pure pleasure of the most serious game

DATE 9/16/2024

From Grandmasters to method actors, 'Chess Players' presents the pure pleasure of the most serious game

All the kinds of love in a powerful new monograph from Lyle Ashton Harris

DATE 9/12/2024

All the kinds of love in a powerful new monograph from Lyle Ashton Harris

New from DelMonico Books! 'This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance'

DATE 9/9/2024

New from DelMonico Books! 'This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance'

DATE 9/3/2024

Citizen Printer Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. prints for the glory of ALL peoples

If only Summer could stretch from here to eternity…

DATE 9/1/2024

If only Summer could stretch from here to eternity…

The first major monograph on rising star Tau Lewis

DATE 8/29/2024

The first major monograph on rising star Tau Lewis

Back in Stock! Jacob Lawrence's 'Migration Series'

DATE 8/26/2024

Back in Stock! Jacob Lawrence's 'Migration Series'

The Lewis & Clark of computer dating: Operation Match

DATE 8/18/2024

The Lewis & Clark of computer dating: Operation Match

Nicole Rudick's innovative illustrated (Auto)biography of Niki de Saint Phalle is Back in Stock!

DATE 8/15/2024

Nicole Rudick's innovative illustrated (Auto)biography of Niki de Saint Phalle is Back in Stock!

Hot book alert! ‘1001 Movie Posters’ is NEW from Reel Art Press

DATE 8/13/2024

Hot book alert! ‘1001 Movie Posters’ is NEW from Reel Art Press

Celebrate summer with Garry Winogrand's intimate, flashing mirror of America—Back in Stock from Twin Palms

DATE 8/11/2024

Celebrate summer with Garry Winogrand's intimate, flashing mirror of America—Back in Stock from Twin Palms

'Pacita Abad' thrills at MoMA PS1

DATE 8/9/2024

Pacita Abad “thrills” at MoMA PS1

The highly anticipated writings of Glenn Ligon

DATE 8/8/2024

The highly anticipated writings of Glenn Ligon

The radical performativity and transdisciplinarity of Dorothy Iannone

DATE 8/4/2024

The radical performativity and transdisciplinarity of Dorothy Iannone

Celebrating the centennial of James Baldwin

DATE 8/2/2024

Celebrating the centennial of James Baldwin

The importance of fascination, tolerance and creativity in the first children’s board book from Atelier Enfants

DATE 7/30/2024

The importance of fascination, tolerance and creativity in the first children’s board book from Atelier Enfants

Humanity searching for itself in 'Cecilia Vicuña: Dreaming Water'

DATE 7/27/2024

Humanity searching for itself in 'Cecilia Vicuña: Dreaming Water'

'Cape Cod Modern' is a Summertime Staff Pick!

DATE 7/24/2024

'Cape Cod Modern' is a Summertime Staff Pick!

Explore the influence of Islamic art and design on Cartier luxury objects

DATE 7/22/2024

Explore the influence of Islamic art and design on Cartier luxury objects

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

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'

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