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The Artbook | D.A.P. 2025 Gift Guides

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Artbook D.A.P. Events Archive

DATE 12/11/2025

192 Books presents Raymond Foye and Peter Gizzi on The Song Cave's new edition of John Wiener’s 'Behind the State Capitol: Or Cincinnati Pike'

DATE 12/8/2025

Pure winter glamour in ‘It’s Snowing!’

DATE 12/3/2025

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

DATE 11/30/2025

Artbook at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Bookstore presents Kelli Anderson and Claire L. Evans launching 'Alphabet in Motion'

DATE 11/27/2025

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

DATE 11/24/2025

Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Artful Crowd-Pleasers

DATE 11/22/2025

From 'Bottle Rocket' to 'The Phoenician Scheme' — the archives of Wes Anderson

DATE 11/20/2025

The testimonial art of Reverend Joyce McDonald

DATE 11/18/2025

A profound document of art, love and friendship in ‘Paul Thek and Peter Hujar: Stay away from nothing’

DATE 11/17/2025

The Strand presents Kelli Anderson + Giorgia Lupi launching 'Alphabet in Motion'

DATE 11/15/2025

Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Stuff that Stocking

DATE 11/15/2025

Artbook at MoMA PS1 presents Cory Arcangel, Eivind Røssaak and Alexander R. Galloway launching 'The Cory Arcangel Hack'

DATE 11/14/2025

Columbia GSAPP presents 'The Library is Open 23: Archigram Facsimile' with Beatriz Colomina Thomas Evans, Amelyn Ng, David Grahame Shane, Bernard Tschumi & Bart-Jan Polman

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.

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

The experimental 1965 Tamarind Lithography Workshop prints of Ruth Asawa

DATE 11/4/2025

The experimental 1965 Tamarind Lithography Workshop prints of Ruth Asawa

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'

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

The exquisitely rendered botanical watercolors of Hilma af Klint, published for the first time

DATE 5/8/2025

The exquisitely rendered botanical watercolors of Hilma af Klint, published for the first time

"Confidence to do whatever the hell you want" in Nina Chanel Abney's 'Big Butch Energy/Synergy'

DATE 5/6/2025

"Confidence to do whatever the hell you want" in Nina Chanel Abney's 'Big Butch Energy/Synergy'

In celebration of the 2025 Met Gala honoring Black style, 'Black Ivy'

DATE 5/4/2025

In celebration of the 2025 Met Gala honoring Black style, 'Black Ivy'

A Granary History of 20th-Century Experimental Poetics

DATE 5/1/2025

A Granary History of 20th-Century Experimental Poetics

'Fire Island Modernist,' expanded edition

DATE 4/24/2025

'Fire Island Modernist,' expanded edition

From propaganda to abuse of power, 'Obey' surveys the art of Shepard Fairey

DATE 4/21/2025

From propaganda to abuse of power, 'Obey' surveys the art of Shepard Fairey

LA style, magic and myth in Jasmine Benjamin's 'City of Angels'

DATE 4/17/2025

LA style, magic and myth in Jasmine Benjamin's 'City of Angels'

A new edition of Tony Peake's definitive Derek Jarman biography

DATE 4/14/2025

A new edition of Tony Peake's definitive Derek Jarman biography

The search for a new way to be in 'Jack Whitten: The Messenger'

DATE 4/10/2025

The search for a new way to be in 'Jack Whitten: The Messenger'

Celebrating 25 years of 'The Face Magazine'

DATE 4/8/2025

Celebrating 25 years of 'The Face Magazine'

From Mucha to Manga

DATE 3/31/2025

From Mucha to Manga

“Johanssonian democracy” from a true photographer’s photographer

DATE 3/27/2025

“Johanssonian democracy” from a true photographer’s photographer

Long live 'STUFF'!

DATE 3/27/2025

Long live 'STUFF'!

She Knows Who She Is…

DATE 3/20/2025

She Knows Who She Is…

Say yes to utopia! Last day to support 'Archigram: The Magazine' facsimile

DATE 3/18/2025

Say yes to utopia! Last day to support 'Archigram: The Magazine' facsimile

Mitch Epstein's take on power and climate change

DATE 3/16/2025

Mitch Epstein's take on power and climate change

See the world anew with 'Just Looking'

DATE 3/15/2025

See the world anew with 'Just Looking'

Chef's kiss for 'Wicked Arts Education'

DATE 3/13/2025

Chef's kiss for 'Wicked Arts Education'

The first major retrospective of John Wilson

DATE 3/9/2025

The first major retrospective of John Wilson

Help us publish the first-ever authorized facsimile of ‘Archigram’ magazine

DATE 2/19/2025

Help us publish the first-ever authorized facsimile of ‘Archigram’ magazine

A new edition of bookseller favorite, 'Women in Trees'

DATE 2/18/2025

A new, “best-of” edition of bookseller favorite, 'Women in Trees'

A timely look at 20th-century propaganda

DATE 2/17/2025

A timely look at 20th-century propaganda

Heart, humor and humanity in ‘Barkley L. Hendricks: Solid!’

DATE 2/15/2025

Heart, humor and humanity in ‘Barkley L. Hendricks: Solid!’

Share the Letter Love!

DATE 2/14/2025

Share the Letter Love!

'Tim Burton: Designing Worlds' is perfectly dark and strange for the moment

DATE 1/26/2025

'Tim Burton: Designing Worlds' is perfectly dark and strange for the moment

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

DATE 1/20/2025

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Simplicity and complexity in 'Adolph Gottlieb: A Powerful Will to Art'

DATE 1/15/2025

Simplicity and complexity in 'Adolph Gottlieb: A Powerful Will to Art'