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Man Ray
The Paris Years
A close look at Man Ray’s interwar portraiture, as well as the friendships between the photographer and his subjects: the international avant garde in Paris Shortly after his arrival in Paris in July 1921, Man Ray ...
American Contagions
Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19
A concise history of how American law has shaped—and been shaped by—the experience of contagion, "taking us from the smallpox outbreaks of the colonies to COVID-19. . . . The conclusion [Witt] arrives at is devastating." (Jennifer...
The Sassoons
Tracing the global history of the Sassoon family, entrepreneurs and patrons of remarkable art and architecture, from Baghdad to Mumbai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and London The Sassoons were prosperous as bankers and...
533 Days
The noted Dutch poet and novelist Cees Nooteboom reflects on the life of the mind through a reexamination of books, music, art, travel, and gardening “Nooteboom’s real subject is the one that’s defined his...
The House of Fragile Things
Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France
A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction “The depths of French anti-Semitism is the stunning subject that Mr. McAuley lays...
The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media
A roster of prominent artists, curators, and scholars offers a new, entirely contemporary approach to our understanding of photography and media Focusing on the Art Institute of Chicago’s deep and varied collection...
Lygia Pape
Tecelares
An engaging investigation of contemporary Brazilian artist Lygia Pape’s early body of woodblock prints, which profoundly influenced the trajectory of her oeuvre One of Brazil’s best-known contemporary artists, Lygia...
Black Modernisms in the Transatlantic World
Illustrated essays that broaden our understanding of modernism by centering Black artists and experiences, with a contribution featuring the work of Venice Biennale Golden Lion winner Simone Leigh In this volume,...
Josh Kline
Project for a New American Century
A deep look at a contemporary artist whose work highlights how the rise of technology and corporate capitalism have disrupted our lives and polarized society One of the most thought-provoking artists of his...
Artists We've Known
Selected works from the Walter Hopps and Caroline Huber Collection
An eclectic selection of twentieth-century artwork from the collection of legendary curator and museum director Walter Hopps, some with personal reminiscences by the artists themselves Over a fifty-year career that...