Art and Design

Recent movers and shakers in Art and Design.
Updated February 4, 2025
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WORK OF ART
MOSS, ADAM
Paper Book
The New York Times bestseller and one of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2024 "The gift book of the year, a volume that should have broad appeal and deliver many hours of pleasure to the recipient. The Work of Art is a gorgeous book." -John Warner, The Chicago...
Chasing beauty : the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Dykstra, Natalie
Paper Book
The vivid and masterful story of an American original--creator of one of America's most stunning museums--whose own life was remade by art Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from Boston's Fens...
Radiant : the life and line of Keith Haring
Gooch, Brad
Paper Book
A stunning life of the iconic American artist, Keith Haring, by the acclaimed biographer Brad Gooch. In the 1980s, the subways of New York City were covered with art. In the stations, black matte sheets were pasted over outdated ads, and unsigned chalk drawings often popped...
EXPRESSIONISTS: KANDINSKY, MUNTER AND THE BLUE RIDER
SIDLINA, NATALIA
Paper Book
A crucial introduction to the origins of the German Expressionist movement and the influential Blue Rider group, focusing on their relationships and transcultural interests   Founded in Munich in the 1910s, the Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter) was a...
Finding a likeness : how I got somewhat better at art
Baker, Nicholson
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of 2024 by Slate and a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Literary Hub From the acclaimed and bestselling writer Nicholson Baker, a deeply personal account of his journey learning how to paint for the first time, and a meditation on the power of art in...
HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND TRANSATLANTIC MODERNISM
MURRELL, DENISE
Paper Book
A groundbreaking volume resituating the Harlem Renaissance as integral to the development of twentieth-century modernism Beginning in the 1920s, Upper Manhattan became the center of an explosion of art, writing, and ideas that has since become legendary. But what we now know as the Harlem...
STILL: THE ART OF NOTICING
HOFFMAN, MARY JO
Paper Book
The astonishing culmination of the artist-author's decade-plus project to capture beauty, commemorate place, and see the world more fully Every day (every single day) for over a decade, Mary Jo Hoffman has made a photograph of found nature - no subject too small or too ordinary. For...
CATLAND
HUGHES, KATHRYN
Paper Book
How cat mania exploded in the early twentieth century, transforming cats from pests into beloved pets. In 1900, Britain and America were in the grip of a cat craze. An animal that had for centuries been seen as a household servant or urban nuisance had now become an object of pride...
MARY CASSATT AT WORK
THOMPSON, JENNIFER A
Paper Book
A new study of Mary Cassatt that explores the centrality of work to both her inventive technical practice and her distinctive approach to modern subjects       Mary Cassatt's (1844-1926) sensitive depictions of the social, intellectual, and...
HOUSE RULES
SMITH, MYQUILLYN
Paper Book
Simple, personal, livable decorating for your space From the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Cozy Minimalist Home comes this inviting collection of 100 memorable, universal decorating truths that apply to every house, style, and...
Housesketching : learn to create energetic and expressive architectural drawings
Kiefer, Albert
Paper Book
Housesketching shows artists of all skill levels how to sketch architecture expressively and become more creative in the process.
HOME AT LAST
SCHAFER, GIL
Paper Book
Bestselling author and popular American architect Gil Schafer returns with the final installment in his trilogy on the rewards of living in the American house. The work of Gil Schafer--one of the world's leading experts on contemporary traditional architecture--is beloved...
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE: MY NEW YORKS
OEHLER, SARAH KELLY
Paper Book
A revelatory study of Georgia O'Keeffe's New York paintings of the late 1920s and their deep significance within the artist's development In 1924 Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) first moved to the Shelton Hotel in New York with her husband, the photographer and art dealer Alfred Stieglitz....
A paradise of small houses : the evolution, devolution, and potential rebirth of urban housing
Podemski, Max
Paper Book
From the Haitian-style "shotgun" houses of the 19th century to the lavish high-rises of the 21st century, a walk through the streets of America's neighborhoods that reveals the rich history--and future--of urban housing The Philadelphia row house. The New York tenement. The...
BABE IN THE WOODS: OR, THE ART OF GETTING LOST
HEFFERNAN, JULIE
Paper Book
From acclaimed painter Julie Heffernan, a wholly original and visually stunning four-color graphic work of autofiction about a young mother who--lost overnight on a hike with her infant son--experiences an extraordinary journey of memory, remorse, and rebirth that offers her a new...
FOOTNOTES FROM THE MOST FASCINATING MUSEUMS
ECKSTEIN, BOB
Paper Book
A beautiful, smart, entertaining new art book from New Yorker cartoonist and author Bob Eckstein that is a love letter to museums and museum-goers, filled with lush and whimsical illustrations paired with stories and anecdotes from curators, museum workers, museum visitors, and more....
GIANTS: ART FROM THE DEAN COLLECTION OF SWIZZ BEATZ AND ALICIA KEYS
GANT, KIMBERLI
Paper Book
'An encyclopedic necessity for anyone interested in contemporary art.' - Vanity Fair 'We want people to see themselves... We want you to see the giants on whose shoulders we stand.' - Alicia Keys The first book to showcase selections from the groundbreaking Dean Collection of Swizz...

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