In her holiday book roundup, Andrea Kirsh focuses on three books that show an incredible breadth of art book publishing this year. Art books are frequently beautiful objects and Andrea calls attention to their “object-ness” to remind us that they’re for reading but they’re much more than that as well.
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh visited the Museum of Fine Arts Boston this summer and her review explores the mass appeal of Hokusai’s wood block prints, explaining the evolution of the ubiquitous “Great Wave” image and it’s steps towards contemporary representations.
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh visits two Swiss museums recently, in Bern and Zürich, both of which presented exhibitions documenting their work with Swiss collectors and questioning how to handle works that entered their collections under ethically-questionable circumstances.
Read MoreIn Part 2 of her holiday books roundup, Andrea Kirsh reviews three works with socio-political heft.
Read MoreIn Part 1 of her holiday book review postings, Andrea Kirsh shares the joys of imagery and writing in books about Florine Stettheimer and El Anatsui.
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh visits the Brooklyn Museum and is mightily impressed with the offerings, which showcase Brooklyn artists and contemporary issues in the community.
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