Bleed, bleed, poor country!
Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,
For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou thy wrongs,
The title is affeerβd!
Bleed, bleed, poor country!
Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,
For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou thy wrongs,
The title is affeerβd!
Congratulations to our author Daniel H. Weiss, newly appointed director of the Philadelphia Art Museum. His book Why the Museum Matters is a reflection on the values, and value, of museums and their place in our cultural future.
Amazing opportunity to celebrate--and learn more about--the life of Louise Bourgeois on Saturday, November 15th at Hauser & Wirth.
#LouiseBourgeois #booklaunch
https://www.hauserwirth.com/events/book-launch-for-louise-bourgeois-the-insomnia-drawings-and-knife-woman/
Anderson Cooper interviews Amy Sherald on @60Minutes pairs perfectly with Katy Hessel's AMY SHERALD monograph in the Yale Press catalog.
Knife-Woman: The Life of Louise Bourgeois is one of Hyperallergic's 12 art books to read this fall! π
#louisebourgeois #biography #womenartists
Looking for art books to add to your fall reading list? Check out a Louise Bourgeois biography, βNative Visual Sovereignty,β βRobert Rauschenbergβs New York,β Nigerian diasporic womenβs art, and more in this seasonβs recommendations from Hyperallergic.
Whether you're interested in film, drawing, sculpture, or more, we have something for you! Select art titles are included in our Buy More, Save More sale, on until September 21st. Get up to 60% on your books now!
The evil that men do lives after them
The question no one seems to be asking is whether or not the Smithsonian will comply with these outrageous demands. As a public/private agency thatβs not part of the Executive Branch, its doesnβt have to. wapo.st/4mIsITW
Delighted to announce that the magnificent A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes is the recipient of the 2025 Exhibition Catalogue Award from the Society of Architectural Historians! @sah1365.bsky.social
I have a chapter on dandelions in my upcoming #ArtIs book @yalebooks.bsky.social
A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
Lovely @wsj.comΒ review of The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt!
I missed the six month anniversary so marking the seventh month anniversary of the World Atlas of Public Artβs publication date w a reminder:
Itβs currently 30% off from the publisher with the code CAA25 through May 20 at checkout: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
You have questions. Mostly of the "What Can I Do to Resist This Coup?" variety. Choose Democracy has answers. Here's a really handy guide to the how/what/why of organizing... Share widely. Link here: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
in case anyone wants an explainer:
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Happy publication day to @mattlodder.com, whose fantastic new book, Tattoos: The Untold History of a Modern Art, is now available!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
30% off at Yale University Press website using code HOL30, Nov. 25-Dec. 6, including my book, which Publisher's Weekly called "marginally more enjoyable than a visit to the dentist"
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Out this week is artist Amy Sheraldβs beautiful retrospective catalogue, published in collaboration with SFMoMA! The exhibition opened last week in San Francisco and will then head to the Whitney and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington.
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We are delighted to have the catalogue for this magnificent exhibition on our list.
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We are delighted to announce that βThe Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Artβ by Susan Owens, published by @yalebooks.bsky.social, is the winner of the Apollo Book of the Year award, which is supported by Wedlake Bellβ
Happy Publication Week to Ara Merjian's Fragments of Totality: Futurism, Fascism, and the Sculptural Avant-Garde, a book that has only become more timely.
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Also a periodic reminder:
Always submit your book! Always push for your publisher to submit your book! Always independently submit your book!
Delighted to see so many YUP authors and museum partners on the shortlist for the 2025 Morey and Barr Awards from the College Art Association! Congratulations to all.
Excited to see Dietrich Neumannβs book on Mies lead off @wsj.comβs Holiday Gift Books for architecture! The other titles listed (all university press books) look great too.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Future book title?
Dietrich Neumann discusses Mies Van der Roheβs Farnsworth House and its role in the formation of a new architectural language in this excerpt from his stunning new monograph. yalebooks.yale.edu/2024/11/15/f...
βWere any seed oils such as canola or sunflower used in making this filet o fish?β
So I've got a book out next week lads.