All posts filed under “Books

Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children’s Books at New-York Historical Society, April 1 – July 24, 2022

“The New-York Historical Society, New York’s first museum, presents an exhibition that explores the civil rights movement through one of the most emotionally compelling forms of visual expression—the children’s picture book. Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children’s Books, on view… Read More

RAFFAELLO 1520 – 1483 published by Skira Editore. Exhibition at Scuderie del Quirinale, Roma, through June 2, 2020*

Published in collaboration with the Scuderie del Quirinale and the Uffizi to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death, the book published by Skira Editore serves as a complement to the Scuderie del Quirinale’s major exhibition and tribute to Raphael. The once-in-a-life-time exhibition, Raphael 1520-1483 traces… Read More

Lita Cabellut visually interprets Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding, published by Artika, February 19, 2020

Artika, the Barcelona-based artists’ book publisher, releases Blood Wedding, its newest book, by Spanish artist Lita Cabellut (Born in Sariñena, Spain in 1961). In this book, with both Spanish and English text, Cabellut visually translates Federico García Lorca’s theatrical masterpiece with 31 previously unpublished figurative… Read More

French Book Arts: Manuscripts, Books, Bindings, Prints, and Documents, 12th–21st Century at The Grolier Club, through February 2, 2019

“The Grolier Club unveiled its reconstructed state-of-the-art Exhibition Hall, capping a total renovation of the public spaces in the century-old building. To mark the occasion, The Grolier Club mounted the celebratory exhibition French Book Arts: Manuscripts, Books, Bindings, Prints, and Documents, 12th–21st Century. The approximately 90 works are… Read More

Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza with Foreword by Barack Obama; Little, Brown and Company; November 7, 2017

Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza, includes a foreword by President Obama, in which he writes, “Over those eight years, Pete became more than my photographer—he became a friend, a confidant, and a brother.” This is the definitive visual biography of the Obama presidency, including… Read More

Picasso / Picault, Picault / Picasso: A Magic Moment in Vallauris 1948-1953 by Sylvie Vautier presented at French Institute Alliance Française, October 2017

The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) welcomed legendary artist and bestselling author Françoise Gilot and art historian Sylvie Vautier for a conversation to celebrate the English release of Vautier’s beautiful first book, Picasso / Picault, Picault / Picasso: A Magic Moment in Vallauris 1948-1953 published by… Read More

Renée Radell: Web of Circumstance with text by Eleanor Heartney, published by Predmore Press

In the new publication Renée Radell: Web of Circumstance, Eleanor Heartney opens with this now-famous 1971 provocation by legendary art historian Linda Nochlin, “Why have there been no great women artists?” While acknowledging that women artists continue to face obstacles in an uneven playing field, in this book Heartney showcases a rare… Read More