Performance Now: Live Art for the 21st Century from Thames & Hudson

The occult gives way to novel approaches to what to notice in art.

launches a series on contemporary painters, edited by Barry Schwabsky

Review of “Beckett’s Thing” by David Lloyd

A review of Art in the Making by Glenn Adamson and Julia Bryan-Wilson

Inner: The Collected Writings and Selected Interviews of Sean Scully

A new anthology of translated essays by the critic Robert Walser — with needed insights for the contemporary era.

Industry and Intelligence: Contemporary Art Since 1820

Is he a trickster, or a Warholian innovator? What’s the difference?

Two new books document the life and letters of the influential dealer.