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Wednesday, September 12th, 2018
Edward Hopper, Night Window, 1928. Oil on canvas, 29 x 34 inches. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of John Hay Whitney
Irish-honed literary skills placed at service of cosmopolitan visual culture ...
Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
A detail of a painting by Carol Rhodes reproduced in the book under review. (Construction Site, 2003)
New monograph published by Skira Editore ...
Wednesday, May 10th, 2017
A look at eight years of writing by Bob Nickas. ...

Saturday, January 24th, 2015

Natural History: Richard Tuttle’s Prints

A new monograph surveying prints by the influential multi-media artist shows his quixotic approach and affinity to a kind of natural abstraction.

Friday, January 9th, 2015

Dorothy Iannone: The Book of Love

Siglio’s new book of collected works gives an overview of the startling artist’s affectionate, erotic drawings.

Thursday, December 4th, 2014

Two Works by Robert Seydel

Two new artist’s books collect three works by poet and collagist Robert Seydel.

Sunday, October 19th, 2014

Richard Phillips Laid Bare: New Monograph on the Hyper-Realist Painter

Richard Phillips: Negation of the Universe from Rizzoli

Friday, October 3rd, 2014

In All Their Wondrous Weirdness: Raphael Rubinstein’s Personal Revisionist Dictionary of Art

Launch at White Columns, Friday, October 3

Matt Freedman, excerpt from Relatively Indolent But Relentless: A Cancer Treatment Journal, 2014.
Monday, June 16th, 2014

Cancer, Chemo, Comedy: David Brody on Matt Freedman’s Cancer Treatment Journal

David Brody on Matt Freedman’s dark, comic, and touching memoir of recovery from cancer.

Eric Fischl, Self-Portrait: An Unfinished Work, 2011. Oil on linen, 84 x 108 inches. Courtesy of Mary Boone Gallery
Sunday, March 16th, 2014

Too Sincere To Be Ironical: Eric Fischl, Bad Boy

A review of his autobiography

Words For Art
Friday, October 11th, 2013

Too Smart To Be Caught In A System: Barry Schwabsky’s Words for Art

“Schwabsky is a master of concision”

cover of book under review. Chris Johanson, Survey by Bob Nickas, Interview by Corrina Peipon, Focus by Julie Deamer, writings by Chris Johanson, £35 / €49.95 / $59.95, Phaidon 2013, www.phaidon.com
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

In Praise of Peaceful Art: A Chris Johanson Monograph

The first comprehensive survey of the “underground” artist