Lee Lozano: Not Working by Jo Applin – An Extract
Lee Lozano: Not Working An extract about Lee Lozano’s life Lee Lozano (1930–1999) was a major artist in the New York art scene of the…
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Fashion Underground: Introducing Susanne Bartsch
Susanne Bartsch has been the queen of New York City nightlife since the 1980s when she first became famous for spectacular parties, where a…
China: Through the Looking Glass – Catalogue to the Show
China: Through the Looking Glass opens this week at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The exhibition examines the influence of Chinese art…
Paul Durand-Ruel: Gambling on Impressionism
No figure, aside from the artists themselves, had such a profound and significant impact on Impressionism than Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922). Despite now being one…
An extract from ‘Building Seagram’ by Phyllis Lambert
The Seagram building rises over New York’s Park Avenue, seeming to float above the street with perfect lines of bronze and glass. Considered one…
Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop
The widely acknowledged use of Photoshop in modern photography does not mark the emergence of manipulated photography; rather, it is a progression, or perhaps…
The Light of Alfred Stieglitz: Books on the great photographer and pioneer of modern art
We take a look at books that examine the life and work of an extraordinary figure in 20th century photography and art: Alfred Stieglitz….
Books from the world’s most prestigious Museums and Art Galleries (Part Four: Jewish Museum, New York)
Every Friday on this blog, we take an in-depth look at one of the Yale University Press’s world-famous museum partners. In the fourth part…
Books from the world’s most prestigious Museums and Art Galleries (Part Two: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Yale University Press have been distributing books on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for over ten years. In the…
Interview with Andrew Bolton, author of ‘Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty’
In 2011, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Yale University Press published Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, a lavish, stunningly produced…