Artblog | Book Reviews

May 18, 2020 By Natalie Sandstrom

Artists and the letters they write, personal, tactile, anti-Zoom

At a time of deep isolation like ours, letter writing offers a breakthrough to a special closeness as shown in the book “Artists’ Letters: Leonardo da Vinci to David Hockney.”

May 11, 2020 By Andrea Kirsh

Two women artists carved different paths through New York’s ‘60s-era downtown art scene

April 10, 2020 By Jessica Rizzo

Beyond Criticism, ‘The Noble Art of Art Writing, The Art Writing Challenge’

February 28, 2020 By Andrea Kirsh

A three-book starter pack to contemporary indigenous art, Part 2

Andrea Kirsh reviews three books about indigenous art. Part two of two reviews Kate Morris’s “Shifting Grounds; Landscape in Contemporary Native American Art” and Katya García-Antón “Sovereign Words; Indigenous Art, Curation and Criticism”

February 25, 2020 By Andrea Kirsh

A three-book starter pack to contemporary indigenous art, Part 1

Andrea Kirsh reviews three books about indigenous art. Part one of two reviews Philip J. Deloria’s “Becoming Mary Sully; Toward an American Indian abstract.”

November 27, 2019 By Andrea Kirsh

Books for holiday giving, Part 2

And here you are, with Part 2 of Andrea Kirsh’s annual roundup of the best in art books! Get going on your holiday shopping by picking up one of these books, and don’t forget to check out Part 1 if you missed it!

November 27, 2019 By Andrea Kirsh

Books for holiday giving, Part 1

Part 1 of Andrea Kirsh’s annual roundup of the best in art books is here just in time for Thanksgiving! Don’t forget to check out Part 2!

September 26, 2019 By Levi Bentley

The buildup of a fine instrument, on Thomas Devaney’s ‘You Are the Battery’

Levi Bentley reviews “You Are the Battery,” a book of poetry by Thomas Devaney. Read further to learn why Bentley compares Devaney’s written work to the sculptures of Cecilia Vicuña.