“Forget, if you can, what you think you know about Georgia O’Keeffe.”
| “Forget, if you can, what you think you know about Georgia O’Keeffe.” Nancy Zastudil begins her book review today with this invitation to reconsider the artist, whose ubiquity has also paved the way for the oversimplification of her life and work. Read Zastudil’s analysis of a new book on O’Keeffe’s later years, her turn toward abstraction, and how to approach her work through the lens of race and class.
Let’s borrow this challenge when it comes to another woman whose legacy has been distorted by history: Gala Dalí, long characterized solely as Salvador Dalí’s muse. She was, in fact, also the driving force behind the marketing and sale of her husband’s work, not to mention his creative partner and a major influence on other Surrealist artists. Calling Gala “a fundamental connector,” Hall Rockefeller considers what a new biography gets right, and wrong, below.
And for anyone with a love of manicures, sculptures, or both, Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar cracks open a sumptuous photo book on the fine art of nail art. Tembe Denton-Hurst’s Fresh Sets gives us a stirring look into the genre-defying field of nail art, where nails become portals to other worlds. It makes you wonder what else in our everyday lives is a canvas in disguise, just waiting for us to notice and leave our mark. — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor | | |
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| | In Surreal, Michèle Gerber Klein asks us to confront the unjust eclipse of Gala’s legacy by that of her husband, Salvador, whose career she brought to fruition. | Hall W. Rockefeller |
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NEW ART BOOKS WE'RE READING |
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| | A new book sets its sights on the artist’s lesser-known post-war career and her negotiations of identity. | Nancy Zastudil |
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| | Writer Tembe Denton-Hurst argues that this wearable art form isn’t just an extension of our fingertips, but also an extension of ourselves. | Rhea Nayyar |
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MORE SURREALIST WOMEN ARTISTS | | | “Surrealism for me draws its inspiration from nature,” writes Eileen Agar in her memoir A Look at My Life. | Julia Curl |
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| | | Both the tarot and Carrington’s work are in the midst of a revival that has the world re-evaluating our relationship with nature, the earth, and our place in it. | AX Mina |
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