The role of dreams in Latin American art, Gertrude Abercrombie’s homegrown surrealism, essays on Celia Paul, new catalogs and monographs, and more.
| April is here and it seems like the world is burning — it’s time for another round-up of art books to restore our faith in humanity. Not a moment too soon, News Editor Valentina Di Liscia recommends a trilingual tome on the role of dreams in Latin American art and, by extension, of beauty in nourishing us while we fight against systems of power. Meanwhile, Associate Editor Lisa Yin Zhang takes a look at Celia Paul’s new monograph containing a trove of grounding portraits and reflections from the artist herself, who observes, “Painting myself might be like coming home.”
You can read Eliza Goodpasture’s full review of the book below, alongside Nageen Shaikh’s analysis of the first comprehensive monograph on the meditative work of Pakistani artist Amin Gulgee. There’s much more, as always, including tonic for the soul in the form of critic Olivia McEwan’s review of a book you might’ve seen floating around stores recently: Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World’s Greatest Museum. “To be fair, the title alone should have warned me that this book is not for art historians, nor perhaps even art enthusiasts,” she writes. Read on to find out why, and have a lovely Monday. — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor | | |
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| | The role of dreams in Latin American art, Gertrude Abercrombie’s homegrown surrealism, essays on Celia Paul, new catalogs and monographs, and more. | Valentina Di Liscia, Lisa Yin Zhang, Alexandra M. Thomas, Sophia Stewart, Albert Mobilio, and Lauren Moya Ford |
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SPONSORED | | | Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art features the artist’s virtuosic appropriations and reinterpretations of old and new European and American artworks, spanning from Andrea Mantegna to Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse to Richard Diebenkorn, and offering crucial insights into his creative process.
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| | | A new monograph brings the artist’s life into focus as she returns to the same subjects again and again: the women in her family, the British Museum, and the sea. | Eliza Goodpasture |
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| | No Man’s Land, Pakistani artist Amin Gulgee’s first comprehensive monograph, maps his interest in exploring ritual, science, grief, and healing in a visual language all his own. | Nageen Shaikh |
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| | Rife with descriptions of “seductive” works, the former “New York Times” Paris bureau chief’s book reads more like a travel guide than the impartial reporting of a journalist. | Olivia McEwan |
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FROM THE ARCHIVE | | | Schloss challenged the concept of the lone genius toiling in his studio, instead framing this cohort of artists as neighbors and friends. | Karen Chernick |
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