Photography critic Alan Behr reviews a new book devoted to 46 photographers and their pictures of street life in New York, Shanghai, Tokyo, Mumbai, Istanbul, Dakar, Britain and Eastern Europe.
In her new biography Leo & His Circle: The Life of Leo Castelli, Annie Cohen-Solal recounts how an unlikely, gadabout immigrant should be both credited and blamed for the crackling paso doble being danced by Art and Commerce.
The sleek, cool aesthetic we associate with the Bauhaus group sprang from a surprisingly passionate, troubled and messy group of artists and visionaries. Alan Behr reviews the new book that traces that particularly unique nexus of art, design, politics and romance.
The superstar Italian furniture manufacturer is profiled in a handsome volume, but something is lost in translation. C. Davis Remignanti offers his review.
One safe way to legitimize erotica is to make it academic, which can be illuminating but is usually disappointing. A better way is to make a chic, hand-holdable bit of prurient elegance, like this one...
Should antiquities be returned to the countries where they were found, or are they the property of all mankind? A review of James Cuno's new book, 'Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage'.
Peter Gay's new book on Modernism looks back to a time when democracy, elitism and bourgeoisie were more than buzz words bandied about during a political campaign.
This book is the catalogue of the Leopold Museum's collection of Austrian art representing two centuries of Austrian paintings, drawings, and graphics including works from the Vienna Secession, Viennese Expressionists.
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