Book review of Aleksandr Rodchenko: Photography in the Time of Stalin by Aglaya K. Glebova. Yale University Press, January 2023. 256 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-25403-7 (h/c), $65.00. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300254037/aleksandr-rodchenko/. Reviewed May 2023 by Bridget Nowlin, Director of Library Services, Cornish College of the Arts,…[Read more]

Book review of No Existe Un Mundo Poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria edited by Marcela Guerrero. Whitney Museum of American Art, 2023. 127 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-26673-3 $45.00. Reviewed May 2023 by Christine Rosa, Access Services Librarian and Art Librarian, California Institute of the Arts, crosa@calarts.edu.

Review: Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s by Mindell Dubansky and Sidney E. Berger. Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, distributed by Yale University Press, January 2023. 188 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-26619-1 (h/c), $65.00. https://www.metmuseum.org/press/news/2022/pattern-and-flow.…[Read more]

Review: Design for the New World: From Human Design to Planet Design by Ida Engholm. Intellect Books, January 2023. 200 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-78938-715-5 (pbk.), $34.95. Reviewed May 2023 by Lauren Haberstock, Director of the Genesis Lab Maker Space and Librarian for Emerging Technologies and Digital Projects, Pepperdine University,…[Read more]

Review of Forever Saul Leiter by Otake Akiko et al. Thames & Hudson Inc., March 2023. 296 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-500-29643-1 (pbk.), $27.95. Reviewed May 2023 by Alfonso Huerta, Director, Access & Outreach, ArtCenter College of Design, alfonso.huerta@artcenter.edu.

Book review of Chieftain and the Chair: The Rise of Danish Design in Postwar America by Maggie Taft. The University of Chicago Press, April 2023. 200 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-226-55032-9 (h/c), $22.50. Reviewed May 2023 by Anina Rossen, Librarian, Academy of the Holy Angels, arossen@holyangels.org.

Review of Discover Manet & Eva Gonzalès by Sarah Herring and Emma Capron. Yale University Press, November 2023. 120 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-85709-688-0 (pbk.), $20.00.
Reviewed May 2023 by Barbara Ann Opar, Librarian for Architecture, Syracuse University Libraries, baopar@syr.edu.

Review: Artful Subversion: Empress Dowager Cixi’s Image Making by Ying-chen Peng. Yale University Press, January 2023. 208 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-26343-5 (h/c), $50.00. Reviewed May 2023 by Katie Edmiston, Arts, Media & Design Librarian, Central Michigan University, Park Library, edmis2k@cmich.edu.

Review: StreetLife: The Street in Art from Kirchner to Streuli, edited by Astrid Ihle et al. Hirmer, February 2022. 288 p. ill. ISBN 978-3-7774-3697-5 (h/c), $50.00. Reviewed April 2023 by Mackenzie Williams, Art & Architecture Librarian, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, mackenzie.williams@cooper.edu.

This poster reviews Archivo de la Danza’s community-based foundation, collection gaps, and the recent efforts that are trying to keep the collection attractive for users researching Puerto Rican and Caribbean dances.

Presented as part of New Perspectives on Special Collections panel at the 2023 ARLIS/NA 51st Annual Conference in Mexico City.