Review: Produced by the RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, RKDartists& makes up one part of the institute’s digital search platform, RKD Explore. Launched in 2014 and offering over 380,000 records at the time of review, the freely accessible database provides a comprehensive and authoritative resource for biographical information on Dut…[Read more]

Book review of Nicolás de Jesús: A Mexican Artist for Global Justice by Felipe Ehrenberg et al. Edited by Nicolás de Jesús and Patrice Giasson. Hirmer, May 2022. 175 p. Illus. ISBN: 978-3-7774-3844-3 (h/c), $40.00. Reviewed September 2022 by Alfonso Huerta, Circulation Coordinator, ArtCenter College of Design, alfonso.huerta@artcenter.edu.

Book review of An Incomplete Archive of Activist Art: The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation by Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation et al. Edited by Anjuli Nanda Diamond. Hirmer, May 2022. 228 p. ill. ISBN 978-3-7774-3756-9 (h/c), $50.00. 2 vols. Reviewed September 2022 by Avi N Woontner, Public and Technical Services Librarian, Institute of…[Read more]

Book review of 20th Century Indian Art edited by Partha Mitter et al. Thames & Hudson Inc, April 2022. 744 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-500-02332-7 (h/c), $125.00. Reviewed September 2022 by Barbara Ann Opar, Librarian for Architecture, Syracuse University Libraries, baopar@syr.edu.

Book review of Pierre Bonnard: Beyond Vision by Lucy Whelan. Yale University Press, May 2022. 232 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-25886-8 (h/c), $60.00. Reviewed September 2022 by Jerrold Shiroma, University Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections, University of California, Merced Library, jshiroma@ucmerced.edu.

Book review of Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe by Emma Ridgway, and Vibece Salthe. Thames & Hudson Inc, July 2022. 192 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-500-02542-0 (h/c), $40.00. Reviewed September 2022 by Stephanie Kays, Fine Arts Librarian and liaison for Women’s & Gender Studies and East Asian Studies, Denison University, kayss@denison.edu.

Book rview of The Candy Store: Funk, Nut, and Other Art with a Kick by Scott A. Shields, and Mariah Carmen Briel. Hirmer, May 2022. 135 p. ill. ISBN 978-3-7774-3839-9 $40.00. Reviewed September 2022 by Victoria DeBlasio, M.A., SLIS Candidate, Independent Scholar, deblasiv@simmons.edu.

Book review of Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents by Stephanie L. Herdrich et al. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2022. 199 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-58839-747-8 (h/c), $50.00. Reviewed September 2022 by Jordan Gorzalski, Research & Instruction Librarian, SCAD, jgorzalski@scad.edu.

Book review of In the Mind’s Eye: Landscapes of Cuba / Paisajes de Cuba by Amy Galpin. Giles, October 2022. 136 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-913875-18-3 (h/c), $45.00. https://gilesltd.com/product/in-minds-eye-la-mirada-de-quien-contempla. Reviewed September 2022 by Nicole Shibata, Metadata Librarian, California State University Northridge Library, n…[Read more]

Review of How Art Can Change Your Life by Susie Hodge. Thames & Hudson Inc, September 2022. 192 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-500-02493-5 (pbk.), $19.95. https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/how-art-can-change-your-life-softcover. Reviewed September 2022 by Jill Chisnell, Art & Design Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University, jillianc@cmu.edu.

Review of The Invention of the Colonial Americas: Data, Architecture, and the Archive of the Indies, 1781-1844 by Byron Ellsworth Hamann. Getty Research Institute, August 2022. 328 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-60606-775-8 (h/c), $60.00.…[Read more]

A review of the 2021 book by Matt Madden, “Ex Libris,” for inclusion in ARLIS/NA’s 2021 Notable Graphic Novels Review.

A review of the 2021 book by Shigeru Mizuki, “Tono Monogatari,” for inclusion in ARLIS/NA’s 2021 Notable Graphic Novels Review.

A review of the 2021 book by Margaret Kimball, “And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir,” for inclusion in ARLIS/NA’s 2021 Notable Graphic Novels Review.

A review of the 2021 book by Lee Lai, “Stone Fruit,” for inclusion in ARLIS/NA’s 2021 Notable Graphic Novels Review.

A review of the 2021 book by Alison Bechdel, “The Secret to Superhuman Strength,” for inclusion in ARLIS/NA’s 2021 Notable Graphic Novels Review.

A review of the 2021 book by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell, “Run: Book One,” for inclusion in ARLIS/NA’s 2021 Notable Graphic Novels Review.

A review of the 2021 book by Thomas King and Natasha Donovan, “Borders,” for inclusion in ARLIS/NA’s 2021 Notable Graphic Novels Review.