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]

Review of Terrible Beauty: Elephant, Human, Ivory edited by Stiftung Humboldt Forum Im Berliner Schloss. Hirmer Publishers distributed by the University of Chicago Press, September 2021. 200 p. ill. ISBN 978-3-7774-3363-9 (h/c), $36.00. Reviewed July 2022 by Rebecca Price, Architecture, Urban Planning & Visual Resources Librarian, University…[Read more]

Review of Jacqueline de Jong: The Ultimate Kiss by Devrim Bayar et al. Yale University Press, July 2021. 224 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-25770-0 (pbk.), $45.00. Reviewed July 2022 by Jerrold Shiroma, University Archivist, University of California, Merced, jshiroma@ucmerced.edu.

Review of Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists by Lisa Slominski. Yale University Press, April 2022. 400 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-26022-9 (h/c), $44.90. Reviewed July 2022 by Freyja T. Catton, Writer and Artist, Wordeater Consulting, wordeaterconsulting@gmail.com.

Review of Underworld: Imagining the Afterlife in Ancient South Italian Vase Painting edited by David Saunders. J. Paul Getty Museum, January 2022. 256 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-60606-734-5 (h/c), $70.00.
Reviewed July 2022 by Karina Wilhelm, Manager, User Services, ASU Design and the Arts Library, karina.wilhelm@asu.edu.com.

Review of Brilliant Bodies: Fashioning Courtly Men in Early Renaissance Italy by Timothy McCall. The Pennsylvania State University Press, February 2022. 240 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-271-09060-3 (h/c), 109.95. Reviewed July 2022 by Shira Loev Eller, Art & Design Librarian, George Washington University, sfl@gwu.edu.

Review of Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape by Daniel Kaven. Birkhäuser, February 2022. 456 p. ill. ISBN 978-3-0356-2438-0 (h/c), $69.00. Reviewed July 2022 by Amy Trendler, Architecture Librarian, Ball State University, aetrendler@bsu.edu.

Review of Chinese Art Since 1970: The M+ Sigg Collection edited by Pi Li. Thames & Hudson Inc, January 2021. 544 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-500-02434-8 (h/c), $85.00. Reviewed July 2022 by Carol Ng-He, Digital Collections Curator, Center for the Art of East Asia, University of Chicago, cnghe@uchicago.edu.

Review of Joseph Urban: Unlocking an Art Deco Bedroom by Amy Miller Dehan. Cincinnati Art Museum in association with D Giles Limited, February 2022. 128 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-911282-56-3 (h/c), $49.95.
Reviewed July 2022 by Sara Mautino, Librarian, Oklahoma State University School of Architecture – Cunningham Architecture Library, Oklahoma State…[Read more]

Review of Robert Heinecken and the Art of Appropriation by Matthew Biro. University of Minnesota Press, March 2022. 344 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-5179-0463-0 (pbk.), $39.95. Reviewed July 2022 by Deborah Ultan, Arts & Design Librarian, University of Minnesota, ultan004@umn.edu.