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New Books in Art

Interviews with Scholars of Art about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member!

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Total: 941

Janis Tomlinson, "Goya: A Portrait of the Artist" (Princeton UP, 2020)
2021/1/15

The life of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish history th

Rob DeSalle, "A Natural History of Color: The Science Behind What We See and How We See it" (Pegasus Books, 2020)
2021/1/13

Is color a phenomenon of science or a thing of art? Over the years, color has dazzled, enhanced, and

Tom Holert, "Knowledge Beside Itself: Contemporary Art's Epistemic Politics" (Sternberg Press, 2020)
2021/1/12

What is the role and function of contemporary art in economic and political systems that increasingl

Myroslav Shkandrij, "Avant-Garde Art in Ukraine, 1910-1930: Contested Memory" (Academic Studies Press, 2019)
2020/12/30

Myroslav Shkandrij’s Avant-Garde Art in Ukraine, 1910-1930: Contested Memory (Academic Studies Press

Robin Mitchell, "Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France" (U Georgia Press, 2020)
2020/12/29

The preface to Robin Mitchell's new book, Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Ninetee

Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages: A Discussion with Roland Betancourt
2020/12/15

In Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages (Princeton University

Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales, "Painter and Patron: The Maritime Silk Road in the Códice Casanatense" (Abbreviated Press, 2020)
2020/11/30

Today I talked to Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales about their book Painter and Patron: The Mariti

Philip D. Plowright, "Making Architecture Through Being Human: A Handbook of Design Ideas" (Routledge, 2019)
2020/11/27

Architecture can seem complicated, mysterious or even ill-defined, especially to a student being int

Ara H. Merjian, "Against the Avant-Garde: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Contemporary Art, and Neocapitalism" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
2020/11/18

On this episode of New Books in History, Jana Byars talks with Ara Marjian, Professor of Italian and

Marisa Anne Bass, "Insect Artifice: Nature and Art in the Dutch Revolt" (Princeton UP, 2019)
2020/11/17

In Insect Artifice: Nature and Art in the Dutch Revolt (Princeton UP, 2019) Marissa Anne Bass explor

Charlotte Eubanks, "The Art of Persistence: Akamatsu Toshiko and the Visual Cultures of Transwar Japan" (U Hawaii Press, 2019)
2020/11/16

The Art of Persistence: Akamatsu Toshiko and the Visual Cultures of Transwar Japan (U Hawaii Press,

Charles L. Leavitt IV, "Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History" (U Toronto Press, 2020)
2020/11/16

In Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History (University of Toronto Press, 2020), Charles Leavitt steps

Arlene Davila, "Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics" (Duke UP, 2020)
2020/11/13

In Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics (Duke UP, 2020), Arlene Dávila draws on numerous inter

Anne Gerritsen, "The City of Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and the Early Modern World" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
2020/11/12

We think of blue and white porcelain as the ultimate global commodity: throughout East and Southeast

Stephen H. Whiteman, "Where Dragon Veins Meet: The Kangxi Emperor and His Estate at Rehe" (U Washington Press, 2020)
2020/11/11

In 1702, the second emperor of the Qing dynasty ordered construction of a new summer palace in Rehe

C. Thi Nguyen, "Games: Agency as Art" (Oxford UP, 2020)
2020/11/10

Monopoly, Solitaire, football and Minecraft are all games, but for C. Thi Nyugen they are also an ar

Silvie Jacobi, "Art Schools and Place: Geographies of Emerging Artists and Art Scenes" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020)
2020/11/3

What is an art school? In Art Schools and Place: Geographies of Emerging Artists and Art Scenes (Row

Sianne Ngai, "Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form" (Harvard UP, 2020)
2020/10/20

In Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form (Harvard University Press, 2020), S

Jessica Zychowicz, "Superfluous Women: Art, Feminism, and Revolution in Twenty-First Century Ukraine" (U Toronto Press, 2020)
2020/10/16

Superfluous Women: Art, Feminism, and Revolution in Twenty-First Century Ukraine (University of Toro

Fernando Domínguez Rubio, "Still Life: Ecologies of the Modern Imagination at the Art Museum" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
2020/10/14

How do you keep the cracks in Starry Night from spreading? How do you prevent artworks made of hugs