Author Posts Archive
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Finding the City with Romare Bearden and Hans Haacke
Posted on February 16, 2015Greg Foster-Rice– The artists Romare Bearden and Hans Haacke are not normally considered together in conventional histories of art, nor are they typically associated with urban planning. But in 1971 […] -
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Hawaiian Modern: Then and Now
Posted on January 20, 2015Dean Sakamoto– Nearly eight years have passed since I handed over the final manuscript for Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff to Yale University Press. Now, as I eagerly […] -
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Location, location, location: David Young Kim on traveling Renaissance artists
Posted on December 22, 2014David Young Kim– Along with the presidents’ names, and birds and flowers of the fifty states (or at least some of them), schoolchildren in classrooms around the United States once […] -
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Puzzling Through the Wasteland: Vittoria Di Palma on her new book
Posted on December 19, 2014Vittoria Di Palma– When I was living in London in the early 2000s, I went to an exhibit at the British Library. I don’t remember much about the show, nor […] -
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Jane L. Aspinwall on Alexander Gardner
Posted on November 12, 2014Alexander Gardner is deservedly famous for his photographs of the American Civil War, though his body of work includes images taken both before and after the war. A current exhibition […] -
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Christopher Long on Kem Weber, Modern American Designer and Architect
Posted on November 6, 2014Among our exciting fall books is one about German-born American designer Kem Weber, whose fascinating life story rivals his outstanding design work in interest. The book’s author, Christopher Long, will […] -
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Edward J. Sullivan on Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art
Posted on October 21, 2014Today we’re very pleased to share some words from eminent scholar Edward J. Sullivan, author of, most recently, From San Juan to Paris and Back: Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art […] -
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The World Atlas of Street Photography: Picturing the Human Zoo
Posted on October 15, 2014This fall, we’re thrilled to bring out an exciting volume, which Mark Byrnes has hailed as, “A must-have ‘atlas’ for street photography lovers… and a remarkable tour of urban life in […] -
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Negative Rhythm: Intersections Between Arp, Kandinsky, Münter, and Taeuber
Posted on June 12, 2014Bibiana K. Obler— Here’s an assignment. Read my book. Then read the following excerpt from a letter from Wassily Kandinsky to Hans Arp, dated November 1912: The disharmoniousness (one might […] -
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The Funk & Wag: Live!
Posted on June 6, 2014If you are in Houston, here’s where you should be at 7:00 this evening. If you are not in Houston but you know someone who is, you would be kind to let […]