Tag: Books
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Rare Books Stolen from Former MoMA President Are Returned
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., has announced the return of 17 rare books to the heirs of John Hay and Betsey Cushing Whitney. The books, which were stolen from the couple’s Long Island home in the 1980s, include works by John Keats, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, and the Brothers Grimm. John Whitney, who read more
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Xiaoze Xie Preserves a Growing Collection of Banned Books in Porcelain
Censorship and book bans are on the rise worldwide, prompting growing concerns about access to information and free expression. Although this trajectory is increasingly worrisome, it isn’t new, as artist Xiaoze Xie reflects on his exhibition In the Name of the Book. Comprising paintings and life-sized porcelain sculptures, the show encompasses works made in the read more
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Radioposter launches Paper-fi with synced soundtracks
For all the talk about 2026 being the year of analog, most of the conversation has been about rediscovering old formats like vinyl, film photography, and journaling. What’s been missing from these hobbies is something genuinely new, a reason to believe paper can do more than it did before. Radioposter is betting it can. The read more
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Art Books That Serve Up Beauty and Depth
Books Newsletter Our favorite art books for February, the writings of Claude Cahun, and an imaginative history of Michelangelo and Titian. What do Kaylene Whiskey and Pyaari Azaadi have in common? Both are women of color whose art can be visually breathtaking and conceptually powerful, with feminist underpinnings — and the subjects of recent art read more
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6 Books on Robert Smithson’s Shelf
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15 Art Books We're Excited to Read in 2026
It’s a new year and that means a new crop of art books awaits us. Whether you prefer criticism, catalogs, or conversations — or the rare art-themed novel that promises to deliver — we’ve got you covered. We’re excited to alternate between a book on the activist art of complaining by Sarah Ahmed and a read more
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From children’s colouring books to official portals: EU under fire for social media links
Corporate watchdog Ekō has today filed a formal complaint with the European Ombudsman, challenging the European Commission and other EU institutions over their systematic promotion of US-based social media platforms on official europa.eu websites, including Elon Musk’s “X”. The complaint argues that prominent “Follow us” and “Share this page” buttons — accompanied by the logos read more
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With The Skill of A Surgeon Brian Dettmer Reveals The Sculptures Hidden Inside Forgotten Books – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Conceptually, I like the idea that I’m working with something that has already’ died’ andI ’m bringing it back to life.” In fact, he’s often repurposing items that may not have otherwise found a second life. When he lived in New York, Dettmer often sourced books from boxes that people would leave on the sidewalk read more
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