Stanford University professor emeritus Paul V. Turner, author of the new book Frank Lloyd Wright and San Francisco, shares marvelous stories from his years of research into Frank Lloyd Wright’s work in the San Francisco Bay Area, including built and unbuilt projects. Audio below, or listen in iTunes. Further reading:
So many people take those simple snapshots of life, but there’s something about Eggleston that no one can match. —Sofia Coppola Ivy Sanders Schneider— William Eggleston (b. 1939),”the father of color photography,” is celebrating, among other accolades this year, an exhibition at the The National Portrait Gallery and the release of
Brian Sholis– I first became aware of the creative life that flourished in mid-twentieth-century Lexington, Kentucky, around 2001. In quick succession I discovered Guy Davenport’s writing and Ralph Eugene Meatyard’s photographs. As I embarked on a career as a writer on art, Davenport’s essay collections became a touchstone. I was
Elise Archias’s new book, The Concrete Body: Yvonne Rainer, Carolee Schneemann, Vito Acconci, examines the 1960s performance work of these three New York artists who adapted modernist approaches to form for the medium of the human body, finding parallels between the tactility of a drip of paint and a body’s
Stephen Gilchrist— My great-grandmother Dolly Bidgemia was said to be 121 years old when she died. However, she never made the Guinness World Records, because at her birth, her name was never recorded in any book. She was born in Yamatji country in Australia’s northwest, where my mother’s family is from.
In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Culture, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn, fundamentally informed the art and visual culture of individual cities. In seven chapters, each devoted to a city, the book
Interview with Terry Eagleton by David Ebony
David Ebony— So much in the news these days refers to culture, culture clashes or culture wars, cultural identity, and cultural purity. The meaning of “culture” seems to be expansive and flexible, applied to just about any and every human gesture, expression, or endeavor. Terry Eagleton, the brilliant and often
“Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.” ― Coco Chanel We’re honoring the birthday of Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel today with a slideshow of black and white images from
Happy International Cat Day from Yale University Press’s art & architecture department! We’re celebrating by turning again to one of our favorite recent publications that features two famous art-world appreciators of cats: Andy Warhol / Ai Weiwei by Max Delany and Eric Shiner. Andy Warhol owned dozens of cats, and documented
Forthcoming in October is a monumental and magnificent book of photography published by the Yale University Art Gallery: Western Landscapes by legendary American photographer Lee Friedlander (b. 1934). Friedlander is arguably most famous for his images of people, but this compilation features more than 175 images of the landscape of the western