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
Welcome to our first Yale University Press art+architecture book podcast! We’ve interviewed Joan Marter, Rutgers professor and editor of the widely-acclaimed book Women of Abstract Expressionism. We also have a terrific interview on our blog of Gwen Chanzit, the exhibition’s curator, by David Ebony. After you’ve listened and read, check out another excellent podcast
As a new exhibition at the National Gallery London looks to our neglected woodland for inspiration, our London office recently asked its creator – National Gallery associate artist George Shaw – some questions about painting, poetry, music, and why he went into the woods… A Conversation with National Gallery Associate Artist George Shaw
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 single city, the
David Ebony— When first published in an ArtNews article in 1971, the provocative question proposed by critic and art historian Linda Nochlin, “Why have there been no great women artists?” had the effect of a bombshell. Everyone in the art world realized there was a helluva lot of work to