We’re delighted to share a sneak peek at a moving, enlightening, and important book we’re publishing this November: Christopher Rothko’s Mark Rothko: From the Inside Out. Below is an excerpt from one of the book’s 18 essays, a piece entitled “Ceci n’est pas un frigo.” “Refrigerators! Big, squashy refrigerators,” my
Barbara Tannenbaum, Curator of Photography at the Cleveland Museum of Art, has written a smart, warm, and moving guest post for us about her experience with the work of TR Ericsson, a 7 year acquaintance that has just culminated in an exhibition currently on view at the Cleveland Museum
Our special correspondent David Ebony is recently returned from Venice where he took in the sights and sounds of the Biennale, and was generous enough to share his reactions with us. David Ebony— Ever controversial, the Venice Biennale is the largest and arguably the most important exhibition of contemporary art on the
We’re delighted to share a post from the blog over at The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Rachel High, in the editorial department there, has interviewed Navina Najat Haidar, co-editor of their new book (and co-curator of the exhibition) Sultans of Deccan India, 1500 – 1700: Opulence and Fantasy (distributed
Our June 2015 edition of From the Designer’s Desk features Bruce Campbell, an extraordinary designer of exhibition catalogues and restorer of vintage printing presses. Why did you pursue design, rather than, say, painting or architecture or sculpture? Actually, I went to graduate school as a printmaker. But then I saw
Welcome to part 2 of our 2-part interview with Daniel Ostroff, editor of An Eames Anthology: Articles, Film Scripts, Interviews, Letters, Notes, and Speeches – a book that Interiors magazine has called, “a remarkable compendium of sharp critical thinking about all aspects of the designed world.” Part 2 is devoted
The third Sunday in June has, for the last century or so, been devoted to the appreciation of dads. This year, Father’s Day falls on June 21st–the day after tomorrow. Here is a slideshow of depictions of fathers and fatherhood in art, encompassing a range of paternal responses to children: our
Put on some comfortable shoes (or just imagine putting them on) and join us in our Italian holiday reverie, where we explore the magnificence of Florence and its buildings, expertly guided by the architectural historian and practicing architect Richard J. Goy. He is the author of Yale’s new book, Florence: A
Welcome to our fourth themed crossword puzzle, in which answers to some of the clues foreshadow artists, themes, and ideas that are featured in our forthcoming season of art and architecture books If you’re new to our Yale University Press art & architecture-themed crossword puzzles, past seasonal puzzles are here, here,
David Ebony— The advent of affordable television sets in the late 1940s and ’50s, and network television programming aimed to enthrall the masses, arguably had the most significant cultural impact on the planet since the invention of movable type. The powerful new medium quickly became the primary source of news,