artforum Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Hilma AF Klint: Tree of Knowledge
Hilma Af KlintartforumWho created Hilma af Klint’s “Paintings for the Temple”? New research suggests it was the collaborative effort of thirteen women—among them af Klint’s artistic and possibly romantic partner Anna Cassel. Susan L. Aberth delves into their mysterious world: https://t.co/WWUOU5wR6R
Hardcover, 2023
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Mark Tobey: Museum Of Modern Art
William Chapin SeitzartforumUnder the Cover: Artforum editor in chief David Velasco visits curators Michelle Kuo and @StuartComer at New York’s Museum of Modern Art to discuss “Signals: How Video Transformed the World.” https://t.co/DK2bi8oL77
Paperback, 2011
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White Noise
Don DelilloartforumThe specter of postmodernism haunts Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” a mostly faithful adaptation of Delillo’s 1985 novel that nonetheless awkwardly attempts to reconfigure it into a 2022 Movie of the Moment. @WillSloanEsq reviews: https://t.co/Lzk3AmLNas
Paperback, 1986
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Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Margo JeffersonartforumTonight: “Off the Page,” a new series from @bookforum that pairs authors with critics, premieres with a conversation between Margo Jefferson and @__seab about Jefferson’s memoir Constructing a Nervous System. RSVP to join us. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/off-the-page-margo-jefferson-in-conversation-with-blair-mcclendon-tickets-358749839427
Paperback, 2023
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The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Lorraine HansberryartforumDespite its excessive staginess, BAM’s ongoing revival of “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” affirms Lorraine Hansberry’s belief that “virtually every human being is dramatically interesting.” https://t.co/SYtqDPl9r8
Paperback, 2021
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The Power of the Dog
Thomas Savageartforum“The Power of the Dog” is a pared-down adaption of Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel, but the book is a family melodrama, Campion’s film an epic human tragedy seen through the microcosm of four characters, all prisoners within the law of the father. —@AmyOrNot https://www.artforum.com/film/jane-campion-makes-a-western-87203
Paperback, 2001
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The Doctor
Robert IckeartforumRobert Icke’s play “The Doctor”—a Tár-like study of an austere, accomplished queer woman who is toppled from a position of power—hinges on a reveal that is superfluous at best and obfuscatory at worst, writes Rhoda Feng. https://t.co/IhBykjz1HB
Paperback, 2023
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Inside the Spiral: The Passions of Robert Smithson
Suzaan BoettgerartforumSuzaan Boettger’s book “Inside the Spiral: The Passions of Robert Smithson” is, fittingly, a counterhistory, writes @_zackhatfield. Indeed, Smithson’s first biographer drags the sweeping spacetime of his art down to the abject dimensions of a single self. https://t.co/aTP3QQWNm3
Paperback, 2023
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Affinities
Brian DillonartforumHis criticism “wants to do, rather than simply be about,” writes @storyshaped of @briangdillon in her review of “Affinities,” which gathers close readings of images that have bewitched the author in some way. https://t.co/ga1wBlHjpT
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Hamlet
W. Shakespeareartforum“When I was very, very young, about four years old, my mother and my father took me to see a play, Shakespeare’s Hamlet,” explains Dario Argento. “When the ghost of the father appeared, I was so scared that they had to take me away.” https://t.co/nk63eBZHuO
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