e-flux Criticism Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Critical writing from the expanded field of contemporary art.

Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
Erin L. Thompson
#BOOKS: In “Smashing Statues,” Erin L. Thompson systematically tears down the arguments of those who would preserve monuments to American racism, writes R.H. Lossin. #RHLossin #ErinLThompson @wwnorton Read here: https://t.co/L7qZT2tmmk https://t.co/WKgrxwotBy
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The Milk of Dreams
Leonora Carrington
#REVIEW: “The Milk of Dreams” expands the possibilities of a dreamlike and transfiguring art far beyond the definitions of European surrealism, writes Quinn Latimer, only hoping that this will resonate into the future. @quinnlatimer @la_Biennale Read: http://art-agenda.com/criticism/464772/59th-venice-biennale-the-milk-of-dreams https://t.co/LVm3iiEG51
Hardcover, 2017
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Taking
Lynn Burke
#SPACES: Taking a recent restaging of Trisha Brown, Robert Rauschenberg, and Laurie Anderson's collaboration for a starting point, Isobel Harbison reflects on what dance can gain from its migration into the museum. @isobelharbison Read here: http://art-agenda.com/criticism/469190/dance-reflections https://t.co/QYEF5WC5cU
Paperback, 2021
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Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America
Okwui Enwezor
DOUBLE TAKE: Ladi'Sasha Jones and Dina Ramadan offer different perspectives on “Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America”, finding their own ways into and out of the last exhibition developed by the late, great Okwui Enwezor. Read here: http://ow.ly/vvHM50Ei3d1 https://t.co/tMECuzkILe
Hardcover, 2020
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Open Water
Caleb Azumah Nelson
Congratulations to @CalebANelson on winning the @CostaBookAwards first novel award for Open Water! Read Caleb's review of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (whose work features in the novel) for us, published a year ago this month: http://art-agenda.com/criticism/371479/lynette-yiadom-boakye-s-fly-in-league-with-the-night https://t.co/sdcbtpcmLx
Paperback, 2021
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The ABC of the Projectariat: Living and Working in a Precarious Art World
Kuba Szreder
#BOOKS: In Kuba Szreder's “The ABC of the projectariat”, the bleak realities of precarious labor in the arts are balanced against the possibilities of collective resistance and alternative working models, writes iLiana Fokianaki. @ManchesterUP Read here: https://t.co/XzbXs9DmlC https://t.co/fsX9UuJpjQ
Paperback, 2021
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