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Critical writing from the expanded field of contemporary art.

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Book Cover for: Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments, Erin L. Thompson

Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments

Erin L. Thompson
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#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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Book Cover for: The Milk of Dreams, Leonora Carrington

The Milk of Dreams

Leonora Carrington
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#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

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Taking, Lynn Burke

Taking

Lynn Burke
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#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

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America, Okwui Enwezor

Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America

Okwui Enwezor
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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

$79.95$54.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Open Water, Caleb Azumah Nelson

Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson
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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

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The ABC of the Projectariat: Living and Working in a Precarious Art World, Kuba Szreder

The ABC of the Projectariat: Living and Working in a Precarious Art World

Kuba Szreder
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#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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