Happy Birthday, Coco Chanel!
August 19, 2016
“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.” ―… READ MORE
Category: Art & Architecture
Happy International Cat Day!
August 8, 2016
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… READ MORE
Going on Holiday? (Lee Friedlander Has Some Suggestions)
August 4, 2016
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… READ MORE
Joan Marter on Women of Abstract Expressionism
July 28, 2016
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… READ MORE
A Conversation with George Shaw
July 11, 2016
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… READ MORE
Lowlands Travelogue: Leiden
July 5, 2016
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,… READ MORE
Expressive Women: Interview with Gwen F. Chanzit by David Ebony
June 30, 2016
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?”… READ MORE
The DNA of an Exhibition Catalogue: Making Manus × Machina
June 28, 2016
Above featured image credits: Left: Iris van Herpen (Dutch, born 1984). Ensemble, spring/summer 2010 haute couture. 3D-printed (SLS) white polyamide, machine-sewn white goat leather, and hand-cut acrylic fringe. The Metropolitan… READ MORE
Seeing double
June 25, 2016
Taking its title from a 1961 work by Robert Rauschenberg—a telegram that stated, “This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say so”—this groundbreaking book and exhibition, which opens… READ MORE
The technical brilliance and self-expression of William Merritt Chase
June 22, 2016
A century after his death, the breadth and richness of American painter William Merritt Chase’s career are celebrated in a beautifully illustrated book, William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master, by Elsa… READ MORE
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