Enlightening the Enlightenment
April 5, 2023
Dare to Know was a New York Times Best Art Book of 2022 Elizabeth M. Rudy — How can the organization of a book about the Enlightenment convey the period’s… READ MORE
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Urban Visionaries: Smokehouse Associates
March 29, 2023
Interview with Eric Booker by David Ebony The late 1960s and early ’70s was a time of social upheaval, civil unrest and protests around the world, including in the United… READ MORE
Ecocritical Art History on the A&AePortal
March 22, 2023
Patricia Fidler, Executive Director of the A&AePortal, recently interviewed Alan C. Braddock, Ralph H. Wark Associate Professor of Art History and Environmental Humanities at William & Mary, about his new… READ MORE
Aleksandr Rodchenko’s “shadow oeuvre”
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Aglaya K. Glebova — What should the modern world look like? The Soviet artist Aleksandr Rodchenko, like many of his avant-garde comrades both east and west of Moscow, had strong… READ MORE
Ep. 103 – Art Historian Brandon Taylor on the Story of Modern Art
February 15, 2023
In this episode of our podcast, we talk to Brandon Taylor, esteemed art historian and practicing artist, about his new book, Make It Modern: A History of Art in the… READ MORE
Interaction of Color — 60 Years On
February 13, 2023
Conversation between Brenda Danilowitz, chief curator, and Amy Jean Porter, assistant curator,both of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. Described as “one of the most important books on color ever… READ MORE
Cixi and the Empowering of Women’s Talent in Late Imperial China
February 9, 2023
Ying-chen Peng — 2022 was concluded with ominous news from Afghanistan: the Taliban government suspended university education for all female students. It was another move to restrict women’s access to… READ MORE
Ep. 101 – A Conversation with Designer Stephen Burks
February 2, 2023
In this episode of the podcast, we talk with Stephen Burks, designer, educator, principal at Stephen Burks Man Made, and the subject of an exhibition at Atlanta’s High Museum of… READ MORE
Ep. 99 – Why Does the Museum Matter?
January 19, 2023
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk to Daniel H. Weiss, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, about his new book… READ MORE
Documenting History: The Paper Legacy Project
January 17, 2023
Mindell Dubansky — Who in my field had received the attention they deserve; and whose artistic contributions might disappear from the history of the book in the near future? How… READ MORE
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