The life of Dr. Edith Farnsworth was long distorted by her dealings with Mies van der Rohe, who designed her glass house in Illinois. Almost Nothing asks us to take a closer look.
Nancy Zastudil
Nancy Zastudil is an independent editor, writer, and curator working toward equitable representation in the arts. She regularly edits artist books and exhibition catalogs, and writes about visual art for a variety of publications. From 2018 to 2021, she was the gallery director at Tamarind Institute. She is currently based in New Mexico.
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Five Art Books for Your July Reading List
A new translation of a beloved Argentine comic, artists over 50 tell their stories, diasporic Puerto Rican art history, and more to enjoy by the seaside (or your A/C).
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A Mother and Daughter’s Lifelong Art Collaboration
Nora Naranjo Morse’s colorful sculptures watch over the events and characters in her daughter Eliza’s paintings from their own unique perspectives.
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10 Art Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer
The art of Marsha P. Johnson, Yoko Ono reappraised, Jack Whitten’s studio notebook, a fictional curator’s Greece trip goes awry, and more to read this season.
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Reading Georgia O’Keeffe Along Lines of Class and Race
A new book sets its sights on the artist’s lesser-known post-war career and her negotiations of identity.
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The Monstrous Empathy of Amaryllis R. Flowers
In her art, Flowers thinks about monster mythology and autonomy as they relate to the all-too-human experience of feeling unwanted and out of place.
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Zoë Zimmerman’s Photography Is a Search for Meaning
By creating still life photographs from the everyday items of a historic Taos family, Zimmerman inserts herself and viewers into the personal history of others.
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Weaving Through the History of Diné Textiles
Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles brings together varied stylistic traditions and artists of different centuries to display the breadth of Diné weaving.
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Art That Rides the Radio Waves to Resistance
In Broken Boxes artists share stories about their lives and experiences instead of relying solely on institutional didactics to “explain” what their work is about.
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Artists Embrace the Monsters That We Make
Real or imagined, the monsters envisioned in the show Among Monsters do not exist without us.
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The Farm at Black Mountain College You Didn’t Know Existed
A new book centers the voices of those whose hands built the historic school and whose dreams shaped its programs, all of which involved a little-known farm.
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Rosemary Meza-DesPlas Draws on the Power of Hair
“Drawing” with her own hair, the artist addresses cultural stereotypes and sociopolitical issues including feminism, personal agency, and aging.