Dig into new and upcoming tomes on the long lineage of LGBTQ+ art, from Beauford Delaney’s bond with James Baldwin to iconic lesbian photographer JEB and Alice Austen.
Jasmine Weber
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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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Five New York City Art Shows We Love This Week
Among our favorite shows at the moment are ones that feature strong, talented women, like Patty Chang, Myrlande Constant, and Amy Sherald.
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Amy Sherald’s Parables of Black American Life
Sherald knits historic, cinematic, and literary references into many of her artworks, embedding their legacies into the distinct visual world she’s created.
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The Artist Who Taught James Baldwin to Write Like a Painter
The essays in Speculative Light explore the many ways in which Beauford Delaney, another queer Black man, revolutionized Baldwin’s cultural perspective and imagination.
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Five Shows to See in New York City Right Now
Nick Cave leaves behind his Soundsuits, Ericka Beckman reimagines a fairy tale, American Artist explores the sci-fi world of Octavia E. Butler, and more.
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The Gallery That Captured the Spirit of the Black Arts Movement
Founded in 1969 by Nigel Jackson and Patricia Grey, Acts of Art exemplified the spirit of a subversive and consequential period in Black art history.
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Is the Art World More Corrupt Than Ever?
Rachel Spence succinctly explicates the power struggles that brought us to this point, though her insistence that the art ecosystem is at an all-time low left me unconvinced.
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Celebrating James Baldwin’s Radical Beauty
In God Made My Face, artists and critics reflect on seeing themselves through the late metamorphic writer’s work.
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Faith Ringgold Paved the Way
The late artist fiercely reckoned with the status quo, leaving the art world better than she found it through a rich legacy of Black feminist activism and artmaking.
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Carrie Mae Weems Assesses History in Real-Time
A tenuous relationship exists in Weems’s work between glamour and guts; yet neither attribute suffers on behalf of the other.
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Required Reading
This week, Metro Pictures officially closed, tributes to bell hooks, the Wayfair conspiracy, celebrity profiles, and more.