Happy Monday, and happy Pride!
| Happy Monday, and happy Pride! This year, when it’s as important as ever to celebrate and honor the work of queer and trans artists, we’ve got eight new art books on our reading list that we hope you’ll add to yours, too. For lesbian photography history, look no further than a new Alice Austen biography and reissued book on Joan E. Biren (better known as JEB). For a summery Fire Island read, a new tome on the annual drag artist invasion, captured by one photographer’s camera. And for butch visual culture and portraiture, Nina Chanel Abney’s latest catalog and Ria Brodell’s second installation of everyday people as queer holy figures.
Check out the full list and more reviews below, from a Paul Gauguin biography that claims to reappraise the artist’s legacy to a compelling case for jewelry’s place in art history. As always, happy reading! — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor | | |
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| | 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. | Natalie Haddad, Lisa Yin Zhang, Jasmine Weber, Alexis Clements, and Daniel Larkin |
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SPONSORED | | | | | Since the 1980s, Marilyn Minter has been a pioneer of sex-positive feminism in the contemporary art world, pushing the boundaries of what kind of imagery is acceptable in fine art, especially when produced by women. Filled with wisdom and humor, Minter-isms reveals the groundbreaking artist’s thoughts on art, women, power, sexuality, politics, and more.
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| | | Sue Prideaux’s new biography of the artist reveals both a discomfort with his complex legacy and that, in 2025, redemption arcs sell. | Alisyn Amant |
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| | In The Buried City, the director of the archaeological park brings a more humane and soulful version of the site to life. | Sarah E. Bond |
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| | Beyond Adornment explores what the depiction of jewelry in art says about adornment, artists, and their subjects, from Charlemagne to Frida Kahlo. | Aida Amoako |
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FROM THE ARCHIVE | | | Glitter and Concrete demands we take drag seriously as a cultural art form that responds to, critiques, and is a crucial part of American history. | Zac Thompson |
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