Leo Lionni’s wide-ranging practice was kaleidoscopic and rooted in a strong sense of justice.
Books
Can AI Be Better at Art History Than Us?
Artificial Intelligence may efficiently sort images but loses out to a humanistic approach.
Celebrating Feminist Art’s Unruly Bodies
Art Monsters reassesses controversial feminist artists who turned to body-focused art to rebel against the societal norms eager to suppress them.
Redefining Modern Art in the Muslim World
Though at times a puzzling read, artist Rasheed Araeen’s latest book critiques Western scholarship that ignores Islam’s influence on modern art.
Rose Marasco Captures the Poetry of Domestic Objects
Rose Marasco: At Home surveys the photographer’s experimentations with everyday objects like shoes, cutlery, and a vegetable peeler.
Can We Free Ourselves From Algorithms?
In Filterworld, Kyle Chayka proposes that the algorithmically driven, primarily digital nature of how we consume culture has rendered culture homogenous.
How Blue Paper Revolutionized the Art of Drawing
Drawing on Blue provides a glimpse into the genesis of the tinted paper as a new vehicle for expression in European art.
7 Art Books to Start the New Year
From an artist’s moving children’s book to an index of Indigenous North American type, add these art titles to your 2024 reading list.
What Makes Twins So Fascinating?
The secret life of doubles is rich fodder for storytelling, as Twinkind thoroughly demonstrates.
The Best Art Books of 2023
Our editors and contributors select their top art books of this year, featuring Pacita Abad, Nan Goldin, Marina Abramovic, Wendy Red Star, and more.
Religion’s Understated Influence on Modern Art
Erika Doss’s new book Spiritual Moderns retells the story of modern art with a more honest look at how religion shaped it.
Hyperallergic’s Art Book Gift Guide
Kerry James Marshall and Simone Leigh monographs, a visual compendium of Russian-Soviet dachas, the story of a prolific art thief, and more. Hyperallergic readers can take 10% off all titles with discount code HYPERHOLIDAYS23.