“This book is buzzing with trivia… An 'I spy' game challenging readers to find a specific bee throughout is amusing.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“The art is gorgeous. Children will delight in the large illustrations with new things to find every time it is read to them… 1001 Bees is an oversized stunner.”
— New York Journal of Books
“A self-help parody that mocks the genre's tendency to simplify delightfully complex topics. Illustrator Ana Benaroya applies her punk aesthetic to the punchy, irreverent book.”
— The Huffington Post
“A cheeky guide for rebellious 11-14 year old girls. Author-illustrator Ana Benaroya supplies a mix of ironic and practical advice as she tackles a curious mix of pursuits, such as 'How Not to Hate the Girl Next Door.'”
— Boston Globe
“Provides an amazing up-close look at fashion of the 18th century.”
— Choice
“Close-up and detailed photographs highlight exquisite embroidery, lace, pleats, stitching, and hand-painted fabrics alongside line drawings of the complete garment… Recommended for clothing designers and anyone interested in 18th-century attire.”
— Library Journal
“Traces the tidal shift at the essential magazine during the editorship of Jessica Daves, who not only featured fashion but also the cultural output of artists and literary figures, laying the groundwork for the brand that still thrives today.”
— Los Angeles Times
“Lavishly illustrated… shine[s] a spotlight on this editor and the magazine she edited… Daves contextualized fashion among advances in technology, design, and art.”
— Vogue.com
“A pioneering work of art-historical scholarship illuminated by revisionary contemporary critical and cultural frameworks … a landmark cosmopolitan contribution to the profound spirit of intellectual inquiry and aesthetic hospitality that have, through the centuries, inspired the arts of India.”
— Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities,
“This wide-ranging, 750-page monument to the last century of art across South Asia puts its many movements and artists into authoritative context.”
— The New York Times Book Review
“At long last, Indian art from the long 20th century gets the forensic treatment.”
— The Art Newspaper
“An expansive and scholarly work [that] explores the many artists, ideas, philosophies and the often turbulent social and political upheavals that have fed into 100 years of art in India.”
— Hettie Judah, Art Quarterly
“A must read for art students, scholars, collectors, and enthusiasts alike. Some of the most interesting chapters are on figures who have slipped out of the pages of mainstream art history.”
— MintLounge
“Indian art has found an immensely impressive range of historians and commentators, and a global context, in this enormous, significant scholarly landmark. Micro stories and the big picture, peripheries and the center, colonial and postcolonial assumptions, modernism's freedoms and constraints: every tightrope is walked with balance and insight.”
— Financial Times
“A landmark publication … It would make an important addition to the shelves of any art lover's personal library.”
— Art Society Review
“Sumptuously produced … [an] essential critical compendium.”
— India Today
“A sea of riches … an irreplaceable resource … The more one tries to lasso the book and pull it closer for a comprehensive comment, the more it slips away into nooks and crannies of Indian art-making that are riveting. [Ultimately] it drives home the task it surely set itself: to entice, to reveal, to mystify, to clarify, to tantalize, to confuse, to provoke, to pacify, to anger, even, as much to delight … enacting the range of the art it captures, in as many compelling ways.”
— The Telegraph India
“For range and depth, a landmark in Indian art history. It pulls the marginal towards the centre yet keeps the big picture in view, rethinks modernism's freedoms, and troubles in a broadened global context and negotiates colonial and postcolonial assumptions with nuanced understanding.”
— Financial Times
“My vote for the most important book of the year goes to 20th Century Indian Art by Partha Mitter, Parul Dave Mukherji, and Rakhee Balaram. Beautifully produced and encyclopaedic, it provides expert insights on everything from street photography and installations to Regional Modern and Dalit art, and art and activism. It also includes sections on art from the diaspora and from other South Asian countries.”
— Manjula Narayan, Hindustan Times
“20th Century Indian Art illustrates styles of art and craft in India that are complex and deeply enmeshed with geopolitics, identity, nationhood, post-colonial sensibilities, and creative subjectivities. At every page, readers enjoy pleasant visuals and sound research in this highly instructive sourcebook, urging us to broaden our minds as we critically approach these unique strands of Indian art history.”
— Nageen Shaikh Hyperallergic
“A goldmine of inspiration.”
— Threads
“Morgand's silk-screen illustrations are lively and colorful.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“Brilliantly innovative.”
— David Carrier The Brooklyn Rail
“[An] innovative reevaluation… Brilliantly conceived and handsomely designed, Karmel's fluent and creative history redefines abstraction in terms of its vibrant and evocative range of styles, subjects, and expression.”
— Booklist
“Abstraction is just as relevant and important today as it was [in the past]… Karmel argues for its durability and broadens its cast by spotlighting earlier figures who have been overlooked and others who are carrying abstraction into the future.”
— ARTnews
“Sleepy children won't make it until the end of this well-conceived and sharply designed alphabet… Angular, screenprintlike graphics in zingy reds, yellows, and blues aren't exactly sleepy, but poring over the details may still quiet some young minds.”
— Publishers Weekly
“This anything-but-boring read will delight little ones and will have them yawning in no time as they practice sounds and letters. The meditative, poetic nature of the text pairs perfectly with the minimalistic, graphical, yet bright and captivating visual elements. Early literacy advocates and children alike will dream sweetly after enjoying this interactive book as a group or as a one-on-one night-time story… Offers proof that getting to sleep doesn't have to be dull.”
— School Library Journal
“This mix of travelogue and architectural study tracks eminent architect Adjaye's journeys to 53 African cities in an effort to document the continent's built environment. The volume features plenty of photography and numerous interesting structures, such as the expressive water towers of Bamako and the modernist villas of Nouakchott, bur Adjaye's aim is to capture the overall built traits of a place.”
— Publishers Weekly
“"Handsome and impressive."”
— Interior Design
“…does an effective job of showing design-driven science and its application.”
— Choice
“…an authoritative resource for design professionals and fashion students alike.”
— The Midwest Book Review
“A useful update …[that] will be of interest to both students and professionals in design or textiles who want to explore new fibers.”
— Library Journal
“…transcending the bounds of what's predictable.”
— Surface
“Stunning photographs of Great Britain's ancient sites, from Stonehenge to Cadbury Castle… The aerial images often reveal topographical secrets [and] might read like paintings… Abram shot many of the pictures during the pandemic, when Britain's empty highways, pastures, and cliffsides were at their most majestic.”
— Air Mail
“Eshun proposes a concept of Africa that is critically amorphous and sustained by subjectivity.”
— Aperture
“Images in the book are neither didactic nor polemical, but do raise questions about how we perceive and process visual information.”
— Black & White Magazine
“Ypma excels at culling, curating and cropping his photographs to convey the essence of each hotel and its surroundings.”
— Passport Magazine
“Designed to appeal to international tourists who want a less mass-produced vacation.”
— Protoview
“A preeminent guide to American printmaking of the last half-century. British Museum curators Stephen Coppel and Catherine Daunt and Art in Print editor in chief Susan Tallman provide vivid context to the rise of post-World War II ateliers and their interaction with artists such as Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Chuck Close, Richard Diebenkorn, Jim Dine, Ed Ruscha, and to lesser-known but brilliant printmakers Richard Bosman, May Stevens and Lee Lozano. [With] text and opulent illustrations covering regional influences, artistic styles such as photorealism, abstraction, and minimalism, essays discuss printmaking, feminism, political dissent, gender issues, and racial identity.”
— Library Journal
“Visceral… Like [Robert] Frank's 'The Americans,' Black's contrasty, chiaoscuro photographs and travelogue reveal the hard truths: the United States in the 21st Century remains a country deeply divided and astonishingly poor… Black, like other committed photographers before him, is revealing to us who we are as Americans. It is up to us now to see.”
— Art Photo Collector
“The photographs presented here by Black provide the same tenderness [as Lange and Evans]: carefully selected work that narrowly threads the needle. He gestures, never points. He empathizes, but does not pity. The photographs are remarkable… a lovely body of work.”
— New York Journal of Books
“The images are so vivid and riveting that you can't help but be drawn to them and the questions they ask… An essential document for our increasingly unsteady times.”
— The Washington Post
“These unforgettable photos of poverty challenge the idea of the American Dream… they call to mind the work of earlier documentarians who looked critically at American society, such as Robert Frank. Black wants the viewer to realize that this is what the details of inequality look like on the ground, and that it is the norm, not the exception, for a large swath of citizens.”
— Buzzfeed News
“A deafening boom that lays bare the harsh reality of inequality in America.”
— TIME (one of the Best Photobooks of 2021)
“The disconcerting reality that Black's compassionate yet sober eye reveals may be too uncomfortable for the casual viewer. Yet the images contained within American Geography and the subtle way these images are edited commands our attention and tells a story that demands to be seen.”
— PhotoBook Journal
“Compelling… As with his powerful photos, Black's written notebook entries offer simple, moving descriptions of the people he meets on his travels.”
— Daily News (Los Angeles)
“A "must have" book not just for arts holdings, but for home designers and anyone working with color.”
— Donovan's Literary Services
“The infographic approach is best seen as a complement to more usual ways of perceiving Rome, as in art, literature, architecture, and film. Where those mediums give us a sense of grandeur, culture, opulence, and violence, clean information design helps us understand the grand logistics of empire… Some of its most insightful visualizations depict the development of these measures across time, helping us see Rome as a growing, evolving entity with many layers of management and operations… We learn about the supply chains of grain, the distribution of budgets, and the rights and roles of men, women, soldiers, and enslaved people.”
— Hyperallergic
