Art and Performance

Fleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect Fleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect Romi Crawford, Editor 2021 Spring
A collaboration of artists and writers commemorates a powerful symbol for social justice and freedom on Chicago’s South Side
The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles The Speculative City Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles Susanna Phillips Newbury 2021 Spring
A forensic examination of the mutual relationship between art and real estate in a transforming Los Angeles
Discomfort Food: The Culinary Imagination in Late Nineteenth-Century French Art Discomfort Food The Culinary Imagination in Late Nineteenth-Century French Art Marni Reva Kessler 2021 Spring
An intricate and provocative journey through nineteenth-century depictions of food and the often uncomfortable feelings they evoke
The Future History of Contemporary Chinese Art The Future History of Contemporary Chinese Art Peggy Wang 2021 Spring
A revelatory reclaiming of five iconic Chinese artists and their place in art history
José Montoya José Montoya Ella Maria Diaz 2021 Spring
A generously illustrated account of the life and work of the prominent Chicano artist, educator, and activist
Blackness in Morocco: Gnawa Identity through Music and Visual Culture Blackness in Morocco Gnawa Identity through Music and Visual Culture Cynthia J. Becker 2020 Fall
A groundbreaking study of Blackness in Morocco through the lens of visual representation
Practicing the Good: Desire and Boredom in Soviet Socialism Practicing the Good Desire and Boredom in Soviet Socialism Keti Chukhrov 2020 Spring
A philosophical consideration of Soviet Socialism that reveals the hidden desire for capitalism in contemporary anticapitalist discourse and theory
Documents of Doubt: The Photographic Conditions of Conceptual Art Documents of Doubt The Photographic Conditions of Conceptual Art Heather Diack 2020 Spring
A major reassessment of photography’s pivotal role in 1960s conceptual art
Arrested Welcome: Hospitality in Contemporary Art Arrested Welcome Hospitality in Contemporary Art Irina Aristarkhova 2020 Spring
Interpreting the meaning of hospitality in an unwelcoming political moment
Piotr Szyhalski: We Are Working All the Time! Piotr Szyhalski We Are Working All the Time! Diane Mullin, Editor 2020 Spring
The first comprehensive study of this innovative and interactive multimedia artist
Harriet Bart: Abracadabra and Other Forms of Protection Harriet Bart Abracadabra and Other Forms of Protection Laura Wertheim Joseph, Editor 2019 Fall
A retrospective and creatively collaborative review of this international feminist conceptual artist
Museums Inside Out: Artist Collaborations and New Exhibition Ecologies Museums Inside Out Artist Collaborations and New Exhibition Ecologies Mark W. Rectanus 2020 Spring
An ambitious study of what it means to be a museum in the twenty-first century
Asemic: The Art of Writing Asemic The Art of Writing Peter Schwenger 2019 Fall
The first critical study of writing without language
Schizogenesis: The Art of Rosemarie Trockel Schizogenesis The Art of Rosemarie Trockel Katherine Guinness 2019 Fall
A deep analysis of an enigmatic artist whose oeuvre opens new spaces for understanding feminism, the body, and identity
Sound, Image, Silence: Art and the Aural Imagination in the Atlantic World Sound, Image, Silence Art and the Aural Imagination in the Atlantic World Michael Gaudio 2019 Fall
A visionary new approach to the Americas during the age of colonization, made by engaging with the aural aspects of supposedly “silent” images