Collection: Art

Artists and organizers explore experimental learning initiatives fostering solidarity and dialogue With a focus on labor organizing within the arts and tech industries, Software for...

Lawrence's landmark series on African American migration in context In 1941, Jacob Lawrence, then just 23 years old, made a series of 60 small tempera...

Parks' chronicle of small-town Maine anticipates his profound images of civil rights and inequality In January 1944, Gordon Parks (1912-2006) photographed Herklas Brown--the owner of...

  For Volume 06, Forgotten Lands has chosen to center around what Cuban historical novelist, critical essayist, and short story writer Antonio Benítez-Rojo once termed...

From the acclaimed designer and bestselling author of Reimagining Design, a nonlinear approach to navigating design's nuances in pursuit of meaningful innovation. In Nonlinear, Kevin Bethune shows...

The first title in Aperture's Vision & Justice Series--featuring a collection of award-winning short essays by Maurice Berger that explore the intersections of photography, race,...

The first monograph by the New Black Vanguard's Arielle Bobb-Willis is a vivid statement about color, gesture, and style. Keep the Kid Alive, Arielle Bobb-Willis's first...

Paul Mpagi Sepuya reflects on the methodologies, strategies, and points of interest behind a single, expansive body of work at a pivotal moment in his...

Luminous and tranquil, Saar's newest installation uses natural objects and materials to take the viewer on a spiritual journey This volume features the Huntington Library...

More than 40 works across media, including major ensemble performances, emerging in the afterlife of postmodern dance Philadelphia-based artist, dancer and choreographer Ralph Lemon (born...

Examining aesthetic connections between the works of more than 50 Black artists from throughout the global diaspora This book was born out of frustration with...

  A riveting conversation between the two artists, touching on seminal influences, experiences and practices This thought-provoking publication presents a fecund dialogue between Chicago-based painter...

A loving and powerful photobook following the lineage of one Black family, interrogating the semiotics of family portraiture This profoundly moving and visually ravishing photobook,...

  A deep dive into the video artist's latest installation fusing color, light and sound to upend our perception of space and time The subject...

  A powerhouse survey of work from today's most celebrated Black women artists Black women artists have historically faced marginalization and underrepresentation within the art...

Portrayals of James Baldwin and others in his circle highlight the iconic writer's activism The American writer and activist James Baldwin (1924-87) considered himself a...

  Travel with Ugandan American designer Nasozi Kakembo as she explores iconic home goods—from Malian mudcloth to Moroccan rugs—at the source and offers thoughtful guidance...

A The Millions and Hyperallergic Most Anticipated Book of 2024 | A Publishers Weekly Summer Reads Pick “Simon Wu manages to be both a shrewd critic and enthused aspirant of...

If our lives were to flood, what are the moments that would rise to the surface? A rich and layered photographic exploration of the people...

Dionne Brand explores English and American literature, and the colonial aesthetic that shaped her sense of self and the world, of what was possible and...

This classic iconic study of black images in American motion pictures has been updated and revised, as Donald Bogle continues to enlighten us with his...

Rawles' transcendent, hyperrealistic paintings of Black bodies in water reckon with the legacy of racial injustice. Merging hyperrealism, poetic abstraction and the cultural and historical...

First monograph of the African-American artist, famous for her representations of black femininity, whose spectacular pop patchworks deconstruct and recompose everyday feminine/masculine relations in their...