The writer and critic Ada Calhoun has sold her book St. Marks Is Dead to Norton. The book is of “a work of reportage and narrative history,” according to Publisher’s Marketplace, that will tell the evolution of that storied street in the East Village. Read More
Back in April, Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk opened up the real-life version of the Museum of Innocence, an Istanbul museum based on his 2008 book of the same name. Starting Oct. 1, a catalogue of the museum, The Innocence of Objects, is available from the book publisher Abrams. Read More
Chris Kraus, the author of the excellent novel I Love Dick, which is guaranteed to make any subway ride slightly more uncomfortable than usual, will be holding a book launch and reading for her new book, Summer of Hate, at Artists Space on Oct. 2. Read More
The Feminist Press at the City University of New York will be publishing an ebook of essays about the Russian punk group Pussy Riot. Three of the group’s members are serving jail sentences after being convicted of “hooliganism inspired by religious hatred” after a short performance at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Some of the stellar contributors to the book are Yoko Ono, Johanna Fateman, Karen Finley, Justin Vivian Bond, Eileen Myles and JD Samson. Read More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux announced that it has purchased the first authorized biography on Sol LeWitt, a pioneer of the movements of conceptualism and minimalism, titled Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas, by Lary Bloom. While there has been a tremendous amount of documentation of the work of LeWitt, an artist known for his geometric sculptures and drawings, the story of his life has yet to be told. “I don’t think anyone has had the access that this author will have,” said Alexander Star, senior editor at FSG, who struck the deal. Read More
Art book publisher Taschen is releasing a multivolume set of illustrator R. Crumb’s sketches, edited by Mr. Crumb himself, covering the years 1964 to 2011. The sketches will be released in two sets, 1964 to 1981, and 1982 to 2011. (Taschen said that it is releasing years 1982 to 2011 first, at the request of Mr. Crumb, who said there is “fan demand for new Crumb material.”) Read More
This November, the Gagosian Gallery will publish a new book that collects the interviews of Bill Powers, the downtown dealer, writer and reality television host. The book’s publication is loosely tied to the opening of the gallery’s new cafe and bookstore at 980 Madison—appropriate since the venue will surely cater to those in the Powers mode of art-world hobnobbing. Read More
The organizers of the Printed Matter book fair at MoMA PS1 have released a list of the participants for this year’s museum-wide show. Read More
The Karma bookstore sits in a white storefront on a quiet stretch of Downing Street in the West Village lined with trees and curiosity boutiques. Given its name, it could easily be mistaken for a purveyor of Eastern philosophy; in fact, that’s just about the only thing it’s not. It’s an art bookstore, graphic design company, publisher, exhibition space, take your pick—and, since opening a year ago, it has become an unlikely stop on the art-world circuit. Read More
“There’s the Michelin Guide for fine dining, so why shouldn’t there be a BMW Art Guide for fine private collection?” That’s Christian Schwarm, the founder of the online art-collecting platform Independent Collectors, in the introduction to the BMW Art Guide. He certainly has a point. The number of private people showing their private collections of contemporary art has exploded in recent years, and it’s become difficult for even the most devoted art experts to keep track of them all. Read More
