Art, Architecture & Photography
Bureau Spectacular, Erin Besler, Fake
Industries Architectural Agonism, Form-lessfinder, and John Szot Studio—and the
diverse methods and approaches that drive
their work.
ATRIA
The Trip: Andy Warhol’s Plastic
Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure by
Deborah Davis (July 28, hardcover, $26,
ISBN 978-1-4767-0351-0). The author of
Strapless and Guest of Honor writes about a
little-known road trip Andy Warhol took
from New York to L.A. in 1963, and how
that journey—and the numerous artists
and celebrities he encountered—
profoundly influenced his life and art.
BASIC
Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada
and the Unmaking of the Twentieth
Century by Jed Rasula (June 2, hardcover,
$29.99, ISBN 978-0-465-08996-3). Modernist scholar Rasula presents a narrative
history of the emergence, decline, and
legacy of Dada, showing how this strange
artistic phenomenon spread across Europe
and then the world in the wake of WWI,
fundamentally reshaping modern culture
in ways we’re still struggling to understand
today.
BLOOMSBURY
The Contemporaries: Travels in the
21st-Century Art
World by Roger White
(Mar. 3, hardcover, $28,
ISBN 978-1-62040-
094-4) combines close
observation with commentary—both exuberant and skeptical—as the author takes
readers through the halls of the Rhode
Island School of Design, where art drives
discourse and vice versa; to New York, to
pull back the curtain on the strange economy of art assistantship; and on to Milwaukee, to see a group of young artists
trying to envision the possibilities of a
local scene.
The Rape of Europa: The Intriguing
History of Titian’s Masterpiece by
Charles FitzRoy (June 23, hardcover, $30,
ISBN 978-1-4081-9209-2) tells the story
of one of Titian’s most celebrated master-
pieces, from its origin to the present day;
it’s part art history and part detective
story.
CHRONICLE
See for Yourself: A Visual Guide to
Everyday Beauty by Rob Forbes (May 12,
paper, $24.95, ISBN 978-1-4521-1714-0).
This handbook from designer Rob Forbes,
founder of the retail chain Design Within
Reach, uncovers the beauty in the commonplace and reveals how visual thinking
can enrich our lives.
CONRAN OCTOPUS
Conran on Color by Terence Conran
(May 5, hardcover, $34.99, ISBN 978-1-
84091-685-0) shares the author’s lifetime
of experience as one of the world’s leading
designers and retailers to explain how to
make the most of this vibrant and dynamic
ingredient in your home.
CONTRASTO
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Brooklyn + Klein by William Klein
(Apr. 14, hardcover, $45, ISBN 978-88-
6965-534-0). Sixty years after Life Is Good
and Good for You in New
York, William Klein takes
on a new challenge: shoot
Brooklyn in digital. This
technique becomes a way
for the master of the aesthetic of chaos to refresh
his approach to the New
York borough.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS
FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX
Listening to Stone: The Art and Life
of Isamu Noguchi by Hayden Herrera
(Apr. 21, hardcover, $35, ISBN 978-0-
374-28116-8). From the author of Arshile
Gorky comes a major biography of the great
American sculptor that redefines his legacy
as an artist compulsively driven to change
himself as he searched for his own “essence
of sculpture.”
FLAMMARION
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Private Gardens of Paris by Alexandra
D’Arnoux and Bruno de Laubadere, photos
by Gilles De Chabaneix (Apr. 7, hardcover,
$34.95, ISBN 978-2-08-020204-8).
Whether grandiose or modest, manicured
or untended, these secret gardens, rarely
seen by casual passersby, are timeless
enclaves that provide verdant refuge from
the bustling streets of Paris.
GLITTERATI
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Andrew Geller: Deconstructed by
Jake Gorst (Mar. 15, hardcover, $40, ISBN
978-0-9903808-9-4). Over the course of a
career that lasted more than 50 years,
Geller—architect, artist, and designer—
quietly produced a large and culturally
significant body of work, and in the process
he touched a multitude of lives through the
environments that he dreamed up and the
works that he created.
HARPER DESIGN
Two by Melissa Ann Pinney, edited by
Ann Patchett (Apr. 14, hardcover, $29.99,
ISBN 978-0-06-233442-8). A nuanced
exploration of the relationship between
two beings—relatives, friends, teammates,
lovers, owners and pets—is captured in 75
full-color images from an award-winning
fine art photographer and accompanied by
essays from 10 contemporary writers.
HARVARD UNIV./BELKNAP
Photography and the Art of Chance
by Robin Kelsey (May 12, hardcover,
$32.95, ISBN 978-0-674-74400-4).
Photography has a unique relationship to
chance. Anyone who has wielded a camera
has taken a picture ruined by an ill-timed
blink or enhanced by an unexpected
