ALWAYS an honor to see our books on the @nytimes critics' Best-of-the-Year list. Thanks to Jason Farago and Holland Cotter for picking the following books and congrats to the artists, curators and publishers who earned this distinction in 2022! 'In the Name of the Image: Figurative Representation in Islamic and Christian Cultures' @hatjecantzverlag "So much of this century’s fanaticism and insularity has rested on a stubborn error about art and religion: Christians like pictures, Muslims don’t. The far richer truth is that the world’s two largest religions both have long histories of creating images and destroying them — as detailed in this learned book…" 'Speaking With Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography’ @radius.books & @theamoncarter "One of the year’s singular beauties… The richly varied work of 20th- and 21st-century Native artists who make up the bulk of the book, edited by John Rohrbach and Will Wilson, moves beyond constricting categories and has the power of poetry." 'New York: 1962–1964' @skiraeditore @thejewishmuseum "Fabulous… Even more than the exhibition itself, the book, conceived and edited by Germano Celant, is a packed time capsule, one that includes a detailed timeline of three fire-starting years of public violence, disobedience and liberation." 'Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces' @themuseumofmodernart @themuseumofmodernart "Stellar… the brilliant 12-year run of the first Black-owned commercial art space to gate-crash New York’s white art world. …The book captures the JAM vibe, and its lead essay by Thomas (T.) Jean Lax, one of the MoMA show’s curators, that gets my vote as best of the year." 'This Must Be the Place: An Oral History of Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975' @americassociety.visualarts @islaanyc "A page-turner… A chronicle of young artists who migrated north to the city to visit or to stay; who mingled — or didn’t — with Latino artists already here; and who, by being here, permanently changed what “art” and 'American' meant." Read the full reviews via linkinbio. #holidaygiftbook #nytimesbestartbooks #hollandcotter #nytimesbestbooks2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CmNCFVKp_JA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
