The title of Richard Rezac's Renaissance Society exhibition, "Address", plays on the multivalent quality of the word. As a noun, it refers to a unique identifier of a precise location. As a verb, it refers to a form of communication crafted for a spe...

Aretha Franklin's voice was legendary, unforgettable: deeply rooted in gospel, yet versatile enough to brilliantly interpret R&B, rock, soul, pop, and jazz standards, it fueled a six-decade career. Her vocal wallop was a mix of preaching, rebuke, and...

In "Exposure", Japanese photojournalist Kazuma Obara (born 1985) investigates the effects of the explosion at Chernobyl. Images were created using abandoned negatives Obara collected throughout his travel in the Ukraine. The project includes two phot...

This spirited volume shows how postwar designers embraced whimsy and eclecticism in their work, exploring playfulness as an essential construct of modernity. Following World War II, Americans began accumulating more and more goods, spurring a transfo...

Over a fifty-year career, Robert Grosvenor has produced a body of work that is at once solidly physical and conceptual, muscular and fluid. Grosvenor frequently uses industrial materials and found objects as he experiments with texture and scale, res...

This book charts a geography of the art market and the art museum in the early 20th century through the legacy of one influential dealer. Born in Ireland, Hugh Lane (1875-1915) established himself in London in the 1890s. With little formal education...

This beautifully produced book, available in a new edition, introduces readers to the major developments in the history of modern art – from Realism to the New Leipzig School. The story of modern art begins with a revolution – when the realists star...

This gorgeously illustrated book explores the three main themes that have inspired William Cordova's work for decades: transmission, alchemy, and transcendence. Growing up in Miami, and of Afro-Peruvian descent, William Cordova's life has been marke...

In her solo exhibition at the Renaissance Society in 2017, "Tenderheaded", Jennifer Packer established herself as one of the most compelling painters of her generation. The exhibition, a selection of portraits and paintings of funerary bouquets, base...

This richly illustrated history of diamonds illuminates myriad facets of the "king of gems", including a cast of larger-than-life characters such as Alexander the Great, the Mughal emperor Jahangir, and East India Company adventurers. It's an in-dept...