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Contemporary Art

All titles added within the past twelve months. For a list of book titles in this category 1998 to the present, click here.

Cindy Sherman. Exh. cat. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2012. 264 pp.; 153 color ills.; 102 b/w ills. Cloth $60.00 (9780870708121)

The Complete Postcard Art of Gilbert and George. 2 vols. New York: Prestel, 2011. 1086 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth $65.00 (9783791351162)

TransLife: International New Media Art. Beijing, China and Liverpool, UK: National Art Museum of China and Liverpool University Press, 2012. 336 pp.; 150 color ills. Paper $59.95 (9781846317460)

Adams, Patrick, Charles Caldmeyer, and Blair Vaughn-Gruler. International Painting Annual 1. Cincinnati, OH: Manifest Press, 2012. 180 pp.; 156 b/w ills. Paper $20.00 (9780983730200)

Adamson, Glenn, and Jane Pavitt, eds. Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970–90. Exh. cat. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2011. 320 pp.; 250 color ills. Paper £40.00 (9781851776597)

Ai, Wei Wei. Ai Wei Wei's Blog: Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006–2009. Trans. Lee Ambrozy. The MIT Press Writing Art series. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. 320 pp.; 58 ills. Paper $24.95 (9780262015219)

Allué, Manuel, and Enric Baixeras i Sastre. Secall: Velam Abstracte. Exh. cat. Tarragona, Spain: Museu d’Art Modern de Tarragona, 2011. 208 pp.; Many color ills. Paper €25.00 (8495835994)

Amalfitano, Lelia, and Judith Hoos Fox. The Strange Life of Objects: The Art of Annette Lemieux. Exh. cat. Champaign: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, 2011. 232 pp.; 127 color ills.; 95 b/w ills.; 223 ills. Cloth $49.00 (9781883015459)

Andriessen, Mischa, Sebastián López, and José Manuel Springer. Betsabeé Romero: Cars and Traces. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, 2011. 176 pp.; 68 color ills. Paper €19.50 (9789460221231)

Archer, Michael. Jeff Koons: One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank. One Work series. London: Afterall Books, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, 2012. 106 pp.; 22 color ills. Paper £9.95 (9781846380792)

Ørjasæter, Kristin, and Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen, eds. Globalizing Art: Negotiating Place, Identity, and Nation in Contemporary Nordic Art. Acta Jutlandica, Humanistisk serie 2011:8. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press, 2011. 294 pp.; Many color ills. Paper €40.95 (9788779345720)

Baade, Carrie Ann, and Nancy E. Hightower. Cute and Creepy. Exh. cat. Tallahassee: Museum of FIne Arts, Florida State University, 2012. 68 pp.; 106 color ills. Paper $19.95 (9781889282244)

Berlinische Galerie, ed. Rainer Fetting: Berlin. Exh. cat. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2011. 133 pp.; 60 color ills.; 20 b/w ills. Cloth $34.95 (9783777440217)

Bester, Rory. Claudette Schreuders. New York: Prestel Verlag, 2011. 240 pp.; 150 color ills. Cloth $49.95 (9783791351100)

Blau, Daniel, ed. Lucian Freud: Portraits. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2011. 80 pp.; 35 color ills. Cloth $29.95 (9783777439716)

Blauvelt, Andrew, ed. Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2011. 336 pp. Cloth $34.95 (9780935640908)

Blühm, Andreas, and Roland Krischel, eds. Do or Die: The Human Condition in Painting and Photography—Teutloff Meets Walraf. Exh. cat. Munich: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Foundation Corboud, 2011. 160 pp.; 121 color ills.; 22 b/w ills. Cloth $39.00 (9783777432618)

Blisténe, Bernard Bernard, Laurent Le Bon, Patrick Bouchain, and Dorothea von Hantelmann. The Museum That Did Not Exist. Exh. cat. Munich: Prestel, 2011. 352 pp.; 300 color ills. Cloth $85.00 (9783791344997)

Bottinelli, Silvia. "seleArte" (1952-1966) una finestra sul mondo: Ragghianti, Olivetti e la divulgazione dell'arte internazionale all'indomani del Fascismo. Lucca, IT: Edizioni Fondazione Ragghianti Studi sull'arte, 2011. 256 pp.; Many b/w ills. Paper €18.00 (9788889324271)

Bowles, John P. Adrian Piper: Race, Gender, and Embodiment. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011. 368 pp.; 17 color ills.; 52 b/w ills. Cloth $25.95 (9780822349204)

Boylan, Alexis L., ed. Thomas Kinkade: The Artist in the Mall. Durham: Duke University Press, 2011. 320 pp.; 13 color ills.; 22 b/w ills.; 35 ills. Paper $25.95 (9780822348399)

Britton, Karla, ed. Constructing the Ineffable: Contemporary Sacred Architecture. New Haven: Yale School of Architecture, 2011. 248 pp.; 100 color ills.; 200 b/w ills.; 300 ills. Cloth $50.00 (9780300170375)

Bucarelli, Angelo, ed. Il Drago e la Farfalla: Arte contemporanea in Vietnam. Exh. cat. Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2011. 144 pp.; Many color ills. Paper €16.00 (9788849210156)

Buckley, Craig, and Jean-Louis Violeau, eds. Utopie: Texts and Projects, 1967–1978. Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2011. 264 pp.; 250 ills. Cloth $24.95 (9781584350958)

Buszek, Maria Elena, ed. Extra/Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art. Durham: Duke University Press, 2011. 308 pp.; Few color ills. Paper $24.95 (9780822347620)

Carver, Jon, and Henry Shukman. Ricardo Mazal: Kora. Exh. cat. New York: Sundadram Tagore Gallery and Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, 2011. 104 pp.; 48 color ills. Cloth $50.00 (9781934491294)

Cats, Ruth, ed. As Is: Arte Israeliana Contemporanea. Exh. cat. Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2011. 240 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth €35.00 (9788849215830)

Caulfield, Sean, Curtis Gillespie, and Timothy Caulfield, eds. Perceptions of Promise: Biotechnology, Society and Art. Exh. cat. Edmonton: Department or Art and Design, University of Alberta, 2011. 98 pp.; 30 color ills.; 17 b/w ills. Paper $35.00 (9780969989844)

Cherix, Christophe. Print/Out: 20 Years in Print. Exh. cat. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2012. 236 pp.; 585 ills. Cloth $50.00 (9780870708251)

Chiu, Melissa, and Benjamin Genocchio, eds. Contemporary Art in Asia: A Critical Reader. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011. 320 pp.; 16 color ills.; 22 b/w ills.; 38 ills. Paper $29.95 (9780262516235)

Ciclitira, Serenella, ed. Korean Eye: Contemporary Korean Art. New York: Skira Rizzoli, 2010. 390 pp. Paper $60.00 (9788857204673)

Clark-Langager, Sarah, and William Dietrich. Critical Messages: Contemporary Northwest Artists on the Environment. Exh. cat. Salem, OR and Bellingham, WA: Hallie Ford Museum of Art and Western Gallery, 2010. 80 pp.; 61 color ills. Paper $24.95 (9781878237071)

Coen, Vittoria, and Ermanno Tedeschi, eds. Campolungo: L'orizzonte sensibile del Contemporaneo. Exh. cat. Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2011. 144 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth €25.00 (9788849217308 )

Complo McNutt, Jennifer, and Ashley Holland, eds. We Are Here: The Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2011. Indianapolis, IN: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, 2011. 120 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $26.95 (9780295991795)

Cruz-Diez, Carlos. Color in Space and Time. Exh. cat. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Cruz-Diez Foundation, 2011. 512 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth $75.00 (9780300169942)

Danzker, Jo-Anne Birnie, and Doug Nufer. Isaac Layman: Paradise. Seattle, WA: Frye Art Museum, 2012. 80 pp.; 37 color ills. Cloth $28.00 (9780295991856)

de Grandis, Oddo, Stefania Fabri, and Maria Ida Gaeta, eds. America Illustrata. Exh. cat. Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2006. 272 pp.; 230 color ills. Paper (9788849200188)

Delson, Susan, ed. Ai WeiWei: Circle of Animals. Exh. cat. New York: Prestel and AW Asia, 2011. 220 pp.; 165 color ills.; 15 b/w ills. Cloth $49.95 (9783791346366)

Deutsche, Rosalyn. Hiroshima After Iraq: Three Studies in Art and War. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. 18 pp.; 38 ills. Paper $18.00 (9780231152792)

Duesberry, Joellyn. Elevated Perspective: The Paintings of Joellyn Duesberry. Denver, CO: Rose Fredrick Fine Art Publishing, 2011. 228 pp.; 206 color ills. Cloth $65.00 (9780983368502)

Dziewanska, Marta, ed. Ion Grigorescu: In the Body of the Victim. Warsaw, Poland: Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, 2011. 312 pp.; 20 color ills.; 177 b/w ills. Paper $29.00 (9788392404415)

Eckmann, Sabine. Precarious Worlds: Contemporary Art from Germany. Exh. cat. St. Louis, MO: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 2012. 72 pp.; 20 color ills. Cloth $30.00 (9780936316345)

Eliason, Eric A. Black Velvet Art. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2011. 112 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth $35.00 (9781604737943)

Elliott, David, and Tetsuya Ozaki. Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: Japan Society, 2011. 136 pp.; 89 color ills.; 3 b/w ills. Paper $35.00 (9780300166903)

Farlow, Allie, ed. Attitude and Alchemy: The Metalwork of Gary Lee Noffke. Exh. cat. Charlotte: Mint Museum of Craft and Design, 2011. 140 pp.; 126 color ills. Paper $24.95 (9780983194200)

Fernandez, Horatio, ed. The Latin American Photobook. Exh. cat. New York and Mexico City: Aperture Foundation and Editorial RM, 2011. 256 pp.; 250 color ills. Cloth $75.00 (9781597111898)

Fernandez, Veronica, and Doug Harvey. Sean Duffy. Front Forty Profiles, vol. 2. Chicago: Front Forty Press, 2011. 112 pp.; 60 color ills. Paper $25.00 (9780615401461)

Fields, Jill, ed. Entering the Picture: Judy Chicago, The Fresno Feminist Art Program, and the Collective Visions of Women Artists. New Directions in American History. New York: Routledge, 2011. 345 pp.; 38 ills. Paper $42.95 (9780415887694)

Flórez, Fernando Castro. David Latorre: Mise en scène. Exh. cat. Tarragona, Spain: Museu d’Art Modern de Tarragona, 2011. 71 pp.; Many color ills. Paper €10.00 (9788495835722)

Fleetwood, Nicole R. Troubling Vision: Performance, Visuality, and Blackness. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. 276 pp.; 38 b/w ills. Paper $25.00 (9780226253039)

Focke, Anne, ed. Trimpin: Contraptions for Art and Sound. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011. 208 pp.; 100 color ills.; 10 b/w ills. Cloth $40.00 (9780295991092)

Forrester, Gillian, ed. Rebecca Salter: Into the Light of Things. Exh. cat. New Haven: Yale Center for British Art, 2011. 280 pp.; 200 color ills. Cloth $60.00 (9780300170429)

Fournier, Anik, Michelle Lim, Amanda Parmer, and Robert Wuilfe, eds. Undercurrents: Experimental Ecosystems in Recent Art. Exh. cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2011. 148 pp.; 44 b/w ills. Paper $16.95 (9780300169546)

Fried, Michael. Four Honest Outlaws: Sala, Ray, Marioni, Gordon. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. 224 pp.; 70 color ills.; 9 b/w ills. Cloth $45.00 (9780300170535)

Garcia, Erin C. Photography as Fiction. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010. 112 pp.; Many color ills.; Many b/w ills. Cloth $24.95 (9781606060315)

Ghose, Madhuvanti, ed. Jitish Kallat: Public Notice 3. Exh. cat. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2011. 96 pp.; 38 color ills.; 6 b/w ills. Cloth $25.00 (9780300171587)

Gott, Suzanne, and Kristyne Loughran, eds. Contemporary African Fashion. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2011. 248 pp.; 71 color ills. Paper $27.95 (9780253222565)

Grams, Diane. Producing Local Color: Art Networks in Ethnic Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. 279 pp.; Few color ills. Cloth $40.00 (9780226305172)

Grant, Catherine, and Lori Waxman, eds. Girls! Girls! Girls! in Contemporary Art. Bristol, UK: Intellect, 2011. 176 pp.; 32 color ills. Paper $40.00 (9781841503486)

Gregory, Jarrett, and Sarah Valdez, eds. Ostalgia. Exh. cat. New York: New Museum, 2011. 120 pp. Paper $35.00 (9780915557967)

Guenther, Bruce. Lee Kelly. Exh. cat. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 2010. 175 pp.; 170 color ills. Cloth $40.00 (9780295990750)

Hahn, Cynthia. Objects of Devotion and Desire: Medieval Relic to Contemporary Art. Exh. cat. New York: Hunter College of The City University of New York, 2011. 88 pp.; Many color ills. Paper (1885998899)

Hancock, Caroline, Franck Gautherot, and Seung-Duk Kim, eds. Lynda Benglis. Exh. cat. Dijon: Les presses du réel, 2009. 480 pp.; 356 ills. Cloth $60.00 (9782840663584)

Harrison, Michael. Alan Reynolds: The Making of a Concretist Artist. Surrey, UK: Lund Humphries, 2011. 192 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth $80.00 (9781848220683)

Hecker, Judith B. Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now: Prints from The Museum of Modern Art. Exh. cat. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2011. 96 pp.; 72 color ills. Paper $29.95 (9780870707568)

Held, Peter, ed. The Art of Toshiko Takaezu: In the Language of Silence. New York: Toshiko Takaezu Book Foundation, 2011. 160 pp.; 164 ills. Cloth $40.00 (9780807834824)

Hiesinger, Kathryn Bloom. Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2011. 60 pp.; 42 color ills. Paper $18.00 (9780300179828)

Huie, Wing Young. The University Avenue Project. Vol. 1. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2010. 128 pp.; Many color ills.; Many b/w ills. Paper $12.95 (9780873517829)

Hull, Roger. Henk Pander: Memory and Modern Life. Exh. cat. Salem, OR: Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 2011. 136 pp.; 112 color ills. Paper $29.95 (9781930957633)

Hurlston, David. Ron Mueck. Exh. cat. Victoria, Australia: National Gallery of Victoria, 2011. 192 pp.; 75 color ills.; 2 b/w ills. Paper $30.00 (9780300176834)

Huttel, Richard, ed. Michael Triegel: Metamorphosis of the Gods. Exh. cat. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2011. 220 pp.; 190 color ills. Cloth $59.95 (9783777433714)

Jamme, Franck André. Tantra Song. Los Angeles: Siglio, 2011. 112 pp.; 50 color ills. Cloth $39.95 (9780979956270 )

Jenkins, Bruce. Gordon Matta-Clark: Conical Intersect. One Work. London: Afterall Books, 2011. 112 pp.; 32 color ills. Paper $16.00 (9781846380730)

Johung, Jennifer. Replacing Home: From Primordial Hut to Digital Network in Contemporary Art. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. 232 pp.; 50 b/w ills. Paper $25.00 (9780816672882)

Jones, Kellie. EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011. 528 pp.; 27 b/w ills. Paper $27.95 (9780822348733)

Kass, Ray. The Sight of Silence: John Cage’s Complete Watercolors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011. 144 pp.; 150 color ills.; 43 b/w ills. Cloth $34.95 (9780615401805)

Keller, Corey, ed. Francesca Woodman. Exh. cat. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2011. 224 pp.; 157 color ills.; 18 b/w ills. Cloth $49.95 (9781935202660)

Kelly, Karen, Barbara Schröder, and Giel Vandecaveye, eds. Dara Birnbaum: The Dark Matter of Media Light. Exh. cat. Ghent, Porto, and New York: Stedelijk Museum, Museo de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, and DelMonico Books, 2011. 368 pp.; 360 color ills. Cloth $60.00 (9783791351247)

Kelly, Caleb, ed. Sound. Documents of Contemporary Art. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011. 238 pp. Paper $24.95 (9780262515689)

Kennedy, Brian P. Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons, 1965–66. Exh. cat. Hanover: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2011. 135 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth $45.00 (9780944722398)

Kester, Grant H. The One and the Many: Contemporary Collaborative Art in a Global Context. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011. 320 pp.; 15 color ills.; 14 b/w ills. Paper $24.95 (9780822349877)

Krauss, Rosalind E. Under Blue Cup. An October Book. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011. 152 pp.; 60 color ills. Cloth $24.95 (9780262016131)

Kunstmuseum, Bündner, ed. Bianca Brunner: Gap in the Real. Zürich: Verlag Scheidegger and Spiess, 2011. 80 pp.; Many color ills.; Few b/w ills. Cloth $55.00 (9783858813091)

Kusama, Yayoi. Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama. Trans. Ralph McCarthy. London: Tate Publishing, 2011. 256 pp.; 30 b/w ills. Paper $35.00 (9780226464985)

Le Feuvre, Lisa, and Rudi Fuchs. Thomas Houseago: What Went Down. Exh. cat. Burlington: Modern Art Oxford, 2011. 240 pp.; 211 color ills.; 7 b/w ills. Cloth $70.00 (9781901352504)

Lee Clark, Robin. Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface. Exh. cat. San Diego and Berkeley: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego and University of California Press, 2011. 240 pp.; 100 color ills.; 75 b/w ills. Cloth $39.95 (9780520270602)

Levine, Cary. Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheels. Exh. cat. Purchase, New York and New York: Neuberger Museum of Art and Prestel, 2011. 128 pp.; 80 color ills. Cloth $39.95 (9783791346373)

Ligon, Glenn. Yourself in the World: Selected Writings and Interviews. Ed. Scott Rothkopf. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2011. 208 pp.; 58 color ills. Paper $24.95 (9780300169096)

Lomas, David. Narcissus Reflected: The Narcissus Myth in Surrealist and Contemporary Art. Exh. cat. Edinburgh: Fruitmarket Gallery, 2011. 176 pp.; 46 color ills.; 60 b/w ills. Paper $27.00 (9780947912994)

Lovejoy, Margot, Christiane Paul, and Victoria Vesna. Context Providers: Conditions of Meaning in Media Arts. Bristol, UK: Intellect, 2011. 350 pp.; 70 b/w ills. Paper $35.00 (9781841503080)

Lynes, Barbara Buhler, and Jonathon Weinberg, eds. Shared Intelligence: American Painting and the Photograph. Exh. cat. Berkeley: University of California, 2011. 240 pp.; 70 color ills.; 150 b/w ills.; 230 ills. Cloth $39.95 (9780520269064)

Lyotard, Jean-François. Sam Francis: Lesson of Darkness. Jean-François Lyotard: Writings on Contemporary Art and Artists, vol. 2. Leuven, BE: Leuven University Press, 2011. 224 pp.; 43 color ills. Cloth $49.50 (9789058677815)

Malone, Meredith. Cosima von Bonin: Character Appropriation. Exh. cat. St. Louis, MO: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 2012. 48 pp.; 27 color ills. Paper $10.00 (9780936316338)

Marcoci, Roxana, and Terry Eagleton. Sanja Iveković: Sweet Violence. Exh. cat. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2012. 192 pp.; 257 ills. Cloth $50.00 (9780870708114)

Matilsky, Barbara. Lesley Dill's Poetic Visions: From Shimmer to Sister Gertrude Morgan. Exh. cat. Bellingham, WA: Whatcom Museum, 2011. 48 pp.; 30 color ills. Paper $20.00 (9780295991566)

McDonnell, Patricia, and Emily Stamey. Art of Our Time: Selections form the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University. Exh. cat. Wichita, KS: Ulrich Museum of Art, 2010. 168 pp.; 117 color ills. Paper $29.95 (9780295990255)

McLean, Ian, ed. How Aborigines Invented the Idea of Contemporary Art: Writing on Aboriginal Contemporary Art. Sydney, Australia: Power Publications, 2011. 360 pp.; 59 color ills. Paper $49.95 (9780909952372)

McQuilten, Grace. Art in Consumer Culture: Mis-Design. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011. 218 pp.; 4  color ills.; 15 b/w ills. Cloth $119.95 (9781409422402)

Miller, Gordon. Voyages: To the New World and Beyond. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011. 200 pp.; over 100 color ills. Cloth $55.00 (9780295991153)

Mitrani, Àlex. Diego Pujal: Pinturas. Exh. cat. Tarragona, Spain: Museu d’Art Modern de Tarragona, 2011. 36 pp.; 17 color ills. Paper €3.00 (9788495835888)

Monk, Philip, Emelie Chhangur, Andrew Harwood, Jon Davies, and Sally McKay. FASTWÜRMS DONKY@NINJA@WITCH: A Living Retrospective. Exh. cat. Toronto: Art Gallery of York University, 2011. 112 pp.; 208 ills. Cloth $24.00 (9780921972600)

Moody, Andrea, Melissa G. Post, and Anders Stephanson. Glimmering Gone: Ingalena Klenell and Beth Lipman. Exh. cat. Tacoma: Museum of Glass, 2011. 96 pp.; 76 color ills.; 12 b/w ills.; 88 ills. Cloth $60.00 (9780295990804)

Morgan, Jessica, and Leslie Jones, eds. John Baldessari: Pure Beauty. Exh. cat. Los Angeles and New York: Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with Prestel, 2009. 324 pp.; 240 ills. Paper $36.00 (3791343459)

Muir, Gregor. Lucky Kunst: The Rise and Fall of Young British Art. London: Aurum Press, 2011. 250 pp.; 23 ills. Paper $15.95 (9781845135287)

Museum der Moderne Salzburg, ed. From Louise Bourgeois to Jeff Wall: Portraits and Studio Stills by Elfie Semotan. Exh. cat. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2011. 104 pp.; 33 color ills.; 51 b/w ills. Paper $30.00 (9783777432915)

Myers, Terry R., ed. Painting: Documents of Contemporary Art. London and Cambridge, MA: Whitechapel Gallery and MIT Press, 2011. 240 pp. Paper $24.95 (9780262515672)

Neef, Sonja. Imprint and Trace: Handwriting in the Age of Technology. London: Reaktion Books, 2011. 365 pp.; 74 b/w ills. Cloth $40.00 (9781861896537)

Neumann, Dietrich, ed. The Structure of Light: Richard Kelly and the Illumination of Modern Architecture. New Haven: Yale University School of Architecture, 2011. 224 pp.; 114 color ills.; 131 b/w ills.; 245 ills. Cloth $60.00 (9780300163704)

Olonetzky, Nadine, and Martin Jaeggi. Cécile Wick: Colored Waters. Munich, Germany: Verlag Scheidegger and Speiss, 2012. 180 pp.; 160 color ills. Paper $99.00 (9783858813305)

Pagès, Judit Vidiella, and Lídia Porcar. Núria Rion: Vestigis. Exh. cat. Tarragona, Spain: Museu d'Art Modern de Tarragona, 2011. 36 pp.; 15 color ills. Paper €3.00 (0788495835895)

Paraskos, Michael. Clive Head. Surrey, UK: Lund Humphries, 2010. 200 pp.; 100 color ills. Cloth $80.00 (9781848220621)

Pascale, Mark. Contemporary Drawings from the Irving Stenn Jr. Collection. Exh. cat. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2011. 160 pp.; 127 color ills. Cloth $35.00 (9780300175738)

Peabody, Rebecca, Andrew Perchuk, Glenn Phillips, Rani Singh, and Lucy Bradnock, eds. Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945–1980. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2011. 352 pp.; 218 color ills.; 160 b/w ills. Cloth $59.95 (9781606060728)

Pearson, Lisa, ed. It Is Almost That: A Collection of Image and Text Work by Women and Women Artists. Los Angeles: Siglio, 2011. 296 pp.; 250 color ills. Cloth $45.00 (9780979956263 )

Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa. Kevin Roche: Architecture as Environment. Exh. cat. New Haven: Yale School of Architecture, 2011. 280 pp.; 226 color ills.; 107 b/w ills.; 333 ills. Cloth $65.00 (9780300152234)

Phillips, Patricia C. Ursula Von Rydingsvard: Working. Exh. cat. New York: Prestel, 2011. 208 pp.; 150 color ills.; 25 b/w ills.; 175 ills. Cloth $65.00 (9783791350868)

Polk, Patrick A., and Larry Yust. The Beautiful Walls: Photographic Elevations of Street Art in Los Angeles, Berlin, and Paris. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2010. 100 pp.; 90 color ills. Cloth $40.00 (9780977834440)

Rattemeyer, Christian. Exhibiting the New Art: 'Op Losse Schroeven' and 'When Attitudes Become Form' 1969. London: Afterall Books, 2010. 280 pp.; Few color ills.; Many b/w ills. Paper $27.50 (9783865608598)

Ravenal, John B. Xu Bing: Tobacco Project, Duke/Shanghai/Virginia, 1999–2011. Exh. cat. Richmond, VA and Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2011. 144 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth $35.00 (9780917046964 )

Reilly, Maura, Djon Mundine, and Eleanor Heartney. Richard Bell: Uz vs. Them. Exh. cat. New York: American Federation of Arts, 2011. 80 pp.; 46 color ills.; 10 b/w ills. Cloth $35.00 (9781904832959)

Richardson, Craig. Scottish Art Since 1960: Historical Reflections and Contemporary Overviews. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011. 215 pp.; Few b/w ills. Cloth $124.95 (9780754661245)

Rieser, Martin, ed. The Mobile Audience: Media Art and Mobile Technologies. Architecture Technology Culture vol. 5. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2011. 481 pp. Cloth $135.00 (9789042031272)

Robbin, Tony, and Tony Robbin. Tony Robbin: A Retrospective; Paintings and Drawings 1970–2010. Exh. cat. Orlando, FL: Orlando Museum of Art, 2011. 120 pp.; 47 color ills.; 5 b/w ills. Cloth $45.00 (9781555953676)

Robertson, Iain. A New Art from Emerging Markets. Burlington, VT: Lund Humphries, 2011. 208 pp.; 35 b/w ills. Paper $50.00 (978848220195)

Rodari, Florian. Kosta Alex. Paris: Editions Hazan, 2011. 180 pp.; 100 color ills.; 30 b/w ills. Cloth $65.00 (9780300176650)

Rodenbeck, Judith F. Radical Prototypes: Allan Kaprow and the Invention of Happenings. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011. 312 pp.; 47 b/w ills. Paper $34.95 (9780262016209)

Romo, Terezita. Malaquias Montoya. A Ver: Revisioning Art History, vol. 6. Los Angeles: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, 2011. 200 pp.; 95 color ills. Paper $24.95 (9780895511072)

Rosa, Joseph, and Zoë Ryan. Hyperlinks: Architecture and Design. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2011. 160 pp.; 110 color ills. Paper $30.00 (9780300167054)

Rothkopf, Scott. Glenn Ligon: America. Exh. cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2011. 304 pp.; 196 color ills. Cloth $65.00 (9780300168471)

Schnoor, Christopher. Stephen Knapp: Lightpaintings. Exh. cat. Boise: Boise Art Museum, 2011. 56 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $22.50 (9780979209819)

Seydel, Robert. Book of Ruth. Los Angeles: Siglio, 2011. 152 pp.; 90 color ills.; 32 b/w ills. Cloth $35.00 (9780979956256)

Shrigley, David. What the Hell Are You Doing? The Essential David Shrigley. Intro. Will Self. W.W. Norton and Company, 2011. 352 pp.; 352 color ills. Cloth $35.00 (9780393082470)

Siegel, Katy. Since '45: America and the Making of Contemporary Art. London: Reaktion Books, 2011. 254 pp.; Few b/w ills. Cloth $29.00 (9781861897732)

Simpson, James. Under the Hammer: Iconoclasm in the Anglo-American Tradition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. 222 pp.; Few b/w ills. Cloth $45.00 (9780199591657)

Singerman, Howard. Art History, after Sherrie Levine. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. 304 pp. Paper $24.95 (9780520267220)

Smith, Terry. Contemporary Art: World Currents. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011. 304 pp.; 377 ills. Cloth $68.00 (9780205034406)

Smith, Cherise. Enacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S. Lee, Adrian Piper, and Anna Deavere Smith. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011. 336 pp.; 18 color ills.; 40 b/w ills. Paper $24.95 (9780822347996)

Spero, Nancy. Torture of Women. Los Angeles: Siglio, 2011. 156 pp.; 96 color ills. 96 $48.00 (9780979956225 )

Stack, Gael. Gael Stack. M. Georgia Hegarty Dunkerley Contemporary Art Series Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2011. 208 pp.; 143 ills. Cloth $60.00 (9780292728547)

Storr, Robert. Jac Leiner in Conversation with/en Conversación con Adele Nelson. Conversaciones/Conversations. New York: Fundación Cisneros, 2011. 200 pp.; many color ills. Cloth $25.00 (9780982354445)

Strinati, Claudio, ed. Jiang Guo Fang: Il pittore della Città Proibita. Exh. cat. Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2011. 96 pp.; Many color ills. Paper €20.00 (9788849208580)

Symmes, Marilyn, and Faye Hirsch. Dancing With the Dark: Joan Snyder Prints 1963–2010. Exh. cat. New Brunswick, NJ: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, 2011. 176 pp.; 152 color ills.; 14 b/w ills.; 166 ills. Cloth $60.00 (9783791351063)

Szulakowska, Urszula. Alchemy in Contemporary Art. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011. 224 pp.; Few b/w ills. Cloth $114.95 (9780754667360)

Teboul, David, ed. Boris Mikhailov: I've Been Here Once Before. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2011. 480 pp.; 320 color ills.; 164 b/w ills. Paper $39.95 (9783777440910)

Teramoto, John, Stephen Addiss, and David Rosand. Universe Is Flux: The Art of Tawara Yusaku. Indianapolis and Seattle: Indianapolis Museum of Art and University of Washington Press, 2011. 144 pp.; 90 color ills. Paper $40.00 (9780295991597)

Vartanian, Ivan. Art Work: Seeing Inside the Creative Process. San Francisco: Goliga Books, 2011. 192 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth $24.95 (9780811871280)

Wallace, Isabelle Loring, and Jennie Hirsh, eds. Contemporary Art and Classical Myth. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011. 376 pp.; 0 ills. Cloth $124.95 (9780754669746)

Warren, Lynne. Jim Nutt: Coming Into Character. Exh. cat. Chicago and New Haven: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in association with Yale University Press, 2011. 136 pp.; 75 color ills. Cloth $35.00 (9780300172386)

Weibel, Peter, ed. Rosalie Lichtkunst: Light Art, the Universal Theater of Light. Zürich: Scheidegger and Spiess, 2011. 448 pp.; 0 ills. Cloth $110.00 (9783858813084)

Weiss, Rachel. To and From Utopia in the New Cuban Art. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. 368 pp.; 179 color ills. Paper $34.95 (9780816665150)

Whitney Museum of American Art. Christian Marclay: Festival. Exh. cat. 3 vols. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2011. 246 pp.; 250 ills. Paper $35.00 (9780300169003)

Wieg, Cornelia, ed. Into One-Another: Berlinde De Bruyckere in Diaolgue with Cranach and Pasolini. Munich: Hirmer, 2011. 236 pp.; 60 color ills.; many b/w ills. Cloth $39.95 (9782777438917)

Wiehager, Renate, ed. Ampersand: A Dialogue Between Contemporary Art from South Africa and the Daimler Art Collection. Exh. cat. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2011. 128 pp.; 164 color ills.; 23 b/w ills. Paper $34.95 (9783777428017)

Wiggins, Colin, Michael Bracewell, and Marla Prather. Bridget Riley: Paintings and Related Work. Exh. cat. London: National Gallery Company, 2011. 78 pp.; 50 color ills. Paper $18.00 (9781857094978)

Williams, Alena, ed. Nancy Holt: Sightlines. Exh. cat. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. 256 pp.; 100 color ills.; 80 b/w ills.; 180 ills. Cloth $49.95 (9780520268562)

Zavala, Adriana. Mexico Beyond its Revolution. Exh. cat. Medford, MA: Tufts University Art Gallery, 2010. 112 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $21.95 (9781880593080)