Recent Art Books

This archive list features queer feminist art books, exhibition catalogues and book projects.

• LJ Roberts | Carry You With Me: Ten Years of Portraits (2021) (9/30/2023) - Video (6:15): Artist talk with LJ Roberts on the occasion of LJ Robert’s exhibition and publication "Carry You With Me: Ten Years of Portraits," (Pioneer Works, 2021).
• Margaret Galvan on The Comics Visionaries: Lee Marrs and Roberta Gregory and Her New Book (9/18/2023) - Video (1:27:02): Margaret Galvan on The Comics Visionaries: Lee Marrs’s and Roberta Gregory’s Underground Feminism. Watch the video 'Margaret Galvan, Sept 5, 2023' on Youtube.
• Juicy Mother: Celebration Anthology (2004) Edited by Jennifer Camper (8/27/2023) - Video (12:10): Look inside the book, Juicy Mother (Volume 1) Celebration Anthology (2004) edited by Jennifer Camper. It is a cartoon anthology with work by and about queers, women and people of color.
• Graphic Novel: RED AS BLUE by Ji Strangeway (2018) (8/20/2023) - Video (2:53): Filmmaker, artist and poet Ji Strangeway talks about her LGBTQ Lesbian Teen Graphic Novel, RED AS BLUE (2018).
• Kate Charlesworth Author of Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide (8/14/2023) - Video (1:05:28): Conversation with British cartoonist Kate Charlesworth author of Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide, a graphic guide to lesbian and queer history 1950-2020.
• MATCHMAKING IN THE ARCHIVE by E. G. Crichton (8/13/2023) - Video (1:06:37): E. G. Crichton in conversation with Alexandra Teixeira Riggs for a discussion of the book, Matchmaking in the Archive: 19 Conversations with the Dead and 3 Encounters with Ghosts by E. G. Crichton.
• Art As Activism and Sea(see) by Jeanette Spicer (8/7/2023) - Video (56:48): This pride panel debate by Los Angeles Center of Photography is showcasing the impactful photographs by the queer artists Jeanette Spicer and Michael Young. Jeanette Spicer starts with a presentation of the erotic photographs from her book Sea(see).
• Look Inside: ‘Look at me like you love me’ by Jess T. Dugan (2022) (7/11/2023) - Video (1:23: a leaf through the monograph ‘Look at me like you love me’ by Jess T. Dugan, (MACK, 2022). The book was shortlisted for the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards 2022.
• Art Book – Lola Flash’s “Believable: Traveling with My Ancestors” (2023) (4/6/2023) - 'Believable: Traveling with My Ancestors' - A stunning full-color collection of photographs, old and new, by the renowned photographer and LGBTQIA+ activist Lola Flash.
• Laurence Rasti – There Are No Homosexuals in Iran (2017) (3/20/2023) - Video (7:24): a leaf through Laurence Rasti's photobook, There Are No Homosexuals in Iran (Edition Patrick Frey, 2017).
• Book: Assuming the Ecosexual Position The Earth as Lover (2021) (1/26/2023) - Video (1:27:32): a book launch celebration for 'Assuming the Ecosexual Position: The Earth as Lover' with Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle and w/ special guests.
• Luz: Seeing the Space Between Us by Diana Solis (2022) (1/25/2023) - Video (2:17): queer artist and photographer Diana Solís (US) talks about her photography book Luz: Seeing the Space Between Us, (November, 2022).
• Book – Wonderland by Annie Leibovitz (2021) (1/22/2023) - Video (24:13): a flip through the whole 2,44 kilos gorgeous coffee table book 'Wonderland' by Annie Leibovitz (2021).
• SD Holman’s Book and Art Project: ‘Butch’ (2018) (1/8/2023) - Video (13:21): Canadian artist SD Holman self-identifies as “butch”. In this video they talks about the book and the art project 'Butch: not like other girls.' .
• Dawn Woolley: Consuming the Body: Capitalism, Social Media and Commodification (12/7/2022) - Video (44:22): Dawn Woolley's artist talk is about her recently published book, Consuming the Body: Capitalism, Social Media and Commodification (2022). She also introduces the viewers to a number of her art projects including her series of annimated 'Infomercials: 12 days of Christmas and 12 days of January'.
• ‘Dark Room’ – A Phyllis Christopher Monograph (2021) (11/21/2022) - Dark Room: San Francisco Sex and Protest, 1988–2003, (Book Works, 2021), is the first book to spotlight Phyllis Christopher’s trailblazing photographs documenting lesbian erotic life and political struggle. Phyllis Christopher's monograph is edited by Laura Guy.
• Curator Suzanne Cotter About Zoe Leonard’s Book and Exhibition “Al río / To the River” at Mudam (8/24/2022) - Video (4:21): Curator Suzanne Cotter talks about the book and the exhibition with the same name 'Zoe Leonard. Al río / To the River' which premiered at Mudam Luxembourg Museum, 26.02 – 06.06.2022.
• Book Launch – Al río / To the River: Zoe Leonard, Tim Johnson, Catherine Facerias, Elisabeth Lebovici (8/24/2022) - Video (1:16.27): Book launch of “Al río / To the River“; Zoe Leonard in conversation with Tim Johnson, Catherine Facerias and Elisabeth Lebovici at Mudam Luxembourg Museum, 26.02.2022.
• Art Book: Wonderland by Annie Leibovitz (7/25/2022) - Video (24:18): "Is Wonderland Annie Leibovitz's Best Photography Book Yet?", a flip through of the coffee table book, Wonderland by Annie Leibovitz (Phaidon 2021) with a soft jazz soundtrack. 'Wonderland' features 330 stunning photographs, many of them previously unpublished.
• Nan Goldin – ‘My Work Comes from Empathy and Love’ | TateShots (2014) (7/20/2022) - Video (5:48): Nan Goldin – 'My Work Comes from Empathy and Love' | TateShots, 2014. In the video, Nan Goldin mentions her book Eden and After: Nan Goldin, (PHAIDON, 2014).
• Ithell Colquhoun: “Genius of the Fern Loved Gully” with Amy Hale & Timothy Liu. (6/21/2022) - Video (1:11:22): a conversation about Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988). - In celebration of the publication of the first in-depth study of the reclusive British surrealist poet, painter, and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, biographer Amy Hale & poet Timothy Liu will discuss the life and work of this enigmatic figure.
• Forthcoming Book – Dragging Away: Queer Abstraction in Contemporary Art by Lex Lancaster (3/21/2022) - Video (1:14:16): lecture by Lex Lancaster (they/them) discussing their book, Dragging Away: Queer Abstraction in Contemporary Art, forthcoming from Duke University Press in Fall 2022.
• Renée Jacobs: POLAROIDS (12/18/2021) - Renée Jacobs: POLAROIDS (Galerie Vevais), a new monograph with erotic nudes by photograph Renée Jacobs is due to be published in January 2022. An American, Renée now lives with her wife in the south of France.
• Joan Snyder: Silk & Song – Exhibition Catalogue (11/24/2021) - 'Joan Snyder: Silk & Song', exhibition catalogue (2021) is available now. See the online preview at Galerie Haas' website.
• Modern Women Artists 3: Marlow Moss, with Lucy Howarth (10/24/2021) - Video (54:51): In her presentation, art researcher and author Lucy Howarth talks about the life of Marlow Moss (1889–1958) who was a British Constructivist artist and a central figure in the development of European non-figurative art, and her book about 'Marlow Moss' (2019). This event was streamed live via Zoom on Thursday 18th March 2021.