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Sep 30, 2017
Writing about visual art, perhaps more than any other cultural category, tends toward the incomprehensible and, well, artless.

But there are of course some wonderful, noteworthy exceptions to this norm.

Here are The Vulture's favourite art books — a term that encompasses books about art, books by artists, and books of art — from 2016.


 Social Medium: Artists Writing, 2000–2015

Social Medium: Artists Writing, 2000–2015

Jennifer Liese

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Social Medium: Artists Writing, 2000–2015 is the first major anthology of 21st-century artist...


art essays
How to See: Looking, Talking, and Thinking About Art

How to See: Looking, Talking, and Thinking About Art

David Salle

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In How to See, David Salle explores how art works and how it moves us, informs us and challenges us....

Dali: Les Diners de Gala

Dali: Les Diners de Gala

Salvador Dalí

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“Les diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste … If you are a disciple of one...


Art food
Chardin and Rembrandt

Chardin and Rembrandt

Marcel Proust

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Long overlooked in Proust’s posthumously published writings, Chardin and Rembrandt, written when...


art essays
Before Pictures

Before Pictures

Douglas Crimp

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Douglas Crimp is the rare art critic whose work profoundly influenced a generation of artists. He is...

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    Match 3

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    Podcast

    Exploring the cultural context of video games with Kotaku reporter Patrick Klepek, freelance writer...

    History 131

    History 131

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    Podcast

    Survey of the social, political, economic and cultural transformations that took place in colonial...

    HOT 97

    HOT 97

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    HOT97 is the world's biggest and most well known Hip Hop radio station and cultural brand. Subscribe...

The Other Side of the Door (2016)
The Other Side of the Door (2016)
2016 | Horror, Mystery
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5.8 (5 Ratings)
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Decent acting, CGI (0 more)
Myriad cultural stereotypes (0 more)
Okay but nothing really new
The acting, CGI, and basic plot of this movie are decent to fill an otherwise boring evening at home. The problem comes in with the setting: what could have built off of a rich cultural heritage and created a unique story has instead devolved into a tale of terrifying shamans, superstitious villagers, crawling cockroaches, and a taciturn amah. And the requisite burial(s) in the Ganges.
  
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) Sep 3, 2017

Ooh I'm genuinely interested - are you Indian?