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Justin Vivian Bond recommended Lipstick Traces: A Secret History Of The 20th Century in Books (curated)

"Lipstick Traces gives a profound and well documented introduction to counter-cultural history and is a wonderfully enlightening window into the intellectual underpinnings of rock and roll."

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Glenn Ligon recommended A Book of Silence in Books (curated)

A Book of Silence

Sara Maitland | 2021

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"Sara Maitland’s cultural history of silence is a stunning investigation of what it means to leave the world of human interaction behind for a world of quiet."

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Bohan Reviews (215 KP) rated Crazy Rich Asians (2018) in Movies

May 7, 2019

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It tells an entertaining story in an engaging and complicated way that feels fresh and meaningful.

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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

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.

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The Vulture's Best Art Books of 2016

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

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

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

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

Marcel Proust

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

art essays

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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Li Hughes (285 KP) rated The Other Side of the Door (2016) in Movies

Sep 3, 2017

The Other Side of the Door (2016)

2016 | Horror, Mystery

4

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 (1701 KP) Sep 3, 2017

Ooh I'm genuinely interested - are you Indian?

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Ellie Kemper recommended White Teeth in Books (curated)

White Teeth

Zadie Smith | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

8.0

(3 Ratings)

Book Favorite

"This restless, vibrant, indelibly funny novel tackles migration, cultural identity, and the family saga with energetic good cheer. You can tell how much Smith loves her characters, and she makes me love them, too."

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Marina Abramovic recommended The Castle in Books (curated)

The Castle

Franz Kafka | 2021

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"Kafka’s unfinished novel features so many lives and so many different moments from the development of our society. Its lessons can be applied to the cultural and political moment we live in right now."

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Julie Klausner recommended Manson in Books (curated)

Manson

Jeff Guinn | 2014 | Biography

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"If this were the only cultural history of the 1960s you read, you'd get it a whole lot more than most white male boomers who thought the 60s were about making everything cool for everybody, man."

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Audrey A (11 KP) rated The Good Immigrant in Books

Sep 20, 2017

Funny and serious at the same time.

I've only just started reading it and so far it has opened my mind to other people's experiences of how their cultural background fits in to where they are. I will reccommend this book to anyonem

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Justin Vivian Bond recommended Lipstick Traces: A Secret History Of The 20th Century in Books (curated)

Glenn Ligon recommended A Book of Silence in Books (curated)

Bohan Reviews (215 KP) rated Crazy Rich Asians (2018) in Movies