Books

	Two New Books Offer Insight and Background On Middle Eastern Contemporary Art By Robert Ayers Presenting a total of 180 artists relatively unknown in the West, these two volumes are substantial, beautiful, and important.
	The Global Art World: Audiences, Markets, and Museums By Katherine Chan This book presents a diverse and fascinating account of the crisis facing arts institutions as they grapple with complex issues.
	American Power: Mitch Epstein By Valerie Gladstone In his ravishing new book, "American Power," art photographer Mitch Epstein enthralls and horrifies with his 63 images of our widely polluted land.

• “Considering Forgiveness”
• “Overspray: Riding High with the Kings of California Airbrush Art”
• “The Conversation Series”
• The Best New Books on Futurism
• "The Blue Room"
• What We Read in 2008
• “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”
• "Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism"
• The Best Recent Releases On Design
• The Best Recent Releases in Photography
• "The San Francisco Tape Music Center: 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde"
• "Paul Fusco RFK"
• “The Inverted World”
• “The Walking-Away World” and “We Meet”
• “Le Corbusier Le Grand”

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