Publications

Crafted
Objects in Flux

Contemporary art in craft media presents a profusion of paradoxes. It bridges ancient traditions and state-of-the-art technologies, cutting-edge...

Class Distinctions
Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer

The Dutch Republic in the 17th century was home to one of the greatest flowerings of painting in the history of Western art. Freed from the...

Made in the Americas
The New World Discovers Asia

Made in the Americas reveals the largely overlooked history of the profound influence of Asia on the arts of the colonial Americas. Beginning in the...

Childe Hassam
At Dusk: Boston Common at Twilight

This vivid account of Childe Hassam’s 1880s cityscape chronicles one of Boston’s best-loved paintings. The rosy rusty tones, cozy trio, and quiet...

Ink, Silk, and Gold
Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Ink, Silk, and Gold explores the dynamic and complex traditions of Islamic art through more than 115 major works in a dazzling array of media...

The Priest, the Prince, and the Pasha
The Life and Afterlife of an Ancient Egyptian Sculpture

Sometime in the early fourth century BC, an unknown Egyptian master carved an exquisite portrait in dark-green stone. The statue that included this...

Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai remains one of Japan's most popular and influential artists. This handy volume presents the wide range of Hokusai's artistic...

In the Wake
Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11

The catastrophic events of March 11, 2011—the earthquake, tsunami, and ensuing nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant—have been...

Jim Dine Printmaker
Leaving My Tracks

Best known for monumental images of bathrobes, tools, and hearts that became icons of Pop Art during the 1960s and 70s, Jim Dine remains one of the...

Ori Gersht
History Reflecting

This richly illustrated and enhanced e-book explores how Ori Gersht intertwines the latest digital technology and historical sources as diverse as...

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Editorial Reviews and Awards

“With gorgeous images and accessible text, [Fashioned by Sargent] is highly recommended for audiences interested in fine art in relation to fashion.”
—Sandra Rothenberg, Library Journal

About Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence: “Accompanied by a catalog that masterfully interweaves historical biography with individual image analysis, the exhibition is a welcome addition to the scholarship devoted to the artist and a unique exploration of systems of artistic influence.”
—Ashley Busby, Art & Antiques Magazine

Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories reveals a rich, complex and often overlooked history of North America as told from individual experiences manifested within the tradition of quiltmaking. The book illustrates how quilts are more than material objects of comfort and aesthetic beauty. They are archives of social, political and cultural histories.”
Art Libraries Society of North America

“In this pandemic year of missing most everything, we’ve been trained to look for silver linings wherever possible. So here’s mine: [Cy Twombly: Making Past Present], which I got a few months back, is gorgeous.”
—Murray Whyte, The Boston Globe

“In these flattened times, Writing the Future conveys motion. The book, a companion to a suspended exhibition at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, is about Basquiat, his contemporaries, and early hip-hop culture, but it’s also about the movements and rhythms of New York City—'the work of the subway writers became as optically and optimally omnipresent as the Manhattan skyline,' Greg Tate writes. And in its dynamic blend of art, history, and analysis, it has a movement of its own.”
—Dan Adler, Vanity Fair

About Writing the Future: “To leaf through this prodigy’s oeuvre intermingled with photos of what he called 'just … you know, my friends and stuff'; of their tags brightening storefronts and subway cars, of the boomboxes and leather jackets and reference books they at once desecrated and elevated, is to hold in your hands the record of a place and a time and a togetherness we can only hope one day to experience again.”
—Lauren Christensen, ​The New York Times Book Review

“[Casanova is] one of the flat out best art books of the year. Don’t miss it—you’ll read it like a novel with pictures.”
—Tyler Green, Modern Art Notes podcast

“The handsome volume [Hokusai’s Lost Manga] includes dozens of lively, lovely images, showcasing Hokusai’s skill at capturing movement, in swirling garments, in water, in wind, in bodies in motion at work, spinning pots on a wheel, making paper, washing a horse, trekking up a hill.”
Boston Sunday Globe

“[The Priest, the Prince, the Pasha is] a feat of storytelling that makes ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ look like kid stuff.”
The Wall Street Journal

“[In Holland on Paper, Cliff] Ackley has, in this stunning volume, contributed significantly to the larger project of opening up to the English-speaking world an intriguing chapter in what has until recently been among the best kept secrets of modern art. With the appearance of this splendidly illustrated and valuable book, the secret is out.”
—Joan E. Greer, Art in Print

“The large reproductions in [John Singer Sargent Watercolors], several with accompanying details, offer some of the best viewing of his work in printed form. Seduction will lead to Dazzle.”
—Carl Little, Art New England

”[She Who Tells a Story] may well go down as a landmark in the worlds of contemporary photography and graphic arts. In addition they illuminate the subtle but explosive changes now transforming Middle Eastern societies.”
—John G. Morris