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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

Creative Boom

Philip Guston (1913-1980) was a Canadian American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman who's now considered one of the most important American painters of the 20th century. Mainstream publishing and media haven't always done a great job at representing the contribution made by black creatives to the British art scene.

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Humans and Animals Commune with Nature and the Cosmos in the Multidisciplinary Work of Kiki Smith

Colossal

In the 1990s, Smith began to portray the human figure as a whole, and her practice evolved into an interdisciplinary exploration of a variety of mediums, from photography to printmaking to textiles. “Dark Water” (2023), bronze, 72 × 65 × 28 inches “Dreaming with Birds” (2004), bronze, 47 3/4 x 73 1/2 x 2 inches.