Society
Bravado, Humility and Bloody-Mindedness
Alongside writer Olivier Bocquet, comic book artist Jean-Marc Rochette has created an unusual autobiographical account of his experiences as a climber. (read more)
Articles by Keri O'Shea
Art
Soviet Space Graphics: Cosmic Visions from the USSR
A comprehensive collection in which to get lost and marvel at a time when whatever was plausible was seen as achievable. (read more)
Art
When It Disappears, the Energy Is Left
This meticulous first monograph on Adrián Villar Rojas notes an artist who has created some of the most memorable, unusual pieces in the past two decades. (read more)
Art
Video/Art: The First Fifty Years
Barbara London, the curator who founded MoMA’s video programme, recounts the artists and events that defined video art over the last 50 years.
Society
French New Wave: A Revolution in Design
This meticulously researched book from Reel Art Press is an extensive collection of French New Wave posters, which were equally as innovative as the films themselves. (read more)
Society
The Dance of Death: A Vanitas
In this collection of cartoons loosely based on the Danse Macabre, Martin Rowson takes aim at a number of targets from 21st century life he deems significant. (read more)
Features
Harry Lange and the Design of the Landmark Science Fiction Film
The 2001 File: Harry Lange and the Design of the Landmark Science Fiction Film is a scrupulous study of a film’s inception and its progression through to finish. (read more)
Sound
Black Sabbath: Black Magic
Whatever Tony Iommi was thinking when he wrote the riff to “Black Sabbath”, he conjured something into being which made metal and the devil indivisible forever. (read more)
Sound
An Inoculation That Never Quite Gets off the Ground
Tool’s Fear Inoculum has some gorgeous moments, however, much of the album feels like promising intros which never quite get off the ground. (read more)