10 Art Books to Curl Up With This November
A roundup of new art publications highlighted by editors and critics, featuring titles on Rosa Luxemburg, Celia Paul, Roy Lichtenstein and more.
What’s new on the art‑book shelves this November
Editor‑in‑Chief Hakim Bishara points readers toward a surprising subject: a book that explores Marxist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg’s secret garden of pressed plants, presented as an art form in its own right.
Critic Natalie Weis dives into Celia Paul’s memoir, Objects of Desire: An Artist in Venice, published by New York Review Books on November 17. The book blends Paul’s painting style with prose that reflects on her late husband, mother and an unnamed first lover, identified as Lucian Freud, while she walks the narrow streets of Venice.
Arlene Dávila’s Visualizing Latinx: Creative Practices in Fashion, Film, and Beyond (Duke University Press, October 13) begins by questioning the term “Latinx” and continues her long‑standing critique of superficial representation, offering essays on creators such as Edra Soto and Ela Troyano who work outside the Los Angeles and New York art scenes.
The Whitney Museum of American Art released Roy Lichtenstein: Like New, edited by Alex Da Corte and Meg Onli, on November 3. The catalog frames the Lichtenstein show as a “radical” picture that is “never before” seen by a “newer than ever” audience, drawing inspiration from the artist’s composition notebooks. Reviewers note its clean layout, beautiful plates and lack of academic overload.
Other titles mentioned in the November slate include catalogs on Salman Toor and additional works that invite readers to explore contemporary art from multiple angles.
These selections, curated by editors and critics, offer a diverse set of perspectives for anyone looking to add fresh art books to their collection this month.
