New Books in Art
Interviews with Scholars of Art about their New Books
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 969
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
R. Murray Schafer (1933-2021), Part 1
R. Murray Schafer recently passed away on August 14th 2021. If you’re someone who works with sound or enjoys sound art or experimental music–or you’ve just thrown around the word “soundscape”–you’ve …
00:37:08 |
Mon 04 Nov 2024
Freya Gowrley, "Fragmentary Forms: A New History of Collage" (Princeton UP, 2024)
Fragmentary Forms: A New History of Collage (Princeton UP, 2024) is a beautifully illustrated global history of collage from the origins of paper to today
While the emergence of collage is frequentl…
00:52:41 |
Sat 02 Nov 2024
On Listening In
Today, in honor of World Listening Day, we rebroadcast our story on renowned Australian sound composer, media artist and curator Lawrence English.
This episode of gets deep into English’s own listeni…
00:39:40 |
Mon 28 Oct 2024
Paris, Cuba, and David from Any Direction with Lucy Benjamin
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lucy Benjamin.
Dr Lucy Benjamin is a researcher in architectural theory and creative practice. Her work focuses on the intersection of environmental theory, archite…
00:33:05 |
Sun 27 Oct 2024
Christopher Smith, "Samurai with Telephones: Anachronism in Japanese Literature" (U Michigan Press, 2024)
What is going on when a graphic novel has a twelfth-century samurai pick up a telephone to make a call, or a play has an ancient aristocrat teaching in a present-day schoolroom? Rather than regarding…
00:40:02 |
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Rochelle Gurstein, "Written in Water: The Ephemeral Life of the Classic in Art" (Yale UP, 2024)
Is there such a thing as a timeless classic? More than a decade ago, Dr. Rochelle Gurstein set out to explore and establish a solid foundation for the classic in the history of taste. To her surprise…
01:03:09 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Eunsong Kim, "The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property" (Duke UP, 2024)
In The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property (Duke University Press, 2024), Eunsong Kim traces how racial capitalism and colonialism situated the rise of US museum collect…
01:16:50 |
Sat 12 Oct 2024
Scott Henderson, "Comics and Pop Culture: Adaptation from Panel to Frame" (U Texas Press, 2019)
It is hard to discuss the current film industry without acknowledging the impact of comic book adaptations, especially considering the blockbuster success of recent superhero movies. Yet transmedial …
01:04:53 |
Tue 08 Oct 2024
Natalie Wall, "Black Expression and White Generosity: A Theoretical Framework of Race" (Emerald Publishing, 2024)
In Black Expression and White Generosity: A Theoretical Framework of Race (Emerald Publishing, 2024), Dr. Natalie Wall takes readers on a journey through the tropes and narratives of white generosity…
00:56:03 |
Mon 07 Oct 2024
For Some Odd Reason
Today’s guest, Kate Carr, is an accomplished sound artist and field recordist whose recent work grapples with issues of communication and longing—themes we can all relate to in the Covid era.
In par…
00:37:45 |
Mon 07 Oct 2024
Jason Weiss, "Listenings" (Spuyten Duyvil, 2023)
Listenings (Spuyten Duyvil, 2023) is a collection of meditations on the art of experiencing sound. The writings reflect Jason Weiss's passion for illuminating details, momentary experiences, and the …
01:05:04 |
Sun 29 Sep 2024
Alessandra Russo, "A New Antiquity: Art and Humanity as Universal, 1400-1600" (Penn State UP, 2024)
We tend to think of sixteenth-century European artistic theory as separate from the artworks displayed in the non-European sections of museums. In A New Antiquity: Art and Humanity as Universal, 1400…
01:01:05 |
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Lucy Weir, "Performance, Masculinity, and Self-Injury" (Routledge, 2024)
Can self-harm be art? In Performance, Masculinity, and Self-Injury (Routledge, 2024), Lucy Weir, a Reader in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh rethinks the recent history of performance t…
00:38:24 |
Sat 21 Sep 2024
Julia Kindt, "The Trojan Horse and Other Stories: Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
What makes us human? What, if anything, sets us apart from all other creatures? Ever since Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the answer to these questions has pointed to our own intrinsic animal …
00:44:37 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
Jordan Magnuson, "Game Poems: Videogame Design as Lyric Practice" (Amherst College Press, 2023)
Scholars, critics, and creators describe certain videogames as being “poetic,” yet what that means or why it matters is rarely discussed. In Game Poems: Videogame Design as Lyric Practice (Amherst Co…
00:34:18 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
Aaron M. Hyman, "Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America" (Getty, 2021)
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) never crossed the Atlantic himself, but his impact in colonial Latin America was profound. Prints made after the Flemish artist’s designs were routinely sent from Europe…
00:58:40 |
Tue 03 Sep 2024
What is Radio Art?
What is radio art? It’s a rather unfamiliar term in the United States, but in other countries, it’s a something of an artistic tradition. Today’s guest, Dr. Colin Black is an internationally acclaim…
00:43:58 |
Mon 02 Sep 2024
Sumana Roy, "Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries" (Yale UP, 2024)
Who is a provincial? In Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries (Yale UP, 2024), Sumana Roy assembles a striking cast of writers, artists, filmmakers, cricketers, tourist guides, English teachers…
01:02:18 |
Sat 24 Aug 2024
Jennifer Ponce de León, "Another Aesthetics Is Possible: Arts of Rebellion in the Fourth World War" (Duke UP, 2021)
In Another Aesthetics Is Possible: Arts of Rebellion in the Fourth World War (Duke UP, 2021), Jennifer Ponce de León examines the roles that art can play in the collective labour of creating and defe…
01:03:52 |
Fri 23 Aug 2024
Karen Patel, "Craft as a Creative Industry" (Routledge, 2024)
How can we diversify the creative industries? In Craft as a Creative Industry (Routledge, 2024), Karen Patel, an Associate Professor in Media and Director of the Centre for Equality, Diversity and In…
00:49:31 |
Tue 20 Aug 2024
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