27 days ago by artslibrary

Librado Romero/The New York Times As artists in the second half of the 19th century shifted from painting historical, mythological and religious subjects to everyday life, they looked for a new kind of model. For the first time, Ms. Butler said, artists used the same model — often a wife or lover — ...

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66 days ago by Chris Gondek

The dog days of summer are upon us, but that doesn't mean that a new episode of the Yale Press Podcast is now live. In it, I speak with Derek van Bever, the co-author of Stall Points: Most Companies Stop Growing, Yours Doesn't Have To and Dr. Marjorie Greenfield, the author of The Working Woman's Pr ...

66 days ago by Chris Gondek

The dog days of summer are upon us, but that doesn't mean that a new episode of the Yale Press Podcast is now live. In it, I speak with Derek van Bever, the co-author of Stall Points: Most Companies Stop Growing, Yours Doesn't Have To and Dr. Marjorie Greenfield, the author of The Working Woman's Pr ...

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72 days ago by Chris Gondek

In this episode, I speak with Marwan Muasher about the role that Arab moderates have played in the Middle East Peace Process and Rob Nieman about the idea of nobility of spirit and whether it has vanished in modern life. One day, I will tell a story about a breakfast in Los Angeles that ended up giv ...

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75 days ago by Elizabeth Foxwell

Yale University Press published this month The FBI: A History by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones to coincide with what is considered to be the bureau's centenary (although Jeffreys-Jones asserts that its roots lie in the early 1870s, when the Ku Klux Klan began to act against black voters and the Department o ...

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79 days ago by admin

Back from Chicago…Jeff Koons…Chris Hipkiss The Jeff Koons show at the MCA Chicago is going on right now, and I completely recommend catching it before its gone. I heard from a little birdie that insurance on this show is so insane, MCA had to postpone some other shows they were … ARTNICKS - http://a ...

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107 days ago

A pioneering force in environmentally friendly architecture, Buckmister Fuller is best known for his geodesic domes. Whitney curators K. Michael Hayes and Dana A. Miller explore Fuller's role in art, architecture, and utopian thought. Special attention isgranted to his relationships with several art ...

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121 days ago by kbooks

Order Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness from Amazon for $20.80 Don’t have Amazon Kindle? You can always purchase it from here Or if you prefer to read the Print editions instead, you can get it from here

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129 days ago by Chris Gondek

Episode 16 of the Yale Press Podcast went out last weekend. In it, I speak with Jonathan Zittrain about his new book, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It and Benny Morris about his new book, 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War. Episode 16 runs 29:41 and can be heard by clicking here.

132 days ago by Chris Gondek

This is a copy of what I wrote for Yale University Press's blog. It is a pretty fair description of what goes on at Book Expo. The only thing I would add is that I seemed to spend a lot of time getting autographs from actors (I did take photos), a group not generally known for their literary styling ...

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