Books: Analyzing the Biases of Western Art History With Hard Data

This week, Lydia Pyne dives into the world of data visualization with Painting by Numbers, a new book ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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This week, Lydia Pyne dives into the world of data visualization with Painting by Numbers, a new book that probes the biases of Western art history with hard facts. While author Diana Seave Greenwald can’t make it make sense, she does offer some compelling takeaways of how we got here.While you’re at it, check out an excerpt from the new Hokusai graphic biography or join a letter writing workshop that honors the departed.Monica Uszerowicz also caught up with the poet Hanif Abdurraqib, who just published an exciting new book on Black performance.Happy reading.—Dessane Lopez Cassell, Editor, Reviews

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Analyzing the Biases of Western Art History With Hard Data Careful and yet compellingly fresh in its approach, Painting by Numbers offers a new kind of methods book. Lydia Pyne

Hanif Abdurraqib on Black Performance and the Joy of Writing his New Book The poet talks to Hyperallergic about A Little Devil in America and the process behind his new music podcast, Object of Sound. Monica Uszerowicz

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New Hokusai Graphic Biography Shares Stories from His Extraordinary Life At the age of 44, Hokusai took on an amazing challenge: a giant portrait of the founder of Zen Buddhism. Francesco Matteuzzi and Giuseppe Latanza

A Space to Write Letters to Those Who Are No Longer Living Join an online, communal letter-writing session dedicated “to those who have transcended.” Elisa Wouk Almino

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