INDEPENDENT STUDY

Lee Scratch Perry: Black Ark. 2026, Edition Patrick Frey. 667 pages of jaw drop celebrating the visual world of dub pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry with meticulous documentation of his legendary studio, the Black Ark, where Perry decorated nearly ever single object in vibrant layers of collage, paint, pen, and who-knows-what. This preservation project / labor of love features 279 images, foil stamping, tipped on cover, gilded AND illuminated edging, illustrated endpapers, and essays by Kodwo Eshun, David Katz, Ishion Hutchinson, and John Corbett. Design by David Keshavjee. Soundtrack: Lee “Scratch” Perry “The Upsetter”, 1968 @artbook @editionpatrickfrey #leescratchperry

Kinship & Community: Selections from the Texas African American Photography Archive. 2026, Aperture. Founded in Dallas in 1995, the Texas African American Photography Archive houses over 60,000 professional and vernacular photographs honoring Black life throughout Texas. Featuring 155 images, this beautiful survey features the work of A.B. Bell, Marion Butts, Louise O. Martin, Herbert Provost, Elnora W. Frazier, A.C. Teal, Alonzo Jordan, Rahim Fortune, and more. Essays and interviews by Nicole R. Fleetwood, Deborah Willis, Annette Gordon-Reed, Rahim Fortune, Brian Wallis, and Alan Govenar. Design by Victor Balko. Soundtrack: Erykah Badu “Didn’t Cha Know”, 2000 @aperturefnd #texasafricanamericanphotographyarchive #aperture #blackphotography #photobook

Fire Island Art: 100 Years. 2026, Monacelli. The storied history of the 32-mile-long barrier island that became a queer sanctuary and ground zero for uncompromising art. Featuring nearly 300 images, Fire Island Art: 100 Years celebrates the life and work of Wolfgang Tillmans, Nicole Eisenman, Tom Bianchi, Paul Cadmus, David Hockney, Pamela Sneed, Peter Hujar, Robert Mapplethorpe, Paul Thek, Andy Warhol, TM Davy, Lola Flash, K8 Hardy, Lyle Ashton Harris, Doron Langberg, Salman Toor, and more, with illuminations by John Dempsey, Sam Ashby, AA Bronson, Michael Bullock, Fabio Cherstich, Marc Christensen, Andrew Durbin, Jarrett Earnest, Philip Gefter, Carl Little, Richard Meyer, Jack Parlett, and Ksenia M. Soboleva. Designed by Garrick Gott. Soundtrack: Wolfgang Tillmans “We Are Not Going Back”, 2024 @monacellipress @johnfdempsey @fipines #fireisland #queerart #artbooks

Alice Neel: I Am the Century. 2026, Mousse Publishing. Supporting the exhibition at Pinacoteca Angelli in Turin, a vibrant celebration of the expressionist portraits of pioneering artist and activist Alice Neel. Deep scholarship is accompanied by nearly 150 images of art and ephemera, followed by an illustrated timeline of Neel’s singular life. Paperback with flaps, featuring writings by Jennifer Higgie, Annie Sprinkle, Mira Schor, Kelly Richman-Abdou, Pietro Rigolo, Nicola Trezzi, Raphaële Sevrain, and Sarah Cosulich. Design by Francesco Valtolina & Nicola Narbone. Soundtrack: Nina Simone “Break Down And Let It All Out”, 1966 @moussemagazine @artbook #aliceneel #artbook

Swan Moon’s Swan Moon. 2025, TBW Books. While you were a teen puffin’ cigs at Denny’s to a grunge soundtrack during the 90s, Swan Moon was snapping these introspective diaristic cinematic wonders with her friends in LA. Nouvelle Vague af in elegant cloth with black paper, subtle vintage wallpaper endpapers, a tipped-on get-this-framed-now color print, and illumination from none other than Chris Kraus. Design by Paul Schiek. Soundtrack: The Chantels “He’s Gone”, 1958 @tbwbooks @swancube #photobook #chriskraus

Phaidon’s Vitamin series, a barometer for where the art world is at and where it is heading, are fervently collected by curators and enthusiasts alike - in particular, the Vitamin P series, which focuses on the evergreen subject of painting. This new survey highlights 108 contemporary painters from the blue chip to the soon-to-be with over 450 images. The colors on the cover extend onto the book’s edging, making for delightful shelf candy. Artists include Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Giulia Andreani, Firelei Báez, Alvaro Barrington, Maria Berrio, Anna Boghiguian, Miriam Cahn, Chen Ching-Yuan, Sandra Cinto, Daniel Correa Mejía, Felix de Clercq, Eliza Douglas, Kyle Dunn, Jadé Fadojutimi, Louis Fratino, Cy Gavin, Hao Liang, Lubaina Himid, Kei Imazu, Mit Jai Inn, Vojtech Kovárík, Matthew Krishanu, Victor Man, Ad Minoliti, Paul P., Qiu Xiaofei, Tschabalala Self, Salman Toor, Kay Walkingstick, Dyani White Hawk, and Michaela Yearwood-Dan. Designed by Julia Hasting. Soundtrack: The Lounge Lizards “Do The Wrong Thing”, 1981 @phaidonpress #contemporarypainting #artbook

Cat is the newest title in Phaidon’s furiously-collected Explorer series, which surveys a single subject via depictions in art, science, fashion, advertising, pop culture, photography, industrial design, literature, and more. Given 50 million US households include at least one cat, this furry frivolity is sure to please with 211 images spanning history. Foreword by Hannah Shaw, otherwise known as The Kitten Lady (she is also a part of the book’s advisory panel of experts who selected the images). Embossed kitty cover. Cover design by Julia Hasting. Interior design by João Mota. Soundtrack: The Cure “The Lovecats”, 1983 @phaidonpress @kittenxlady #cats #phaidon #artbook

Queer Histories. 2025, MASP / KMEC Books. Citing 455 diverse works, Queer Histories continues in the tradition of bestsellers Afro-Atlantic Histories and Indigenous Histories offering a deep worldwide multidisciplinary survey of LGBTQIA+ art. Foil stamped with tipped-on image and illustrated endpapers, artists include Catherine Opie, Félix González-Torres, Salman Toor, Zanele Muholi, D’Angelo Lovell Williams, Samantha Nye, Tammy Rae Carland, Etel Adnan, Glenn Ligon, Marcela Cantuária, Tseng Kwong Chi, Claude Cajun, and more. Historical illuminations from Leandro Muniz, André Mesquita, Teo Teotônio, Adriano Pedrosa, and Julia Bryan-Wilson. Soundtrack: Gossip “Heavy Cross”, 2009 @masp @artbook @kmec_books #queerart #artbook

Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream. 2025 MoMA. Sumptuous catalog to the current MoMA exhibition celebrating over six decades of work from the groundbreaking modernist Wifredo Lam. 225 images, illustrated endpapers, and illuminations from Anny Aviram, Miriam Basilio, Terri Geis, Jean Khalfa, Damasia Lacroze, Laura Neufield, Maria Elena Ortiz, Lowery Stokes Sims, Catherine Stephens, Martin Tsang, Beverly Adams, and Christopher Cherix. Designed by Garrick Gott. Soundtrack: Lecuona Cuban Boys “Tabú”, 1955 @themuseumofmodernart @artbook #wifredolam #modernism #surrealism

I Hear Music In The Streets: New York 1969-1989. 2025, La Fabrica. Ground zero for the music that became, and remains, some of the biggest international cultural phenomenons of the twentieth century, here is the New York that spawned disco, punk, hip hop, no wave, ballroom culture, and a grit symphony of other movements through the lens of some of the leading lights of photography: Jamel Shabazz, Martha Cooper, Tom Bianchi, Ricky Flores, Ming Smith, Nan Goldin, David Godlis, Peter Hujar, Camilo José Vergara, Bruce Davidson, and so many more. 130 images of pure sonic exaltation. Design by This Side Up. Soundtrack: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five “New York New York”, 1983 @artbook @lafabrica_ #newyork #oldschoolhiphop #punk #nowave #disco #queerculture #rap #breakdancing #streetart #jamelshabazz #marthacooper #susanmeiselas #nangoldin #brucedavidson #brucegilden #godlis #mingsmith #stephenshames #helenlevitt

David Brandon Geeting: The Marble. 2025, TBW Books. With The Marble, photographer David Brandon Geeting slathers some mercurial image alchemy across 180 pages, forging a disorienting realm between narrative and what-the-fuck. Tipped-on clothbound casing, 144 images with sporadic spot varnish, and a foreword by Caroline Polachek. Designed by David Brandon Geeting & Paul Schiek. Soundtrack: Caroline Polachek “The Gate”, 2019 @tbwbooks @davidbrandongeeting #davidbrandongeeting #tbwbooks #photobook #surrealism

Anastasia Samoylova: Atlantic Coast. 2025, Aperture. Upon the seventieth anniversary of Berenice Abbott’s famed documentation of American life along US Route 1, the 2400 mile connector and, at times, disruptor between 15 states spanning northern Maine to southernmost Florida, photo star Anastasia Samoylova traced this same route, making images from the dramatic to the quotidian. Catalog to the exhibition opening at the Norton Museum of Art on November 15th, this book features 91 images, illustrated endpapers, and illuminations by Aruna D’Souza, Lauren Richman, and Ghislain D’Humières. Designed by Emily CM Anderson. Soundtrack: Lana Del Rey “Ride”, 2012. @aperturefnd @anasamoylova #anastasiasamoylova #bereniceabbott #atlanticcoast #usroute1 #americansouth #photobook #aperturefoundation #arunadsouza #laurenrichman #ghislaindhumieres #roadtrip