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A revelatory look at the singular artist best known for her deeply personal and poetic, visceral, and often allegorical works.Published to coincide with a traveling exhibition that explores June Leaf’s (1929–2024) uncategorizable and endlessly experimental oeuvre, this volume features new scholarship alongside reflections by the artist’s peers, Joan Jonas and Kara Walker. Drawing from numerous museum and private collections as well as Leaf’s vast personal archive, it is the most exhaustive survey of her career to date.Leaf’s enchanting and provocative kinetic sculptures, assemblages, paintings, and drawings are intermingled and juxtaposed, revealing the artist’s sustained engagement with such motifs and themes as theater and performance, dance, gender, motion, urban life, mythology, and interpersonal relationships. She skillfully blends mediums and materials in unconventional and intuitive ways, resulting in compositions where playful and combative figures and contraptions emerge from inventive combinations of brass, copper, tin, found metal rods and blades, wood, and paint.

A drawing book packed with over seventy-five projects that teach, inspire, and build confidence through easy-to-follow prompts for artists of all ages and every level of skill.

Celebrating the history of the LGBTQ+ community s marriage equality movement from the 1950s until today, this triumphant journey is presented in compelling stories of the pioneering couples, along with winning photographs.

A life in pictures of a New York City performance artist, musician, and icon.New York City icon Kembra Pfahler has terrorized and tantalized audiences since her arrival in the Lower East Side in the early 1980s. Originally associated with the Cinema of Transgression, Pfahler supported her early films with work at an independent porn studio. In the 1990s, she launched The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, a rock band compared to Kiss, Alice Cooper, and White Zombie.Nude and covered in paint, with blackened teeth and bouffant hair, Pfahler’s reputation for wild performances reached far beyond the Lower East Side. Elements of kabuki theater, surfing, and enormous ad-hoc props appeared in her legendary shows and performance art. Pfahler titillated gallery-goers with openings featuring dozens of painted women, butt-prints, and performances involving endurance and strength. Her extended visual lexicon incorporates occult imagery, bondage, and pin-ups; experimental sets featuring eight-foot vinyl records and miniature Statues of Liberty that transform as they reappear in her work.Through teaching, activism, and performance art, Pfahler serves as a mentor to students and, in recent years, muse to designers including Rick Owens, Casey Cadwallader, and Alessandro Michele. Collecting memories from collaborators and five decades of ephemera, performance documentation, and more, this book celebrates Kembra Pfahler as counter-cultural star.

A private view of intensely creative residential gardens, lovingly designed and tended by the plant-obsessed owners themselves. Hundreds of inspiring photographs show home gardeners how to successfully inject elements of their own personality—as well as plants in unique combinations—into their own yards.A mix of high plant/horticultural knowledge and a love of artistically repurposed everyday materials creating unique features will strike a chord with all those who dream of perking up their own gardens. Doreen sought out the most original gardens to feature those that use cleverly repurposed industrial and found materials: handmade archways of gnarled branches or hand-welded fences, mixed with unique sculptures and structures. Text and deep captions full of plant IDs highlight unusual or remarkable collections of flora and foliage that will inspire readers to re-create or come up with their own planting designs and combinations.

New York–based modernist interior design firm TORREY delivers its first signature monograph showcasing a decade in design.Growing up in America’s heartland, Kansas, and hitting New York City at age twenty-one, the young designer Andrew Torrey brought his big dreams, ambition, and strong work ethic with him. The self-taught Torrey took the leap and founded his eponymous firm in 2013.This first monograph showcases twenty-three of the designer's extraordinary projects, from vibrant Manhattan and sun-soaked Miami to London, Los Angeles, and Cabo San Lucas. This debut book explores Torrey’s distinctive approach: a seamless blending of cool, clean, modern designs with opulent finishes, sumptuous materials, and a reverence for the historical and vintage. A passion for contemporary art and an approach combining modern glamour with effortless charm also define Torrey’s signature.This volume features photographs by Manolo Yllera, Douglas Friedman, and Tim Lenz, among others.

Modernist-style architecture remains one of the most popular in housing markets all across the US, and this volume explores the full range of what’s actually possible when plants and hardscape are considered as critical elements of the indoor-outdoor lifestyle the movement promotes, with ample inspiration for homeowners and fans of midcentury-to-contemporary home design.A distinct garden design philosophy emerged along with modern architecture, intended to complement it in specific ways. Much of this is unknown to today’s homeowners, however, and is explored fully here as interpreted by today’s leading garden designers. Hundreds of gorgeous contemporary photos and in-depth plant information will give garden-enthusiast readers inspiration and the tools to re-create the planting schemes shown within, bringing high design home in accessible and practical ways and truly showing how a landscape can enhance both a house’s architecture and the quality of its inhabitants’ lives.The thirty-five featured gardens are from across the US and created by today’s leading landscape designers including Reed Hilderbrand, Mia Lehrer, Wagner Hodgson, Marmol Radziner, Judy Kameon/Elysian Landscapes, Raymond Jungles, and Terremoto. Several homes are owned by celebrities, including Mandy Moore, the founders of Vince clothing, and others.

This two-volume set will be the first to actually give scientific guidance on now much to water lawn and plants, with what methods, and when.

Celebrating women directors and their incredible contributions to filmmaking, this fascinating survey includes a brief history about groundbreaking trailblazers, in-depth interviews with singular female directors, and a comprehensive list of noteworthy talents and their films.From the birth of cinema in the 1890s to the global box office today, women directors have had to work hard to tell their stories. Although they make up a small percentage of current filmmakers, their contributions to the cinematic arts are both significant and unique.In revelatory conversations with international filmmakers, film critic and historian Gates shines a light on their career-spanning works. From feminist pioneers and maverick independents to Oscar-winning directors, these filmmakers include Jane Campion, Susan Seidelman, and Mira Nair.Through illuminating discussions, the directors take readers on a deep exploration into their filmmaking processes and themes. Each is accompanied by illustrations of the filmmakers on location and vivid film stills. Offering a rare glimpse into the movie business, they share stories of their unique journeys navigating the film industry. In an era when most fans of film rely on the Internet for information, this curated collection of interviews is the ideal reference with insights directly from these trailblazing filmmakers themselves.

With its revered past, Nantucket Looms globally recognized distinctive interiors style—bespoke handwoven textiles, artisanal furnishings, and local art that exudes the island’s heritage—is coveted by today’s tastemakers.In the early 1960s a reawakening was happening on Nantucket. Into this world stepped Andy Oates and Bill Euler, one skilled in fine arts and the other in the art of hospitality. In 1968 they opened Nantucket Looms, which specialized in needlepoint, crewelwork, handwoven fabrics, and local artwork, forging their Nantucket style aesthetic. This modest homespun charm held great appeal to such style makers as Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Bunny Mellon, and interior designer Billy Baldwin.Nantucket Looms launched an interior design studio in 1998 to much acclaim. The featured recent homes have a sophisticated, comfortable ambience that exemplifies the company’s style—wooden planked floors; natural fiber rugs; muted color palettes in shades of blues, grays, greens, and whites; timeless furniture; and handwoven textiles. Each is adorned with local artwork and crafts inspired by the island's rich maritime history. This fresh approach to design can be applied everywhere; it is a style embraced in the work of many leading interior designers.

The chic, soulful, livable spaces of Texas-based interior designer Marcus Mohon exert a universal appeal with their air of timeless serenity.This debut volume presents several extraordinary homes, ranging from a stone-clad villa in Austin to a casual seaside retreat to an art-filled family compound, each of which gracefully balances high style with easygoing comfort. Mohon draws on the heritage of the Mediterranean world to fashion living environments that transport their occupants to an enchanted realm far removed from day-to-day concerns. Intimate foyers beckon from behind carved wooden doors, dining rooms boast dramatically embellished chandeliers suspended above sleekly simple tables, and sitting rooms entice with luxurious blends of color, texture, and furnishings both modern and antique.Included are many of Mohon’s exquisite watercolor sketches, which are integral to his design process. Their poetic sensibility infuses every room, translating them into spaces that exude romance. Mohon also shares a wealth of design ideas that resonate with today’s personally expressive sensibility. Sophisticated and full of patina, these interiors are sure to delight and inspire.

Hailed by Architectural Digest as a firm that is able to capture a desired mood or ambiance emphatically, this incredibly exciting design duo presents its most intriguing domestic projects in this eagerly awaited debut.

Before his New York home became a museum, Henry Clay Frick engaged some of his era s most important art dealers to build a notable collection and the best decorators to create suitable Gilded Age interiors to accommodate the works. This story traces the journey that led to the creation of one of America s finest art collections.

The first book to highlight Asian diasporic women and nonbinary artists engaged with figurative painting, sculpture, and drawing.Genny Lim’s poem “Wonder Woman” follows a narrator who observes the everyday lives of Asian women—across generations, countries, and socioeconomic backgrounds—wondering if their experiences reflect her own. The poem centers Asian women as its protagonists and asks what commonalities exist between them.Often underrepresented in museum collections and important exhibitions, Asian diasporic women and nonbinary artists are now receiving recognition; this book expands on two landmark shows of figurative art curated by Kathy Huang, organized in response to increasing anti-Asian racism and violence during the Covid-19 pandemic.The forty featured artists, each represented with four or more works and a personal statement, subvert stereotypes and assert their identities in places where they have historically been marginalized. While some featured artists explore identity through self-portraiture, others depict the heroines in their lives, offering works that highlight family, community, and history. Several of the works address colonial and patriarchal structures in the West, legends, and myths. With essays, paintings, sculptures, and drawings created within the last four years, this book is a current, open-ended collection of contemporary Asian diasporic experiences.

Through images both intimate and provocative Erin Magee, founder of MadeMe, presents the first comprehensive monograph of the one of first streetwear brands “by girls for girls.”MadeMe rose to acclaim during a time when female and queer perspectives were missing from the streetwear landscape. Inspired by the energy of the 1990s when a female-first ethos was actively shaping music, clothing and culture, Magee has fostered the same spirit of enthusiasm for a new generation of it-girls, championing a truly singular and radically instinctive take on femininity.In the brand’s early days, Magee enlisted the likes of Coco Gordon-Moore (Kim Gordon’s daughter) and Princess Nokia to star in campaigns while mentoring industry heavyweights like Paloma Elsesser, Lourdes Leon, Amandla Stenberg, and Beatrice Domond. The brand's essence is reinforced by these dynamic, emotionally charged interactions with females across generations becoming more of an ecosystem than a brand. The MadeMe girl is radical because she rebels against the concept of who society says she should be, she is defiant because she is true–this feeling is always embodied through the garments she wears and the choices she makes. Communicating through ideas and interests across music, art, fashion, and culture, MadeMe has collaborated with the likes of Doc Martens, Nike, Fruits, Vans, Converse, and X-Girl, translating its youthful design language to like-minded audiences through energetic design codes. Arranged by pure feeling rather than in a traditional chronological order, this publication features an extensive range of voices and talents harnessed by the brand over the years including artwork by musician, Cody Critcheloe (SSION), artists, Ally Bo, Shana Sadeghi-Ray, Aneko, and photographer, Petra Collins.

The definitive visual record of Aries—the boundary pushing London-based streetwear label with a cult following composed of skaters, counter-culture obsessives, and the effortless “cool girl.”Consistently turned to as a purveyor of UK cool, the clothes are marked by a bookish-meets-street sensibility, garnering it a cult-like following. The brand has always leaned into an insightful use of graphics, the Aries logo and “No Problemo” are instantly recognizable and donned by fashionable Gen Zers, skaters, artists, and tastemakers across the globe. Formed in 2009 by Sofia Prantera and Fergus Purcell, London-based and Italian-designed label Aries has cemented itself as a permanent fixture on the streetwear scene—and the brand continues to have its finger on the pulse, interacting with an eclectic group of creatives, David Sims, Joshua Gordon, and Mia Khalifa, and behemoth brands, Clarks, Crocs, and New Balance, while infusing everything they touch with a mixture of expertly curated underground reference points and undeniably fresh energy.This tome, sitting at just under 400 pages, gathers the brand’s collaborations, photographs, graphics, community, and clothing from the last decade in a way that only Aries can. Insightfully designed by Johnny Lu, formerly the creative director of i-D magazine, the book is beautifully printed on Munken paper and packed with Aries-isms. A daring visual feast, this volume is a one-way ticket to Planet Aries and an essential for any lover of streetwear and its counterparts.

The first large-format book on AMBUSH®, one of the most influential ready-to-wear and jewelry brands to come out of Japan in the last two decades. Offering a deep dive into the brand’s teeming archive, this intuitively engineered monograph is a sleek essential for lovers of fashion, as well as streetwear enthusiasts and tech-driven lifestyle culture.Founded in Tokyo in 2008, AMBUSH® first gained notoriety for creating the “POW!®” line of rings and chains, a design heavily indebted to American pop-art and manga which took the world of hip-hop by storm. A multi-disciplinary fashion, jewelry and design collective, AMBUSH® is the brainchild of Korean-American designer YOON and Korean-Japanese music producer VERBAL.Championed from the very outset by the likes of Pharrell, NIGO® and Colette, YOON’s jewelry designs often include bold motifs as seen in collections drawn from everyday objects such as office stationery, safety pins, and disposable lighters. With apparel as a canvas to complete the aesthetic YOON envisioned, AMBUSH® evolved into designing unisex ready-to-wear collections. Growing into a full fashion line that often draws  inspiration from subcultures and countercultures, AMBUSH® grew a devoted following well beyond Tokyo. The brand’s uniquely crafted parts form an idiosyncratic style that led to commissions and collaborations with an illustrious list that includes Louis Vuitton (Kim Jones), sacai, UNDERCOVER, Off-White, Moët & Chandon, Bvlgari, Nike, CONVERSE, Rimowa, and GENTLE MONSTER.

Anyone for tennis? This photographic ode to the most beloved of racket sports spotlights the beauty and pull of the tennis court, and ranges from high-altitude to semisecret locations, taking in chic clubs and inner-city concrete courts along the way.