Form or function? In the history of poster art, the two sides are constantly at war.

“The Poster,” edited by Gill Saunders and Margaret Timmers of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, is a beautiful survey of the medium. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Tor Books Criticized for Use of AI-Generated Art in 'Gothikana' Cover Design

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B&N on Manhattan's Upper West Side Files for Union Election

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Winter Institute 2024: Doris Kearns Goodwin Turns the Lens of History on Herself

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The Physics of Fiction: How Art and Science Inspire Each Other

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The Netherlands in Taiwan: 400 Years of Shared History

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3 New Biographical Histories Emphasizing Social Justice

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5 New Books to Read for Black History Month

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How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

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Three new books on the Holocaust, a novel set in World War II–era Vietnam, and works on Winston Churchill and Volodymyr Zelensky make for compelling offerings for the history buff. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Six New Books on the Holocaust, World War II, and Wartime Leadership

Three new books on the Holocaust, a novel set in World War II–era Vietnam, and works on Winston Churchill and Volodymyr Zelensky make for compelling offerings for the history buff. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Justin Torres’s Art of Exposure and Concealment

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The Art of Paperback Cover Design

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Digiday’s Oral History of Ad Tech podcast, episode 4, the privacy reckoning with Ana Milicevic

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A History of Ad Tech Chapter 4: The Privacy Reckoning

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The Memories of Streets: A Reading List of NYC Books That Capture the City’s Many Sides

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AIDS Activist’s Memoir Captures History

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The History of the United States According to Colson Whitehead

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4 New Military Histories for the Dad Who Doesn't Watch Football

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