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Support Hyperallergic’s independent arts journalism for as little as $8 per month. Become a Member We’re proud to present our list of the best art books of 2024 for your holiday reading, and perhaps to inspire your gifting this winter. Our editors and critics read across genre, subject, and pace this year, from memoirs and graphic novels to catalogs, artist books, and everything in between.
Hyperallergic Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian muses on the poignant work of photographer Diana Markosian in Father , while critic Alexandra M. Thomas recommends Nikki A. Greene’s book reframing the study of Black visual art and musical production.
Read on for Reviews Editor Natalie Haddad on Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects , Associate Editor Lisa Yin Zhang on scholar Anne Anling Cheng’s essay collection, my love of Audrey Flack’s memoir, and more ordered by publication date in the list below. As always, we approach the “art book” category with flexibility, considering titles that seam the art world with its incalculable intersections with other fields. Let us know what your top books of 2024 are, and happy reading! — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor This late-November 2023 tome, edited by Andrea Myers Achi , the curator of the eponym.
