The Year in Art Books: Essays, Criticism, Survival Techniques, and More

Old, new, borrowed, blue—a happy marriage between art aficionados and their book collections is never hard to find. Herewith, a list of ARTnews editors’ favorite books of 2019.
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Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light, 100 Art Writings 1988-2018, Peter Schjeldahl (Abrams)“Most of us have never known an art world without Peter Schjeldahl in it.” That is how Jarrett Earnest begins his introduction to Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light, a collection of art writings by Peter Schjeldahl dating from 198