“Live for a while in these books.’’ | David Zwirner
A detail from a painting by Lorenzo Lotto, titled Venus and Cupid, dated c. 1525.

Excerpts from David Zwirner Books

“Live for a while in these books.’’

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A photo of the book Rainer Maria Rilke: Letters to a Young Painter, published by David Zwirner Books.

Read Rainer Maria Rilke’s fascinating Letters to a Young Painter, a collection of eight intimate letters written to a teenage Balthus between 1920 and 1926.

A photo of the book titled What It Means to Write About Art Interviews with Art Critics by Jarrett Earnest.

Read Jarrett Earnest's interviews with Holland Cotter, Darby English, and Siri Hustvedt, published in What It Means to Write About Art, Interviews with Art Critics.

The cover of a book titled Roy DeCarava: Light Break.

Read Zoé Whitley's Preface to Light Break, a catalogue of photographs by Roy DeCarava, and watch a video introducing the artist's life and work.

A photo of the book Donald Judd Writings.

Read excerpts from Donald Judd Writings, the most comprehensive collection of the artist’s writings assembled to date.

Cover of the book titled Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa, published 2020.

Read an excerpt from Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa, published this year by Chronicle Books.

A photo of the book titled Two Cities by Cynthia Zarin.

Read excerpts from “Serene’’ and “Roma’’, chapters in the forthcoming book Two Cities by Cynthia Zarin, and listen to a podcast with the author.

A photo of a book about joan mitchell called I carry my landscapes around with me.

Read Afterwards, by Robert Slifkin, an excerpt from Joan Mitchell: I carry my landscapes around with me.

The cover of a an exhibition catalogue, titled Beauford Delaney a Retrospective, dated 1964.

Read James Baldwin's introduction to the exhibition catalogue for Beauford Delaney: A Retrospective, held at Gallery Lambert in 1964.

A spread from a book titled Oscar Murillo, published in 2017.
Read Meaning Belongs to People by Emma Enderby, an essay in the publication accompanying Oscar Murillo's major exhibition at Haus der Kunst in 2017.


Image: Lorenzo Lotto, Venus and Cupid, c. 1525 (detail). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
A detail from a painting by Canaletto, titled View of the Grand Canal looking toward the Punta della Dogana from Campo Sant’Ivo, dating from the 2nd third of the 18th Century.
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A still from a video by Diana Thater, titled Collage with Elephant, Tree and Sky, dated 2019.
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A detail from Marcel Dzama's coloring book, titled Coloring the Moon Pink, dated 2020.
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