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Tuesday, Jan. 12; 11 a.m. PST The World Is Full Of Terrible People: Shirley Jackson And Female Violence The London branch of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies begins its 2021 spring lecture series with a focus on writer Shirley Jackson. The online session, presented by Bernice M. Murphy of Trinity College in Dublin, examines Jackson's life and work, including The Haunting of Hill House (1959) and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962). CAAM presents an online conversation with Carl L. Hart, author of 'Drug Use For Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear.' (Courtesy of CA...

30 of the Best Art and Design Books of 2020 Got some shelf space? We hope you have a lot of it. Because the amount of great design books that were published this year is daunting. (Really—as I glance to my left, I see a teetering column of hardcovers that’s a Darwin Award in the making.) But to start: disclaimer time! When we write “The Best Books of 2020,” what we really mean is “our favorite design books that we came across in 2020.” Though many publications might be hesitant to admit it, lists like this are wildly subjective, and there are no doubt brilliant books that we did...

The most important moments in art in 2020 Noah Davis, Untitled, 2015 © The Estate of Noah Davis. Courtesy The Estate of Noah Davis. by Holland Cotter, Roberta Smith and Jason Farago NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- The year was a 12-month stress test. When I asked friends, “How are you?” the repeat answers came: “Anxious,” “depressed,” “bored.” The first two I could relate to, but bored is something I rarely am. As a journalist, I’m addicted to art-specific information, to taking it in, parsing it, sorting it, trying to make sense of it. And there’s been a ton of it this year, all pr...