July Book Bag: US Folk Art, Bruce Gilden, Gary Hume, and More

The Museum of Modern Art in New York presents an exhibition of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller's American folk art collection, featuring weathervanes and stencilled still-lifes from New England, Pennsylvania, and the mid-Atlantic states. A catalogue by Starr Figura and Lydia Mullin accompanies the show, on view until August 9. Bruce Gilden's monograph, edited by Denis Curti and published by Skira, accompanies an exhibition at the Museo di Santa Giulia in Brescia through August 23, showcasing his Faces series and early black-and-white photographs, plus reinterpretations of Raphael's works. Martin Gayford's book on Gary Hume, published by Lund Humphries, traces the YBA's evolution from his Door paintings in the 1988 Freeze show. Jessamine Batario edits 'Imagining an Archipelago' for Delmonico Books, linked to a Colby College Museum of Art exhibition (July 11, 2026–June 6, 2027) featuring artists from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and their diasporas. 'Black Curators Matter,' edited by Kellie Jones and Tumelo Mosaka and published by Getty Research Institute, compiles conversations between established curators like Lowery Stokes Sims and emerging professionals, covering Black curatorial impact since the 1970s.