Books in the Art History Publication Initiative series

Ana Maria Reyes examines how the polarizing art of Beatriz Gonzalez disrupted Cold War aesthetic discourses and the politics of class and modernization in 1960s Colombia.

Susan Laxton writes a new history of surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the movement and its ongoing legacy, showing how its emphasis on chance provided the means to refashion artistic practice and everyday experience.

Lily Woodruff examines the development of artistic strategies of political resistance in France in the decades following World War II, showing how artists countered establishment ideology, challenged traditional art institutions, appealed to direct political engagement, and grappled with French intellectuals' modeling of society.