Italian author Antonio Tabucchi died Sunday of cancer. Little was made of his passing in the states, though most European papers noted his achievements, and in the English-speaking world the BBC remarked on his career (Tabucchi has been a contender for the Man Booker International Prize). It’s a shame that Tabucchi is little known here,...
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Donna Poulton’s Reuben Kirkham: Pioneer Artist
A review of Donna Poulton's biography of pioneer artist Reuben Kirkham, recently published by Cedar Fort press.
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An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter by César Aira
The latest installment in our review of novels set in the art world, Shawn Rossiter reviews a novel by Argentine author Cesar Aira.
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Ernesto Sabato’s The Tunnel
We return to our series of reviews of novels set in the art world with Shawn Rossiter's review of Ernesto Sabato's existential classic The Tunnel.
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Novels Set in the Art World
We haven’t had time to put together our next review of art world-related novels (Jean Echenoz’s I’m Gone is on deck – look for it next week), but when we were at Salt Lake’s Main Library we noticed something interesting: on the second floor a display case advertises “Novels Set in the Art World.” We...
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W.G. Sebald’s THE EMIGRANTS
In our continuing series of book reviews of novels featuring art and artists, Shawn Rossiter reviews W.G. Sebald's The Emigrants.
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Art History Mysteries
Iain Pears' series of Art History mysteries involving characters Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano is reviewed.
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The Arc and the Sediment
In our January edition of 15 Bytes we took a look at Lance Larsen, a 2009 Utah Book Award winner. For this week’s Sunday Reading installment, Geoff Wichert reviews another past winner, novelist Christine Allen-Yazzie. “You have to be careful. This one will write it all down.” The Arc and the Sediment: A Novel by...
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Inside the Art World
“First there was the recent announcement that Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man, has opened a personal museum for his extensive collection, proving that an economic downturn that hits the wage-earners and mortgage holders needn’t damage the playground of the rich known as the “Art World.” The cover of this week’s New Yorker trumpets Eli...
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Becoming Pablo O’Higgins
Becoming Pablo O’Higgins is a study of character that questions identity, integrity, authenticity and ultimately loyalty. This newly released biography by Susan Vogel, published to accompany the exhibit of O’Higgins work now at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, gives us a compelling portrayal of Paul Higgins, a young Presbyterian bourgeois from Salt Lake City...
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