This may be a holiday week, but for us it's still a chance to highlight standout new releases that support the resilience and optimism we want for 2023. Thus, Njideka Akunyili Crosby's "The Beautyful Ones," Series #7 (2018) from 'To Begin Again: Artists and Childhood,' published to accompany the exhibition currently on view at @icaboston surveying the ways artists have reflected on and contributed to notions of childhood from the early twentieth century to the present. The editors write: "Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s portraits of Nigerian youth, built from a layered ground of historical, popular and personal photographs transferred to canvas, stage the interactions between sociohistorical conditions and the individual that are at the heart of human development. Her young figures return the viewer’s gaze with an uncanny self-possession and wisdom beyond their years." Artists include Ann Agee, John Ahearn, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Francis Alÿs, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Brian Belott, Jordan Casteel, Lenka Clayton, Allan Rohan Crite, Henry Darger, Karon Davis, Robert Gober, Jay Lynn Gomez, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Duane Hanson, Mona Hatoum, Sharon Hayes, Ekua Holmes, Mary Kelly, Paul Klee, Justine Kurland, Helen Levitt, Tau Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Oscar Murillo, Rivane Neuenschwander, Berenice Olmedo, Charles Ray, Faith Ringgold, Deborah Roberts, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Rachel Rose, Heji Shin, Sable Elyse Smith, Becky Suss, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Cathy Wilkes and Carmen Winant. Copublished by @delmonico_books Edited with text by @jeffreydeblois & @rutherickson Foreword by #jillmedv. Text by @sirjoshbennett Anna Craycroft, Anne Higonnet, @valeria_luiselli Interviews with @naimajoy @lacachepli @sable_elyse @mlukeles & @carmen.winant @njidekaakunyilicrosby #njidekaakunyilicrosby #thebeautyfulones #tobeginagain #artistsandchildhood https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmwvd9LJLOU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
