The influential art gallery is collaborating with author Emma Cline on Picture Books, a publishing imprint that will pair authors with visual artists on individual books. Inaugural titles will be Ottessa Moshfegh’s My New Novel, alongside artwork by Issy Wood, and Percival Everett’s Grand Canyon, Inc., featured with art by Richard Prince. Cline said, “Picture Books creates a space for a new kind of dialogue between art and fiction. While writers often engage with art and artists in the form of a catalogue essay or a critical review, there was no equivalent platform for artists to respond to a work of fiction.” This is not Gagosian’s first publishing initiative; the gallery already publishes several dozen titles a year. Learn more.
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