Books in Museums, Museums in Books

Explore the literary world of museums beyond From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

Essays

The Jewish Connection to Art by Allison Amend
Fiction and Museums by Allegra Goodman
Novels and the Art of the Mauritshuis by Nina Siegal
Acknowledging the Tenement Museum by Debra Spark
The Art in the Book by Barbara Stark-Nemon
Beyond the Book: Vanessa Davis Responds to Art Spiegelman’s Comix by Tahneer Oksman
Research and the Power of Bashert by Steven Pressman
A Jew in a Plexiglas Box by Nicholas Kulish

Fiction

Cover of A Nearly Perfect Copy

A Nearly Perfect Copy

Cover of Being Audrey Hepburn

Being Audrey Hepburn

Mitchell Kriegman

Cover of Have You No Shame?

Have You No Shame?

Cover of Middle C: A Novel

Middle C: A Novel

William H. Gass

Cover of My Holocaust

Cover of Pictures at an Exhibition

Pictures at an Exhibition

Sara Houghteling

Cover of The Anatomy Lesson

The Anatomy Lesson

Cover of The Art Forger

Cover of The Art of Being Rebekkah

The Art of Being Rebekkah

Karoline Barrett

Cover of The Gallery of Vanished Husbands

The Gallery of Vanished Husbands

Natasha Solomons

Cover of The Last Animal

The Last Animal

Cover of The Lost Van Gogh

The Lost Van Gogh

Cover of The Museum of Extraordinary Things

The Museum of Extraordinary Things

Cover of The Rembrandt Affair

The Rembrandt Affair

Cover of The World to Come

The World to Come

Nonfiction and Memoir

Cover of Beyond the Façade: A Synagogue, A Restoration, A Legacy

Beyond the Façade: A Synagogue, A Restoration, A Legacy

Larry Bortniker, Roberta Brandes Gratz, and Bonnie Dimun

Cover of Building After Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust

Building After Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust

Gavriel D. Rosenfeld

Cover of Days of Ticho: Empire, Mandate, Medicine, and Art in the Holy Land

Days of Ticho: Empire, Mandate, Medicine, and Art in the Holy Land

Cover of Good Living Street: Portrait of a Patron Family, Vienna 1900

Good Living Street: Portrait of a Patron Family, Vienna 1900

Cover of Holocaust Memory Reframed: Museums and the Challenges of Representation

Holocaust Memory Reframed: Museums and the Challenges of Representation

Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich

Cover of Inside the Israel Museum: A Family Guide

Inside the Israel Museum: A Family Guide

Cover of Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-Century America

Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-Century America

Samantha Baskind

Cover of Landmark of the Spirit: The Eldridge Street Synagogue

Landmark of the Spirit: The Eldridge Street Synagogue

Annie Pollard; Bill Moyers, fwd.

Cover of My Grandfather’s Gallery: A Family Memoir of Art and War

My Grandfather’s Gallery: A Family Memoir of Art and War

Anne Sinclair; Shaun Whiteside, trans.

Cover of Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse

Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse

Stanley Meisler

Cover of The Exhibitionist: Living Museums, Loving Museums

The Exhibitionist: Living Museums, Loving Museums

Cover of The Girl With the Gallery: Edith Gregor Halpert and the Making of the Modern Art Market

The Girl With the Gallery: Edith Gregor Halpert and the Making of the Modern Art Market

Lindsay Pollock

Cover of The Guggenheims: A Family History

The Guggenheims: A Family History

Irwin Unger; Debi Unger

Cover of The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

Anne-Marie O’Connor

Cover of The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans

The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans

Cover of The Thoughtful Dresser: The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter

The Thoughtful Dresser: The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter

Cover of Unstill Life: A Daughter's Memoir of Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction

Unstill Life: A Daughter's Memoir of Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction

Exhibitions, Galleries, and Collections

Cover of Action/Abstraction: Pollack, De Kooning, and American Art, 1950-1976

Action/Abstraction: Pollack, De Kooning, and American Art, 1950-1976

Norman L. Kleeblatt, ed.

Cover of Alias Man Ray

Cover of Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures from the Archives of the Anne Frank House

Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures from the Archives of the Anne Frank House

Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol

Cover of Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater

Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater

Susan Tumarkin Goodman, ed.

Cover of Converging Lines: Eva Hesse and Sol Lewitt

Converging Lines: Eva Hesse and Sol Lewitt

Veronica Roberts, ed.

Cover of Daniel Libeskind and the Contemporary Jewish Museum: New Jewish Architecture from Berlin to San Francisco

Daniel Libeskind and the Contemporary Jewish Museum: New Jewish Architecture from Berlin to San Francisco

Edited by Connie Wolf

Cover of Eva Hesse: Sculpture

Eva Hesse: Sculpture

Elisabeth Sussman et al.

Cover of Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from the Jewish Museum

Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from the Jewish Museum

Susan L. Braunstein

Cover of From Selfie to Groupie

From Selfie to Groupie

Alina and Jeff Bliumis

Cover of Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews

Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews

Sarah Lightman, ed.

Cover of My Favorite Things

My Favorite Things

Cover of Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life

Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life

Cover of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Israel Museum Curators

Cover of The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation

The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation

Cover of The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats

The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats

Claudia J. Nahson with Maurice Berger and Emily Casden

Cover of The Warsaw Ghetto Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive Catalogue and Guide

The Warsaw Ghetto Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive Catalogue and Guide

Robert Moses Shapiro and Tadeusz Epstein, eds.

Cover of Tobi Kahn: Sacred Spaces for the 21st Century

Tobi Kahn: Sacred Spaces for the 21st Century

Ena Giurescu Heller, ed.