Art on My Mind

bell hooks (1952–2021) was the author of over thirty books, including the feminist classic Ain’t I a Woman, the memoir Bone Black, the New York Times bestselling All About Love, and Art on My Mind: Visual Politics (The New Press).

“In an art world obsessed with identity politics, Art on My Mind is a long-overdue rescue of the liberating, rather than confining, power of art.”—Paper Magazine“Passionate and highly personal.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“Sharp and persuasive.”—The New York Times Book Review“[Art on My Mind] is a guide to the ways that political meaning and esthetic pleasure may be discovered, bound together, in many works by contemporary artists of color.”—Art America“[hooks] brings a welcome clarity to such issues as received art and the development of a Western canon.”—San Francisco Examiner