If these new releases are anything to go by, it’s going to be an eye-catching fall season.
Jack Shadbolt: In His Words
Introduced and edited by Susan Mertens (Figure 1 Publishing, with the Audain Art Museum, October)
This intimate and candid memoir uses poems and excerpts from Shadbolt’s personal journals, letters and other writings to tell the interior story of one of Canada’s most important modernist artists, who was deeply inspired by his years living on the West Coast. This is the memoir Shadbolt (1909-1998) never quite got around to writing.
Fashion First
By Diane Keaton, introduction by Ralph Lauren (Rizzoli, September 3)
Movie star. Fashion icon. Witty raconteur. Keaton offers an ode to her favourite looks over the years (and some she wasn’t so fond of). Her signature Annie Hall style is here, along with everything from the homemade ensembles she wore as a child to her glitziest red-carpet moments. Gossipy, glam and filled with a stylish who’s who.
Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces
By Dominic Bradbury (Phaidon, October 8)
For anyone who can’t get enough of the architecture of the 1950s through ’70s, this beautifully photographed book might just satisfy those cravings for clean lines, big windows and painted concrete breezeblocks. It features 450 of the very best mid-century works on every continent, from skyscrapers to churches, embassies, office blocks, transport hubs and swimming pools.