Books

• Nathalie Léger, Suite for Barbara Loden, translated by Natasha Lehrer & Cécile Menon

This is an astonishing little book (my pick of the recent Dorothys) which raises a lot of questions; it demands re-reading.

• Leonora Carrington, The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington, trans. Kathrine Talbot & Anthony Kerrigan

It’s nice that Leonora Carrington is in print again!

• Geoff Dyer, But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz

More of a brief stint of reading about jazz. This is a likeable book: it shouldn’t be, and I’m not sure how Dyer manages to manage this.

• Jen George, The Babysitter at Rest

It’s gratifying to see Dorothy become so successful – picking up the latest round has become de rigueur part of my trips back to the States – though I’m especially interested by the new writers they’re bringing into their increasingly defined aesthetic. This has the feeling of a first book, though it seems like it’s going somewhere.

• Monique Truong, The Book of Salt

Picked up because it’s a historical novel involving Gertrude Stein: that part doesn’t add much to the picture we already have of Stein and Toklas. The non-historical aspects of this novel (Ho Chi Minh also shows up) work a bit better.

• Julio Cortázar, Fantomas Versus the Multinational Vampires: An Attainable Utopia, trans. David Kurnick

Slight, though nice that it’s in print in English.

Films

• หมอนรถไฟ (Railway Sleepers), directed by Sompot Chidgasornpongse 
• Diamond Island, dir. Davy Chou
• Get Out, dir. Jordan Peele

Exhibits

• “Lawrence Weiner: Inherent Innate Tension,” Marian Goodman Gallery
• “A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece 700 BC–200 AD,” Onassis Cultural Center
• “Exploratory Works: Drawings from the Department of Tropical Research Field Expeditions,” The Drawing Center
• “Marginalia: Open Sessions 10,” The Drawing Center
• “Jörg Immendorff: LIDL Works and Performances from the 60s,” Michael Werner
• “Harvey Quaytman: Hone,” Van Doren Waxter
• “Portable Art: A Project by Celia Forner,” Hauser & Wirth
• “August Sander,” Hauser & Wirth
• “Daniel Monfort Gil: Bangkok, Anytime, Our World,” Serindia Gallery
• “Mode of Liaisons,” BACC
• “Crossing the Dateline,” BACC
• “Jakkai Siributr: Displaced,” BACC
• “People, Money, Ghosts (Movement as Metaphor),” Jim Thompson Art Center