Books
- Pamela Zoline, The Heat Death of the Universe
- Tom Whalen, The President in Her Towers
- Nicholson Baker, Vox
- Julie Phillips, James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
- Richard Stark, The Jugger
Films
- Contagion, directed by Steven Soderbergh
- Miller’s Crossing, dir. Joel Coen
- Ocean’s Twelve, dir. Steven Soderbergh
- Quai des Orfèvres, dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Twentieth Century, dir. Howard Hawks
- Brick, dir. Rian Johnson
Exhibits
- “Anything Can Substitute Art: Maciunas in Soho,” Cooper Gallery
- “Diaries: An Anthology of Photography from Italy,” Leslie + Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art
- “Rooms of Wonder: From Wunderkammer to Museum, 1599–1899,” Grolier Club
- “Sleeping Eros,” Met
- “The Path of Nature: French Paintings from the Wheelock Whitney Collection, 1785–1850,” Met
- “Birds in the Art of Japan,” Met
Books
- Millicent Dillon, A Little Original Sin: The Life and Work of Jane Bowles
- Weldon Kees, The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees
- Balthus & Alain Vircondelet, Vanished Splendors, trans. Benjamin Ivry
- William Goyen, Arcadio
- Eleanor Clark, Rome and a Villa
- G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen
- Nicholson Baker, Room Temperature
- Nicholson Baker, The Mezzanine
- Ursule Molinaro, Green Lights Are Blue
- Ted Chiang, The Lifecycle of Software Objects
- James Broughton, High Kukus
- Benjamin Anastas, The Faithful Narrative of a Pastor’s Disappearance
Films
- Martha Marcy May Marlene, directed by Sean Durkin
- A Countess from Hong Kong, dir. Charles Chaplin
- The Stone Tape, dir. Peter Sasdy
Books
- Thornton Wilder, Theophilus North
- Thornton Wilder, The Cabala
- Thornton Wilder, Heaven’s My Destination
- Thornton Wilder, The Woman of Andros
- Jules Verne, Paris in the Twentieth Century, translated by Richard Howard
Films
- They Live By Night, directed by Nicholas Ray
- Mr. North, dir. Danny Huston
- Easy Living, dir. Mitchell Leisen
- 80 Blocks to Tiffany’s, dir. Gary Weis
- Flirting with Disaster, dir. David O. Russell
Exhibits
- “Peter Sacks: New Paintings,” Paul Rodgers
- “Daniel Buren: Electricity Fabric Paint Paper Vinyl,” Bortolami
- “Henry Darger: Landscapes,” Ricco/Maresca Gallery
Books
- Thornton Wilder, The Ides of March
- Cathy Park Hong, Engine Empire
- Djuna Barnes, The Book of Repulsive Women: 8 Rhythms and 5 Drawings
- Alain de Botton, How Proust Can Change Your Life
- Alex Savage, The Flesh Is Like a Kind of Muppet Caper
- Ted Berrigan & Joe Brainard, The Drunken Boat
- Max Frisch, A Wilderness of Mirrors, trans. Michael Bullock
Films
- Trading Places, directed by John Landis
- Счастье (Happiness), dir. Aleksandr Medvedkin
- Le Bonheur (Happiness), dir. Agnès Varda
- Haywire, dir. Steven Soderbergh
- Wise Blood, dir. John Huston
- Camille, dir. George Cukor
- Silver Linings Playbook, dir. David O. Russell
- Intolerance, dir. D. W. Griffith
Exhibits
- “Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925,” MoMA
- “Trevor Winkfield: New Paintings,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery
Books
- Amélie Nothomb, Hygiene and the Assassin, trans. Alison Anderson
- Michael Allen Zell, Errata
Films
- Ruthless, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
- Tillsammans (Together), dir. Lukas Moodysson
- Nostalgia de la luz (Nostalgia for the Light), dir. Patricio Guzmán
Exhibits
- “Jesús Rafael Soto: Soto Unearthed: A 1968 Film and Selected Early Work,” Bosi Contemporary
- “Pieter Schoolweth: After Troy,” Miguel Abreu Gallery
- “The Art of Scent 1889–2012,” The Museum of Arts and Design
- “Tokyo 1955–1970: A New Avant-Garde,” MoMA
Books
- Suzanne Scanlon, Promising Young Women
- Arnold Klein, Rangefinder & Powderhorn: Two Poems
- Paul Scheerbart, Lesabéndio: An Asteroid Novel, trans. Christina Svendsen
Films
- The Stranger, directed by Orson Welles
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles, dir. John Hughes
- Remember the Night, dir. Mitchell Leisen
Exhibits
- “African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde,” Met
- “Matisse: In Search of True Painting,” Met
Books
- Alex Shakar, The Savage Girl
- Ingeborg Bachmann, The Thirtieth Year, trans. Michael Bullock
- René Daumal, You’ve Always Been Wrong, trans. Thomas Vosteen
- Marcel Schwob, The Book of Monelle, trans. Kit Schluter
- Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, Fra Keeler
Films
- The Lady Vanishes, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Dial M for Murder, dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- The Last Picture Show, dir. Peter Bogdanovich
- No Man of Her Own, dir. Mitchell Leisen
Books
- Carmen Laforet, Nada, translated by Edith Grossman
- René Daumal, Mount Analogue, trans. Roger Shattuck
- Clancy Martin, How to Sell
- Chris Ware, Building Stories
- Benjamin Anastas, An Underachiever’s Diary
Films
- Closed Vision, directed by Marc’O
- The Master, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
- Party Girl, dir. Daisy von Scherler Mayer
- I Walked with a Zombie, dir. Jacques Tourneur
- Sedmikrásky (Daisies), dir. Věra Chytilová
- Irma la Douce, dir. Billy Wilder
Films
- Faces, directed by John Cassavetes
- Made in U.S.A., dir. Jean-Luc Godard
- La decima vittima (The Tenth Victim), dir. Elio Petri
- Serial Mom, dir. John Waters
- Mars Attacks, dir. Tim Burton
- Beetlejuice, dir. Tim Burton
- Head, dir. Bob Rafelson
- Harriet Craig, dir. Vincent Sherman
Exhibits
- “Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan,” Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
- “Robert Adams: On Any Given Day in Spring and Light Balances,” Matthew Marks
- “Jackson Pollock & Tony Smith: Sculpture An Exhibition on the Centennial of their Births,” Matthew Marks
- “Richard Tuttle: Systems, VIII–XII,” Pace
- “Robert Irwin: Dotting the i’s & Crossing the t’s: Part II,” Pace
- “Dorothea Rockburne Works 1967–1972,” Craig F. Starr
- “A Visual Essay on Gutai,” Hauser & Wirth
- “Gego: Origin and Encounter, Mastering the Space,” Americas Society
- “Chris Ware: Building Stories,” Adam Baumgold
- “Duchamp Brothers & Sister,” Francis M. Naumann
- Gerhard Richter, Marian Goodman
- “We the People,” Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
- “Mark Flood: Art Star,” Zack Feuer
- “Zoe Leonard,” Murray Guy
- “Ai Weiwei: Fairytale Chairs/New York Photographs,” Carolina Nitsch Project Room
- “Þórdís Aðalsteinsdóttir: Call on Me with Your Softness,” Stefan Stux Gallery
- “Leonardo Drew,” Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
- “Bernini: Sculpting in Clay,” Met
Books
- Jean-Cristophe Valtat, 03, translated by Mitzi Angel
- Max Frisch, Montauk, trans. Geoffrey Skelton
- Italo Calvino, The Watcher and Other Stories, trans. William Weaver & Archibald Colquhoun
- Elizabeth Smart, The Assumption of the Rogues & Rascals
- Sophie Calle, The Address Book, trans. Pauline Baggio
- Benjamin Anastas, Too Good to Be True
Films
- Le tombeau d’Alexandre (The Last Bolshevik), directed by Chris Marker
- Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera, dir. Mark Obenhaus
- Magritte, dir. Adrian Maben
- Cosmopolis, dir. David Cronenberg
- Boxing Helena, dir. Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Exhibits
- “Josef Albers in America: Painting on Paper,” Morgan Library
- “Robert Wilson/Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach,” Morgan Library
- “Materializing ‘Six Years’: Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art,” Brooklyn Museum