James Elkins

James Elkins

There are many chapters and entire books for download here. Have a look under the Writing menu.

I am uploading a series of 73 short videos on art theory to Youtube. These are for art students. They cover media, politics, gender, the sublime, skill, formal analysis, craft, time, narrative, Eurocentrism, style, research, the body… lots of subjects.

Finally out, after 6 years of work: an experimental textbook with Oxford Press, co-authored with Erna Fiorentini, called Visual Worlds.

The opening pages of my novel are on Place (literary magazine in Brussels), and some pictures on Instagram. More on the novel here.

New book: my summary of art writing around the world, The End of Diversity in Art Historical Writing.

My email is listed in the vita.

New uploads: the books Pictures and Tears, Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?, How to Use Your Eyes, and an essay on the complicity between torture and formal analysis. (There is also a website with reviews of contemporary piano music.)

Live Writing Projects: I am experimenting with writing live on the internet. These texts are in progress, and you can contribute to them & be thanked when the book is published. Writing with Images and What is Interesting Writing in Art History? Thanks everyone for contributing!

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