Rather than searching for art publications on Amazon, which prevents viewing loads of high-quality reproductions firsthand, I suggest browsing the shelves of an art museum bookstore. Many of the world’s leading museums have art-related merchandise and resources available in their bookstores or gift shops. The following are just a few that New York has to offer:
From Time Out New York, New York’s Best: Art bookstores you can browse for free:
- MoMA bookstore More than 2,000 books share space with art reproductions and design objects. 11 W 53rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, momastore.org
- The Guggenheim Museum Bookstore Stop by to browse recent exhibition catalogs and books on art, architecture and photography. 1071 Fifth Ave at 89th St, guggenheim.org
- The Whitney Museum Bookstore In addition to catalogs, monographs, and art history theory and criticism, the Whitney’s store offers children’s and whimsical books. 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, whitney.org/store
- The New Museum of Contemporary Art bookstore The New Museum’s curators’ input into buying policy means the selection here is as pioneering as the exhibitions themselves. 235 Bowery between Prince and Spring Sts, newmuseum.org/shop
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art bookstore Like the Met itself, you could easily lose a day in America’s largest museum bookstore. 1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St, store.metmuseum.org
