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45 art ISBN: 978-0-7643-7104-2 $39 99, £36 99, 56 99 CAD hardcover • 176 pp • 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" (267 x 216 mm) 196 color images AVAILABLE JUNE 2026 Museum in Transit 10 Contemporary Artists Reimagining NYC’s Subway as Gallery By Xhingyu Chen ISBN 978-0-7643-7104-2 Juxtaposing their public art for the program with their broader oeuvre, Museum in Transit provides mini retrospectives that address how each artist produced artworks with wide appeal while adhering to their personal vision. Highlighting mosaics, glass panels, sculptures, and installations installed in subway stations and transit hubs throughout the system, the book is a visual journey through an underground museum—one that millions of commuters pass through every day, often without realizing they are surrounded by world-class art. Here are the artists included in the book: Firelei Baez, Nick Cave, Jane Dickson, Marcel Dzama, Jeffrey Gibson, Al Loving, Portia Munson, Eamon Ore-Giron, Liliana Porter, Jean Shin Xhingyu Chen is an arts writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She has been writing about contemporary art for two decades. Her first book, Chinese Art: New Media, 1990—2010 , was published in 2011. ISBN: 978-0-7643-7014-4 $60 00, £54 99, 83 99 CAD hardcover • 320 pp • 9" x 12" (229 x 305 mm) 523 color and b/w images NOW AVAILABLE Robert C. Jackson It's a Colorful Life By Robert C. Jackson With over 525 images and photos that focus on his career from age 45 to 60, American still-life painter Jackson reveals his work methods, inspirations, and development. Many of Jackson’s signature themes are recognizable but now treated more deeply, the compelling nature of his art is intensified, and larger canvases prevail. Known especially for his realistic still-life paintings featuring objects such as soda crates, balloon dogs, and foods, Jackson creates playful, exuberant art that often makes impossible situations believable, one reason for its wide appeal. Learn more about • his final college semester when he took Painting 101 to fill out his schedule, • the first time he ever quit anything (it was a career as an engineer), • how the concept of “seriously funny” motivates him, and • the cleansing and growth that occurs with aging as a painter. Understand why new fans and established collectors alike respond to this artist who has found his unique and identifiable voice within contemporary art. ISBN 978-0-7643-7014-4 Robert C. Jackson (b. 1964) is a contemporary still-life artist. Known primarily for his realist technique and contemporary approach, his humorous slant to the genre has made his artwork easily identifiable. His paintings are featured in gallery and museum exhibitions and in private, corporate, and museum collections worldwide. He lives in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. @robertcjackson | robertcjackson.com