Culture Type— February 3, 2025
Culture Type: 16 Best Black Art Books of 2024
The Best Black Art Books of 2024 explore many artists and themes, including Alvin Ailey, Elizabeth Catlett, Tschabalala Self, Sargent Claude Johnson, the Harlem Renaissance, African photographers, Caribbean makes and Key’s book traces Black and Queer design history.
Print— January 20, 2025
J‘Echoes From the Silence,’ Book Club Recap with Jon Key: “And, oh what treasures he surfaced! Key tells the story through his search for lost, forgotten, and ignored artifacts of Black, queer design history, a process he calls both personal and pedagogical. “This represents me and it’s also something I can learn from.”
Creative Review— December 11, 2024
Jon Key’s book traces Black and Queer design history: The artist and designer lays out the stories of people who have shaped design – and been shaped by it – in a crucial new book
"Crucial"!
"It’s an expansive approach that embodies the project’s mission to open up rather than gatekeep design history. Importantly, this approach also shows how design has been used to frame – positively or negatively – Queer people of colour." — Megan Williams
NPR in Kansas City— November 30, 2024
Book recs: Kansas City readers and bookstore owners share their 2024 favorites
“This striking collection celebrates the intersections of Blackness and queerness through art and storytelling, reclaiming narratives often overlooked or erased” — Cori Smith
Oxford American— November 4, 2024
From Black, Queer, & Untold: A New Archive of Artists, Designers, and Trailblazers: An early look into Alabama-raised artist Jon Key's upcoming book
GalleriesWest —November, 4, 2024
Bookmark | Black, Queer & Untold by Jon Key
“Essential reading for any of us interested in where social histories intersect with art and design” — Kegan McFadden
Hammer & Hope — October 29, 2024
A Radical Black Magazine from The Harlem Renaissance was ahead of its Time
Fire!! was a pathbreaking showcase for Black artists and writers “ready to emotionally serve a new day and a new generation.”
Excerpt edited by Sarah Fan
Queerty — October 22, 2024
Law Roach, Don Lemon & George M. Johnson lead the best Black queer books for Fall 2024
“Black, Queer, & Untold (out November 12) is designer and artist Jon Key’s answer to pursuing a career in a field where he didn’t see himself represented.
The book explores the concept of identity through graphic design and art while giving tribute to the untold stories of queer Black artists and creatives who came before him.” — Carson Mlnarik
THEM — September 27, 2024
33 Queer Books, Movies, TV Shows, and Albums to Add to Your Fall Calendar
“This wildly impressive feat of research outlines a Black, queer history of art and design, dating all the way back to the 19th century. The book also represents author and graphic designer Jon Key’s effort to situate himself in the history of American visual culture, from which Black queer contributions have too often been erased.” — James Factora
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Selling copies: If your campus bookstore would like to sell copies of Black, Queer, & Untold they can place an order directly with their Chronicle Books rep by emailing order.desk@hbgusa.com.
Request a desk/exam copy: If you are considering Black, Queer, & Untold for a course adoption, please email academic@chroniclebooks.com.
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Events: To book Jon for an event/panel to discuss Black, Queer, & Untold and his art and design practice, please contact Irene Vázquez at irene@levinequerido.com