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Best of 2025 by Hyperallergic

Open book spread showing a portrait of an older, light-skinned woman on the left in front of abstract paintings on the wall, and a page of text on the right.

Hyperallergic named Emily Mason: Unknown to Possibility as one of their “Favorite Art Books of 2025”!

This monograph on the late abstract painter Emily Mason interrogates and beautifies the conceptualization of artistic merit. Essays by those who knew her and were impacted by her, including a series of intimate letters from curator and writer Naz Cuguoğlu, coalesce to offer a poignant picture of why we’re drawn to Mason’s art and, more importantly, how we should honor artists who believe they will change us — because they do.”
—Nereya Otieno

Read the excerpt by Dr. Barbara Stehle, “Emily Mason’s Quest for Color and Truth.”

Check out the full article at Hyperallergic.

For more information on Emily Mason: Unknown to Possibility, please visit Rizzoli.