Books Beth Merfish Loves
Beth is an avid reader, and as a girl, she said, "More than anything, I loved biographies." Her book picks reflect her love of biographies, art and artists, Latin America, and her Jewish identity. She loved these as a teenager...
Confessions of an Art Addict by Peggy Guggenheim
Lorca: A Dream of a Life by Leslie Stainton
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
Turbulent Souls by Stephen J. Dubner
And these as an adult.
Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Thomas Hoving
The Forger's Spell by Edward Dolnick
The Orientalist by Tom Reiss
Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim by Anton Gill
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Art history professor Beth Merfish always loved biographies and visual learning and found a way to combine them in the visual language of art. She tells us how summer camp was a chance to try one a new self, how she uses political activism to give everyone a voice, and how exciting it was when she got her PhD and her professors became her peers.
Check out our interview with Beth and find out more about her work!
