New York Magazine - USA (2022-01-03)

ËTheBooksofJacob,

byOlgaTokarczuk,

translatedby

JenniferCroft(Feb.1)

Thisepicsetin18th-century

Polandhasa real-lifefigure

atitscenter:JacobFrank,who

fanciedhimselfa messiah.

FirstpublishedinPolishin

2014,it hasalreadybeen

comparedtoParadiseLost.

hillarykelly

ËConstructing

a NervousSystem,

byMargoJefferson

(Apr.12)

Jeffersonsetshereyeonthe

maturationshesharedwithher

lateeldersisteraswellasthose

ofpeoplelikeEllaFitzgerald

andIkeTurner.Theauthoris

nonpareilatsynthesizingthe

circusactsoflife,playingstage

trouperandspectatorbyturns.

jasminesanders

ËTheFurrows,

byNamwaliSerpell

(Sep.27)

Serpell’ssecondnovelfollows

12-year-oldCassandra,whose

littlebrothergoesmissing

andwhosemotherrefusesto

giveuphope.Aftera tragic

opening,thetraumaandgrief

unfoldlikea dream.

israeldaramola

Thronesandfollowstherise

ofHouseTargaryen

asit becomesthefirstroyal

houseintheSeven

Kingdoms.Themembersof

theoftenhigh-key-crazy

houseweredescribedinthe

originalGOTasreckless

andruthless.Theyrode

dragonsandmarriedone

another;whatelsedoes

TVneedtobecompelling?

ËMs.Marvel

(Disney+,TBD)

BishaK.Ali’sminiseries

aboutthefan-favorite

andfirstMuslimMarvel

charactertoheadline

herowncomic.Iman

VellanistarsasKamala

Khan,a Pakistani

Americanteenagerby

dayandmaskedcrime

fighterbynight.The

serieswillexploreKhan’s

superpowers,which

arerumoredtobe

differentfromtheones

inthecomics.Hopefully

thatdoesn’tsignifytoo

manydeparturesfromthe

vibrantsourcematerial.

jenchaney,roxana

hadadi,jackson

mchenry,k athryn

va na r en don k

Ë“CharlesRay:FigureGround,”Metropolitan

MuseumofArtOpensJan. 31 RayemergedinL.A.inthe

mid-1980sandjustkeptgettingbetter.Finally,allwillhavea

chancetocometotermswithhissculptures—includingthe

controversialnudeHuckandJim, whichtheWhitney

rejectedin2015.Ë“Faith

Ringgold:American

People,”NewMuseum

Opens Feb. 17 A full-

boreretrospectiveofthis

91-year-oldmaster.While

Ringgoldisanexcellent

painter,whatshecallsher

“storyquilts”standasa

toweringtestamenttothe

powerofanartistusing

whatevermediumneces-

sarytoteardownthewalls

ofthecanon.ËUntitled

Beeple Show, Jack

HanleyGalleryOpens

Mar.TBDMikeWinkel-

mann,a.k.a.Beeple,isthenow-famousNFTstarwhoin

March2021,outofnowhere,soldhisdigitalcryptowork

Everydays:TheFirst 5000 Daysfor$69,346,250—arecord-

smashingprice.TheartEstablishmentdidn’tseethisone

coming.Nowhe’llshowwithoneofthecoolestgalleries

around.Popsomecornandstaytuned. jerrysaltz

ART SHOWS

NFT, meet gallery.

FaithRinggold,Sonny’sQuilt(1986).

Books

Big sisters and

maybe messiahs.

Believe it or

not, there are

some things to

look forward

to this year—

here are 45.*

PHOTOGRAPHS: GREGORY KRAMER (LARRY OWENS); WARNER BROS. (BATMAN); ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS AND SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS (ALINE); LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX (BRIDGERTON); COURTESY OF NEW MUSEUM (SONNY’S QUILT)

*All release dates subject to change—especially for in-person performances and screenings. 61