‘Brutalist Korea’ by Paul Tulett, ReviewedNirmala DeviArtReview Asia30 July 2026Brutalism, according to the author, was a ‘method’ in Korea, where architecture was a response to the necessities of healing and rebuilding after twentieth-century wars
‘Flowers’ by Brian Dillon, Takenori Miyamoto and Teppei Takeda, ReviewedNirmala DeviArtReview28 July 2026The short review of this book would say that it does what it says on the cover
Decoding Cian DayritNirmala DeviArtReview Asia13 July 2026The Filipino artist’s embroidered works find new new ways to articulate territory
Review: ‘The Solitary Gourmet’ by Jiro Taniguchi & Masayuki KusumiNirmala DeviArtReview Asia17 December 2025‘The Solitary Gourmet’ delight in finding the extra in the ordinary and is now translated into English for the first time
Reading the National Gallery’s TombstoneNirmala DeviArtReview14 March 2025There’s something both unsettling and appropriate about this massive, lavish tome
Marxism Meets Feudal Soap Opera: Shirato Sanpei’s Cult Manga EpicNirmala DeviArtReview21 February 2025The first volume of ‘The Legend of Kamui’, about the early Tokugawa shogunate, receives its first English translation
‘Set My Heart On Fire’ by Izumi Suzuki, ReviewedNirmala DeviArtReview19 December 2024Suzuki’s first novel to be translated into English is about the people and culture that made up Tokyo’s alternative club and music scenes
