‘Writing is exactly like love – you need to do it in the dark’: novelist Leila Slimani on why literature is erotic

French-Moroccan novelist Leïla Slimani discusses her residency at Madrid's Museo del Prado, where she draws inspiration from Francisco Goya's Black Paintings for her writing. She reflects on her career, including winning the Prix Goncourt for her novel *Lullaby*, her appointment by French President Emmanuel Macron as a representative for Francophone culture, and the personal trauma of her father's imprisonment that fueled her early writing. The article explores her views on literature, painting, and the erotic nature of writing.

How Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury cartoons captured America: ‘One of our nation’s greatest journalists’

A new biography titled "Trudeau & Doonesbury: The Cartoonist Who Turned the News into Art" by Joshua Kendall explores the life and career of Garry Trudeau, creator of the long-running comic strip Doonesbury. Published on Tuesday, the book is the first major biography of Trudeau, who won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning and whose characters age and evolve over 56 years, unlike those in other iconic strips. Kendall, a Yale alumnus, conducted original interviews and examined thousands of archival documents, though Trudeau—known for his reclusive nature—only agreed to limited email exchanges and some interviews, making the book unauthorized.

Steven Soderbergh, the Colors of Money

Steven Soderbergh, les couleurs de l’argent

Steven Soderbergh's new film "The Christophers" (2025) is a sharp, chamber-piece drama about art, inheritance, and money. The story follows Julian Skar, a former art superstar from the 1970s now living in seclusion and earning a living by caricaturing himself on social media. His children, Barnaby and Sally, eager to maximize their future inheritance, hire a repentant forger named Lori Butler to secretly complete Julian's unfinished masterpiece, an eight-portrait series titled "The Christophers." The film explores the complex relationships that develop between the four characters in a labyrinthine London house, written in the style of a lively theatrical play.

From an Artist to His Dealer

D’un artiste à son marchand

A new book titled "Miró-Loeb. Correspondance. 1926-1936" has been published by Éditions Norma, presenting the previously unpublished correspondence between Spanish painter Joan Miró and his Parisian dealer Pierre Loeb from 1926 to 1936. The volume includes photographs, reproductions of artworks, an illustrated record of Miró's exhibitions at Galerie Pierre, a prologue by art historian Joan Punyet Miró (the artist's grandson), and contributions from Albert Loeb (Pierre's son) and Sonia Loeb (his granddaughter), contextualizing a decade of exchanges amid cultural ferment and rising tensions. The book also features sparser letters from 1945 until Loeb's death in 1963, tracing the evolution of their relationship.

Books received from November 7, 2025 to May 27, 2026

Ouvrages reçus du 7 novembre 2025 au 27 mai 2026

La Tribune de l'Art has published a roundup of art books received between November 7, 2025, and May 27, 2026, covering medieval to 17th-century art. Highlights include exhibition catalogues for Martin Schongauer at the Musée du Louvre, a unicorn-themed show at the Musée de Cluny, and a display of Renaissance Limoges enamels at Galerie Kugel. Scholarly works on Michelangelo's sculptures, Caravaggio's early career, and Georges de La Tour are also featured, alongside a volume on Romanesque and Gothic architecture in the Creuse region.