PictureBox

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| status = Defunct (2013)

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| founded = 2002

| founder = Dan Nadel

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| country = United States

| headquarters = Brooklyn, New York

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PictureBox was an art, music, photography, and comics publishing company based in Brooklyn, New York directed by Dan Nadel.http://torontocomics.com/dan-nadel/, Toronto Comics, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, 2011 Exhibitors, Dan Nadel PictureBox Inc. , Retrieved March 11, 2011. PictureBox published its own books and packages books and concepts for museums and galleries. The company began in 2002 with The Ganzfeld 2 and gradually shifted to emphasize a diverse assortment of visual ideas and topics.{{Cite news |last=Zinman |first=Greg |date=2006-06-11 |title=Comic Book Guru |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/08/AR2006060801590.html |access-date=2023-04-27 |issn=0190-8286}} PictureBox was best known for its books by artists from or related to the Providence art scene of the 2000s, music books, and projects for numerous artists involved with the New York gallery Canada.{{Cite web|url=http://brooklynrail.org/2014/04/art_books/in-memoriampicturebox|title=IN MEMORIAMPictureBox|website=brooklynrail.org|date=April 2, 2014|access-date=May 15, 2017}} The cover art for Wilco's A Ghost Is Born, designed by Peter Buchanan-Smith and Nadel, won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 2005.{{cite web |last1=Blake |first1=Corey |title=Farewell, PictureBox |url=https://www.cbr.com/farewell-picturebox/ |website=CBR.com |accessdate=January 11, 2020 |date=December 4, 2013}}

In December 2013, Nadel announced PictureBox would cease publishing at the end of the year.{{cite web |url=http://www.pictureboxinc.com/blogs/pbox-world/2013/12/02/the-end-for-now/ |title=PictureBox / Blogs / PBox World / The End For Now |website=www.pictureboxinc.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204033235/http://www.pictureboxinc.com/blogs/pbox-world/2013/12/02/the-end-for-now/ |archive-date=December 4, 2013}} {{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-02/comics/manga-publisher-picturebox-shuts-down-on-december-31 | title=Comics/Manga Publisher PictureBox Shuts Down on December 31 (Updated) | publisher=Anime News Network | date=December 3, 2013 | accessdate=December 3, 2019}}{{cite news | url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/12/02/picturebox-publisher-of-a-bold-assortment-of-manga-and-more-to-shut-down-on-december-31 | title=PictureBox, Publisher of a Bold Assortment of Manga and More, to Shut Down on December 31 | newspaper=Crunchyroll | date=December 3, 2013 | accessdate=December 3, 2019}} Since then, Nadel has curated exhibitions and edited books including What Nerve!: Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/arts/design/review-what-nerve-presents-an-alternative-history-of-american-art.html|title=Review: 'What Nerve!' Presents an Alternative History of American Art|last=Smith|first=Roberta|date=August 6, 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 15, 2017|issn=0362-4331}} Takeshi Murata,{{Cite web|url=http://www.artbook.com/blog-takeshi-murata.html|title=Takeshi Murata|website=www.artbook.com|access-date=May 15, 2017}} Jimmy De Sana's Suburban,{{Cite news|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jimmy-desana-suburban-photos-311648|title=Jimmy DeSana Redefines Suburban Sprawl - artnet News|date=July 23, 2015|work=artnet News|access-date=May 15, 2017|language=en-US}} and The Collected Hairy Who Publications. He also co-curated, with Carroll Dunham, an exhibition of drawings{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/arts/design/elizabeth-murray-a-singular-style-steeped-in-many.html|title=Elizabeth Murray: A Singular Style, Steeped in Many|last=Smith|first=Roberta|date=January 5, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 15, 2017|issn=0362-4331}} by Elizabeth Murray.