The books explore the importance of artist and patronage networks centred on the Holbeins

As a protégé of the international dealer Carla Panicali from 1989 to 1992, David Guenther took a crash course in the business of art. But his account of this heady time is ultimately unsatisfying

A new publication offers a more inclusive approach that also honours the “unexceptional”

Recently published books aim to bring a deeper understanding of the canon, from the work of LGBTQ+ photographers to the pioneers who paved the way for later generations

Fifteen art capitals are captured at their brilliant apogee in Caroline Campbell's book

This corner of Manhattan played a pivotal role in the development of artists such as Robert Indiana, Agnes Martin and Ellsworth Kelly

The Italian filmmaker—and occasional painter—was scathing about Picasso but delighted in Caravaggio

The author’s voluminous letters to her sister Cassandra reveal her fashion tastes and thrifty skills

This well-conceived exhibition catalogue illuminates the sculptor’s terracotta models—masterpieces in their own right

The Somali-Italian author Igiaba Scego's tale of empowerment draws on the artist's journey from Native American reservation to international fame

Spoiler alert: lots of mounting takes place at Mount's

A level-headed survey of the rise and fall of anthropological and ethnographic collections and what their futures may hold

Kensington and Chelsea is home to celebrated statues and hidden pieces

A new book outlines how cultural affinity helped Danish carpentry’s ‘craftsmanship is king’ ideal conquer the US during the Cold War

A new publication tells the story of the London-born poet and artist, many of whose works are lost

Richly produced book documents how the nonagenarian artist’s work has been informed by her decades of travel

A book of the US photographer's aerial images, created during the Covid-19 pandemic, offers an original take on the US’s lived reality

New critical assessment of the vibrant works of the German artist who was exiled to the Netherlands in 1935

New book uses artist's wartime commission in a coalmine to show his melancholy side and mildly left political strain,

Ninety previously unseen photographs from the early 1970s reveal the foundations of his practice

As Saint Bartholomew the Great celebrates nine centuries, a new volume explores how the church has, against the odds, remained at London’s heart

The artist returned from his trip to America in the 1960s “the personification of self-aware modernity”

In her work, the artist strived to “find our place on the surface of our planet”

The first scholarly study of a true dilettante of Old Masters, antiquities and new works, reveals an indomitable, questing soul

The books spans his entire oeuvre, from swimming pool paintings made soon after leaving university to his recent Jamaican hotel series

These volumes on the Swedish artist will help cement her rightful place as a pioneer of abstract art

Different methods of protecting heritage during times of war are explored with mixed success in this challenging read

The work of the portrait painter is reviewed within the context of her peers

A new book explores the artist’s scratchy, enigmatic drawings of people, long “crowded out” by his heavily textured paintings

This ambitious and approachable study charts the cultural significance of these spaces, from Ancient Greece to today