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Book Reviews
Beetlejuice and beyond: the origins of Tim Burton’s world of gothic romance and its enduring influence
Catalogue accompanying exhibition at London’s Design Museum explores the US film-maker’s unique aesthetic
Book Club
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‘The painter in me did not die’: novelist Orhan Pamuk turns his hand to art
Notebooks filled with the Turkish author's drawings reflect events spanning the past decade
Ultimate reading lists
Five new art books to look out for this spring, from art under siege to illustrated manuscripts
Our books editor picks out some of the highlights of the months ahead
Compelling prose and lyrical turns in Sally Mann’s poignant and, at times, shocking memoir
The American South plays a crucial role in the photographer’s richly illustrated book
The stuff of nightmares: catalogue of Alfred Kubin’s work shines a light on his dark world
The macabre artist’s blood-soaked prints and drawings at the start of the 20th century foretold future wars
An expert’s guide to Brazilian Modernism: five must-read books on the subject
All you ever wanted to know about the topic, from its impact on global Modernist art to a novel capturing the “atmosphere of heady excitement”—selected by the curator Rebecca Bray
‘An impossible stillness that artists have chased’: Alvaro Barrington on Piero della Francesca’s Baptism of Christ
In this exclusive extract from a new book, the London-based artist explains why Piero’s painting is his favourite in the National Gallery collection
London’s lost interiors: new volume reveals the famous homes of aristocrats, society figures and artists
Archival images from Historic England trace the capital’s changing tastes
New book views glacier paintings of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham through the eyes of poets and glaciologists
Recent publication is the first comprehensive account of works inspired by a visit to Switzerland in 1949
From sfumato to selfies—can art history explain the Instagram phenomenon?
In his new book Koenraad Jonckheere argues that the way we view images on the social media platform is rooted in the past
A literary homage to Peggy Guggenheim that falls short
Historical fiction on the famed bohemian collector brings her relationships to life but leaves out much of what she actually achieved
Carsten Höller, Takashi Murakami, sounds of the US-Mexico border — podcast
Höller discusses his new book of games, Murakami chats AI and the television series Shōgun, and two artists talk about a new sound installation at Dia’s New York City space
Full colour: celebrating 15 years of street art in Miami’s Wynwood
A new book reveals the exuberant and varied work created by numerous artists that has been key to the rejuvenation of the district north of the city’s downtown
December Book Bag: from Nick Cave’s devilish works to an analysis of Rembrandt’s competition with his star pupil
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Some of our favourite books of 2024—picked by The Art Newspaper’s books team
Our literary editors share what has delighted them this year, from art-themed novels to edifying histories
Intense repartee: a collection of letters that the critic John Berger exchanged with his artist son
The correspondence between John and Yves Berger is both moving and enlightening
An expert’s guide to the Venetian Renaissance: five must-read books on the period
All you ever wanted to know about the subject, from the story of Carpaccio and Bellini's narrative painting to a Venice guide for little explorers—selected by the curators Annette Hojer and Christine Follmann
Magnum’s opus of America: a new photography compendium reveals the many sides of the US
The publication’s co-editor Peter van Agtmael chooses seven key images from legendary agency’s new book
Two books explore Piet Mondrian's journey into abstraction—and his posthumous influence on 1960s fashion
How, two decades after his death, did Mondrian become a brand icon, and make a lasting contribution to the “youthquake”?
This newly translated volume compiles the photographic traces of a libidinous love affair
Author Annie Ernaux and journalist Marc Marie’s collaborative memoir documents a passionate yet haunted relationship
The arts should be recognised as a key part of what it means to be human, argues a new publication
An urgent treatise on the decommodification of culture by the professor of cultural economy Justin O’Connor
How Korean feminist art developed alongside the country’s move to democracy is explored in new book
An exploration of the driving force of so-called “K-feminism” and the connection between art and politics in Korea
November Book Bag: from fashion ‘outlaws’ to interviews with the auto-destructive artist Gustav Metzger
Our round-up of the latest art publications
‘He laughed like a madman’: when Édouard Manet decided to touch up one of Berthe Morisot's paintings
An extract from a new book by Sebastian Smee—about the Impressionists during the Siege of Paris and Paris Commune—brings to life the peculiar episode of artistic intervention
Five must-read art history books for the under-fives
All you ever wanted to know about art (if you are little), from a cat that wanders round Tate Modern at night to why Louise Bourgeois made giant spiders—selected by The Art Newspaper's Anna Brady
Dealer’s memoir offers a wild ride through the 1960s New York art scene
Michael Findlay reveals his art world beginnings as a lucky 18-year-old Scot in the Big Apple
How American artist Charles J. Connick’s poetically reimagined Medieval stained glass
A new book shows how Connick harnessed the ancient medium as ‘a potent means of contemporary visual expression’
A sensitive portrait of collector Isabella Stewart Gardner—Boston's millionaire Bohémienne
A biography of Gardner captures her extraordinary life story with empathy
A new monograph highlights Jamaican-born sculptor Ronald Moody as one of Britain's most important Modernists
Moody defied family expectations to pursue his art, and is now celebrated in an exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield
Frieze, UK critics The White Pube, Giuseppe Penone and Arte Povera — podcast
We find out how the London fair went this year, speak to Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad about their new book and to Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev about her new show at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris
In an epic new volume, Chris Killip captures an English community in the grip of industrial decline
Never straying from the documentary tradition, the image maker explores the gradual erosion of traditional forms of labour
The liberated lens: a chronicle of African cinema and photography
A new book celebrates the pioneering artists who took control of the post-colonial agenda