Our round-up of the latest art publications

The School of London artist, equally at home in Soho society and rural Scotland, was also a noted painter of celebrities

A new reading of the life and work of Beuys is no hagiography, seeing Beuys as someone who was fiercely determined and created myths about himself

Topics covered in the publications range from a Renaissance sculptress and Baroque Rome to 1930s Manchester and Frida Kahlo

The academic Daisy Dixon discusses her new book investigating the art that has provoked outrage over the centuries

The best Courbet publications, from a comprehensive monograph to a look at how he was “a skilful media strategist”—selected by the curators Sonja Pizonka and Anna Brohm

The book, estimated at up to £600,000, is the first original edition to appear at auction in more than a century

Our round-up of the latest art publications

The 250th anniversary of John Constable’s birth has seen a flurry of publications about the great painter and his work

The unashamedly partisan book by Daniel E. Sutherland also looks at the science behind Whistler’s nocturnes

We speak to the writer Isaac Butler about his book revisiting the battles over censorship and public funding in the US during the 1980s and 1990s

Three key takeaways from a new book that looks at the artist's designs for shop awnings, advertising illustrations, screen-printed clothes and more

The best Abramović publications, from an intimate memoir to a collection of the artist’s aphorisms—selected by the curator Shai Baitel

Oscar de Muriel is inspired by a real Frida Kahlo painting, while Lynda la Plante invents a Jean-Michel Basquiat forgery

"Trees of Great Britain and Ireland" offers a handsome insight into early 20th-century botanical photography

The book on the late artist, who was imprisoned for her feminist and socialist beliefs, includes several essays and rarely seen images

From a ninth-century Chinese frontispiece to Marxist magazine covers, this rich tome explores the power of illustration and the ways in which we read such images

Our round-up of the latest art publications

Different artists’ takes on the film star are explored ahead of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London

Four key takeaways from a new book about the innovative use of canvas in 16th-century Italy

The best Emin publications, from her searingly honest autobiography to a collection of revealing snapshots—selected by the Tate’s assistant curator Jess Baxter

He is one of the last remaining figures of the “first generation” Abstract Expressionists to be honoured with a major biography

Writer and researcher András Szántó speaks to art-world movers and shakers for predictions and insights

With scant testimony from the man himself, the book relies on the views of others

The four volumes offer insight into 1,800 works, including a “uniquely weird” purchase by Edward VII

Six volumes include 100 newly authenticated works—but 15 previously attributed to the artist are removed

Our round-up of the latest art publications

We speak to the author of a new book that looks at how making prints has been vital for many famous artists

The Victoria and Albert Museum's extensive National Art Library provides a rich source for a new angle on the ambitious project in Julius Bryant's latest book

The publication examines the journey from the artist’s early patronage, paid for by plantation money, to his depiction of a massacre in “The Slave Ship”