A well-balanced account shifts the focus away from the tragedies of the artist's biography

Coinciding with opening of controversially postponed Guston show, these publications are vital to grasping the artist's contribution to post-war American art

While the early part of this publication is dry, once the fires start the narrative heats up

A lavish study on the art and culture of French Protestant refugees from the late 17th century, and an in-depth look at the hidden histories of the remarkable objects to be found in London’s River Thames

From a miniature Swiss glacier and raptor-filled aviary to a "pilgrim’s cell" fashioned from the jaws of a whale, how free thinkers expressed their personalities through unique creations

The subjects of great works of art have not always led the romanticised life we imagine, as examples from a new book show

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All you ever wanted to know about Bourgeois, from the artist in her own words to an illustrated book for children—selected by the Hayward Gallery’s Ralph Rugoff and Katie Guggenheim

Lisa Slominski's book expands the canon of "self-taught" and "folk" artists to include Hilma af Klint and the Mexican Muralists

From drawings and paintings by Dürer and Velázquez to lesser known images, book puts servants and slaves centre stage

Boris Iofan, a Jewish architect born in Odesa—whose buildings included the Communist behemoth the “House on the Embankment”—built what the dictator demanded, creating architecture as an instrument of power

Book tells a tangled personal narrative through the Louvre's 1819 painting Raft of Medusa

Mark Neville’s new photobook—of images taken over the past six years—is a call to action that has been sent to hundreds of politicians and other influential people around the world

Eyewitness accounts from behind the gates of fortresses dating from the seventh century to now bring these imposing buildings to life

In her forthcoming book, Charlotte Mullins aims to challenge the “myopic prioritisation of male Western art” in earlier art history publications

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Our pick of new fiction with an art theme, from seasoned writers to exciting newcomers

Sixth book explores the artist’s oeuvre, from the Cologne Cathedral window in 2007 to his last sculptures in 2019

A “kaleidoscopic approach” immerses the reader in 17th-century Italy

The acclaimed 19th-century architect's structures were once described insipidly as having “gentlemanly reticence”

The 30 essays on realism, Modernism and modernity include seven that have never before been published

In a new book Farah Nayeri says that “cancel culture” is nothing new, politics and art have always been intertwined—but now it is citizens, not kings and popes, who call the shots

The artist's peers, including Tracey Emin and Marlene Dumas, asked the veteran Portuguese artist about different aspects of her artistic practice for a new book

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The artist and designer tells us about his new memoir, which details growing up in Birmingham and taking his mum to a museum for the first time to see his installation of her bedroom

Anatomy has long intersected with art, and artists have been central to creating a market for such intricate works

The "professional Yorkshireman" had more than 3,600 pieces including the likes of Lucie Rie and Bernard Leach

This comprehensive history of the lady’s obsessive relationship with Sèvres porcelain in the 18th century sheds light on little-known aspects of the industry

The art historian Partha Mitter looks at Surrealism’s uneasy relationship with colonialism and primitivism in this extract from a catalogue accompanying a new Tate show about the movement’s worldwide impact