Our roundup of the latest art publications

All you ever wanted to know about Titian, from a biography fit for a king to an overlooked lecture essay from 1990—selected by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum curator Nathaniel Silver

Jacqueline Riding—The Art Newspaper's new Books commissioning editor—gives us her top tips, from important catalogues on artists like Paula Rego to a series of children's books for young art lovers

Volume is the debut instalment of a new series, Illuminating Women Artists, responding to the interest in those “who had nearly been lost to history”

Two decades after one of the most controversial exhibitions of recent times, Arnold Lehman, the former director of the Brooklyn Museum, reveals all in a new book

As we enter the final weeks of the season, check out these riveting reads, from “the best novel about painting” to a book with no words at all

Our roundup of the latest art publications

Officials cite a surge of Delta variant cases and the ongoing travel bans to the US, which blocked more than half of the event’s exhibitors from attending

This elegant and suggestively written monograph is the fruit of 70 years’ reflections on the Flemish artist’s portraiture

The text accompanied the group's only show and is now one of several texts about Black art brought together in a new book The Soul of Nation Reader

All you ever wanted to know about Taeuber-Arp, from a children’s book full of inspiring projects to a publication exploring the dynamics of artist couples—selected by the Tate curator Natalia Sidlina

If bodice-rippers are too boring for your summer reading, take a crack at these other books that have stumped researchers

A roundup of the latest art publications

Whether you are lying on a beach or next to a paddling pool, sit back and let your mind soak up these inspiring reads

New book explores the grandest monuments to the leaders of Venice, seductively photographed, and with their life histories

Volume unveils many overlooked artists and highlights the international reach of painters from the Netherlands

The artist seen from varied perspectives on his work and influences

A new book by John Higgs paints a picture of the mixed reviews that the 18th-century artist received and touches upon the “Holy Grail of his lost works”

Three takeaways from a new book about the early career of the radical artist

Careful study identifies four categories of eroticism in works

Art historian Martin Kemp turns his focus onto the Italian author's interest in the failure of sight when confronted with Empyrean splendours

This in-depth survey suggests that the development of Italian church altarpieces can be understood through the themes of "icon" and "narrative"

In her book, Lydia Hamlett unpacks the literary, cultural and political significance of “the animated wall”

Sotheby’s has postponed auction of extraordinary Honresfield Library as a consortium seeks £15 million to buy it

Exploration of the Islamic building through its decorations and objects fills a gap in the field

All you ever wanted to know about Paik, from a “deep dive” into a single work to the best biography—selected by the curators Rudolf Frieling and Andrea Nitsche-Krupp

The US artist’s images are joined by an extract from the book looking at how aspects of his painting and photography overlapped

A roundup of the latest art publications

A new book by the fashion critic Charlie Porter explores how what artists choose to wear can tell us about the multiple roles of clothing in society