Books
Margaret Lowengrund: a woman who left her mark
Manhattan print studio The Contemporaries and its founder helped to establish a mid-century market
Ghosts of America’s ‘Street of Dreams’: a comprehensive book brings the history of New York’s Fifth Avenue to life
Established in the early 1800s, the street was once home to the city’s grandest houses, but many were soon replaced by towering apartment buildings, shops and hotels. A comprehensive book brings this history to life
Bring on Pierrot, the clumsy clown: new book explores the impact of a bumbling stock character on French art
Marika Takanishi Knowles's monograph focuses on Pierrot’s rise to ubiquity in French culture
‘Shining a light on the blind spots’: new book seeks to provide clearer picture of Mau Mau uprising
Max Pinckers worked together with Kenyan war veterans to bring records of 1950s colonial violence to the fore
Two catalogues reveal how circles of influence were the driving force behind the Northern Renaissance
The books explore the importance of artist and patronage networks centred on the Holbeins
The story of a newbie who took on the New York art world—then left it all behind
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
April Book Bag: from a survey of artists using words in their work to a Barkley L. Hendricks monograph
Our round-up of the latest art publications
A golden age for photobooks? As publishers join forces we find out what the future holds
The London-based publisher Mack is acquiring smaller firms and widening its visual culture coverage
Former Tate Britain director Penelope Curtis on why she became a novelist
As the art historian makes the move into fiction writing, she tells us how learning about her family history inspired her
An expert's guide to Frank Auerbach: three must-read books (and a film) on the German-British painter
All you ever wanted to know about Auerbach, from a biography by one of his sitters to a collection of essays about his drawings—selected by the Courtauld Gallery curator Barnaby Wright
Four fake Van Gogh self-portraits that publishers put on their book covers
These works deceive readers, giving a false impression about the artist
New Wedgwood book traces author's intimate discovery of 18th-century Britain
The “experimental biography” offers fresh perspectives on the celebrated potter
New book reveals how art dealer Léonce Rosenberg trod the line between salesman and Modern art's great champion
He declared the auction to be art’s true benchmark, but Rosenberg was also a committed promoter of the avant-garde
An explosive cocktail of desire and betrayal in a novel set in the 1990s London art world
This entertaining satire combines liberal quantities of sex, violence, money and drugs with the Britart scene
A women’s art history that goes beyond the brush and is a call to action
A new publication offers a more inclusive approach that also honours the “unexceptional”
March Book Bag: from a collection of ‘disruptive’ women painters to a biography of the eccentric Piero di Cosimo
Our round-up of the latest art publications
‘Have you ever been sat on before?’ What it's like taking part in a (surprisingly) private view
An exclusive extract from a new book by Bianca Bosker that lifts the lid on the secret life of the art world
New Keith Haring biography explores collective memory of New York's gay artistic past
Book on the US artist charts a life “propelled by unremitting determination”
New book explores work of underrepresented abstract artist who married portrait with place
Miyoko Ito’s intriguing merger of internal and external space gets proper recognition and a fresh look in this visual feast
Graphic memoir charts an ominous journey from Fidel Castro’s Cuba to Donald Trump’s America
Cuban American artist Edel Rodriguez, labelled a “worm” for fleeing Cold War Cuba in 1980, tells story of his progress from impoverished boyhood to creating alarming covers for Time magazine
February Book Bag: from to a graphic novel of Ruth Asawa’s life to a tome of Glenn Brown’s works
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Missing Mona Lisa: the story behind the 1911 theft of Leonardo’s masterpiece
The author of a new book tells us why it was stolen and how Picasso got embroiled in the scandal
Cities are the heroes in an 'easy-going and unpreachy' publication that takes us on whirlwind tour of art history
Fifteen art capitals are captured at their brilliant apogee in Caroline Campbell's book
New book sees ‘outsider artists’ as part of a creative spectrum rather than a world apart
The publication also explores how artists on the periphery might interact with the art market
Why Anthony van Dyck was summoned to paint a recently deceased noblewoman
This extract from a new book about works in the Dulwich Picture Gallery by Helen Hillyard and Jennifer Scott reveals the story behind the artist's 1663 portrait of Lady Digby
An expert's guide to Frans Hals: five must-read books on the Dutch Old Master
All you ever wanted to know about Hals, from an 18th-century biography to a 1994 novel of the artist's “lost diaries”—selected by the Rijksmuseum curator Friso Lammertse
The presence of death: new book highlights the existential anxieties of William Gillies
A taster ahead of a later publication explores the Scottish painter’s focus on mental frailty, family and war
Van Gogh 2024 highlights: London’s National Gallery takes the lead
There will be other exhibitions in Italy, France, the Netherlands and Taiwan—plus a topical book and a plethora of immersive experiences
January Book Bag: from a collecting art guide to a survey of artists' overlooked possessions
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Unpacking America’s psychology: a deep dive into the career of Arthur Tress
A new book, which accompanies a Getty Center retrospective, explores the photographer’s documentation of the nation’s more sinister side