Books
"Painting the Absolute": Four volumes on Kazimir Malevich, the pioneering painter-priest of abstraction
Andréi Nakov, a leading expert on Malevich, has produced a large-scale study of the Russian avant-garde's art and life
Books, Anna Jackson, Japanese country textiles
A visually rich if somewhat repetitive account
The Pre-Raphaelites: three down, two to go
The Pre-Raphaelites: three down, two to go as Ford Madox Brown joins Rossetti and Holman Hunt as fully documented
Books in brief: British and Irish Art, 1945-51
Despite some factual inaccuracies, this is a refreshing and invigorating presentation that challenges assumptions
Photographer Eadweard Muybridge subject of new biography and exhibition catalogue
The “discoverer” of animal locomotion influenced artists including Francis Bacon
‘I’ve never met anyone who collects cynically’: an interview with Steve Martin
The polymath performer Steve Martin has written An Object of Beauty, a novel set in the art world. So should every dealer he’s ever met be afraid?
Books: A portrait of Ford Madox Brown through his four 'loves'
A study of the women who had the greatest impact on the life and work of Ford Madox Brown
Victoria Pomery: An expert eye on Frieze
The director of Turner Contemporary chooses her favourite works from the fair—and reveals a very British preoccupation with the weather
New definitive catalogue published on the V&A’s magnificent ivories
The summation of a lifetime’s work and a triumph of scholarship
Interview with Steve Martin: "I’ve never met anyone who collects cynically”
The polymath performer has written a novel set in the art world -should every dealer he’s ever met be afraid?
The obsessions and follies of the charismatic Joost Ritman
The fate of esoteric books and illuminated manuscripts hangs in the balance
Books: A history of the development of an international restitution ethic
Giving things back—the how, when, where and why
New books on art investment aim to capitalise on the emerging field
However, too much knowledge can be confusing... even when it is as well selected as this
Books: Saviour of the Habsburgs, richly rewarded
Soldier and collector Prince Eugene of Savoy’s role in the rise of the Austro-Hungarian empire
Indefatigable enthusiasm in Saeb Eigner's book "Art of the Middle East: Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World and Iran"
While one may not be familiar with some of the book's more niche digressions, Eigner's dexterity in referencing the ancient past never fails to impress
The catalogue of the Ashmolean’s English and continental gold and silver
Oxford’s greatest treasure trove
Books: The continuities in Medieval and Renaissance art at the V&A
A deep look into the remarkable objects now on display in the museum's recently opened galleries
New material for students of 18th-century taste, collecting, archaeology and the cultural exchange between Italy and Britain
Diggers, dealers and dilettanti
Books in brief: the Medieval Warrior’s (Unofficial) Manual
The perfect reference book for those of us who cannot just offhand distinguish a gambeson from a hauberk
Books: What does Pre-Raphaelite mean?
This collection of essays questions how we understand the terms Pre-Raphaelite, Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement
From the archive | A challenge to time: Frank Auerbach's building site paintings
A review of the Courtauld Gallery catalogue of Auerbach's early London works and a new monograph by William Feaver
Books: A girl’s own 18th-century art adventure as Grace Mashall strives to be a painter
The Fraud, by Barbara Ewing, spins a tale of lies and intrigue
Books: Material culture and medieval "Hindu-Muslim" encounter
Objects of translation and the cultural interactions of Muslims and Hindus in the late 12th and early 13th centuries
Books: The cautionary tale of America’s other “Leonardo”
The painting that still languishes in a vault, despite nearly a century of squabbling
Thomas Kabdebo's "Tracking Giorgione" reviewed
The author is hindered by his own technique
Books: How America took on the propaganda war in occupied Germany
A study of US arts policy and the ideology of denazification in post-war Germany
Books: Who should artifacts really belong to? And why?
A collection of essays by museum directors worldwide on restitutions and ownership
Books: French culture under the Nazis
How artists and the arts fared under the Vichy regime and the German occupation of France, 1940-44