Since the passage of the country’s repressive Decree 349, the state has gone to great lengths to silence critical voices—but artists refuse to be silenced

The story of the "Léonard de Vinci. Le Salvator Mundi" publication that was withdrawn from sale

The books spans his entire oeuvre, from swimming pool paintings made soon after leaving university to his recent Jamaican hotel series

"Jo van Gogh-Bonger: The Woman Who Made Vincent Famous" is an altogether apt biography for the dutiful and determined woman

Different methods of protecting heritage during times of war are explored with mixed success in this challenging read

The work of the portrait painter is reviewed within the context of her peers

All you ever wanted to know about Matisse, from a definitive two-volume biography to the writings of the artist himself—selected by the curator Dorthe Aagesen

The curator has brought together the work of 50 artists from across the continent for his new book African Art Now

A new book brings together letters and postcards that the artist sent his lovers, friends and fellow artists

The definitive biography is now published in English—with a fresh explanation as to why the Sunflowers came to London

This ambitious and approachable study charts the cultural significance of these spaces, from Ancient Greece to today

All you ever wanted to know about King Tut, from CT scans and DNA studies to the perfect book for “any little pharaohs that you might know”—selected by the biographer and journalist Garry Shaw

A new publication unpicks how becoming a parent can detrimentally affect an artist’s career and suggests ways the art world can do better

A brisk but dense guide to the complex rules surrounding the removal of art from public and private spaces

An idiosyncratic Desert Island Discs of works, selected by 54 contributors, considers the role of “memory sites” in making sense of Indian output since 1900

To mark 100 years since its discovery, Garry Shaw, the author of a new biography of the Egyptian Boy King, reveals some little-known facts about the world’s most famous death mask

Our roundup of the latest art publications

Built for a booming population, their architecture has been unfairly maligned, argues this survey

Book tells tale of how Oliver Cromwell wiped Basing House—which provided shelter to the famous classical architect Inigo Jones—off the map

Objects and documentation collected by the Timm family offer a unique insight into a past world

New version published by The Folio Society includes new insights from curator Mia Fineman who has selected key accompanying images

Our chief contributing editor Gareth Harris will examine attacks on freedom of artistic expression and issues like ‘cancel culture’, providing valuable insights and context

Fifteenth-century edition of The Divine Comedy includes witty drawing of Renaissance master at work on a sculpture, claims James Hall

It may lie in a remote fjord but the Viking-built stave structure sits within a far wider context

Our roundup of the latest art publications

A study of four 20th-century artists concentrates on close examination of works and intentions, rather than grand simplifying narratives.

A new publication picks out art, artefacts and ephemera from the institution's collection that deal with occult themes, many of which have never been seen publicly. Here, the book’s author selects some of the highlights

The artist, musician and performer discusses ‘In Past Pupils and Smiles’, a performance she staged in Venice in 2019 that is chronicled in a new book

Research on the Chandayan of Mulla Da’ud has suffered ever since 24 folios narrating the love story were split up across the border in 1947

The late author’s sci-fi stories have inspired artists such as Alberta Whittle, Candice Breitz, Toyin Ojih Odutola and Precious Okoyomon