Art Books

We suggest titles for your very own art library with reviews of the latest releases from the niche to the grand, prestigious coffee table versions, covering all aspects of international art, craft and design.

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The Portrait Miniature

The portrait miniature – a precious, hand-held painting, exchanged as a token of love or remembrance – has long been cherished for its ability to connect people.

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Cézanne Remembered

This vivid portrait of Paul Cézanne is drawn from the author’s personal conversations with the artist, offering a rare window into the mind of the modernist master.

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Jeremy Gardiner: Strata

Strata is a series of 20 paintings on poplar panel and 80 on handmade paper by the landscape artist Jeremy Gardiner, celebrating the Jurassic Coast on the 25th anniversary of its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Art of the New York Subway

Hidden masterpieces lie beneath New York City, forming the world’s largest underground art museum and transforming the subway from a transit system into a cultural landmark.

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Linocuts: A History

This beautifully illustrated celebration of linocut’s most influential practitioners, and the international schools and workshops which have championed and developed the printing technique as an art form, explores its origins and the pioneering figures.

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Chagall: Painter of Poetry

Following his graphic biographies of David Hockney, Vincent van Gogh and Yayoi Kusama, Simon Elliott returns with a portrait of one of the greatest colourists of them all.

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S. J. Peploe

This beautifully illustrated book brings readers closer than ever to one of Scotland’s greatest artists and a leading figure among the Scottish Colourists.

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Hilma Af Klint

The enigmatic Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) painted as though she was channelling the universe.

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Beatriz Gonzalez

This landmark monograph traces six decades of the Colombian artist Beatriz González’s bold and radical reimagining of images, power and memory through painting, sculptural assemblage and large scale public interventions.

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Van Dyck the European

This book tells the story of the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, one of the great masters of the 17th century, and explores how three vibrant cities – Antwerp, Genoa and London – shaped his life and art.

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Artists of the East London Group

This limited edition reissue of the first study of the East London Group tells the remarkable story of how these untrained London artists became an art world sensation in the inter-war years.

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The Secrets of Painting

The first question Lachlan Goudie asks himself when he sees a work of art is not why it was created, but how. For this book, he poses that question of artworks created by the earliest humans to artists today.

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