In the Beginning There Was Art
11 March 2022
This fully-illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to the present day explores the remarkable endurance of humankind’s creative impulse.
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.
London’s Twentieth-Century Girls
11 March 2022
Determined women artists such as Helen Sutherland, Margaret Gardiner and Myfanwy Piper helped to change the course of British art in the middle of the last century.
The Lie of the Land – British Landscape Photography’s Best
11 March 2022
A stunning collection of images by both amateurs and professionals capturing Britain’s diverse topography in all its colourful and monochromatic glory.
The Feather-light Touch
11 March 2022
This remarkable survey of the avian kingdom celebrates the beauty of the feathered creatures throughout art, history, ornithology and culture.
Revisiting Rosetti’s Women
11 March 2022
This beautiful gift book features traces the artist’s engagement with mythology, history, literature, biblical subjects and modern life in his portraits of women.
A Window onto a Victorian Speciality
11 March 2022
A beautifully-illustrated guide to the world of Victorian stained glass, its manufacturers and designers, showing how artists and craftsmakers relearned a lost medieval art.
Unparalleled: William Blake’s Story in His Own Pictures
18 August 2021
Prophet, poet, painter, engraver, William Blake (1757–1827) was an artist of uniquely powerful imagination and far-reaching creative gifts.
Registering Art’s Losses
18 August 2021
This book follows ten cases in the dark side of the global art market – next to drugs and arms, the most smuggled commodity in the world.
Vincent’s Southerly Flowering
18 August 2021
Leading Van Gogh specialist Martin Bailey superbly brings Van Gogh’s 444-day sojourn to life.
Still Modern After All These Years
22 July 2021
Examining one of the most influential British designers and the country’s first independent industrial designer, whose timeless work still looks modern more than a century later.
Total Immersion Therapy
22 July 2021
An inspirational travel guide for anyone interested in art, including hundreds of experiences from around the world, from festivals, installations and art trails to art islands, monuments and sculpture parks.
Art’s Long Emergency Response
22 July 2021
The Alchemy Experiment’s compilation of the shared experience of lockdown through the eyes of poets, photographers, painters, illustrators and graphic artists.
A Gallery of Museums, a Museum of Galleries
22 July 2021
Drawing on his experience at the helm of three major British art institutions the author traces art museums around the world past present and future.
Barbara Hepworth, Modernism’s Essential Player
25 June 2021
Published on the occasion of a major retrospective at The Hepworth Wakefield, this biography offers new insights into Hepworth’s life and work.
80 Years of Yakoi’s Accomplishments
25 June 2021
A companion to her first major European retrospective exhibition, this comprehensive overview of the Japanese artist’s work covers 80 years.
How Duchamp’s Hand Grenade Exploded
25 June 2021
Marcel Duchamp threw a hand grenade into the early 20th century art world with his view of art as concept rather than product.
A Giant of British Graphic Design
17 June 2021
This beautifully illustrated volume delves into the life of one of Britain’s most prolilic and best known artists of the early 20th century.
How The Viking Influence Lives On Today
17 June 2021
Covering three centuries of intricate Viking art styles, from the first major overseas expeditions around 800 AD.
What Happens With Women Behind the Camera
20 April 2021
Traditionally a male-dominated field, street photography is increasingly becoming the domain of women.
The Art of Then, That Became Part of Now
20 April 2021
Part of the excellent World of Art series, this book explores how so much of Ancient Greek visual culture came to be part of our visual vocabulary today.
A Truly Essential Architect
20 April 2021
Architect Louis Kahn’s international reputation and broad fascination with science, mathematics, history and art are illustrated in a new book of photos.
Escaping to Modernism
16 February 2021
Designed by famous architects, many modernist buildings all over the world are open to visit or even for overnight stays.
A Survey of ‘High’ Jewellery as an Art Form
16 February 2021
An in-depth survey of ‘high’ jewellery as an art form celebrating the most innovative and extravagant objects by the world’s leading designers.
A Photographic Voyage into the Heart of Japanese Culture
16 February 2021
A cross-Japan voyage finding the finest examples of crafts, documenting the country’s most ingenious contemporary makers.
