In the Beginning There Was Art
This fully-illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to the present day explores the remarkable endurance of humankind’s creative impulse.
11 March 2022
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London’s Twentieth-Century Girls
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.
11 March 2022
The Lie of the Land – British Landscape Photography’s Best
A stunning collection of images by both amateurs and professionals capturing Britain’s diverse topography in all its colourful and monochromatic glory.
11 March 2022
The Feather-light Touch
This remarkable survey of the avian kingdom celebrates the beauty of the feathered creatures throughout art, history, ornithology and culture.
11 March 2022
Revisiting Rosetti’s Women
This beautiful gift book features traces the artist’s engagement with mythology, history, literature, biblical subjects and modern life in his portraits of women.
11 March 2022
A Window onto a Victorian Speciality
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.
11 March 2022
The Abstract-scapes of Mary McDonald
The amazing scenery of the west of Scotland is an enduring source of inspiration for abstract landscape painter Mary McDonald.
20 October 2021
Unparalleled: William Blake’s Story in His Own Pictures
Prophet, poet, painter, engraver, William Blake (1757–1827) was an artist of uniquely powerful imagination and far-reaching creative gifts.
18 August 2021
Registering Art’s Losses
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.
18 August 2021
Vincent’s Southerly Flowering
Leading Van Gogh specialist Martin Bailey superbly brings Van Gogh’s 444-day sojourn to life.
18 August 2021
Still Modern After All These Years
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.
22 July 2021
Total Immersion Therapy
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.
22 July 2021
Art’s Long Emergency Response
The Alchemy Experiment’s compilation of the shared experience of lockdown through the eyes of poets, photographers, painters, illustrators and graphic artists.
22 July 2021
A Gallery of Museums, a Museum of Galleries
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.
22 July 2021
Barbara Hepworth, Modernism’s Essential Player
Published on the occasion of a major retrospective at The Hepworth Wakefield, this biography offers new insights into Hepworth’s life and work.
25 June 2021
80 Years of Yakoi’s Accomplishments
A companion to her first major European retrospective exhibition, this comprehensive overview of the Japanese artist’s work covers 80 years.
25 June 2021
How Duchamp’s Hand Grenade Exploded
Marcel Duchamp threw a hand grenade into the early 20th century art world with his view of art as concept rather than product.
25 June 2021
A Giant of British Graphic Design
This beautifully illustrated volume delves into the life of one of Britain’s most prolilic and best known artists of the early 20th century.
17 June 2021
How The Viking Influence Lives On Today
Covering three centuries of intricate Viking art styles, from the first major overseas expeditions around 800 AD.
17 June 2021
What Happens With Women Behind the Camera
Traditionally a male-dominated field, street photography is increasingly becoming the domain of women.
20 April 2021
The Art of Then, That Became Part of Now
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.
20 April 2021
A Truly Essential Architect
Architect Louis Kahn’s international reputation and broad fascination with science, mathematics, history and art are illustrated in a new book of photos.
20 April 2021
Adjusting and Adapting to the New at Scottish Furniture Makers’ Association Online Exhibition
Review: The Scottish Furniture Makers’ Association’s members’ exhibition, Adjust/Adapt, celebrates the Association’s 20th Anniversary online.
2 April 2021
Escaping to Modernism
Designed by famous architects, many modernist buildings all over the world are open to visit or even for overnight stays.
16 February 2021
