Three decades of the Slovak artist's work, from the 1960s to the 1980s: abstract sculptures in cast plaster, aluminium, wood and stone that use organic forms to explore contrasts - fragile a... read more
From his early figurative work to his late colour field paintings. The text is by Rothko's children, with contributions by the art historian Alexander Nemerov, and by Hiroshi Sugimoto, the J... read more
First volume of Freud's letters - irreverent, affectionate, scurrilous - reproduced in facsimile. Many illustrations and beautifully produced in dun cloth.
A paean to Blake, who will be 90 in December. And oh, how we wish him well! And celebrate it with this excellent sweep of his life and work, from earliest drawings to his recent biro sketche... read more
An ingenious and stimulating global account of symbols, their history and continuing power in modern life. Divided into sections on power, faith, uncertainty and hope.
Cooper (1916-1992) studied at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art and was beginning to make a name for herself when her career was interrupted by WW2. Other careers followed... Her work is ch... read more
The work of Lucien Boucher, 37 of whose marvellous lithographs of Parisian shop fronts are reproduced here, along with an extended, illustrated essay by James Russell and Shaun Whiteside's t... read more
Complete catalogue of the Ashmolean's collection by French artists born between 1775 and 1875: Boilly, Fantin-Latour, Cezanne, Manet, the three Pisarros, Monet, Matisse etc.
The thoughtful work of the well-known American photographer who is fascinated with cabinets of curiosity and the idea of the Wunderkammer: a retrospective presentation of her idiosyncratic a... read more
When Matisse was commissioned by the collector Albert C. Barnes (of what became the Barnes Foundation) to create a monumental mural - The Dance - he began to arrange his composition using ... read more
A collection of essays about this most extraordinary C17th woman, artist, traveller and naturalist; looks at her methods and materials, her journey to Suriname, her entomological studies, he... read more