A foray into the rich but slender vein of European art history devoted to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. During the 50 years in question, the region experienced successive Tsarist rule, Germ... read more
Vol 1 was shortlisted last year for the Baillie Gifford Prize. WF knew Freud extremely well; he chronicles the colourful private life and pictures with detachment.
A memoir of the artist and of the author's friendship with him, part biography, part art criticism. Their friendship and this book cover the latter part of Guston's life, when his late work ... read more
His paintings of irises and plum blossoms on gold-foiled folding screens are still exquisite after 400 years. This book offers the first detailed presentationof his work in English.
Accompanies a major retrospective at MoMA of her drawings, prints and sculptures. Few have portrayed human anguish so convincingly, with lines etched so hard they seem to ache.
To accompany the exhibition at the V&A: 150 works by Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Nan Goldin, David LaChapelle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Zanele Muholi, Helmut Newton, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol,... read more
This fine illustrated biography frames GJ amongst her contemporaries, in the studios of the Slade and in the Paris salons: Matisse, Maud Gonne, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Rodin, Rilke... Many i... read more
A cultural history through seven coloured lenses. Its broad frame of reference encompasses Shakespeare, Goldfinger (first name Auric), Goethe, Roman marbles, Bronze Age gold, Mayan jade... C... read more