A gorgeous book on CDF on the 250th anniversary of his birth, to accompany the spectacular exhibition in Hamburg. Notes, essays and outstanding reproductions.
A short biography of the woman who managed Leach Pottery in Cornwall for forty years and was a fine potter in her own right. She met her husband, Bernard, in New York in the wake of the Grea... read more
NT has been studying the Pacific islands for decades... who better to tackle this controversial painter, whose depictions of Polynesia have enchanted and enraged art history for so long?
Accompanies an exhibition at the RA about competing representations of empire, featuring fifty artists from Turner and Reynolds to Frank Bowling, Lubaina Himid and Kara Walker.
Charts the influence of the Bauhaus in England and America in the 1930s, expanding on the school's influence on modernist art and architecture. Pairs well with Gavin Stamp's Interwar.
Essays, some illustrations, and an alluring index: in 'B' alone you'll find Charles Babbage, Pauline Baynes, burial chamber (neolithic), blue colour, brightness, Louise Bourgeois, boredom, b... read more
A nifty little book on this fascinating artist. Queen of collage, doyenne of Dada, Höch's avant-garde approach to paper and photography cut to the heart of Germany's political and cultural ... read more
A preoccupation with stillness: a survey of Sugimoto's images, selected from his work over five decades. With textual contributions by many, including Edmund de Waal and Mami Kataoka.
A leading figure in the German avant-garde, Münter was also Kandinsky's wife. This is the catalogue of the excellent exhibition of her work at Vienna's Leopold Museum.
Besides looking at the artist's paintings and works on paper, this book includes many previously unpublished documents and photographs from the family archives.
A delightful book of postcards sketched by the anthropologist on his travels, for his granddaughter. A moon stung by wasps, a pumpkin harvest, a wild boar racing through the forest...
A biographical study of this beguiling, exuberant artist that highlights his travels and the range of his work: oil portraits, pastels; orientalism, fashion...
This staggering account of corruption in the art world began when RD was approached in 2003 by Hockney, who had recently had two Warhol pictures denounced as fakes.
Accompanies the exhibition in Chicago and at the Getty Center. Though Claudel's legacy has been overshadowed by Rodin, she was a superb and innovative sculptor in her own right.
1,500 years of cultural history: to accompany the tremendous exhibition at the British Museum that shows the many influences that have created contemporary Myanmar.
Catalogue of the exhibition at Pallant House, in Chichester, which spans the life and work of this glorious, famously happy artist. With contributions by Ian Collins, David Attenborough, Edm... read more
An enormous and beautifully made book on the work of this extraordinary artist and set designer. Includes interviews with some of her collaborators, including Hans Ulrich Obrist, Benedict Cu... read more