Beth Williamson is an art historian and writer specialising in the history and theory of 20th-century art in Britain. A former Research Fellow at Tate, she is author of Between Art Practice and Psychoanalysis Mid-Twentieth Century: Anton Ehrenzweig in Context (Ashgate, 2015)
Recent publication is the first comprehensive account of works inspired by a visit to Switzerland in 1949
A collection of essays and biographies takes an innovative approach to exploring the RA’s role in creating a canon of art founded in empire and enslavement
Miyoko Ito’s intriguing merger of internal and external space gets proper recognition and a fresh look in this visual feast
A taster ahead of a later publication explores the Scottish painter’s focus on mental frailty, family and war
A thoughtfully researched book ranges from chromatic imperialism to race and the BBC’s “colour problem”
In her work, the artist strived to “find our place on the surface of our planet”
A new book explores the artist’s scratchy, enigmatic drawings of people, long “crowded out” by his heavily textured paintings
From street scenes to social media, this sweeping survey examines how documentary photography has made sense of the UK’s cultural and political climate
The 30 essays on realism, Modernism and modernity include seven that have never before been published
