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The Art Newspaper’s Book Club shines a light on art books in their myriad forms and brings you exclusive extracts, interviews and recommendations from leading art world figures. Sign up to our monthly newsletter
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The Art Newspaper’s Book Club shines a light on art books in their myriad forms and brings you exclusive extracts, interviews and recommendations from leading art world figures. Sign up to our monthly newsletter
The curator's interests have ranged from artist interviews and books on race, to crime fiction and a biography revealing what Walter Gropius really thought of the English
All you ever wanted to know about Artemisia, from the best biographies to a book about her place in early modern feminism—selected by Italian painting specialist Letizia Treves
Publishers looking for ways to draw in wider audiences to the lives and careers of famous artists are increasingly turning to graphic novels
The book by Robert Storr delves into the American painter's dealings with Klansmen and how he wanted “to make paintings you couldn’t count money in front of”
All you ever needed to know about the artist, from the story of the ear incident to the definitive biography and best picture book—selected by Van Gogh specialist Martin Bailey
Publication aims to open up 6,000 years of art history using objects as a springboard—but is it worth the effort?
A new book looks at the artist and composer's love of all things mycological, including his fungi photograph collection and collaboration with illustrator Lois Long
New digital publication argues that the late US artist is the “unacknowledged equal” of her superstar husband
From naked performances in New York and her relationship with Joseph Cornell to hijacking the Venice Biennale, the Japanese artist is the subject of a new comic book by Elisa Macellari
A new book by Matthew Israel gives an insider’s view of the art world over the course of a year
Alberto di Lenardo’s secret 8,000-strong archive has been distilled into a new publication by his granddaughter Carlotta, who tells us all about it
Some takeaways from the late US artist and poet’s new memoir Great Demon Kings
An exclusive excerpt from a forthcoming biography by art historian Robert Storr looks at the influence of comics as well as caricatures that the American-Canadian artist made of his contemporaries
Participants worldwide re-created famous works by Vermeer, Munch and Klimt—using everyday household items
Bodleian scholars give their top tips for The Art Newspaper Book Club
From student sit-ins to the importance of air travel in shaping the art world as we know it
The US artist speaks about his research into historic cases of iconoclastic annihilation
A new book by Lisa Tickner, called London's New Scene, focuses on a cast of glamorous characters and gritty drama, with much that resonates today
Five paintings and sketches by the British artist selected from a new book
A selection of photographs, plus the curator Eleanor Nairne tells us how the two artists had a love for liquid latex and were fuelled by grief
The curator has been delving into the complex lives of plants and has found “the perfect companion through these strange days”
Nicholas Fox Weber tells us what inspired his book and which visionary he would not like to spend lockdown with
Three Andy Warhol devotees give their take on the near-1000 page biography
Excerpts from the expanded monograph include how he was inspired by outsider art and the stresses of building a “Taj Mahal on the River Stour”
The art historian has been engrossed by a spy biography featuring art world personalities, and is taking his first steps with a book on ancient walking routes
The London-based curator has been perusing publications on science fiction, avant-garde cabarets and all things witchy
An excerpt and images from a new biography on the sculptor who studied at the famous Black Mountain College and was interned during the Second World War
Curators, directors and art historians tell us about the books they have been reading and revisiting
An excerpt, photographs and collages from the photographer’s re-released book
An Instagram Live interview with the writer of a new biography on the famous US artist