Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Books
Tate Publishing Tracey Emin
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Yale University Press Raphael
£51.00
National Portrait Gallery Francis Bacon Human Presence
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£23.96
Tate Publishing Turner and Constable
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£25.60
National Portrait Gallery Catherine Opie
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£32.00
Yale University Press The Art of Royal Travel
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£23.75
Tate Publishing Tracey Emin
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£34.00
Tate Publishing Lee Miller
£25.60
Rizzoli International Publications Diane Von Furstenberg Woman Before Fashion
Book SynopsisA tribute to the creative vision and feminist philosophy of Diane Von Furstenberg and her eponymous brand, whose iconic wrap dress, created fifty years ago, remains a conduit of personal expression and self-empowerment for women across the globe.In 1972, Diane von Furstenberg created a chic and universally flattering ready-to-wear jersey wrap dress that launched her career and would forever change the landscape of women’s fashion. Since then DVF, the woman and the brand, have created designs that empower and promote a woman’s sense of self, weaving feminism and activism into the brand’s DNA.This visually vibrant tome, which accompanies an exhibition held in von Furstenberg’s hometown of Brussels, features nostalgic and contemporary photographs of her journey as a designer. Printed with three different luxe paper stocks withvarying inserts in each chapter, this book features beautiful graphicfabrics flooding each page, alongside numerous imTrade Review"The book features nostalgic and contemporary photographs of DVF's journey as a designer, featuring original essays discussing the intersection of DVF and her designs with feminism, gender politics and entrepreneurship. It also shows the wrap dress worn by DVF, and models such as Jerry Hall, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford." —WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY"Fashion folklore credits the jersey wrap dress with freeing the modern woman from the ever-restrictive grasp of her assigned garb. Pulling the strings of that revolutionary style statement was none other than Diane von Furstenberg. DVF—both the woman and the brand—has always made a point to put women before fashion. It’s with that unique philosophy in mind that fellow Belgian Nicolas Lor, Head of Exhibitions and Publications at the Brussels Fashion & Lace Museum, has whipped up this effervescent tribute to the feminist tour de force that forever changed the landscape of women’s fashion. A celebration of craft or a retrospective on reform? Call it what you may. Diane Von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion is a lesson in fashion history." —V MAGAZINE
£44.00
Mount Orleans Press Objects of Greatest Desire
Book SynopsisMount Orleans Press is thrilled to announce the release of Objects ofGreatest Desire: A Curator's Memoir, a captivating new book by James Lomax. This memoir offers an intimate glimpse into the life and career of adistinguished curator whose passion for art and history has shaped hisremarkable journey.
£21.25
Tate Publishing Lee Miller
£36.00
Museum of Modern Art MoMA Now: MoMA Highlights 90th Anniversary
Book SynopsisA lavishly illustrated celebration of the art of our time, featuring 375 groundbreaking works from The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkMoMA Now presents a rich chronological overview of the art of the past 150 years, culled from the Museum of Modern Art''s permanent collection of almost 200,000 objects across six curatorial departments. Beginning with a photograph made around 1867 and concluding with an Oscar-nominated documentary film made in 2017, the book introduces readers to some of the most beloved artworks in the museum?s collection?iconic works by Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol, among many others?as well as lesser-known but equally fascinating and significant objects of art, architecture and design from around the world.MoMA Now celebrates the richness of the Museum?s collection and the diversity of issues and ideas embraced today. The book is not meant to be a comprehensive overview, nor to provide a definitive statement on the Museum?s collection. On the contrary, it is designed to explore the complexity and variety of possibilities that exist within the collection, and to suggest new and imaginative ways of understanding the works of art that constitute it. Featuring 375 works, including a greater representation of works by women, artists of color and artists from around the world, this new edition is both a record of the Museum?s past and a statement in anticipation of an exciting future.
£46.40
Thames & Hudson Ltd Magnum Streetwise
Book SynopsisThe ultimate collection of street photography from Magnum Photos.Magnum Streetwise is the definitive collection of street photography from Magnum Photos, and an unparalleled opportunity to follow in the footsteps of the true greats of the genre. An essential addition to the street photography canon, this volume showcases hidden gems alongside many of street photographyâ??s most famous images. Magnum photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson pioneered modern concepts of street photography before the term was even coined. A rich seam of street photography runs through the heart of Magnum to this day, both in the work of recognized masters of the genreâ??including Elliott Erwitt, Martin Parr, Bruce Gilden, and Richard Kalvarâ??and in the work of those who may not think of themselves as street photographers, despite their powerful influence on the current generation of budding artists. Magnum Streetwise is a true visual feast, interleaving insightful teTrade Review'Informative, visually compelling and genuinely exciting to thumb through, it’s a substantial tome that illuminates the work of some of street photography’s masters' - Creative Review'Image-driven but with passages of text that offer insight into featured photographers’ practices, the book whisks readers off on a tour through history and across many parts of the world' - Royal Photographic Society Journal'Shows how the impulse to take candid pictures is continually being redefined' - Aesthetica'This book delves into the archive and presents us with unparalleled works by photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Gilden and Christopher Anderson' - Monocle'McLaren has excelled in presenting to us many previously unpublished images alongside portfolios from less known members … Magnum Streetwise offers an excellent overview as well as a tantalising glimpse of what other treasures are in store' - Cellophaneland'A glorious celebration' - Daily Telegraph, Travel Books of the Year'The ultimate bible for fans of the genre … a lot of books pass through the Amateur Photographer office, but as a particular fan of this kind of photography, I haven't seen a better one in a long time' - Amateur Photographer'From a New York street crossing splattered with spilt red cherries to the colourful marketplaces and street vendors of Tokyo, this book is a sensory blast with surprise along the way' - Best Photography Books of 2020, Sunday Times
£999.99
National Portrait Gallery Publications Francis Bacon Human Presence
Book SynopsisFeaturing works from the 1950s onwards, this book explores Francis Bacon's deep connection to portraiture and how he challenged traditional definitions of the genre. From his responses to portraiture by earlier artists, to large-scale paintings memorialising lost lovers, works from private and public collections will showcase Bacon's life story. As well as the artist's self-portraits, sitters include Lucian Freud, Isabel Rawsthorne and lovers Peter Lacy and George Dyer. The first publication in over 20 years dedicated to the portraits of Francis Bacon, this book accompanies the exhibition of the same name opening at the National Portrait Gallery, London, in October 2024. From his renowned triptychs and paintings of ghostly figures, to tender and psychologically revealing individual portraits, the figurative works displayed in this publication chart the development of a groundbreaking artist, highlighting the influence of his peers and other artists. Edited and with introductory text
£32.00
Prestel The Imaginary Institution of India
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Ashmolean Museum In Bloom
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£22.50
Editions Flammarion Berthe Weill
Book SynopsisLynn Gumpert is director of New York University's Grey Art Museum. Marianne Le Morvan is director and founder of the Berthe Weill archives. Anne Grace is curator of modern art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Stéphane Aquin is director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Claire Bernardi is director of the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris. Robert Parker is an independent art scholar. Charles Dellheim, professor of history and Jewish studies at Boston University, is author of Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern. Sophie Eloy is assistant director of the Musée de la Vie Romantique in Paris. Kirsten Pai Buick is director of Africana studies at the University of New Mexico. Ambre Gauthier is an art historian and independent curator.
£28.00
Tate Publishing Maret Anne Sara
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£16.99
Tate Publishing Nigerian Modernism
Book SynopsisSet against the backdrop of cultural and artistic rebellion, this is afascinating exploration of the artists who revolutionised modern art in Nigeria
£25.60
Royal Academy of Arts Michaelina Wautier
£27.00
D Giles Limited Mary Sims
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£29.33
National Trust 100 Paintings from the Collections of the
Book SynopsisThis beautifully illustrated book showcases 100 paintings from the vast collections of the National Trust â one of the largest and most significant holdings of fine art in the worldTable of Contents• Introduction by Dr Tarnya Cooper and Dr Sally-Anne Huxtable • 125 PAINTINGS • Glossary of terms • Gazetteer of featured properties • Index • Acknowledgements • Picture credits
£9.50
Royal Botanic Gardens Marc Quinn Light Into Life
Book SynopsisStriking images from the Light Into Life exhibition with artistic and scientific commentary.
£21.25
Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd Paris 1924
Book SynopsisThis catalogue sheds new light on the Paris Olympics of 1924, often considered the first international games. From their origins in ancient Greece to their modern transformation into a visually powerful event on the world stage, the Olympics have retained their unique place in sport and culture. Published to coincide with the Paris Olympics of 2024, the book accompanies a major exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum. The summer of 2024 will see the Olympics return to Paris after a century. The Olympics in 1924 were arguably the first truly international games, the first games to transmit live radio broadcasts and the first to have an Olympic village. They incorporated an art competition as well as sporting events, and yielded thirty-five medals for Britain, including for Cambridge sprinter Harold Abrahams of Chariots of Fire fame. This catalogue explores the Olympic games from a visual perspective, investigating the tensions between their classical beginnings and their representation in
£28.50
British Museum Press Shunga Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art
Book SynopsisA magnificent book, the catalogue of a landmark exhibition at the British Museum, the most important international exhibition of Shunga to be held to date, from 3 October 2013 to 5 January 2014.
£45.00
Tate Publishing Women in Revolt!: Art and Activism in the UK
Book SynopsisA timely exploration of the work and lived experiences of a postwar generation of women artists that have largely been omitted from art historical narratives, Women in Revolt! surfaces the wealth and diversity of work created in the UK during the 1970s and 80s, a period of seismic social and political change. Across a wide variety of mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, film and photography, this extensive exhibition book reflects on how women's needs were marginalised within mainstream culture and reveals how artists used radical ideas and methods to confront issues that will resonate with contemporary audiences — from access to healthcare and class struggles to ecological disaster, racism and misogyny. Featuring essays on feminist film distribution, the visibility of Black and South Asian women artists, Section 28 and the AIDS pandemic, Greenham Common and the peace movement, and the intersection of punk, feminism and art, Women in Revolt! celebrates the full diversity of what was a highly creative, politically engaged and determined community of women that paved the way for future generations and, ultimately, changed the face of British culture.
£28.00
Taschen GmbH BIG. Formgiving. An Architectural Future History
Book SynopsisFormgiving. An Architectural Future History by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), is a visionary attempt to look at the horizon of time. The Danish word for “design” is “formgivning,” which literally means to give form to that which has not yet taken shape. In other words, to give form to the future. Using our power to give form, rather than allowing the future to take shape, is more important now than ever, as humankind’s impact on the planet continues to increase and pose ever greater challenges to all life forms. Architecture plays a special role by proposing spaces for our lives that are fragments of the future in the making. William Gibson’s words embody architecture’s role perfectly: “The future is already here—it’s just not evenly distributed.” With Formgiving, BIG presents the last part of its trilogy, which began with Yes is More, one of the most successful architectural books of its generation, and continued with Hot to Cold. An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation. The book is presented in a timeline, stretching from the Big Bang into the most distant future. Projects are structured around six strands of evolution—“Making,” “Sensing,” “Sustaining,” “Thinking,” “Healing,” and “Moving”—the multimedia-based, interdisciplinary concepts encompassing the building industry. Culture, climate, and landscape, as well as all the energies derived from the elements—the thermal mass of the ocean, the dynamics of currents, the energy and warmth of the sun, the power of the wind—are incorporated into these projects. Throughout more than 700 pages, Bjarke Ingels presents his personal selection of projects, including the 12,000-square-meter LEGO House in Denmark, the human-made ecosystems floating on oceans, the redesign of a World War II bunker into a contemplative museum, and the ski slope-infused power plant celebrating Copenhagen’s commitment to carbon neutrality. Through architecture and design, BIG gives shape to a sustainable and simultaneously colorful world. Bjarke Ingels: “To feel that we have license to imagine a future different from today, all we have to do is look back ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years, to realize how radically different things were then than they are today. The same will be true if we can look ahead with the same clarity of vision. As we tackle the complexities of everyday life, these six evolutionary trajectories allow us to place a firm gaze on the horizon of time to prevent us from being derailed by the random distractions of today. Since we know from our past that our future is bound to be different from our present, rather than waiting for it to take shape on its own, we have the power to give it form.” More than 65 projects document BIG’s global work through the eyes of their users, from the drawing board to global construction sites and finished projects. Throughout the book are insights into developments that reach five, ten, or fifty years into the future, and evidence of BIG’s intransigence to reach beyond the ordinary, and beyond worlds, to contribute to the future with each project. Each step not only reveals a world that resembles our dreams but also already tries to realize these dreams pragmatically. We have the power to create the world of tomorrow! The book features: previously unpublished essays by Bjarke Ingels, award-winning photography by Laurian Ghinitoiu, Iwan Baan, and Rasmus Hjortshøj, among others, planetary proposals for habitats on the Moon and research centers on Mars, 20 LEGO master-builder models of BIG’s work, a glimpse of Masterplanet—BIG’s ongoing work on a collective, crowdsourced masterplan guide for sustaining our planet. Trade Review„Formgiving is a comprehensive and exciting insight into the universe and the way BIG thinks.“ * Topos *“This is a treasure trove of a book – a super-monograph which not only records the works and projects of a major global practice, but provides insights into the contexts and ideas which have informed their work and our existence.” * Paul Finch. Founder of the World Architecture Festival *“A Rosetta Stone of sorts on the cover shows a graphic evolution of the word ‘formgiving’ an English verbal combination calqued on the Danish term for design. The transition from archaic glyphs to the galactic typography of rocket augurs the incommensurate time horizon that this ambitious book by Bjarke Ingels’s ubiquitous firm purports to tackle.” * Arquitectura Viva *“A parking garage doubles up as a cultural hub, a museum is also a bridge, an incinerator is an urban park, etc. etc. Formgiving brings together over 100 of these synthesisations, raising, defining and answering a few big questions along the way and continuing a hunger for publishing as way of building an image.” * Wallpaper* *“Formgiving is the third instalment of the innovative office of BIG architects, part manifesto, part exhibition catalogue, part monograph, this interesting title takes us to the world of Bjarke Ingels and his colleagues, the architectural firm which has established itself as the optimist innovators in the architectural profession.” * Edgar Gonzalez Moreno *“If Hadid was the closest thing architecture previously had to a mainstream star, Ingels has gone supernova.” * Esquire *
£36.00
British Museum Press Netsuke 100 miniature masterpieces from Japan
Book SynopsisNetsuke have once again come to the fore in the popular imagination of the public. This book brings together one hundred of the beautiful and interesting netsuke from the extensive collection of the British Museum, each of which has its own special charm and story to tell.
£13.49
De Gruyter Silvia Gertsch: Licht und Gegenlicht / Lumière et
Book SynopsisDer Ausstellungskatalog bietet einen intimen Blick auf die Schweizer Gegenwartskünstlerin Silvia Gertsch und ihr beeindruckendes Werk. Durch die Augen langjähriger Wegbegleiter/-innen offenbart sich die persönliche und künstlerische Entwicklung Gertschs, die in der jahrhundertealten Technik der Hinterglasmalerei ihr bevorzugtes Medium gefunden hat. In ihren Malereien setzt sich Gertsch mit Gegensätzlichkeit wie der pulsierenden Stadt oder der in sich ruhenden Natur auseinander und nimmt die Gesellschaft kritisch in den Blick. Farbe und Hell-Dunkel-Kontraste faszinieren die Künstlerin; der Bildträger Glas ermöglicht es ihr, Licht und Schatten zu akzentuieren. Ihre Werke zeigen Emotionen und zwischenmenschliche Interaktionen, in einer von visuellen und akustischen Einflüssen übersättigten Welt. Le catalogue de l'exposition offre un regard intime sur l'artiste suisse contemporaine Silvia Gertsch et son œuvre impressionnante. A travers le regard de ses compagnons de longue date, on découvre l'évolution personnelle et artistique de Gertsch, qui a trouvé dans la technique ancestrale de la peinture sous verre son médium de prédilection. Dans ses peintures, Gertsch travaille sur des opposés tels que la ville trépidante ou la nature en paix et porte un regard critique sur la société. La couleur et les contrastes clair-obscur fascinent l'artiste ; et le support de verre lui permet d'accentuer les jeux de lumière et d'ombre. Ses œuvres montrent des émotions et des interactions humaines, dans un monde saturé d'influences visuelles et acoustiques.
£34.67
Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Hill Collection
Book SynopsisThis richly illustrated and beautifully produced scholarly catalogue of the superlative collection of Renaissance and Baroque bronze figurative statuettes from the Hill collection accompanies an exhibition of the collection at the Frick Collection, New York, opening late January 2014. Spanning from 1470 to 1740, the bronzes presented are of exceptional quality and exemplify the development of bronze statuettes from 1470 in Renaissance Italy to their dissemination across the artistic centres of Europe. The Hill Collection is distinguished by rare, autograph masterpieces by Italian sculptors such as Andrea Riccio and Giambologna, and has the most important collection of Baroque Bronzes by Giuseppe Piamontini in the world. Its holding of works by the Giambologna school is the strongest found in any single collection, with the sole exception of the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. These evoke the splendour of the late Renaissance courts, while the richness of the international BAroque is represented by religious themes by Alessandro Algardi, northern bronzes by Adriaen de Vries and Hubert Gerhard, and a remarkable assemblage of French 16th- and early 17th-century bronzes in the classical mode by Barthélemny Prieur and from the circle of Ponce Jacquiot.The Hill Collection reveals the range of artistry, invention and technical refinement characteristic of sculptures created when the tradition of the European statuette was at its height.The catalogue includes detailed biographies of each of the artists represented, and is introduced with essays by the distinguished authors. Patricia Wengraf is one of the world's leading dealers in bronzes, scuplture and works of art, and in her particular speciality, bronzes of the 15th-18th centuries, her knowledge and connoisseurship are of world repute. Denise Allen is Curator of Renaissance Paintings and Sculpture at the Frick Collection. Claudia Kryza-Gersch, formerly at the Kunstkammer, Vienna, is an independent scholar renowned for her studies of North Italian bronzes of the 16th and 17th centuries. Dimitrios Zikos, in Florence, an independent scholar renowned for his knowledge of the Florentine archives from c. 1550 to 1740, has curate many exhibitions at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. Rupert Harris is the leading conservator of metalwork and sculpture in the UK.
£58.50
Bodleian Library Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
Book SynopsisThis richly illustrated book explores the huge creative endeavour behind Tolkien’s enduring popularity. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 images of his manuscripts, drawings, maps and letters, the book traces the creative process behind his most famous literary works – 'The Hobbit', 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Silmarillion' and reproduces personal photographs and private papers,some of which have never been seen before in print. Tolkien drew on his deep knowledge of medieval literature and language to inform his literary imagination. Six introductory essays cover some of the main themes in Tolkien’s life and work including the influence of northern languages and legends on the creation of his own legendarium; his concept of ‘Faërie’ as a literary construct; the central importance of his invented languages in his fantasy writing; his visual imagination and its emergence in his artwork; and the encouragement he derived from the literary group known as the Inklings. This book brings together the largest collection of original Tolkien material ever assembled in a single volume. Drawing on the archives of the Tolkien collections at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, and Marquette University, Milwaukee, as well as private collections, this exquisitely produced catalogue draws together the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien – scholarly, literary, creative and domestic – offering a rich and detailed understanding and appreciation of this extraordinary author.Trade Review'The excellent catalogue is well worth its £40.' * The Times *'...a splendid collective effort that offers the reader a beautiful, accurate and at times moving portrayal of Tolkien, the man and the author, But, just as importantly, it successfully captures the complexity and depth of Tolkien's literary endeavour, facilitating the reader's approach to a monumental, many-layered palimpsest.' * Cercles Journal *'Enjoyable and quick to read from cover to cover, but it is also a beautiful book that begs to be flipped through. Thankfully, the well-researched information that accompanies each high-quality image makes this sort of a la carte consumption not only possible but also satisfying.' * Western Folklore Journal *'Better than the show itself, with all the things she wanted to include in the show but couldn’t.' -- Melanie McDonagh * The Spectator *'This is a near-perfect collection and an utter delight for those who love Middle-earth.' * Starburst Magazine *'J.R.R. Tolkien fans needs to know about "Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth" … Incredible … A hefty book packed full of gorgeous, fascinating images.' * io9 *'A compelling and extraordinarily rich account of J.R.R. Tolkien's life and literary history interspersed between three hundred images … Really, you should just go and get this … awesome and lore-packed book. 'Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth' is the book beyond the exhibit, which endures even as the other diminishes and sails into the West. It's sure to enrich any fan's appreciation for Tolkien the mortal Man.' * Tor.com *'"Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth" is a pure delight, one that I'll return to many times in the years to come. … I have many more books about Tolkien than I do ones he has written, and this is the best of those about him so far.' * Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine *'The single best, and best value, one-stop-shop for the visual material associated with JRR Tolkien.' * The Notion Club Papers – an Inklings Blog *'I can honestly say it is not just a beautiful and important art book, but a critical biographical publication for study and research too. Well done! … A wonderful, and important, book. Don’t wait to get one if you are on the fence!' * @TolkienGuide *Table of ContentsContents Foreword Note to the Reader 1. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biographical Sketch, by Catherine McIlwaine 2. Tolkien and the Inklings, by John Garth 3. Faërie: Tolkien's Perilous Land, by Verlyn Flieger 4. Inventing Elvish, by Carl F. Hostetter 5. Tolkien and ‘that noble northern spirit’, by Tom Shippey 6. Tolkien’s Visual Art, by Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull CATALOGUE Reading Tolkien: ‘to England; to my country’ Childhood: ‘the undarkened heart and mind’ Student Days: ‘Friendship to the Nth power' Sheer Invention: 'new patterns of old colours’ The Silmarillion: ‘myth-woven and elf-patterned’ The Professor at Home: ‘from time already mortgaged’ The Hobbit: ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit’ The Lord of the Rings: ‘lightning from a clear sky’ Mapping Middle-earth: ‘Not all those who wander are lost’ Further Reading Acknowledgements Contributors Picture credits Index
£34.00
Andrews McMeel Publishing Exploring Calvin and Hobbes
Book SynopsisExploring Calvin and Hobbesis the catalogue for an exhibit by the same name at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum at Ohio State University, which opened in March 2014. The exhibit is Bill Watterson''s personal exploration of how the wonder of Calvin and Hobbescame to be. It includes original art ofCalvin and Hobbes, along with Watterson''s original commentary on each. The show also includes art from cartoons and cartoonists that Watterson has identified as influential in the development of his art, including Peanuts, Pogo, Krazy Kat, Doonesbury, Pat Oliphant, Jim Borgman, Flash Gordon, Bloom County, and Steadman.Trade Review"America's Most Profound Comic Strip" (Christopher Caldwell, The Wall Street Journal)"Bill Watterson talks: This is why you must read the new ‘Exploring Calvin and Hobbes’ book ... For any true fan of cartooning, it is a must-read, a must-buy, a must-pick-up ... "Bill Watterson has delivered a gift, a trip down memory lane that is populated densely on each side with personal and professional insights — some grippingly specific, some that ring universal, many that resonate as both." (Michael Cavna, The Washington Post)
£12.34
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Harry Potter A History of Magic
Book SynopsisHarry Potter: A History of Magic is the official book of the exhibition, a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between Bloomsbury, J.K. Rowling and the brilliant curators of the British Library. It promises to take readers on a fascinating journey through the subjects studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from Alchemy and Potions classes through to Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures. Each chapter showcases a treasure trove of artefacts from the British Library and other collections around the world, beside exclusive manuscripts, sketches and illustrations from the Harry Potter archive. There's also a specially commissioned essay for each subject area by an expert, writer or cultural commentator, inspired by the contents of the exhibition absorbing, insightful and unexpected contributions from Steve Backshall, the Reverend Richard Coles, Owen Davies, Julia Eccleshare, Roger Highfield, Steve Kloves, Lucy Mangan, Anna Pavord and Tim Peake, who offer a personal perspe
£24.00
David Zwirner Juan Muñoz: Seven Rooms
Book Synopsis“Walking between these figures feels like an interruption; being a spectator is itself a performance. They seem to know more than we do, about the status of being an artwork and the place of the viewer. The joke, if there is one, is on us.” — The Guardian Muñoz's revolutionary oeuvre creates emotional and evocative narratives through sculpture, installation, drawing, writing, and sound. Situating viewers between his work and amongst each other, he creates an intimacy between works of art and viewers. Muñoz thought deeply about art history and in particular the tradition of Spanish painting. Before his untimely death at the age of forty-eight, he produced an extensive, powerfully evocative body of work that uniquely explores the narrative and philosophical possibilities of art. Published on the occasion of the two-floor exhibition at David Zwirner in New York in 2022, this catalogue provides an expansive overview of Muñoz’s career from the 1980s onwards. In an accompanying text, art historian and curator Guillaume Kientz contextualizes Muñoz’s influences within the art-historical canon. Acclaimed writer Siri Hustvedt writes a thoughtful response to the artist’s iconic Conversation Piece. In an imagined interview between Muñoz and himself, Maurizio Cattelan further propels the artist’s artistic momentum and potential in the time before his death. Also featured is a never-before-published interview between Muñoz and the art historian Michael Brenson that took place in 2000, less than one year prior to his untimely death.
£44.00
National Galleries of Scotland Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage
Book SynopsisCollage is one of the most popular and pervasive of all art-forms, yet this is the first historical survey book ever published on the subject. Featuring over 200 works, ranging from the 1500s to the present day, it offers an entirely new approach. Hitherto, collage has been presented as a twentieth-century phenomenon, linked in particular to Pablo Picasso and Cubism in the years just before the First World War. In Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage, we trace its origins back to books and prints of the 1500s, through to the boom in popularity of scrapbooks and do-it-yourself collage during the Victorian period, and then through Cubism, Futurism, Dada and Surrealism. Collage became the technique of choice in the 1960s and 1970s for anti-establishment protest, and in the present day is used by millions of us through digital devices. The definition of collage employed here is a broad one, encompassing cut-and-pasted paper, photography, patchwork, film and digital technology and ranging from work by professionals to unknown makers, amateurs and children. Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland, June-October 2019.Table of ContentsContents: Collage Over the Centuries, an introductory essay by Patrick Elliott; Collage Before Modernism by Freya Gowrley; On Edge: Exploring Collage Tactics and Terminology by Yuval Etgar; catalogue of exhibition works; a Chronology of Collage.
£27.00
Royal Academy of Arts Astonishing Things
Book SynopsisAccompanies the major Victor Hugo exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, 21 March - 29 June 2025. Discover the imaginary worlds of Victor Hugo, one of France's most famous writers, with his rarely-seen works on paper.
£29.75
Distributed Art Publishers Ordinary People Photorealism and the Work of Art
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£50.99
Saqi Books Archiving Gaza in the Present
£20.00
Art Gallery of New South Wales Louise Bourgeois: Has the day invaded the night
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£40.00
Pallant House Gallery Trust Drawn to Nature: Gilbert White and the Artists
Book SynopsisThe natural world as seen through the eyes of British artists including Eric Ravilious, Clare Leighton, and John Piper Since its publication in 1789, Gilbert White’s Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne has inspired generations of artists, writers and naturalists. From Thomas Bewick to Eric Ravilious and Clare Leighton, many artists’ depictions of animals, birds and wildlife have illustrated White’s celebrated book, together providing a microcosm of natural history illustration from the eighteenth century until today. In Drawn to Nature, Simon Martin has gathered joyful and beautiful images of the extraordinary array of wildlife described by White, providing an insight into the continuing appeal and relevance of the Natural History. This fascinating account takes us from some of the earliest published depictions of birds and animals, to pioneering nature photography, the revival of wood-engraving in the 1920s and 30s, and responses to White’s message about the natural world by contemporary illustrators such as Angie Lewin and Emily Sutton. The book also includes an introduction to the life of Gilbert White by Sir David Attenborough, an essay by Virginia Woolf, poems by modern and contemporary poets, and a jacket design by Mark Hearld. Distributed for Pallant House GalleryTrade Review“Martin is the director of the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, which last year staged an exhibition about White’s influence on artists. He has now transformed that show into a book that elegantly blends art history and biographical detail with a visual valentine to the English countryside.”—Simeon House, The Mail on Sunday“The illustrations are astutely selected and Simon Martin’s insights are informative. Occasionally he sounds a note of warning, an exhortation to emulate White’s attention to detail, to ‘notice and take care of the nature on our doorsteps, before it is lost’—a comment on the perilous state of today’s natural world that would no doubt bewilder White himself.”—Lev Parikian, Times Literary Supplement“Delightful. . . . This is a beautiful little volume.”—Martin Gayford, Spectator“This book is well produced, with fine quality colour printing of the illustrations, useful notes and a bibliography, and is reasonably priced. It will especially appeal to readers who are drawn to the romanticism and nostalgia of English landscape art.”—Diana Donald, Journal of Natural History“Rarely is [the Revd Gilbert White’s] essential Englishness understood, but it comes across church-bell clear in the superb Drawn to Nature.”—John Lewis-Stempel, Country Life“One of the most eye-delighting, visually alluring and agreeably readable examples of the book-making of the second half of the year.”—The Tablet“Beautiful, insightful and delightful.”—Rupert Toovey, West Sussex Gazette
£23.75
Rizzoli International Publications Mirror Mirror
Book SynopsisThe world’s most important contemporary designers showcase their work within the historic setting of Chatsworth House to shine light and spark conversation on the intriguing juxtaposition of the old and the new, the past and the future, and the evolution of design histories and practices.Chatsworth is an extraordinary environment to experience design: a repository for great works of fine and decorative art commissioned by generations of the Cavendish family for over four centuries. Expanding on the eponymous 2023 exhibition at Chatsworth, Mirror Mirror features the works of sixteen contemporary artists through captivating in-situ photography with accompanying artist biographies and essays that unearth how historic artifacts and environments inform and inspire modern artists'' practices today. This diverse group of artists includes Michael Anastassiades, Ini Archibong, Wendell Castle, Andile Dyalvane, Ndidi Ekubia, Najla El Zein, Formafantasma, Joris Laarman,
£34.00
Tate Publishing Emily Kam Kngwarray
Book SynopsisA large scale publication accompanying a major exhibition celebrating the monumental art of Emily Kam Kngwarray. Renowned Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray (191096) created compelling, powerful works that reflect her extraordinary life as a senior Anmatyerre woman from the Utopia region of Australia. One of the world's most significant painters to emerge in the late twentieth century, her lived experience and spiritual engagement with her homelands was translated into vibrant batiks and later into monumental paintings on canvas. Kngwarray was in her late 70s when she began painting in earnest. For the next eight years until her death, she painted over 3,000 canvases roughly one per day creating timeless art that encapsulates the wisdom, experience and authority she gained throughout her life. Discover rich textiles, paintings, film and audio elements that embody the majestic scope of Kngwarray's Country and ancestral heritage. Created in collaboration with the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), this is the first large-scale presentation of the artist's work ever held in Europe and a celebration of her astonishing career as one of Australia's greatest artists. Generously illustrated, the publication brings together Kngwarray's most significant works and includes archival material and a visual record of community consultations and visits to Kngwarray's Country.
£25.60
Royal Academy of Arts Kerry James Marshall
£34.00
Citadelles & Mazenod Rothko
Book Synopsis"An expansive retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, in Paris, shows why the visionary artist continues to turn heads." — W Magazine This illustrated catalogue is published to accompany the retrospective exhibition devoted to American artist Mark Rothko, curated by Suzanne Pagé and the artist’s son, Christopher Rothko. The show will feature over one hundred works. Born Markus Rothkowitz in Latvia in the early 20th century, the man who would soon become known as Mark Rothko began painting in the 1930s. While his early works were influenced by mythology and Surrealism, his first abstract paintings emerged in the 1940s with the Multiform series, followed by his Classic Years and the Black and Gray paintings. A key figure on the New York art scene, Rothko was an uncategorisable artist who deployed an extensive palette of colour and light with a talent that consistently triggers emotion. His great sensitivity shaped a poetic, enigmatic universe that leaves no one untouched. Text in English and French. Trade Review"An expansive retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, in Paris, shows why the visionary artist continues to turn heads." - W MagazineTable of ContentsForeword, Bernard Arnault, Fondation Louis Vuitton President Preface, Suzanne Pagé Not Nothing, Christopher Rothko “It Lives and Breathes”: Depicting Human Drama, Riccardo Venturi Catalogue of exhibited works Rothko before Rothko: Early Works, Ludovic Delalande A Saffron-Hued Robe: Mythology and Surrealism, François MichaudRothko’s Multiforms, Harry Cooper Mark Rothko’s Classic Paintings: Theaters of the Mind, Nancy Spector Weights and Measures, Jeffrey Weiss From the Experience of Uprooting to Aesthetic Subversion; a Pioneer who Renewed the Language of Painting, Annie Cohen-Solal Biography, Claudia Buizza The Seagram Murals, Magdalena Gemra The Rothko Room in the Phillips Collection, Cordélia de Brosses The Rothko Chapel: Painting the Night, Cordélia de Brosses Rothko, Giacometti, and the UNESCO Commission, Claudia Buizza « En résonance » Comments collected by Hans-Ulrich Obrist List of exhibited works Bibliography
£35.96
Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S. Hilma af Klint
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn the wake of the acclaimed documentary Beyond the Visible comes an extensive catalogue of the Swedish artist, whose revolutionary work as the first abstract painter was dismissed because she was a woman. -- Nathalie Atkinson * Globe and Mail *The project of Hilma af Klint and her female colleagues was the result of great maturity, of confidence and collective efforts, performed both in work and in life. * Women's Art Journal *The concentrated spirituality- egoless consciousness- that is delivered by the best pictures here, so fresh that they might have been made this morning or tomorrow or decades from now, feels like news that is new again. -- Peter Schjedahl * New Yorker *The current celebration of af Klint's paintings suggests the primacy of visual communication should be backdated. The retrospective also underscores the important role that women played in its emergence. -- Nancy Princenthal * Art in America *The Guggenheim Museum offers a revisionary chapter about the start of modern abstraction in its current headliner, “Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future,” introducing works that this Swedish artist and mystic made in 1906-7. -- Roberta Smith * New York Times *af Klint's contribution, arrayed here in all its abundant originality, threatens to reduce to a footnote the mostly male history of esoteric abstraction. * Artforum *Af Klint's ascendancy feels inevitable: She could be viewed as a heroine for our current moment, an artist who rejected commercial success, resisted the pull of self-publicity, and challanged the myth of individual authorship. -- Julia Bryan-Wilson * Bookforum *The concentrated spirituality- egoless consciousness- that is delivered by the best pictures here, so fresh that they might have been made this morning or tomorrow or decades from now, feels like news that is new again. -- Peter Schjeldahl * New Yorker *The mother of all revisionist shows of Modernism. * New York Times *Profoundly moving. ... It is as though, in our apocalyptic time, we need af Klint’s work now more than ever, and the purity of vision and intent it represents. -- Ann McCoy * Brooklyn Rail *A week after I saw [af Klint's paintings], their pulsing loveliness remains undimmed in my mind, like a self-replenishing sense memory of summer. -- Sebastian Smee * Washington Post *[The paintings are] talismanic, vibrating with hidden mystical meaning. ... they represent the enduring evolution of the entire cosmos, the triumphant union of dualities. -- Ania Szremski * 4Columns *The paintings tap into the buzzy zeitgeist of occult spirituality. -- Priscilla Frank * Huffington Post *The show feels like both a transmission from an unmapped other world and a perfectly logical correction to the history of Modern art. -- Ben Davis * Artnet *The canvases are massive and their idiosyncratic shapes, squiggles, and colors provide the viewer with an overwhelming sense of wonder. -- Zachary Small * Hyperallergic *The art, fearfully esoteric and influenced by its creator’s séances and spiritualism, matches a present mood of restless searching. -- Peter Schjedahl * New York Magazine *Klint's biomorphoc compositions call to mind horticultural diagrams conveived on psychedelics - and showcase a level of mysticism not found in successors like Kandinsky. * Cultured *Demands that we rethink, re-evaluate and revise the lineage of art history. -- Lance Esplund * Wall Street Journal *Af Klint set about composing for posterity an alluring eye-music that echoed back the complex psyche of her age. -- Kelly Grovier * BBC *Though she looked conservative, af Klint was nothing if not radical. -- Nana Asfour * Paris Review *The case of Hilma af Klint is among the most fascinating in art history. -- Deborah Solomon * WNYC *[A] superb catalog. -- Roberta Smith * The New York Times *Af Klint was not part of the larger abstract art movement so populated by men, but many of her paintings—vibrant, strange paintings inspired by her deep interest in Spiritism and Theosophy—predate those famous as pioneers of the style. -- Monica Uszerowicz * Observer *Without precedent in the history of art. -- Cristiana Campanini * Abitare *Somewhat like the biomorphic forms of a later artist like Joan Miró, many of these pieces play with geometry and floral shapes that frequently overlap as they seem to swim across the canvas. -- Merrill Lee Girardeau * NYC City Guide *[af Klint's] striking artwork expresses a vision of non-figurative art that was ahead of her time and establishes her as a pioneer of abstract art. * Barnebys *One of the most overlooked artists of the 20th century. * Galerie *She had a penchant for the occult – a “commission” from a spirit at a seance inspired her to create her most striking paintings... * The Economist *Gorgeous book…. The implications of these works are not only gargantuan, but also infinitely pleasurable to look at. And as written about in this wonderful volume, great to read about. By the time you put down this book, Hilma af Klint will be embedded in your visual library forever. -- Jerry Saltz * Vulture *[af Klint's] art’s power is in its secrecy, its marking-off of sacred space. Its period of gestation, of waiting for humanity to catch up, is a demonstration of its sincerity. * Sabat Magazine *Klint created her own optical language with visual, chromatic, structural, and narrative syntax. Her artistic ship sails some of the deepest waters around. -- Jerry Saltz * Vulture *Af Klint did not ask for her work to be destroyed, only delayed. She did not wait for the world to discover her paintings. The world had to wait for them. -- Prudence Peiffer * Garage *[The exhibition] remains as radical as ever and offers a welcome retort to modernism's male-centric narrative. * Elle *'Paintings for the Future' endorses Klint’s mystical conviction that the spiral symbolizes the dualities of the universe—good and evil, male and female, known and unknown—slowly reaching equilibrium. -- Canada Choate * Artforum *
£49.50
Kettle's Yard Gallery Winifred Nicholson Music of Colour
Book SynopsisWinifred Nicholson (1893-1981) is one of the most important and best loved artists in the Kettle’s Yard collection. Nicholson met Kettle’s Yard founder Jim Ede in 1924, and they kept in regular contact over the following decades. Ede credited Winifred Nicholson directly for ‘[teaching] me much about the fusing of art and daily living’ and at Kettle’s Yard he built the largest public collection of her work. This book brings together some of Nicholson’s most eloquent essays with extracts from previously unpublished letters between the artist and Ede, and the words of their mutual friends, the poet Kathleen Raine and collector Helen Sutherland. With an introduction by curator Elizabeth Fisher exploring Nicholson’s relationship with Ede, the book is richly illustrated and included reproductions of all works in the collection, a biography and bibliography.
£11.40
Thames & Hudson Ltd Acts of Creation
Book Synopsis'Hettie Judah's enthralling and important book expands a male-centred art history to include mothers as subjects and symbols, makers and myths' Jennifer Higgie 'One of the most electrifying and important books I have ever read. Hettie Judah takes us on a rich, comprehensive, generative, beautifully written journey through the works of art that have made the invisibility of real motherhood and maternal subjectivity visible. Every sentence and work crackles and sparks. I didn't want it to end. Stunning, urgent and extremely inspiring. We all need this book' Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence 'An important and eye-opening book grounded in Judah's extensive experience and research. I knew some artists in this book already, but didn't know many others, and this is a book I will keep close and refer to time and time again. As a writer and as a mother, this is personal too. It is time motherhood comes out of the margins and we see, hear and talk about the extensive invisible labour, joy, pai
£24.00
Rizzoli International Publications The Architecture of Art
£36.76
