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Audubon’s Birds of America Baby Elephant Folio Roger Tory Peterson Virginia Marie Peterson ISBN
9780789214676
Publisher
Abbeville Press
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, France and Australia
Size
381 mm x 304 mm
Pages
696 Pages
Price
£160.00
The finest single-volume edition of Audubon's Birds of America — with a luxurious 381 x 304mm trim size — is back in stock This printing features a new natural-textured paper stock, a strikingly redesigned cover and slipcase, and improved typography throughout Edited by legendary ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson and his wife and collaborator Virginia Maria Peterson Presents all 435 of Audubon's plates in modern taxonomic order, with the Peterson's commentaries on each bird An abundantly illustrated introduction surveys Audubon's life and career and the history of American bird art before and after him Abbeville’s classic edition of The Birds of America is back in stock — in a striking new package. The Baby Elephant Folio presents all 435 of John James Audubon’s brilliant hand-coloured engravings in exquisite reproductions derived from the original plates of the rare Double Elephant Folio. Although many attempts have been made to re-create the splendid illustrations in Audubon’s masterpiece, nothing has ever equalled the level of fidelity achieved in this luxurious edition. Organised and annotated by Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson, this volume is as informative as it is beautiful. Its fascinating introduction places Audubon in the context of the history of American ornithological art and also reproduces a wide sampling of the work of his notable predecessors and disciples, including Roger Tory Peterson’s own rightfully famous paintings. A new systematic arrangement of the prints, following the modern classification of species, and descriptive captions about each bird allow us to appreciate Audubon’s achievement in the light of modern ornithology. Virginia Marie Peterson was a scientist and an expert on the environmental effects of oil spills. Roger Tory Peterson established himself as America’s leading ornithologist with his best-selling Field Guide to the Birds. Like Audubon, Peterson received many honorary degrees and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Honor.
Published 4th Oct 2023
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The Album of Plant Families
An Illustrated Exploration of Nature's Beauty and Bounty Wendy Hollender ISBN
9780789215413
Publisher
Abbeville Press
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia
Size
406 mm x 305 mm
Pages
136 Pages
Price
£45.95
The botanical book of the year: a spectacular, oversize (16 by 12 inch) volume that helps us visualise the sometimes surprising family connections between the plants around us Original illustrations by renowned botanical artist Wendy Hollender: 24 full-page illustrations of important plant families, plus numerous detail illustrations Hollender has drawn all specimens from life, and provides an engaging commentary on the characteristics of each plant family. The book also features guest essays by noted figures in gardening, horticulture, and botany Hollender is based in the Hudson Valley but travels the world in search of specimens, and to teach sold-out workshops on botanical art. The ultimate gift for gardeners, foragers, and nature lovers A spectacular poster-sized book that illustrates the family connections between the plants around us, deepening our appreciation of nature. Much like our own family, plant families share characteristics, often in the arrangement of their flowers, leaves, and stems. In this oversized book, acclaimed botanical artist Wendy Hollender depicts 24 plant families most commonly encountered in the garden and in the wild. Her superb full-page illustrations, featuring subjects rendered from life in colour pencil and watercolour, help us visualise the sometimes surprising connections between different plants—for example, between the zinnia, the dandelion, and romaine lettuce, all members of the sunflower family, Asteraceae. For each family, Hollender’s lively writings aided by additional illustrations highlight the similarities between family members, and describe her adventures in collecting the subjects (from her backyard garden to the Hawaiian wilderness). Guest essays from a variety of distinguished contributors—including Marta McDowell, the best-selling garden writer; Susan Pell, executive director of the US Botanic Garden; and Dina Falconi, the well-known clinical herbalist—lend fascinating perspectives on the featured plant families. The Album of Plant Families will be the ultimate gift for all gardeners, foragers, and nature lovers. Wendy Hollender is a botanical artist whose work has been exhibited at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, and the Smithsonian National Museum for Natural History, and published in the New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, and numerous other outlets. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Hollender is the author of the bestselling books The Joy of Botanical Drawing and Botanical Drawing in Color, and teaches botanical drawing at the New York Botanical Garden.
Published 8th Jun 2026
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Charles Bargue and Jean-Leon Gerome Drawing Course
Gerald M. Ackerman Graydon Parrish ISBN
9781788840446
Publisher
ACC Art Books
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
275 mm x 250 mm
Pages
336 Pages
Illustrations
136 color, 212 b&w
Price
£65.00
Two hundred lithographs that comprised a famous late nineteenth-century drawing course Introduces the work of a hitherto neglected master: Charles Bargue Of interest to artists, art students, art historians, and lovers and collectors of art The Bargue-Gérôme Drawing Course is a complete reprint of a famous, late nineteenth-century drawing course. It contains a set of almost two hundred masterful lithographs of subjects for copying by drawing students before they attempt drawing from life or nature. Consequently it is a book that will interest artists, art students, art historians, and lovers and collectors of drawings. It also introduces us to the work and life of a hitherto neglected master: Charles Bargue. The Drawing Course consists of three sections. The first comprises of plates drawn after casts, usually of antique examples. Different parts of the body are studied in order of difficulty, until full figures are presented. The second section pays homage to the western school of painting, with lithographs after exemplary drawings by Renaissance and modern masters. The third part contains almost 60 académies, or drawings after nude male models, all original inventions by Bargue, the lithographer. With great care, the student is introduced to continually more difficult problems in the close observing and recording of nature. Charles Bargue started his career as a lithographer of drawings by hack artists for a popular market in comic, sentimental and soft-porn subjects. By working with Gérôme, and in preparing the plates for the course, Bargue was transformed into a spectacular painter of single figures and intimate scenes; a master of precious details that always remain observation and never became self-conscious virtuosity, and colour schemes that unified his composition in exquisite tonal harmonies. The last part of the book is a biography of Bargue, along with a preliminary catalogue of his paintings, accompanied by reproductions of all that have been found and of many of those lost. A renowned specialist in nineteenth-century academic art, Gerald Ackerman (1928-2016) was the author of several books including The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Orientalists of the British Schoo l and The Orientalists of the American School. Graydon Parrish is a renowned figurative painter, famous in the United States for his allegory Remorse, Despondence, and Acceptance of An Early Death , at the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts.
Published 15th Aug 2019
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Surrealism First and Always ISBN
9781788842822
Publisher
ACC Art Books
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
320 mm x 220 mm
Pages
344 Pages
Price
£50.00
The official catalogue of the Centre Pompidou’s Surrealism Exhibition which begins in Paris, 4 September 2024 to 13 January 2025, and moves on to Spain, Germany and the USA Featuring pages from André Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto Illustrated with 250 Surrealist masterpieces, including works by some of the world’s most famous artists Reversible layout “Organisers say it is an unprecedented way to organise an exhibition: while some works and themes remain constant in each city, others change and each museum tells its own story. Perfect, then, for a movement that always aimed to subvert traditional artistic norms.” — The Guardian “… This blend of scholarly insight and artistic exploration makes the catalogue not only visually stunning but intellectually enriching.” — Artlyst The defining book for the centenary of Surrealism. From September 2024 to January 2025, the Centre Pompidou will celebrate the 100th anniversary of André Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto. For the next two years, their unprecedented Surrealist exhibition will tour the art galleries of the world, accompanied by this special catalogue. Perhaps more than any other artistic movement, Surrealism had a cataclysmic effect on the modern mind, changing forever the way we think about experiencing the world. By rejecting the gross linearity that typified several centuries of preceding artworks, the legendary Surrealists – Magritte, Ernst, Carrington, Dalí, Tanning and so many others – reached beyond the façade of that which is patently visible and found something more. Like the great works that fill its pages, Surrealism offers a departure from singletrack thinking, with a multi-directional layout and an uninhibited design. Featuring original essays from leading academics and excerpts from the Surrealist Manifesto itself, this stands among the most essential Surrealist catalogues ever published.
Published 25th Oct 2024
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The Art of Botanical Illustration Wilfrid Blunt William T. Stearn ISBN
9781788841085
Publisher
ACC Art Books
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
270 mm x 215 mm
Pages
360 Pages
Illustrations
123 colour, 148 b&w
Price
£45.00
A comprehensive and accessible historical and artistic survey of botanical illustration Perhaps the most important book on botanical painting ever published With a new introduction by Martyn Rix, editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew This major work, first published in 1950, is still considered the classic book on the subject. It provides a comprehensive, critical and well-illustrated survey of the portrayal of plants across over three thousand years, at a more compact size. Of the first edition, the poet and gardening writer, Vita Sackville-West said: “Let no one think this is a book only for the specialist. It is essential for the specialist, certainly, but it is also for all the flower-lovers and all those who enjoy the by-ways of biography and the added attraction of good writing”. This edition contains 123 colour plates (more than twice as many as the first edition), alongside 148 black-and-white illustrations. It invites the reader to appreciate the works of the greatest botanical illustrators both past and present. Wilfrid Blunt (1901-87) was an art master at Haileybury College and at Eton College, Windsor. On his retirement in 1959 he became Curator of the Watts Gallery, near Guildford, Surrey. Here Blunt devoted most of his time to writing and travel and published some 25 books. An artist himself, Blunt brought to Botanical Illustration a craftsman's appreciation, as well as knowledge gained from experience, his extensive reading and visits to many galleries on the Continent. William Stearn (1911-2001) had a lifelong interest in botanical illustration. His numerous publications included Botanical Latin, Australian Flower Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer, Merian in Surinam, Plant Portraits from the Flora Danica, Flower Artists of Kew and The Orchid Paintings of Franz Bauer. He provided assistance on botanical, biographical and bibliographical matters in Botanical Illustration, and contributed part of the text.
Published 21st May 2021
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William Bouguereau The Essential Works Frederick C. Ross Kara Lysandra Ross ISBN
9781851499106
Publisher
ACC Art Books
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
300 mm x 237 mm
Pages
240 Pages
Illustrations
214 color, 35 b&w
Price
£50.00
Showcases the work of a realist artist whose work is enjoying a revival Explores Bouguereau's work in new depth, with expert insight into his most important paintings William Bouguereau, the most popular artist in nineteenth-century France, is rapidly becoming one of the most popular realist artists of all time. This book is an exploration of the four main types of paintings that were most prevalent throughout Bouguereau’s body of work. This includes his mythological works, religious works, peasants, and portraits. This final section on portraits focuses on paintings of heads and hands, which gave the artist the opportunity to concentrate on the subtleties of capturing human emotion, something at which the artist was a consummate master, and is a primary factor in what makes his works, in general, so compelling. Although each section of the book discusses the importance of the individual genera within Bouguereau’s oeuvre, and includes painting analyses to highlight his most important works, this book is a true showcase of the master’s lifetime achievement through beautifully illustrated fullpage plates of over 120 of his greatest masterpieces. Frederick C. Ross, Chairman of the ARC, has a Masters in art education from Columbia University and is the leading authority on William Bouguereau, co-author of the catalogue raisonné, William Bouguereau: His Life and Works. His essays and speeches have become required reading in countless classrooms. Kara Lysandra Ross, Co-Chair and Chief Operating Officer of the ARC, is an art historian and writer. She co-founded The Da Vinci Initiative, dedicated to introducing skill-based art education in public and private schools K-12, and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. She is the world leading authority on Edmund Blair Leighton, and is currently researching and writing the catalogue raisonné.
Published 4th Oct 2018
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Banksy Museum Complete Catalogue Hazis Vardar ISBN
9782226488565
Publisher
Albin Michel
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
297 mm x 210 mm
Pages
190 Pages
Price
£35.00
An immersive dive into the world of Banksy Included : Banksy's last works in Ukraine The royalties from this book will be donated to the association SOS MEDITERRANEE, which helps migrants (one of Banksy's fights) Visit the Banksy Museum in Brussels This book presents the richness, diversity and strength of the work of the most famous street art artist in the world… and yet nobody knows his identity. We are invited to follow the evolution of the artist from England to the United States, France, Israel and the Ukraine, and through more than a hundred emblematic works, all explained. This is the original Catalog Raisonné of the Banksy Museum, in which all these works are reproduced in their urban contexts, allowing the general public to discover them in a realistic way and to grasp their strength, including those that have been stolen or defaced and no longer exist. Hazis Vardar, owner and producer of theatres (notably The Palace Nightclub in Paris) is the founder of the Banksy museums (in Paris, Brussels, Barcelona, Prague, Milan and Dubai). Banksy was born in Bristol, Great Britain, around 1974. He became a key figure in the world of street art in the mid-1990s with his provocative and unique style. Today he is the world’s most fashionable street artist.
Published 27th Dec 2023
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This Is What You Get
Stanley Donwood | Radiohead | Thom Yorke Edited by Lena Fritsch Contributions by Benjamin Myers ISBN
9781910807668
Publisher
Ashmolean Museum
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
World excluding Australasia
Size
300 mm x 300 mm
Pages
240 Pages
Illustrations
170 color, 20 b&w
Price
£30.00
Complete survey of the collaboration between Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke for the band, Radiohead Many previously unpublished works and notebooks included Exclusive interview with Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood Includes essay by the novelist Ben Myers A major retrospective is held at the Ashmolean Museum from August 2025 to January 2026 This major retrospective catalogue accompanies the first institutional exhibition focusing on the visual works of art by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke. The majority of the paintings, drawings and digital works were specifically made for Yorke’s internationally celebrated band Radiohead, formed in Oxford in 1985. The book is beautifully designed in the same size as a record cover and features iconic artworks from the 1980s until today, relating to Radiohead albums, their covers and promotional band images, as well as sketchbooks and rare materials from their archives that have never before been published. It offers fresh views on the art of album covers, exploring the complex relationship between visual art and music. Radiohead was formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The collaboration with the artist Stanley Donwood began in 1994 when the band was developing their second album, The Bends, which was released on 13th March, 1995. 2025 is therefore the 40-year anniversary of the band and the 30-year anniversary of the release of The Bends. The catalogue’s focus is upon the art produced by both Stanley Donwood and the band’s lead vocalist, Thom Yorke presented chronologically. Radiohead’s popularity has never waned and they have a strong core following and new fans (many of who are the children of ‘original’ fans). The high-quality reproductions are complemented by exclusive interviews with the artists, and essays by Alex Farquharson, Nico Kos Earle, Benjamin Myers, James Putnam and Jennifer Ramkalawon. A major retrospective is held at the Ashmolean Museum from August 2025 to January 2026. Lena Fritsch is the Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Ashmolean, responsible for exhibitions, displays and acquisitions of international art. She teaches at the University of Oxford, V&A and SOAS. Previously, she was a curator at Tate Modern, London and Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. Recent publications include Anselm Kiefer: Early Works (2025), Ashmolean NOW: Pio Abad (2024), Ashmolean NOW: Flora Yukhnovich x Daniel Crews-Chubb (2023), Tokyo: Art & Photography (with Clare Pollard, 2021). She holds a PhD from Bonn University and also studied at Keio University, Tokyo. Benjamin Myers is an awardwinning author and journalist, whose work includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry and journalism. His novels have been translated into13 languages. He is the author of Rare Singles, Cuddy, The Gallows Pole, The Offing and many more.
Published 24th Jul 2025
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Gerhard Richter Dieter Schwarz Nicholas Serota ISBN
9782386110597
Publisher
Citadelles & Mazenod
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
305 mm x 245 mm
Pages
416 Pages
Illustrations
400 color
Price
£45.00
A catalogue of the major exhibition of remarkable works of Richter at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, from October 17, 2025 to March 2, 2026 This publication has been produced in close collaboration with the artist Covering the artist's entire career Generously illustrated and carefully reproduced works Three page fold-outs plunge the reader deep into Richter’s oeuvre Gerhard Richter describes himself as a “classical painter,” and the exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris aims to showcase the complete evolution of his career, spanning over six decades. It will highlight both the continuities and disruptions in his work, which includes not only painting but also exquisite drawings, over-painted photographs, and sculptures. Located in Frank Gehry’s iconic building in Bois de Boulogne, the exhibition will be organised chronologically, allowing visitors to appreciate the unique characteristics of each piece. Trained in Dresden, Richter is interested in historical genres of painting and seeks to reinterpret them in the context of contemporary times, revealing beauty and ethical issues through seemingly conventional subjects. He has also explored various painting techniques, creating works that range from quiet and refined to those bursting with energy, reflecting his physical engagement in the creative process. Nicholas Serota is chair of Arts Council England. He was director of the Tate from 2008 to 2017 and is an art historian and curator and Dieter Schwarz is an art historian and curator, he is considered to be the leading specialist in the work of Gerhard Richter.
Published 17th Oct 2025
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Rothko Suzanne Pagé Christopher Rothko ISBN
9782850889509
Publisher
Citadelles & Mazenod
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
313 mm x 290 mm
Pages
316 Pages
Illustrations
220 color
Price
£39.95
A catalogue of the major exhibition of remarkable paintings by Mark Rothko at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, from October 18, 2023 to April 2, 2024 This publication has been produced in close collaboration with the artist’s family Two page fold-outs plunge the reader deep into Rothko’s oeuvre Contains previously unpublished works and archive material Represents a major cultural event for Paris and the world “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. An internationally renowned art historian, Suzanne Pagé is currently artistic director of the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Formerly the director of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, she curated the previous French retrospective of Rothko’s work, back in 1999.
Published 17th Oct 2023
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Art Thinking
Art, Meaning and Brand Leadership Vadim Grigoryan ISBN
9781738503575
Publisher
Cultureshock
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
250 mm x 195 mm
Pages
272 Pages
Illustrations
200 color
Price
£45.00
For the first time in book form, Vadim Grigoryan – a former creative director for major luxury and culture brands, practicing brand strategist and artist – takes readers on a journey into the interface between art, luxury, fashion and business, drawing on his many years of experience and business courses taught at leading schools like INSEAD and the Sorbonne Art Thinking explores the notion of brands as cultural agents and how art can act as a mediator between meaning and management Allows readers to develop skills in constructing strategic art initiatives, managing artist collaborations, and provides insight into the artistic process of creativity Features seven detailed case studies of successful and less successful brand engagements with the art world (eg, Absolut, Audemars Piguet, Louis Vuitton) Divided into four chapters, offering a structured approach to understanding "Art Thinking” Art Thinking takes readers on a journey into the captivating intersection between art, luxury and fashion brands and businesses. It explores the notion of brands as cultural agents and how art can act as a mediator between meaning and management. The book allows the readers to develop skills in constructing strategic art initiatives and in management of artist collaborations and provides insight into the artistic process of creativity. Divided into four chapters and supplemented with case studies, the book is supported by Vadim Grigoryan’s many years of experience, popular webinars and courses taught at leading business schools, such as INSEAD and cultural institutions, such as Sorbonne.
Published 10th Sep 2025
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Basquiat x Warhol Paintings 4 Hands Edited by Gallimard ISBN
9782073014979
Publisher
Editions Gallimard
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
315 mm x 295 mm
Pages
364 Pages
Price
£50.00
Published to accompany an exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton from 5 April to 28 August 2023 The collaboration between the two artists, legends of the New York avant-garde, through more than a hundred of their joint works In the spring of 2023, Fondation Louis Vuitton will be holding Basquiat x Warhol… Painting 4 hands, the most important exhibition ever devoted to the collaborative work of these two artists. The exhibition will feature more than 100 jointly signed paintings, in addition to individual works by Basquiat and Warhol, and works by other major artists (Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Kenny Scharf, etc.) in order to recreate the New York downtown art scene of the 1980s. From 1984 to 1985, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) and Andy Warhol (1928–1987) jointly produced about 160 paintings, some of the largest in their respective careers. A genuine artistic dialogue of style and form had developed between them that dealt equally well with crucial issues such as the integration of the African-American community into the narrative of North America, a continent where Warhol was a major manufacturer of icons.
Published 4th May 2023
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Handpicked
Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today Megan Breckell Naomi Polonsky ISBN
9781904561668
Publisher
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
World
Size
280 mm x 218 mm
Pages
119 Pages
Illustrations
50 colour
Price
£20.00
Broad appeal to lovers of 20th- and 21st-century art Features a mix of household names alongside lesser-known artists, allowing readers to discover new favourites Desirable stand-alone title with gifting potential which can be enjoyed outside the exhibition at Kettle’s Yard, which runs from 25th April to 6th September, 2026 Handpicked: Painting Flowers From 1900 to Today celebrates the beauty and vitality of flower paintings of the 20th and 21st centuries. Beautifully illustrated, this anthology features essays on paintings by significant figures of the 20th century, as well as contemporary artists working with the genre of flower painting in new and often experimental ways today. Artists: Hurvin Anderson, Vanessa Bell, David Bomberg, Louise Bourgeois, Jai Chuhan, Andrew Cranston, Kaye Donachie, Gigi Ettedgui, Anna Freeman Bentley, Marjory Garnett, Tirzah Garwood, Gluck, Lubaina Himid, Howard Hodgkin, Isak of Igdlorpait, Nerys Johnson, David Jones, Poppy Jones, Joy Labinjo, Doron Langberg, Aubrey Levinthal, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Rory McEwen, Cedric Morris, Cassi Namoda, Mary Newcomb, William Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Chris Ofili, Jennifer Packer, Celia Paul, Bryan Pearce, Emma Prempeh, Bianca Raffaella, Eric Ravilious, Anne Redpath, Henri Rousseau, William Scott, Judith Tucker, Euan Uglow, Charlotte Verity, Édouard Vuillard, Caroline Walker, Alison Watt, Christopher Wood, Clare Woods. Megan Breckell is Assistant Curator (Exhibitions) at Kettle's Yard. She previously worked in the Exhibitions Team at The Charleston Trust. Naomi Polonsky is Assistant Curator (House & Collection) at Kettle's Yard. She previously worked at The Women’s Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.
Published 23rd Apr 2026
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Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery Edited by Andrew Nairne Edited by Eliza Spindel ISBN
9781904561767
Publisher
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
World
Size
290 mm x 225 mm
Pages
240 Pages
Illustrations
160 color
Price
£39.95
Published to coincide with the exhibition Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery, showing at Kettle’s Yard from March 2023 Comprehensive new title on Lucie Rie; currently only a handful of books in print about her Reflects current trends/interests in studio pottery, mid-century modern style, women artists Lucie Rie (1902–1995) is one of the finest modern potters of the 20th century. Born and trained in Vienna, her successful early career came to a halt in 1938 when forced to leave Austria to escape the persecution of Jewish people. In exile in London, Rie established a new workshop and over five decades created highly individual bowls, vases and tableware which continue to amaze and inspire today. With over 150 photographs and five new essays, Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery celebrates an exceptional life of creative invention and experiment. With texts by Edmund de Waal, Tanya Harrod, Helen Ritchie, Eliza Spindel, Kimberley Chandler and Nigel Wood.
Published 3rd Apr 2023
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Miniature Painting in Uzbekistan Strokes of Wisdom Rolando Montecalvo ISBN
9781836360506
Publisher
Kulturalis
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
280 mm x 220 mm
Pages
192 Pages
Illustrations
150 color
Price
£35.00
Beautifully and extensively illustrated with both centuries-old and contemporary examples of miniature painting, as well as the beautiful historic cities of Central Asia Explains fully the techniques and practitioners of the form, assuming no prior knowledge The perfect introduction to a beautiful and fascinating art form from one of the world’s lesser-known yet most attractive regions: this is the art of the Silk Road This richly illustrated volume, produced by Uzbek publisher Dinara & Co. in partnership with Kulturalis, explores the enduring legacy and contemporary revival of miniature painting in Uzbekistan. Highlighting the work of acclaimed Bukharan master Davlat Toshev, the book guides readers through the intricate brushwork, symbolism and narrative depth of his recent creations. By situating Toshev’s oeuvre within the broader context of Islamic art and the cultural memory of the region, the book demonstrates how these seemingly fantastical images resonate with contemporary audiences. For art lovers, collectors and cultural historians alike, this publication is both a celebration of Uzbekistan’s artistic heritage and a key to unlocking the relevance of miniature painting in modern times. Rolando Montecalvo is a writer and editor currently based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Italian by nationality, he spent 15 years in the United States, where he earned a PhD in comparative literature from the University of California at Berkeley. He has also lived and worked in India, Thailand, Turkey, Switzerland and Cambodia. Over the years, he has been involved in many book projects, working inhouse at publishers including Oxford University Press and Penguin Books, and as a freelance copy-editor and ghost-writer.
Published 25th Nov 2025
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Edvard Munch: The Scream Patricia G. Berman Joanna Iranowska Øyvind Vågnes Edited by Heidi Bale Amundsen ISBN
9788284620169
Publisher
MUNCH
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding Norway
Size
240 mm x 170 mm
Pages
216 Pages
Illustrations
150 color
Price
£24.95
For the first time in book form, experience all Scream works together with numerous versions of the motif, from merchandise, memes, pastiches from film and TV, emojis in addition to three essays Richly illustrated Includes the stories behind the scream motif Ever since Munch first came up with the Scream motif at the end of the 19th century, countless artists, including Andy Warhol and Marina Abramović, have modified it within their own work. In addition, the open-mouthed figure has cropped up in popular cultural productions such as Wes Craven’sScream film franchise, the poster for the kids’ movie Home Alone, and in scores of satirical cartoons – on everything from Brexit to Donald Trump’s presidency and tax rises – as well as on innumerable political banners and placards, most recently in protests about the climate emergency. In recent years, the Scream image has also taken a prominent place on digital screens in the form of its own emoji and as the basis of countless memes. At the same time, the quantity of souvenirs and other objects decorated with or shaped like Munch’s figure of desperation has increased immeasurably. In short: these daysThe Scream haunts pretty much every layer of culture. It is without doubt one of the most frequently reproduced images in the history of art, equalled only perhaps by Leonardo da Vinci’sMona Lisa, and is the originator of a constantly expanding network of analogue and digital mutations. Via these three texts, and a rich selection of illustrations – including all knownScream images ever made by the artist himself, a selection of his Scream texts and countless so-called Scream mutations – this book embraces Munch’s best-known image as a cultural phenomenon. Patricia G. Berman holds the Feldberg Chair of Art at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, specialising in modern and contemporary art, photography and propaganda. She has also taught at the University of Oslo where she facilitated the research network ‘Munch, Modernism and Modernity’. Berman’s books and catalogues include studies of Edvard Munch, James Ensor, 19th-century Danish painting, gestural drawing and contemporary art. She has also curated numerous exhibitions, most recentlyThe Experimental Self: Edvard Munch’s Photography (Scandinavia House, New York, 2017 and 2021 and Munchmuseet 2020). Berman is currently co-curating an exhibition of Nordic art and design for the Frick Museum, Pittsburgh, PA.Joanna Iranowska is a museologist with digital collections and material culture as her main fields of expertise. She holds a PhD from the University of Oslo about art museums as cultures of copies. In her thesis she focused on Munchmuseet and digital reproduction. She is also interested in actor-network theory and museum shops as arenas for reproduction. Iranowska now works as senior curator of photography at the MiA Museums in Greater Oslo, with virtual, interactive exhibitions, and is particularly interested in collections of pictures by female photographers.Øyvind Vågnes is an author and professor of media studies at the University of Bergen. In 2012 he was nominated for the Association of American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Awards), in the media studies category, and received the Peter C. Rollins Book Award – both for Zaprudered: The Kennedy Assassination Film in Visual Culture (University of Texas Press, 2011).
Published 29th Feb 2024
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Paula Rego – Dance Among Thorns Kari J. Brandtzæg Jennifer Higgie Catarina Alfaro Isabel Freire Edited by Heidi Bale Amundsen ISBN
9788284620596
Publisher
MUNCH
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding Norway
Size
280 mm x 230 mm
Pages
256 Pages
Illustrations
150 color
Price
£35.00
Showcases Paula Rego’s fiercely political, fantastical depictions of gender, the body and power across her long career Situates Rego’s work against Portuguese dictatorship and contemporary global threats to women’s bodily autonomy Offers the most comprehensive presentation of the exhibition at the MUNCH Museum, Oslo.Paula Rego – Dance Among Thorns, with all works reproduced. The exhibition runs from 24th April to 2nd August, 2026 Highlights Paula Rego’s inspiration from Edvard Munch’s art for the first time, revealing visual and thematic affinities between their works Paints an intense, nuanced portrait of an artist who never stopped challenging aesthetic norms and political oppression British Portuguese Paula Rego (1935–2022) carved out her place in international art history with a self-possessed, uncompromising expression and a burning commitment to fighting oppression and lack of freedom. She grew up in Portugal under António de Oliveira Salazar’s dictatorship, which imposed strong constraints, especially on women’s freedom, and throughout her long career Rego dissected the relationship between gender, the body and power in a dark, fantastical visual language. At a time when authoritarian forces are on the rise across the world and women’s right to control their own bodies is under pressure, her images feel more relevant than ever. The exhibitionPaula Rego – Dance Among Thorns presents Rego’s powerful and unsettling body of work in its full breadth. The catalogue includes all works on display and a collection of new texts by the exhibition’s curator Kari J. Brandtzæg as well as by Catarina Alfaro, Isabel Freire and Jennifer Higgie. Together, they sketch an intense and nuanced portrait of an artist who never ceased to challenge – whether aesthetically or politically. Catarina Alfaro is a researcher and curator with a master’s degree in museology and cultural heritage from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2009). Between 2001 and 2010 she collaborated with the Modern Art Centre of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon on a catalogue raisonné of Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso’s oeuvre, and several exhibitions. From 2011 to 2014 Alfaro was chief curator at Casa das Histórias Paula Rego in Cascais before taking up her current position as coordinator for programming and conservation. Kari J. Brandtzæg is a senior curator at the Munch Museum, and holds a master’s degree on Russian art at the turn of the last century and a PhD on Henrik Sørensen and interwar tendency art (University of Oslo, 2024). Since joining the Munch Museum in 2015, Brandtzæg has curated several significant exhibitions, includingTracey Emin / Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul (2021), and Vanessa Baird: Go Down with Me (2024). Isabel Freire is a researcher, journalist and secondary school teacher with a philosophy degree from NOVA FCSH and a PhD in sociology from ICS-ULisboa. Her work focuses on the history of sexuality, women’s history, women’s associations and feminisms in twentieth-century Portugal. Her latest bookCompassos Feministas: Associações Federadas no Conselho das Mulheres Portuguesas (1914–1947) (2023), won the Maria Lamas Prize for Studies on Women, Gender and Equality in 2024. Jennifer Higgie is an Australian writer who lives in London, and previously the editor of frieze magazine. Her novel Bedlam (Bloomsbury) will be released in the UK and US in July 2026. Her recent books include The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World (Bloomsbury, 2023) and The Mirror and the Palette: Revolution, Rebellion and Resilience: 500 Years of Women’s SelfPortraits (Simon & Schuster, 2021).
Published 20th May 2026
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Andy Goldsworthy Fifty Years
Andy Goldsworthy Contributions by Patrick Elliott Contributions by Tor Scott Contributions by David Kirkpatrick ISBN
9781911054719
Publisher
National Galleries of Scotland
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
World
Size
300 mm x 250 mm
Pages
128 Pages
Illustrations
100 colour
Price
£24.99
Published to accompany the major, large-scale exhibition by Andy Goldsworthy (organised by the National Galleries of Scotland) at the Royal Scottish Academy from 26 July 2025 to 2 November 2025 A wide-ranging interview between Andy Goldsworthy and curational team Patrick Elliott and Tor Scott gives readers personal insight from the artist into the highlights, challenges and processes behind his work, in his own words The book is illustrated with works from the breadth of Goldsworthy's career - from his student days to beautiful proposal drawings for the retrospective exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy in 2025 Andy Goldsworthy tells the story of his career in his own words – from school art classrooms to the ambitious retrospective exhibition this book accompanies. In a wide-ranging and personal conversation, Goldsworthy recalls the triumphs and tribulations that have shaped his journey to become an artist of global renown. Illustrated by many of his iconic installations and ephemeral works, this book also includes previously unseen drawings for new creations. This is an unmissable account of the life and work of an artist pushing the boundaries of the art world. Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire, England and lives in Scotland. He has undertaken commissions in the Australian rainforest and on the New Zealand coast; in Rio de Janeiro and New York City; in the New Mexico desert, the mountains of central Spain and on the fells of Dumfriesshire. He has exhibited in the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Palacio di Cristal. Among his recent publications are Ephemeral works 2004-2014 (Abrams, 2016) and Projects (Abrams, 2017). Patrick Elliott is Chief Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the National Galleries of Scotland. His previous publications for the National Galleries of Scotland include Grayson Perry: Smash Hits, Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage and Joan Eardley: Land & Sea - A Life in Catterline. Tor Scott is Assistant Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art art at the National Galleries of Scotland. Her previous publications for the National Galleries of Scotland include Grayson Perry: Smash Hits, and she has also published and lectured on British Surrealism. David Kirkpatrick returned to the family farm in Dumfries and Galloway after university. Forty-five years later, he is still farming and has been involved in the establishment and running of several agricultural supply and marketing co-operatives.
Published 26th Jul 2025
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Joan Eardley
Land & Sea – A Life in Catterline Patrick Elliott ISBN
9781911054290
Publisher
National Galleries of Scotland
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
World
Size
220 mm x 245 mm
Pages
168 Pages
Illustrations
115 color
Name of series
Joan Eardley
Price
£24.99
Focuses on a much-loved artist The first book to focus specifically on Eardley’s time in Catterline Brings to light significant new research From the same author as the highly successful Joan Eardley: A Sense of Place, ISBN 9781911054023 Originally published in 2021 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Joan Eardley’s birth A vivid portrait of much-loved artist, Joan Eardley, and her relationship with the Scottish coastal fishing village, Catterline. Joan Eardley, one of Scotland’s most loved artists, first visited the coastal fishing village of Catterline in north-east Scotland in 1951. It sparked a fascination that would last the rest of her life. She made the village her home and found inspiration in the dramatic light and rapidly changing weather. The gentle landscapes and wild rolling seascapes she painted there in wind, snow, rain and sunshine are among her best-loved works. Focussing on Eardley’s relationship with Catterline, this book includes previously unpublished archival material as well as specially conducted interviews with many of those in the village who knew her, shedding new light on Eardley’s life and artistic practice. A vivid portrait is painted both of Eardley and of the village, showing the vital part Catterline played in her development as an artist. Patrick Elliott is Chief Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the National Galleries of Scotland and author of the highly successful True to Life: British Realist Painting in the 1920s & 1930s and Joan Eardley: A Sense of Place.
Published 4th Oct 2021
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Light
A Day in Monet's Garden Eva Figes ISBN
9781843682431
Publisher
Pallas Athene
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
World excluding USA, Canada, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand
Size
180 mm x 110 mm
Pages
156 Pages
Price
£9.99
This shimmering novel is an extraordinary portrait of a day in the life of an artist at work and at home “I have never read a text which goes even half as far as this one in expressing the particular poignancy which lay at the heart of the impressionist movement. I say this as an art critic. As a novelist I would simply like to pay my tribute to the mastery of language, portraiture and storytelling which Figes has now at her command.” – John Berger “A small masterpiece” – Susan Hill “A luminous prose poem” – Joyce Carol Oates This shimmering novel is an extraordinary portrait of a day in the life of an artist at work and at home. In prose as luminous as the colours Monet is using to portray his garden, Eva Figes guides us from dawn (‘midnight blueblack growing grey and misty’) through midday (‘the sun was high now… shrinking what little shadow remained, fading colours, the pink rambler roses on the fence by the railway track looked almost white’) to evening (‘the tide of shadows rising as the sunset glow faded outside.’) Monet’s wife, grieving for a lost daughter; a living daughter, fretting that she will not be able to marry the man she loves; their friend the abbé, eating and drinking with them; two children playing, closest to Monet in the freshness and certainty of their vision; all experiencing in different ways the richness of the light that Monet works unceasingly to pin down in his last, great paintings. Eva Figes (1932-2012), born in Berlin, moved to England with her family in 1939. She published novels and social theory, including the feminist classic Patriarchal Attitudes. Her two children are the author Kate Figes and the historian Orlando Figes.
Published 18th Mar 2024
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A Shetland Notebook Norman Ackroyd Norman Ackroyd ISBN
9781907533891
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
145 mm x 290 mm
Pages
96 Pages
Illustrations
78 color
Name of series
The RA Sketchbooks
Price
£18.95
Contains 39 beautiful watercolours of Shetland Norman Ackroyd is hugely popular for his atmospheric images of the British Isles Includes a gazetteer identifying the locations of all the paintings Norman Ackroyd CBE RA has spent over four decades recording the coastal landscapes of the British archipelago. All his watercolours and many of his etchings are executed en plein air, mainly from chartered boats chosen for their skippers’ local knowledge and expertise in landing on the more remote rocks and islands. These journeys, which can last up to fourteen hours, are the result of extensive reading and research. A Shetland Notebook contains 39 watercolours selected from several journeys to the edges of Shetland in the spring and summer of 2012. From the verdant flora of the southern isles to the rugged northern cliffs of Unst and Esha Ness, the book paints a vivid portrait of one of the most intriguing yet inhospitable corners of the British Isles. Each sketch is accompanied by a brief but engaging commentary by the artist. Norman Ackroyd (b. 1938) studied at the Royal College of Art, London. He turned to landscape painting in the 1980s, and since then his prints of the ruggedly beautiful British coastline have been widely admired around the world.
Published 16th Jun 2014
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A Yorkshire Sketchbook David Hockney David Hockney ISBN
9781907533235
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
147 mm x 208 mm
Pages
92 Pages
Illustrations
43 color
Name of series
The RA Sketchbooks
Price
£18.95
An exploration of the vivid watercolour and ink sketches that Hockney made in his home county, Yorkshire Features a range of stunning images, some with vast, panoramic spans and others depicting rooted, familiar locations A short but enlightening insight into Hockney's creative process In recent years David Hockney has returned to England to paint the landscape of his childhood. East Yorkshire’s stern hillscapes, craggy drystone walls and endless windswept moors make for a stimulating muse, and Hockney’s work captures the character of this scenery with expert precision. Although his passionate interest in new technologies has led Hockney to develop a virtuoso drawing technique on an iPad, he is still regularly accompanied by a trusty sketchbook. This invaluable tool allows him to work quickly, capturing the changing light and the fleeting effects of the weather. Executed in watercolour and ink, these panoramic scenes have the spatial complexity of finished paintings: the broad sweep of sky or road, the patchwork tapestry of land. Yet unlike a painting completed in the studio, far-removed from the landscape that inspired it, these sketches convey the immediacy of Hockney’s impressions. And as indicated by views down village streets and across kitchen tables, his rooted local knowledge and fondness for the area around the East Yorkshire Wolds always shines through. If you know the region, the location of these sketches is unmistakable. If you don’t, its features will come to life in these pages, animated by Hockney’s incomparable skill. David Hockney CH RA is an internationally acclaimed artist. He studied at Bradford School of Art from 1953 to 1957 and at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1959 to 1962. He has lived in Los Angeles since 1963, and now splits his time between America and East Yorkshire, where he grew up.
Published 22nd Nov 2019
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An Indian Sketchbook Anthony Eyton
Introduction by Anthony Eyton ISBN
9781915815217
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
100 mm x 148 mm
Pages
128 Pages
Illustrations
120 color
Name of series
The RA Sketchbooks
Price
£14.95
The fluidity of his technique and the spontaneity of his mark-making reveal Anthony Eyton’s love of dazzling colour and his everobservant eye One of the country’s most distinguished figurative painters, the centenarian Royal Academician Anthony Eyton OBE (b. 1923) is renowned for the fluidity of his technique and the spontaneity of his mark-making. He spent the winter of 1978–79 in India and made further trips in 1992 and 1994, his parents having lived there many decades before. His Indian sketches in pastel and pen and ink reveal a characteristically fresh vision of the country’s clamour and congestion of people, animals and vehicles, his love of dazzling colour and his ever-observant eye.
Published 23rd Sep 2025
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An Irish Notebook Norman Ackroyd Norman Ackroyd ISBN
9781912520619
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
145 mm x 290 mm
Pages
96 Pages
Illustrations
40 color
Name of series
The RA Sketchbooks
Price
£18.95
A collection of 40 sketches by Norman Ackroyd, presenting the Irish coast in all its rugged beauty Norman Ackroyd CBE RA has been a familiar face to the boatmen of the British Isles for the past 50 years, often requiring their services to take him out on the water, where he paints the coastal landscape in vivid watercolours. An Irish Notebook is a collection of 40 such sketches created by Ackroyd on the west coast of Ireland. From Malin to Mizen, via the rocky outcrops of Puffin Island and the emerald depths of Roaringwater Bay, Ackroyd records the Irish coast in all its rugged beauty. Norman Ackroyd (b. 1938) studied at the Royal College of Art, London. He turned to landscape painting in the 1980s, and since then his prints of the ruggedly beautiful British coastline have been widely admired around the world.
Published 8th Jun 2022
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An Italian Journey Anne Desmet Anne Desmet ISBN
9781910350546
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
100 mm x 150 mm
Pages
124 Pages
Illustrations
60 color
Name of series
The RA Sketchbooks
Price
£14.95
Desmet's beautifully packaged book is packed, cover to cover, with a seductive grand tour of Italian cityscapes and landscapes Colourful and atmospheric sketches in pen, wash and watercolour grant a unique insight into the perspectives and preoccupations of the artist roaming abroad Transports the viewer from Rome and Venice to the landscapes of Sicily and Umbria This delightful jewel-like book evokes unmistakably Italian landscapes and cityscapes. Anne Desmet’s pen commits every detail to paper, and the small-scale format emphasises her distinctive flair for capturing the relationship between extreme foreground and distance. This is a unique opportunity to explore Italy, from the Apennines to the Veneto, through the eyes of a meticulous and precise artist. Anne Desmet RA specialises in wood engravings, linocuts and mixed-media collages. She has received over thirty international awards, and her work is included in museum collections and publications worldwide. She was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in May 2011. For fifteen years she was editor of Printmaking Today magazine, and has published three printmaking books. She lives and works in London.
Published 22nd Jul 2019
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Arctic Sketchbooks Barbara Rae Barbara Rae ISBN
9781912520114
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
135 mm x 230 mm
Pages
108 Pages
Illustrations
108 color
Name of series
The RA Sketchbooks
Price
£16.95
Barbara Rae's sketchbooks bring the frozen plains of the Arctic immediately to life Replicates the look and feel of the original sketchbooks These sketchbooks, the work of the acclaimed Scottish artist Barbara Rae CBE RA during her three journeys towards the Northwest Passage in the depths of the Arctic Circle in 2015, 2016 and 2017, record in colourful and assured brush strokes the icebergs, frozen bays and snowdrifts of this often hostile landscape. Polar bears roam and the Northern Lights dance across its pages, accompanied by Rae’s handwritten notes in which she records her experiences and her immediate reactions to this harsh, unforgiving environment. Each page of the sketchbooks is meticulously reproduced, and the handsomely bound volume sits comfortably in the hand, making it the perfect gift for anyone interested in painting or exploration.
Published 5th Nov 2018
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Barbara Rae Duncan Macmillan Robin McKie Imogen Stevens ISBN
9781915815156
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
290 mm x 235 mm
Pages
240 Pages
Illustrations
198 color
Price
£40.00
Rae’s painterly abstraction brings together her fascinations with landscape and travel Featuring many previously unseen paintings With authoritative texts and a wide array of illustrations, this handsome monograph charts Barbara Rae’s long and successful career as a redoubtable travelling artist. From her native Scotland, particularly the Lammermuirs, to Spain, Ireland, and the polar regions, Rae’s painterly abstraction brings together her fascinations with landscape and travel. Her sketchbooks feature here, too, revealing her process as she uses them to conceive the larger works she makes in her studio. Duncan Macmillan is Emeritus Professor of the History of Scottish Art at the University of Edinburgh. Robin McKie was science editor of the Observer for over 40 years. Imogen Stevens administers and oversees operations for The Provost James Rae Trust.
Published 3rd Jun 2025
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Body and Soul Eileen Cooper Eileen Cooper ISBN
9781912520961
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
210 mm x 148 mm
Pages
96 Pages
Name of series
The RA Sketchbooks
Price
£16.95
This new addition to the RA's Sketchbook series reveals Eileen Cooper's fascination with the female body in various media A student at Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art, Eileen Cooper RA became well known in the 1980s for her strong and passionate figuration. Her unapologetically female approach to her subject-matter encompasses sexuality, motherhood, life and death. She was elected a Royal Academician in 2001 and served as Keeper of the Royal Academy between 2010 and 2017, the first woman in the institution’s history to do so. This lovely new sketchbook reveals Cooper’s fascination with the female body in various media, from pencil and crayon to charcoal and gouache, and celebrates her work in all its joyful intimacy.
Published 30th May 2023
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David Hockney
The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 David Hockney William Boyd Edith Devaney ISBN
9781912520640
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
175 mm x 250 mm
Pages
168 Pages
Illustrations
140 color
Price
£25.00
During the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, David Hockney was in Normandy, and recorded the arrival of spring in exuberant iPad paintings Over a hundred new iPad paintings on display at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2021 Published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, 23 May – 26 August 2021 At the beginning of 2020, just as global Covid-19 restrictions were coming into force, the artist David Hockney was at his house, studio and garden in Normandy. From there, he witnessed the arrival of spring, and recorded the blossoming of the surrounding landscape on his iPad, a medium he has been using for over a decade. Working outdoors was an antidote to the anxiety of the moment for Hockney – ‘We need art, and I do think it can relieve stress,’ he says. This uplifting publication – produced to accompany a major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts – includes 116 of his new iPad paintings and shows to full effect Hockney’s singular skill in capturing the exuberance of nature. William Boyd is the author of sixteen novels, among them A Good Man in Africa (1981), An Ice Cream War (1982), Any Human Heart (2002), Restless (2006) and Trio (2020). Edith Devaney is Contemporary Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Published 29th Apr 2021
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Richard Dadd Beyond Bedlam Natasha Fyffe Cora Gilroy-Ware Robert Howard Sarah Thomas Nicholas Tromans ISBN
9781915815194
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
270 mm x 230 mm
Pages
160 Pages
Illustrations
110 color
Price
£30.00
Richard Dadd: genius and tragedy – the Victorian artist who created extraordinary fairy paintings while confined for forty years in institutions Includes his masterpiece The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke and other intricate works New definitive account by the leading authority, exploring Dadd’s life, art and enduring legacy Published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, from July 25th to October 25th, 2026, bringing together more than 60 works that track Dadd’s life and career – art that was as radical and imaginative in his time as it is today Richard Dadd (1817–1886) constructed fairytale worlds and other highly original works of art. After making his name as an exceptional student at the Royal Academy in the late 1830s, he travelled to the Eastern Mediterranean, where he developed a psychotic illness that led to the killing of his father. Dadd spent the rest of his life in London’s Bethlem Royal Hospital and then Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire, in both of which he was encouraged to paint. Dadd’s output encompasses much more than the fairy paintings for which he is renowned. There are also highly detailed sketches evocative of his Eastern Mediterranean travels, remarkable characterisations of the human passions, and perceptive portraits of his doctors. Profusely illustrated throughout, this new account of his life and art by Nicholas Tromans and other leading scholars re-examines the legacy of one of the most fascinating figures in the visual arts of the Victorian era. Nicholas Tromans, curator of this exhibition, has written widely on 19th-century British art. Sarah Thomas is Senior Lecturer at the School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck, University of London. Cora Gilroy-Ware is Associate Professor in the History of Art at St Peter’s College, Oxford. Robert Howard is Professor of Old Age Psychiatry in the UCL Division of Psychiatry, London. Natasha Fyffe is Interim Assistant Curator at the Royal Academy.
Published 30th Jun 2026
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HR Giger
The Oeuvre Before Alien 1961–1976 Edited by Beat Stutzer ISBN
9783039421367
Publisher
Scheidegger & Spiess
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
World excluding Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, United States, Canada, and Japan
Size
265 mm x 200 mm
Pages
168 Pages
Illustrations
106 color, 28 b&w
Price
£42.00
New edition of the only book to date to comprehensively document the early work of celebrated Swiss artist HR Giger Features paintings and drawings by HR Giger that are rarely published or shown in public displays Academy Award-winner HR Giger is the creator of the legendary movie monster Alien and arguably the most distinguished representative of Fantastic Realism Swiss surrealist artist HR Giger (1940–2014) achieved international fame in 1979 for designing the fantastic creatures and eerie environments that terrified moviegoers in Ridley Scott’s science fiction film Alien. Yet before these iconic creations made him a celebrity and won him an Oscar for visual effects, Giger was already highly regarded in the international art world for his unique freehand painting style and biomechanical dreamscapes. HR Giger: The Oeuvre Before Alien 1961–1976, first published in 2007 and now becoming available again in a new edition, is the only book to date to document the artist’s lesser known, but no less impressive, early work. This lavishly illustrated volume traces Giger’s career from his education as an architect and industrial designer at the Zurich College of Art to the development of his ink drawing and oil painting technique and his eventual breakthrough as one of the foremost artists of the fantastic realism school. Featuring many unpublished or rarely available early paintings and drawings, and accompanied by an essay by noted art historian Beat Stutzer, this volume juxtaposes Giger’s paintings with works by his predecessors, including Ensor, Fuseli, Goya, and Piranesi. HR Giger: The Oeuvre Before Alien illuminates the mind of a visual genius whose first artistic experiments were decades ahead of their time. Beat Stutzer is a Lucerne-based art historian, writer, and curator. He served as director of the Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur from 1982–2011 and as curator of the Segantini Museum in St. Moritz from 1998–2016.
Published 16th May 2024
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Leonardo da Vinci Atlas Anatomicus The Royal Collection of Windsor Martin Kemp ISBN
9791280717160
Publisher
Scripta Maneant Editori
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
295 mm x 240 mm
Pages
370 Pages
Illustrations
287 color
Price
£41.00
Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Atlas brings together the complete corpus of the artist's anatomical drawings held at the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, the world's richest collection of the great artist's work on paper Enriched by Mario Rende’s considerations and Giampaolo Guida’s introductory note, Martin Kemp’s work surprises and redefines our way of looking at and “feeling” Leonardo’s work Gold foil lamination included on plate and spine According to Count Galeazzo Arconati, who gave other Leonardo manuscripts to the Ambrosiana Library in Milan, the drawings concerning nature, anatomy, and colour, have been “in the hands of the King of England before 1640.” The collection has been recorded as being in the possession of Queen Mary II, in 1690, a year after she and her husband, William III, ascended the throne as joint monarchs. The collection comprises all the known anatomical drawings by Leonardo. Three hundred images of the human body by the great artist, made between about 1485 and 1510–15, are showcased in this magnificent volume. Based on the artist’s own anatomical dissections, they show his evolving understanding of physiology. The drawings demonstrate, as well, Leonardo’s progress from technical mastery of his subject to consummate draftsmanship. The commentary on this astonishing body of work is by Professor Martin Kemp of Oxford University, a leading international authority of Leonardo da Vinci, who explains the uniqueness of the painter’s stroke and the refined figurative transposition. One of the most renowned Italian Anatomists, Professor Mario Rende of the University of Perugia, analyses the significance of these works from a medical-scientific angle, revealing the insights, the research methodology, and the experimental and analytical approach of the Genius of da Vinci. Moving between art and anatomy, between unsurpassed illustrative display and avant-garde Renaissance scientific research, the work thus provides an indepth and comprehensive look at an indispensable aspect of the Great Master’s story. Text in English and Italian. Martin Kemp is Emeritus Research Professor in the History of Art at Oxford University and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has written and broadcast extensively on imagery in art and science spanning the Renaissance to the present day. He speaks on issues of visualisation and lateral thinking to a wide range of audiences and is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on Leonardo da Vinci, who has been the subject of many of his articles, essays, and books, including Leonardo (Oxford University Press, 2004). Kemp has also published on imagery in the sciences of anatomy, natural history, and optics, as in The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat (Yale University Press, 1990). He was trained in Natural Sciences and Art History at Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London. From 1993 to 1998 he was Wolfson Research Professor at the British Academy. For more than 25 years he was based in Scotland, at the University of Glasgow and at the University of St. Andrews. Kemp has curated a series of exhibitions on Leonardo as well as on other themes, including Spectacular Bodies at the Hayward Gallery in 2000, Leonardo da Vinci: Experience, Experiment, Design at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2006, and Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now at the Barbican Art Gallery in 2007.
Published 17th Feb 2026
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Biennale Arte 2026 In Minor Keys
By (artist) Koyo Kouoh Edited by Siddhartha Mitter ISBN
9788836665167
Publisher
Silvana
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Iceland, Germany, Greece, Eastern Europe, & Austria. Arab States non-exclusive. Selected territories in Asia, non-exclusive
Size
270 mm x 210 mm
Pages
944 Pages
Illustrations
850 color
Name of series
Venice Biennale Official Catalogue
Price
£85.00
The catalogue for the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh, running from May to November 2026 The 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh – will run from Saturday 9 May to Sunday 22 November 2026 (preview 6, 7, 8 May) at the Giardini and the Arsenale venues, and in various locations around Venice. The exhibition is being carried out with the full support of Kouoh’s family: “It was important to Koyo that the catalogue forIn Minor Keys stands not only as a robust contribution to the archive, but also as an exemplar of the collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and intuitive mode of making that she convened.”
Published 22nd Jul 2026
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London Calling
Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Paula Rego, Lucian Freud Text by Gregory Salter Text by Sanjuka Sunderason Text by Elena Crippa Text by Thijs de Raedt ISBN
9789462626751
Publisher
Waanders Publishers
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding Benelux and Germany
Size
290 mm x 240 mm
Pages
204 Pages
Illustrations
150 color, 20 b&w
Price
£45.00
Major international collaboration between Kunstmuseum Den Haag and Tate, uniting two leading art institutions Features over seventy masterpieces by renowned artists including Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, and Paula Rego Explores the evolution of figurative painting in postwar Britain, highlighting its emotional and psychological depth Broadens the narrative of modern British art by including lesser-known artists and parallel movements Richly illustrated catalogue with insightful essays by leading scholars and curators Timely reassessment of London’s role as a hub of creative innovation in the 20th century Essential reading for enthusiasts of modern art, figurative painting, and postwar cultural history This richly illustrated publication accompanies a major exhibition organised by Kunstmuseum Den Haag in collaboration with Tate, exploring the School of London — a group of postwar artists who redefined figurative painting in Britain. Featuring more than 70 works by Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Paula Rego, Frank Auerbach, and their contemporaries, the book traces how these painters captured the human condition in an era of social and cultural upheaval. While Paris and New York led the charge in abstraction, London fostered a quieter yet profound revolution centered on the human body and psyche. Through essays and artworks, the catalogue reveals how these artists grappled with shifting notions of identity, intimacy, and power, offering a compelling perspective on 20th-century art and reaffirming London’s role as a crucible of postwar creativity. Gregory Salter, Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham, (specialising in postwar British art). Sanjukta Sunderason, assistant professor University of Amsterdam, (specialising in Modernism and activist art). Elena Crippa, former curator Tate and Thijs de Raedt, curator at Kunstmuseum The Hague.
Published 11th May 2026
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