Classic posters from the last 300 years and the stories behind them.
Posters have always been designed to seek an immediate response. From the time when paper was first affordable, the poster h..
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Susie Hodge introduces and explains the central concepts that underpin Western art and design.
From Romanesque to Realism, Pop Art to Pluralism, 50 Art..
Create beautiful botanical artworks, engage with the natural world around you, and take pleasure in the changing seasons with A Year of Watercolour.
Award-winning and bestselling artist an..
A unique survey of 350 artworks by a global and diverse array of LGBTQ+ artists - many underrecognized and overlooked - from the last 50 years
Though the Stonewall Riots might now be short..
Aelita Andre (born in 2007 in Melbourne) is an Australian abstract painter. She began experimenting with paint when she was nine months old and her extraordinary acrylic on canvas paintings were prese..
A moving, revelatory story about one of the world's great museums and art's capacity to heal, by a writer who spent a decade as a museum guard.
**THE SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR**
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An Apothecary of Art is the beautiful debut collection from Ravenous Butterflies featuring 80 exquisite works of art from the likes of John William Waterhouse, Henri Rousseau and Rockwell Kent with ac..
A celebration of all things analogue, from the machines that made it work-reel-to-reel tape recorders, typewriters, and telephones-to the artefacts and the culture that they made possible Recent year..
Andy Warhol was a relentless chronicler of life and its encounters. Carrying a Polaroid camera from the late 1950s until his death in 1987, he amassed a huge collection of instant pictures of friends,..
In 1950s New York, before he became one of the most famous names of the 20th century, Andy Warhol was already a skilled and successful commercial artist. During this time, as part of his strategy to w..
Unofficial and unauthorisedIn 1962, Andy Warhol displayed 32 canvases of Campbell's soup cans in a New York art gallery. The art world - and what we consider to be art - would never be the same again...
In 1962, when he painted Campbell's Soup Cans, Andy Warhol was not yet a household name, and Pop art, the movement with which he is now identified, was still on the cusp of becoming a phenomenon. With..
The first extraordinary art book created through promtography. The artist and author has created the images, not with paint and brush but with AI.
This is an incredible selection of images, creat..
From millennia-old cave art to world-famous internet sensations, dogs have inspired artists to strive to capture their loyal personalities and antics for as long as they've been our furry friends.
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"The world's most famous and celebrated contemporary art critic." -GQ
"One of the most powerful art critics today." -Time Out
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of ..
Art is Magic is artist Jeremy Deller's attempt to tie up the key works of his career alongside the art, pop music, film, politics and history that have inspired his work. Much has been written about D..
As Kylie Jenner put it, "Check out this inspiring photograph from...@vladamua! "
From opulent to optical illusion, Vlada's art is a blend of make-up and magic that transform her lips into canvase..
Be guided and inspired by the world's greatest artists with this creative set of oracle cards.
Are you suffering from creative block? Struggling to make a difficult life decision? Find out what P..
A down-to-earth, visual guidebook that shows how to 'read', understand and get the most out of art.
For beginners, art history might seem a daunting subject with complex rules and impenetrable t..
Take a look inside the homes of some of your favourite artists and explore how each one reflected their spirit and creativity. From William Morris and Pablo Picasso to Georgia OKeeffe and Frida Kahlo,..
MEET THE WORLD'S GREATEST ARTISTS - FACE TO FACE
This stunning visual celebration of the world's most celebrated artists tells the fascinating stories of their lives and works.
Lavishly illu..
A treasure trove of carefully selected letters written by great artists, providing unique insight into their characters and a glimpse into their lives. Artists Letters is a collection of intriguing, e..
Engaging encounters, personal anecdotes and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art, by an international art world insider.
Praised by the Art Newsp..
Art lovers rejoice! We're off to the gallery.
Match 25 of the world's most iconic artists with one of their famous works. From classical to contemporary, Tracey Emin to Louise Bourgeois, this mig..
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 ..
Bauhaus Goes West is a story of cultural exchange - between the Bauhaus emigres in the years following the school's closure in 1933 and the countries to which they moved, focusing in particular on Bri..
The natural beauty and diversity of birds have fascinated us for centuries. Since their first appearance in art in medieval manuscripts, birds have proved to be a popular and enduring subject for arti..
In Blossom, botanical illustrator and lifelong flower lover Adriana Picker takes you through a year of flowers and the ways to live with and learn from them, with beautiful artwork as well as recipes ..
Timed for the company's centennial, this spectacularly illustrated coffee-table book traces the awesome evolution of BMW motorcycles from the birth of its iconic R23 "airhead" boxer twin, in 1923, to ..
Part anthropological study, part art book, and part how-to, Book of Earth immerses you in the world of ochre, a naturally occurring mineral used to make pigment. Each chapter explores Gustafson's rare..
A visual compendium of botanical sketches, many specially photographed, providing a revealing insight into the immediate responses of artists encountering the glories of the plant world.
While h..
Brent Harris: Surrender & Catch seeks to map the ways in which Harris's art has developed over the past four decades. It presents an overview of Harris's career, and through a number of in-depth essay..
Caribbean Art presents and discusses the diverse, fascinating and highly accomplished work of Caribbean artists, whether indigenous or from the diaspora, popular or 'high' culture, rural or urban base..
Long blonde hair, an iconic red lip, and effortless style-all signatures of fashion icon Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. Carolyn used fashion as her medium. She hadn't found her voice yet in front of the ca..
A contemporary look at Cecil Beaton's portraits of the Royal Family and how they helped create the public face of the House of Windsor.
Cecil Beaton: The Royal Portraits looks back in time to te..
What can we learn about the Roman empire from an amphora made in 200 BC? How can a simple, unadorned cup made in 1945 tell us so much about history? And what will an artwork comprising a vast collecti..
Our fast-changing world seen through the lenses of 140 leading contemporary photographers around the globe.
With close to 500 images, many previously unpublished, this landmark publication takes..
Ceramics is back in a big way, experiencing a steady surge of interest and popularity not seen since the 1970s. The return to the handmade, driven by our increasingly digital lives, means there are no..
In celebration of its 15-year anniversary, LUMAS presents 100 of the finest pieces in its portfolio of art photography. From landscape to portraiture, architectural images to fashion shots, photograph..
A wide-ranging and engaging introduction to the place and power of colour in life and art by John Gage, author of the award-winning Colour and Culture.
The complex phenomenon of colour has recei..
An illustrated guide to the history and symbolism of colours, as used in artworks throughout the ages, from prehistory to the present day.
Colour, which has the power to impart meaning or express..
Colours of Art takes the reader on a journey through history via 80 carefully curated artworks and their palettes. For these pieces, colour is not only a tool (like a paintbrush or a canvas), but the ..
"Les diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste ... If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating into a form of punishment, close this book at o..
David Hockney: Normandy Portraits accompanies a major exhibition on David Hockney at the National Portrait Gallery, London. It reveals new portraits painted in Hockney's Normandy Studio between 2020 a..
Destined to become a classic, Deep Color explores how colour acts on our imagination, subconscious, and daily decisions. It helps readers unpack the colour-laden stimuli that come their way every minu..
The beauty of flowers is often fleetingly lovely, but a dried bouquet is a gift that can last for years. In Designing with Dried Flowers, farmer-florist Hannah Muller of The Wreath Room at Full Belly ..
Dolls' Houses have fascinated children and adults for centuries. This delightful book, revised and now presented in hardback with a new foreword by artist Rachel Whiteread, explores the astonishing sk..