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Latest news and events
Welcome to the Art / Books website. We publish a wide range of beautiful publications across the fields of art, photography, design and contemporary culture. Below you can find updates and news related to all our latest and forthcoming titles.
New York Times interviews Diana Donovan and David Hillman about Terence Donovan and our new book
14 May 2013
'Lens', the acclaimed photography section of the New York Times website, today features a great interview with the authors of our book Terence Donovan Fashion. Click here to read the article and see an online gallery of images.
Time magazine features Terence Donovan Fashion in new online gallery
21 March 2013
To coincide with the release of Terence Donovan Fashion in the United States, Time magazine today launched an online gallery of images as the lead post on their Style pages. Click here to see the gallery.
Terence Donovan Fashion centre stage in Paris
4 March 2013
During Paris Fashion Week, we are thrilled to see Terence Donovan Fashion in the window of Librarie Galignani on rue de Rivoli, the oldest and most prestigious English-language bookshop in continental Europe.
DAP Inc. distributes our books in North America
28 February 2013
We are delighted to announce that DAP Inc. is now our distributor in Canada and the United States. Our books can be found on DAP's site www.artbook.com from today.
More praise for Terence Donovan Fashion
6 February 2013
The plaudits for Terence Donovan Fashion keep on coming. Wallpaper* magazine selects it as a book of the month, while the New York Journal of Books describes it as a 'flawless volume'. For more information, click here.
London Underground celebrates its 150th birthday
9 January 2013
London Underground opened its doors to the public 150 years ago today. To mark the anniversary, we and Art on the Underground have published The Roundel, in which one hundred artists reinterpret the company's iconic logo with wonderfully unexpected results. Click here for more information on the book, including details and images of a very special edition limited to 150 copies.
Joseph selects Terence Donovan Fashion as one of the 'Things we love'
3 January 2013
We start 2013 as we finished 2012, with Joseph becoming the latest fashion brand after Paul Smith and Net-à-Porter to recommend our new book Terence Donovan Fashion. Click here for a link to the Joseph blog post. To find out more about the book and to see some of the reaction to it, click here.
Waterstones flagship store selects The Roundel for its front window
15 December 2012
In our first season of publishing, we are very proud to see our new title The Roundel, published in association with Art on the Underground, appear in the front window of Waterstones HQ on Piccadilly – alongside Jamie, Nigella, Nigel, Hugh, Salman … and the Queen Mother. Inside the store, the book appears on the 'Best of London' and 'Best of Design' shelves. Meanwhile, Terence Donovan Fashion can be found in the 'Best of Photography' and 'Photographic Icons' sections of the shop.
The limited edition of Terence Donovan Fashion now available
30 November 2012
Terence Donovan Fashion, selected as one of the books of the year by the Times, Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph, is now available in a very special limited edition of thirty, presented in a clothbound clamshell box with signed and mounted Terence Donovan print. You can find more information and see photographs of the edition here.
Vogue, Guardian and the Daily Telegraph feature our new title Terence Donovan Fashion
2 November 2012
Today Vogue previews our latest publication Terence Donovan Fashion, which is published on 12 November. Click here to read the piece and see an online gallery of images. Tomorrow the Daily Telegraph will have an exclusive extract from the book, written by Grace Coddington and Robin Muir, and the Guardian has an online gallery from Monday. For more information on the book, click here.
The Roundel goes underground
19 October 2012
Posters advertising our new title with Art on the Underground, The Roundel, appear across the Tube network. Click here for information on the book.
'Pushwagner: Soft City' opens in Norway
22 September 2012
Following its successful showing at MK Gallery, the Pushwagner exhibition has moved to the artist's home country and the Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum in Tønsberg, Norway. The show concludes its tour at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam in February. Click here for information on the publication published by Art / Books.
The Roundel described as an 'excellent new book'
20 September 2012
It's Nice That, a website championing creativity and imagination in design and art, previews our forthcoming title with Art on the Underground, The Roundel. Click here to read the full article. Meanwhile, Design Week selects the book for its 'We Like' section.
The Guardian selects Pushwagner as 'Artist of the Week'
9 August 2012
Click here to read Skye Sherwin's article and here for a link to an animated film of Pushwagner's Soft City.
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BBC broadcasts film on Metamorphosis: Titian 2012
24 July 2012
This evening BBC One broadcast an Imagine documentary on the Metamorphosis collaboration between The Royal Ballet and the National Gallery. Follow the link below to watch presenter Alan Yentob go behind the scenes and meet the all-star creative team as they transform mythological paintings of the goddess Diana into contemporary dance. Available to UK viewers only, until Tuesday 31 July, 11:49pm.
Art / Books is featured in today's The Bookseller
13 July 2012
In the week that our first title hits the bookshelves, Art / Books is featured
in the print and online editions of today's The Bookseller. Click here to read the article.
Courtesy MK Gallery. Photo Derek Wales Photography.
'Pushwagner' exhibition opens in Milton Keynes
27 June 2012
The exhibition 'Pushwagner: Soft City' opened this evening at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes. The exhibition, the first international touring show of the work
of visionary Norwegian artist Hariton Pushwagner, will tour to the Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum in Tønsberg, Norway, and the Museum Boijmans
Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Art / Books is proud to
be publishing a monograph on the artist to accompany the exhibition.
BBC News website and 20 Minutos feature Tretchikoff and his celebrated Green Lady
7 May 2013
In the run-up to the publication of our next book, Incredible Tretchikoff, the BBC News website has an interview with Monika Pon-su-san, the original model for the artist's most famous work, Chinese Girl. Meanwhile in Spain, national newspaper 20 Minutos previews our forthcoming biography with an online gallery of pictures from the book. Click here to find out more about Incredible Tretchikoff, or follow all things Tretchikoff on Twitter by clicking here.
Tretchikoff's 'Green Lady' sells for £1 million
20 March 2013
One of the most recognizable paintings in the world was sold for nearly £1 million pounds at Bonhams in London today, double its estimate. Vladimir Tretchikoff's Chinese Girl, known as the 'Green Lady', was bought by British businessman and jeweller Laurence Graff. The picture features on the cover of our forthcoming book Incredible Tretchikoff, the amazing account of this controversial artist's extraordinary life. Click here for more information about the book.
David Bowie's new video features Tretchikoff's iconic painting
28 February 2013
The video for David Bowie's long-awaited new single 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)', starring Bowie and Tilda Swinton as a happily married couple, features Vladimir Tretchikoff's Chinese Girl, also known as the 'Green Lady'. Bowie grew up with a reproduction of the celebrated painting hanging above the mantelpiece in his family home. Click here for more images from the video. The picture also appears on the cover of our forthcoming title Incredible Tretchikoff, which is published in July. Click here for more information about the book.
'Pushwagner: Soft City' opens at the Museum Boijmans
23 February 2013
Following its initial showing at MK Gallery and subsequent tour to Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum in Norway, the acclaimed exhibition 'Pushwagner: Soft City' opened today at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Art / Books is proud to publish the accompanying publication. Click here for information on the book.
Titian Metamorphosis out now
24 January 2013
Our latest title, Titian Metamorphosis, a co-publication with the Royal Opera House, is now available. Described by Ballet News as 'so compelling that you find yourself totally absorbed within its pages for hours at a time', this stunning book celebrates the extraordinary collaboration between The Royal Ballet and the National Gallery that saw Chris Ofili, Conrad Shawcross and Mark Wallinger work with choreographers and composers to create three new ballets and art works inspired by Titian. Click here for more information on the book, including details and images of the special limited edition with original works by the artists.
Diana Donovan awarded OBE
4 January 2013
We are delighted to announce that Diana Donovan, wife of Terence Donovan and joint editor of Terence Donovan Fashion, was awarded an OBE for her charity work by Her Majesty The Queen in the annual New Year honours list.
The Observer describes Terence Donovan Fashion as 'superb', while Spanish newspaper 20 Minutos calls it 'the best fashion photography book of the year'
16 December 2012
Former fashion features director at Vogue, Harriet Quick, writing in today's Observer, identifies Terence Donovan as a 'great' of fashion photography and calls our new book 'superb … compelling ... a handsome monograph'. Click here for a link to the review. In Spain, the national newspaper 20 Minutos, which has the largest circulation in the country, writes that it is the 'best fashion photography book of the year'. Find out more about the book by clicking here.
Announcing a special edition of The Roundel – available on CultureLabel
3 December 2012
Ahead of Christmas, we release a collector's edition of our new title The Roundel: 100 Artists Remake a London Icon. For a limited time only, this unique and beautiful volume, produced in an edition of 150 copies, is available through our partners CultureLabel.com. Click here for more information and pictures.
The Times, Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph all select Terence Donovan Fashion as one of the best fashion photography books of the year
19 November 2012
Our latest title, Terence Donovan Fashion, continues to receive plaudits from across the media. Click here to find out why.
V&A Museum to host event marking the publication of The Roundel
23 October 2012
On 30 October, the Victoria & Albert Museum will host a panel discussion chaired by Jonathan Glancey and with artists Georgina Starr and Yinka Shonibare MBE to mark the publication of The Roundel. Visit the V&A website for further information and tickets.
The Unexpected Guest is published
1 October 2012
The Unexpected Guest, the companion publication to Liverpool Biennial 2012, is published today. Click here for more information about the book.
Art / Books at the London Art Book Fair
21 September 2012
Art / Books makes its first appearance at the London Art Book Fair, which opened at the Whitechapel Gallery today and runs until the end of Sunday 23 September. Our new publications Pushwagner and The Unexpected Guest can be found on the stand of our distributors, Thames & Hudson.
Liverpool Biennial 2012 opens
15 September 2012
Liverpool Biennial, the UK's International Festival of Contemporary Art, opens today. It presents work by 242 artists in 27 locations across the city and runs until 25 November. We are proud to publish the companion publication, The Unexpected Guest. Click here for more information about the book.
News of Art / Books reaches Italy
1 August 2012
Art / Books is featured on the website of the respected Italian daily business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. Click here to read the article.
Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 launches at the National Gallery and the Royal Opera House
13 July 2012
This unique partnership between The Royal Ballet and the National Gallery is
a highlight of the London 2012 Festival.
It brings together some of the finest names in contemporary choreography, art and music to create three new ballets inspired by the masterpieces of Titian. The project launches on 11 July with
the opening of an exhibition at the National Gallery and on 14 July with performances at the Royal Opera House. In January 2013, Art / Books shall be publishing a beautiful book to record this very special collaboration.
The first Art / Books title
is published
9 July 2012
We are very pleased to announce the publication of the first Art / Books title. Accompanying the touring retrospective organized by MK Gallery and curated by Anthony Spira and Natalie Hope O'Donnell, Pushwagner is the first major monograph on the obsessive and sardonic work of the Norwegian artist Hariton Pushwagner.
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Selected titles
Incredible Tretchikoff
With the pace and suspense of an adventure novel, this remarkable biography of one of the twentieth century's most popular and colourful artists matches the drama of its subject’s extraordinary life.
Titian Metamorphosis
This beautiful publication celebrates a remarkable project involving three acclaimed contemporary artists working with choreographers and composers to create new works inspired by the paintings of Titian.
Terence Donovan Fashion
The first ever book devoted to the fashion work of legendary British photographer Terence Donovan, whose iconic images helped to create the Swinging Sixties. A landmark in the history of fashion photography.
The Roundel
100 Artists Remake
a London Icon
One hundred international artists reinterpret and refashion one of the world's most instantly recognizable brands, the London Underground logo, with witty, inventive and enchanting results.
The Unexpected Guest
Art, writing and thinking on hospitality
Published on the occasion of Liverpool Biennial 2012, this timely collection of specially commissioned texts and art works addresses the theme of this year's exhibition, notions of hospitality, a growing area of study in many cultural and academic fields.
Pushwagner
A major monograph on the provocative Norwegian artist Hariton Pushwagner, celebrated for his epic satires on modern life and society, as well as for his hedonistic and unconventional lifestyle.