Here are our latest and forthcoming books. For further information on each one, please click on the image or link.
The Christian Year in Painting
John S. Dixon
April 2018
£29.99
The only book in print to present paintings of all the key feasts in the Christian calendar by Old Masters from the early Renaissance onwards.
The Art of Aubrey Beardsley
Preface and introduction by Arthur Symons
April 2018
£19.95
A beautiful clothbound centenary facsimile of the first definitive book on the work of one of the most controversial and influential artists of the Aesthetic and Art Nouveau movements.
ABC
An Alphabet
Written and pictured by Mrs Arthur Gaskin
April 2018
£14.95
An exquisite facsimile edition of a classic Victorian children’s alphabet primer written and illustrated by a celebrated Arts and Crafts artist and designer.
59 Paintings
In which the artist considers the process of thinking about and making work
Paul Winstanley
March 2018
£22.50
An exquisitely designed and singular book presenting an acclaimed artist’s personal view about how paintings are conceived, made and interpreted.
Becoming Henry Moore
Edited by Hannah Higham
Texts by Sebastiano Barassi, Tania Moore, Jon Wood
July 2017
£22.50
A gorgeous book exploring the formative years of the young Henry Moore and his emergence as an iconic modern sculptor of international repute.
Fahrelnissa Zeid
Painter of Inner Worlds
Adila Laïdi-Hanieh
June 2017
£19.99
The extraordinary story of the life and work of the first female modern Turkish-Jordanian painter and a pioneer of twentieth-century abstraction.
Daniel Buren Underground
Edited by Eleanor Pinfield
Foreword by Mark Wild
Texts by Tamsin Dillon, Eleanor Pinfield, Hans Ulrich Obrist
Interview by Tim Marlow
June 2017
£22.50
A rare book in English on one of the pioneer conceptual artists and a striking record of his art works for Tottenham Court Road Station, his only permanent commission in the UK
Gillian Ayres
Foreword by Andrew Marr
Texts by Martin Gayford and David Cleaton-Roberts
April 2017
£45.00
The definitive monograph on one of Britain's most-respected and best-loved abstract painters of the postwar period.
Fourth Plinth
How London Created the Smallest Sculpture Park in the World
Foreword by Grayson Perry
Texts by Isabel de Vasconcellos
January 2017
£22.50
The inside story of the most talked-about – and controversial – public art programme in the UK, and a celebration of the place of art in London’s daily life.
Could Have, Would Have, Should Have
Inside the World of the Art Collector
Tiqui Atencio
October 2016
£22.50
A lively account of a lifelong activity seen variously as a heroic commitment or a crazy sickness.
Lament
Bettina von Zwehl and Josh Cohen
July 2016
£19.99
This highly conceptual and beautiful art work in book form is the result of a unique collaboration between an artist photographer and psychoanalyst writer.
Strand
Stuart Haygarth
April 2016
£28.00
In this original and striking book, artist and designer Stuart Haygarth presents his series of seductively beautiful photographs of some of the thousands of discarded man-made objects that he found while walking along the entire English south coast.
Clare Woods
Strange Meetings
Foreword by Andrew Marr
Texts by Michael Bracewell, Rebecca Daniels, Jennifer Higgie and Simon Martin
April 2016
£29.99
Presents one of the most significant British painters today, whose works hover between abstraction and representation, expressing a poetic romanticism and an unnerving psychic charge.
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Alex Schneideman
October 2015
£22.50
In this stark portrayal of late capitalism in action, photographer Alex Schneideman captures the alienating effects of mass consumerism in a series of strikingly beautiful black-and-white images.
Dough Portraits
Søren Dahlgaard
October 2015
£24.99
A visually stunning and hilarious book by Danish artist Søren Dahlgaard, who creates absurdist portraits of people with their heads encased in dough.
Another Green World
Linn Botanic Gardens
Encounters with a Scottish Arcadia
Alison Turnbull with Philip Hoare
October 2015
£18.99
An artist and a writer’s lyrical portrait of a unique place: a magical, idiosyncratic collection of thousands of exotic plants created by a father and son beside a Scottish loch.
Gideon Rubin special edition
Texts by Gabriel Coxhead, Martin Herbert, Aya Lurie,
Sarah Suzuki
July 2015
Special edition £300.00
Edition of 100
A special edition of this exquisite book on the acclaimed young Israeli painter Gideon Rubin, presented in a slipcase with a hand-painted gouache design, limited to 100 copies (20 each of 5 designs).
Gideon Rubin
Texts by Gabriel Coxhead, Martin Herbert, Aya Lurie,
Sarah Suzuki
July 2015
£29.99
This exquisite book is the first monograph on the acclaimed young Israeli painter Gideon Rubin, celebrated for his haunting yet compelling portraits of faceless subjects that are drawn from found photographs, newspapers and magazines.
On Being An Artist
Michael Craig-Martin
April 2015
£22.50
A unique mix of memoir, personal manifesto, and advice for the aspiring artist from Michael Craig-Martin, one of the most influential teachers of recent decades, who has nurtured two generations of British artists.
Public Art (Now)
Out of Time, Out of Place
Edited by Claire Doherty
March 2015
£29.99 SOLD OUT
This dynamic international survey brings together forty of the most significant and progressive artworks in the public realm over the past decade in an essential introduction to one of the most vibrant and radical areas of contemporary art.
A K Dolven
Please Return
Edited by Gaby Hartel
February 2015
£29.99
This compelling book presents a decade of work by the acclaimed Norwegian artist. Employing a diverse range of media, her complex and disorientating art explores the relationship between individuals and their surroundings.
