We have a broad list of art books to suit a range of tastes and interests, from monographs and exhibition catalogues to anthologies and illustrated biographies.
Kasmin’s Camera
Texts by Chris Stephens and Judith Goldman
October 2024
£30.00
An intimate collection of private photographs of artists and writers, friends and family by a legendary art dealer.
Michael Craig-Martin: The Complete Prints and Multiples
Introduction by Michael Bracewell
September 2024
£60.00
Coinciding with a major retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts, this volume is the catalogue raisonné of Craig-Martin’s prints and multiples
Clare Woods: As I Please
Texts by Charlotte Mullins, Darian Leader, and Ela Bittencourt
June 2024
£35.00
The second major monograph on one of Britian's most successful and sought-after contemporary painters.
Vicken Parsons
Foreword by Andrew Nairne
Introduction by Charlotte Mullins
Texts by Michael Archer, Iwona Blazwick, Darian Leader, Richard Morphet, Anna Moszynska, Annushka Shani, Rachel Spence, Edmund de Waal
Conversation with David Batchelor
April 2024
£35.00
A beautiful jewel of a book that conveys the power of small, intimate painting
Art Without Frontiers
The Story of the British Council, Visual Arts, and a Changing World
Annebella Pollen
October 2023
£29.99
A lively history of the collection and presentation of visual art by one of the most influential cultural bodies in the world.
Anita Klein: Out of the Ordinary
Forty Years of Printmaking
Foreword by Hollie McNish
Texts by Mel Gooding and Rebecca & Vincent Eames
Poems contributed by Dame Carol Ann Duffy, Hollie McNish & Wendy Cope
October 2022
£35.00
A charming and intimate visual journal of the highly popular artist and her family's daily life over four decades.
Love Me Or Leave Me Alone
The Very Public Art of Heather Peak and Ivan Morison
Texts by Claire Doherty and Gavin Wade
June 2022
£29.99
The first retrospective monograph on one of Britain’s most progressive and socially conscious artist duos working internationally today.
Josef Albers
Discovery and Invention – The Early Graphic Works
Foreword by David Cleaton-Roberts
Texts by Brenda Danilowitz and Jeannette Redensek
January 2022
£27.00
Offers a fresh and surprising view of a celebrated pioneer of modernism and one of the most important artists of the twentieth century.
Modern World
The Art of Richard Hamilton
Michael Bracewell
January 2021
£25.00
A brilliant new introduction to the art of one of the most influential and prescient artists of the 20th century, whose seminal work explored postwar consumer society and 'pop' culture.
Between the Lines
Critical Writings on Sean Scully – The Early Years
Edited by Faye Fleming and Oscar Humphries
Introduction Martin Gayford
January 2021
£35.00
A lavishly illustrated collection of writings on one of today’s most important abstract painters, covering the first part of his career.
Victor Willing
Visions
Foreword by Sir Nicholas Serota
Texts by John McEwen, Elizabeth Gilmore and Victoria Howarth
October 2019
£22.50
The first monograph in two decades to explore the work of a ground-breaking but overlooked painter described by Nicholas Serota as the ‘brightest of a bright generation’.
A House With A Date Palm Will Never Starve – collectors’ edition
Michael Rakowitz & Friends
July 2019
Edition of 200
£50.00
A limited edition of the stunning cookbook in which an artist invites chefs to create mouth-watering dishes with a traditional Middle Eastern ingredient.
An Alphabet of Animals
Carton Moore Park
April 2019
£16.99
An exquisite facsimile edition of a turn-of-the-century illustrated children’s ABC of animals.
On Being An Artist – paperback
Sir Michael Craig-Martin
September 2019
£14.95
A unique mix of memoir, personal manifesto, and advice for the aspiring artist from Sir Michael Craig-Martin, one of the most influential artists and teachers of recent decades.
A House With A Date Palm Will Never Starve
Cooking With Date Syrup
Michael Rakowitz & Friends
July 2019
£19.95
An acclaimed artist invites chefs and food writers to create mouth-watering dishes with a traditional Middle Eastern ingredient.
Paula Rego
Obedience and Defiance
Edited by Anthony Spira and Catherine Lampert
With texts by Catherine Lampert and Kate Zambreno
June 2019
£29.99 SOLD OUT
A major publication on the radical and political work of one of Britain’s most celebrated living figurative artists.
Paul Gauguin’s Intimate Journals
Paul Gauguin
Preface by Emile Gauguin
March 2019
£22.50
A beautiful facsimile of the first English translation of Gauguin’s frank and entertaining memoir, written just before he died, in which he reveals his innermost thoughts on art, life and love.
A Book of Elfin Rhymes
‘Norman’
Drawings by Carton Moore Park
October 2018
£16.99
An exquisite facsimile edition of a turn-of-the-century children’s book of rhymes that capture the mysterious and sometimes ridiculous world of goblins, witches and fairies.
Little Women
Louisa M. Alcott
Abridged by W. Dingwall Fordyce
Illustrations by Norman Little
September 2018
£16.99 SOLD OUT
A charming abridged and illustrated facsimile edition of one of the most popular and widely read novels of all time, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of its publication.
Edward Woodman
The Artist’s Eye
Edited by Gilane Tawadros and Judy Adam
Foreword by Phyllida Barlow
Texts by Gilane Tawadros and Woodrow Kernohan
November 2018
£30.00
The first overview of the work of the acclaimed photographer Edward Woodman, the photographer of choice for two generations of British artists.
Des Hughes
I Want To Be Adored
Texts by Stephen Feeke, Bruce Haines and Harry Thorne
October 2018
£29.99
A beautiful and striking monograph on an artist whose idiosyncratic works display a witty, dark and sensitive humour, as well as an obsessive exploration of the traditions and materials of sculpture.
Tim Braden
Looking and Painting
Texts by Christopher Bedford, Jennifer Higgie and Dominic Molon
September 2018
£24.99
The first book in a decade on a painter whose lush and seductive works in vivid brushstrokes and high-key colour dissolve and reassemble the world to re-present reality as something new and newly felt.
Beautiful World, Where Are You?
Edited by Sinéad McCarthy
July 2018
£18.95
Published in association with Liverpool Biennial, this collection of commissioned texts and art works explores the state of the world today in a time of social, political and environmental turmoil.
The Art of Rodin
Introduction by Louis Weinberg
July 2018 (first publ. 1918)
£19.95
A beautiful clothbound centenary facsimile of a rare early book on the father of modern sculpture.
ABC
An Alphabet
Written and pictured by Mrs Arthur Gaskin
April 2018 (first publ. 1895)
£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.
The Art of Aubrey Beardsley
Preface and introduction by Arthur Symons
April 2018 (first publ. 1918)
£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.
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.
59 Paintings
In which the artist considers the process of thinking about and making work
Paul Winstanley
April 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 SOLD OUT
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 SOLD OUT
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.
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
SOLD OUT
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 £600.00
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 SOLD OUT
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 – hardback
Sir Michael Craig-Martin
April 2015
£22.50
A unique mix of memoir, personal manifesto, and advice for the aspiring artist from Sir Michael Craig-Martin, one of the most influential artists and teachers of recent decades.
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.
Labyrinth
A Journey Through London’s Underground by Mark Wallinger
Edited by Louise Coysh
October 2014
£24.99 SOLD OUT
Limited edition £95.00
This stunning book records the extraordinary artwork created by Turner Prize-winner Mark Wallinger across the London Underground network, one that is rich with cultural and historical references.
ReNew Marxist Art History
Edited by Warren Carter, Barnaby Haran and Frederic J. Schwartz
September 2014
£25.00 (hardback £45.00), e-book £20.00 / £16.66
Progressive art historians are again recognizing the relevance of Marx’s ideas to their practice. This volume includes thirty academics who are reshaping art history on Marxist lines.
The Many Faces of Jonathan Yeo
Texts by Martin Gayford, Giles Coren and Sarah Howgate
October 2013
£24.95
Coinciding with an exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery, this is the first major publication on one of Britain’s best-known portrait painters. More than a monograph on a single artist, the book explores the state of portraiture today and the risks faced by both portraitist and sitter.
Incredible Tretchikoff
Boris Gorelik
July 2013
PAPERBACK SOLD OUT
e-book £9.99 / £8.32
Published to coincide with the centenary of his birth, this book tells the enthralling story of this flamboyant and controversial artist from his humble beginnings to the highs and lows of later life.
Titian Metamorphosis
Edited and introduced by Minna Moore Ede
Foreword by Dame Monica Mason
January 2013
£24.99 SALE £17.50
This beautiful book celebrates a remarkable project involving three artists working with leading choreographers and composers to create new works inspired by the paintings of Titian.
Titian Metamorphosis special edition
Edited and introduced by Minna Moore Ede
Foreword by Dame Monica Mason
January 2013
£750.00
Edition of 250
Celebrating a unique project by The Royal Ballet and the National Gallery, this edition comes with original prints by Chris Ofili, Mark Wallinger and Conrad Shawcross.
The Unexpected Guest
Edited by Sally Tallant and Paul Domela
October 2012
£18.95 SALE £11.95
Published in association with Liverpool Biennial, this timely collection of specially commissioned texts and art works addresses notions of hospitality, a growing area of study in cultural and academic disciplines.
The Roundel
100 Artists Remake a London Icon
Edited by Tamsin Dillon
October 2012
SOLD OUT
A hundred artists reinterpret one of the world's most famous brands, the London Underground logo, with witty and inventive results.
The Roundel special gift edition
Edited by Tamsin Dillon
January 2013
Edition of 150
£50.00 SOLD OUT
One hundred artists reinterpret one of the world's most recognizable brands, the London Underground logo, with witty, inventive and enchanting results.
Pushwagner
Edited by Anthony Spira and Natalie Hope O'Donnell
July 2012
£35.00 SOLD OUT
A major monograph on the visionary Norwegian artist Hariton Pushwagner, celebrated for his epic satires on modern society, as well as for his hedonistic and unconventional lifestyle.
