Books

Portrait of a limelight junkie

Christopher Simon Sykes is clear about the status of his biography of David Hockney. As he writes in the acknowledgements: “The rules were simple. He would talk to me in his time, not mine, and would... MORE

Published online: 12 April 2012

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Material gains

The National Gallery’s latest Technical Bulletin makes some great discoveries

Published online: 10 April 2012

Mirza’s cultural politics book pulped after row over Tate cover image

London mayor’s adviser says publishers will reprint without photograph of young child

Published online: 01 February 2012

Need a last-minute Christmas present?

Luminaries of the art world reveal their choices of “the best art book I read this year”

Published online: 20 December 2011

Man Ray and Lee Miller: l’amour fou

The intertwined lives, careers and works of two of surrealism’s greatest artists

Published online: 13 December 2011

Cultural Klondike exposed

Dubai aimed to rival Abu Dhabi as a cultural centre: this is why it did not happen

Published online: 14 November 2011

Eye-popping Escher

The Art Newspaper received a new book this week that quickly brought out the child in us. Thames & Hudson's “M. C. Escher Pop-Ups” is an...