Objectionable Cubist collector used skills developed in an elite network to become a tenacious “Monuments Man”

Maurizio Cattelan sheds light on his famous golden toilet and that duct-taped banana

A new volume details a chance meeting that liberated art scholars Francis Haskell and Larissa Salmina in very different ways

The new study of the Da Vinci brand uses historical context to debunk the artist’s cult status and present him as a man of his time

The “provocative, punky, perverse” artist died far too young but her work’s influence endures, argues a new biography

New biography of Boston-born Alexander, who made her name in Florence with her delicate illustrations of Italian folk ballads, brings her out of the shadow of her friendship with John Ruskin

Through his dedicated printing and patronage, Gregory was a champion of contemporary art and design

Historical fiction on the famed bohemian collector brings her relationships to life but leaves out much of what she actually achieved

The correspondence between John and Yves Berger is both moving and enlightening

How, two decades after his death, did Mondrian become a brand icon, and make a lasting contribution to the “youthquake”?

Christie's will offer Scillionian Beachscape alongside a late garden scene by Freud, both of which were once in the collection of renowned patron Simon Sainsbury

An extract from a biography of the US collector and museum founder looks at how her modest taste was transformed by her inheritance and why her husband was not pleased by a revealing painting

These volumes on the Swedish artist will help cement her rightful place as a pioneer of abstract art

"Jo van Gogh-Bonger: The Woman Who Made Vincent Famous" is an altogether apt biography for the dutiful and determined woman

The definitive biography is now published in English—with a fresh explanation as to why the Sunflowers came to London

Our roundup of the latest art publications

Thorough research into the American painter’s life and art reveals layers of meaning in her work that have been long overlooked

The sympathetic book by Alex Danchev, acclaimed biographer of Braque and Cézanne, died before completing the final chapter of this publication

The Minotaur Years relays the artist's strife as he entered his 50s and one of the most turbulent decades of European history

Eccentricity and singled-mindedness were part of the great painter's character, but he had many unappealing traits

Second and last instalment of this two-part biography on the painter’s life fails to satisfy—but it does supply valuable first-hand records

The Tennessee-born artist, part of the Harlem Renaissance before settling in Paris, was largely neglected during his lifetime

This is the first publication about the man who put London's Whitechapel Gallery on the international map, but never gained the recognition he deserved

An exclusive excerpt from a forthcoming biography by art historian Robert Storr looks at the influence of comics as well as caricatures that the American-Canadian artist made of his contemporaries

An excerpt and images from a new biography on the sculptor who studied at the famous Black Mountain College and was interned during the Second World War

Gardens have inspired artists in many ways, not least directly in the case of those who painted their own plots, as this new book shows

At least 250 volumes in European languages have been published in 2019, the year that saw the world commemorate 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci's death

Famous and not-so-famous pairs of artists from Picasso and Gilot to Idris Khan and Annie Morris are quoted about how relationships work