A revised edition of a 2020 book looks at the problems associated with a "white, male and middle class" cultural arena in the UK

The book explores how the British artist's mother was her most trusted sitter and Paul's thoughts on Lucian Freud’s depictions of her during their relationship

The publication on a 17th-century shipwreck reveals transatlantic connections and the complexities of underwater archaeology

New analysis considers the artists’ common cause as champions of landscape alongside their renowned differences

The often violent history of public statues and museum collections—including that of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum—is told in this biographical book that energises and exasperates in equal measure.

The essential guide now includes colour photographs of 95 works

Denied recognition and even credit for their work until recent times, Japan’s women photographers are challenging and subverting traditional assumptions about the female body

This journey through the UK’s publicly funded arts carefully averts its eyes from the many signs of crisis

The publication about the Guyanese-born artist includes diary entries and several works that have been photographed for the first time

The director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, offers sage advice on how non-profits can best manage personnel changes at the top

A new study explores the portrait practice of Beale, the most famous of the early female professional painters in Britain

The author looks at the defining features and similarities of work by Hieronymus Bosch, Max Beckmann and William Kentridge

This “alternative” history navigates the medium through artists on the margins, as well as established practitioners

The American South plays a crucial role in the photographer’s richly illustrated book

The macabre artist’s blood-soaked prints and drawings at the start of the 20th century foretold future wars

Charlie Engman is creating a counter to the “internet nerd culture” imagery widely associated with generative art

Archival images from Historic England trace the capital’s changing tastes

Recent publication is the first comprehensive account of works inspired by a visit to Switzerland in 1949

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

Catalogue accompanying exhibition at London’s Design Museum explores the US film-maker’s unique aesthetic

How lovingly raising her artistic family cost an artist of “tensile strength” her own fame

Seven essays accompany the first-ever exhibition devoted to the Caribbean-born artist who became a leading figure in the French art world

The German artist's work is pored over in two hefty tomes, one a smart overview, the other a comprehensive guide

The self-proclaimed atlas gives voice to works from often overlooked global-majority cultures but tends to favour mainstream over more challenging works

A collaborative book project takes a novel approach to examining the impact of the 16th-century Scottish monarch

Ostensibly a guide to the city's top 50 sites, a new publication by Paul Roberts offers far more

The Italian scholar Alessandro Giardino posits his theories about the Baroque artist’s Seven Works of Mercy in fictional form

Former museum director Bruce Boucher’s room-by-room account of the architect’s collection takes far readers beyond the catalogue

The Nigerian American writer and photographer’s intriguing new book comprises a series of indeterminate images absent of human life, interspersed with enigmatic short stories that raise many unanswered questions