The book provides a fresh—and refreshing—perspectives on famous works by the likes of Georgia O’Keeffe, Van Gogh and Goya

This study of the first decade of the Artists International Association, set up in the years before the Second World War, focusses the group’s impact as well as its lesser-known figures

An art historian’s book on the Lahore-born artist does justice to both her beautiful paintings and the history that informs them

A new book tells the story of The American Girls' Club in Montparnasse, which provided studios and solidarity—though not for all

The French portraitist has been repositioned for an entry-level audience

A former Christie’s president examines the meteoric rise of the “radiant child”, and his legacy following his untimely death

A new book explores Siena's heyday—the good, the bad and the sceptical

James King’s study places Jessica Dismorr and Helen Saunders at the centre of the movement

A new book delve's in to collection of the physician and chemist, who paid for medical school by winning boxing matches

The detailed survey seeks to rethink how people understood, and gave meaning to, the body and its portrayal in the period

An intimate and chatty biography gives the artist space to reflect on his career in photography and the practice’s evolution

Novelist Laurent Binet weaves a compelling tale of Renaissance Italy with this art historical murder mystery

This evocative tale makes a compelling case Bell, who made inroads as an artist and designer at a time when this was rare for women

Writer Barry Avrich has followed up his 2020 documentary about the $80m art fraud case with a new book on the saga

The exceptional legacy of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, best known for her scholarly collecting of ceramics, is explored in a new biography

The book also includes myriad accounts of the British artist's inspirational teaching techniques

This comprehensive reader on the second edition in 2020 considers how the independent-minded institution is placing Pakistan’s artists in an international context as well as helping them thrive in a complex political environment

Philip Hoare has created his “version of a Blake print”, a complex book to dive into and get lost in

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