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

The dramatic twists and turns of the leading figures of the avant-garde during the Russian Revolution

A new edition of her 1980s autobiography brings this vivacious and well-connected artist back to life

An intimate photographic essay by Gilbert McCarragher examines the film-maker’s Prospect Cottage

In the warts-and all publication, Orlando Whitfield discusses his 15-year friendship with Philbrick while offering insights into the world of art dealing

Gavin Stamp’s final book offers a fitting memorial to the architectural historian and Private Eye columnist

Established in the early 1800s, the street was once home to the city’s grandest houses, but many were soon replaced by towering apartment buildings, shops and hotels. A comprehensive book brings this history to life

The books explore the importance of artist and patronage networks centred on the Holbeins

As a protégé of the international dealer Carla Panicali from 1989 to 1992, David Guenther took a crash course in the business of art. But his account of this heady time is ultimately unsatisfying

A new publication offers a more inclusive approach that also honours the “unexceptional”

Recently published books aim to bring a deeper understanding of the canon, from the work of LGBTQ+ photographers to the pioneers who paved the way for later generations

Fifteen art capitals are captured at their brilliant apogee in Caroline Campbell's book

This corner of Manhattan played a pivotal role in the development of artists such as Robert Indiana, Agnes Martin and Ellsworth Kelly

The Italian filmmaker—and occasional painter—was scathing about Picasso but delighted in Caravaggio

The author’s voluminous letters to her sister Cassandra reveal her fashion tastes and thrifty skills

This well-conceived exhibition catalogue illuminates the sculptor’s terracotta models—masterpieces in their own right

The Somali-Italian author Igiaba Scego's tale of empowerment draws on the artist's journey from Native American reservation to international fame

Spoiler alert: lots of mounting takes place at Mount's

A level-headed survey of the rise and fall of anthropological and ethnographic collections and what their futures may hold

Kensington and Chelsea is home to celebrated statues and hidden pieces

A new book outlines how cultural affinity helped Danish carpentry’s ‘craftsmanship is king’ ideal conquer the US during the Cold War

A new publication tells the story of the London-born poet and artist, many of whose works are lost

Richly produced book documents how the nonagenarian artist’s work has been informed by her decades of travel

A book of the US photographer's aerial images, created during the Covid-19 pandemic, offers an original take on the US’s lived reality

New critical assessment of the vibrant works of the German artist who was exiled to the Netherlands in 1935

New book uses artist's wartime commission in a coalmine to show his melancholy side and mildly left political strain,

Ninety previously unseen photographs from the early 1970s reveal the foundations of his practice