Never straying from the documentary tradition, the image maker explores the gradual erosion of traditional forms of labour

A new book celebrates the pioneering artists who took control of the post-colonial agenda

Our round-up of the latest art publications

Ahead of the November presidential election, a new book by the For Freedoms organisation brings together the topical and political posters that it has commissioned since 2016

All you ever wanted to know about Frankenthaler, from a seminal monograph to the story of the bohemian world that forged her—selected by the curator and writer Douglas Dreishpoon

We rarely consider the everyday items owned by artists—this volumes' authors aim to change that

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

The American artist on his interventions at the Fitzwilliam Museum, a chat about a new publication exploring Gauguin’s complex character, and the details on a new London sculpture paying tribute to trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming communities

A tour of the National Gallery’s landmark exhibition with our Van Gogh expert Martin Bailey, plus a new book zoning in on the Impressionists’ “Terrible Year” and a highlight from Museum Folkwang’s hair-themed show

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

Our round-up of the latest art publications

A new book gathers together anecdotes from artists' early years and looks at how these formative experiences shaped their careers

All you ever wanted to know about the subject, from tomes on how society shaped Impressionism to a deep dive into how the paintings were actually made—selected by curators Kimberly Jones and Mary Morton

An authoritative and engaging read for fans of the UK's mute monoliths—be they academic or sentimental

Our literary editor Jacqueline Riding selects some of the tempting titles that are scheduled for publication over the coming months

Night Fever features an international cohort of film and photography artists, including Malick Sidibé and Sohrab Hura

Our round-up of the latest art publications

We speak to the British Library exhibition curator Melodie Doumy about the Diamond Sutra and other treasures from the Library Cave

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

Make room in your suitcase for novelist Chibundu Onuzo’s must-read titles of the season

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

Our round-up of the latest art publications

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

The Tate director discusses her new book about art institutions and their challenges in the 21st century

In this exclusive extract from a new book about Henry VIII’s six wives, the art historian Suzannah Lipscomb writes about “perhaps the greatest artistic patron of them all”

All you ever wanted to know about the topic, from the latest experimentations in contemporary art to some lesser-known Surrealist sculpture—selected by the head of the Henry Moore Institute, Laurence Sillars

Edward McParland's recent, wide-ranging book takes an idiosyncratic approach to classicism, examining its complexities and expressive forms

Two contrasting studies shine a light on America’s most celebrated ornithological artist

The author Michael Lobel argues that Vincent was more focused on industrial pollution