All you ever wanted to know about Hepworth, from a pictorial autobiography to a collection of her poems, notes and transcripts—selected by the curator and biographer Eleanor Clayton

The publication claims Nan Goldin may have been tailed by investigators and reveals how the Met lost out to the Smithsonian thanks to a lack of flattery from its director

The writer Ian Collins says that after his chance meeting with the British artist his “life changed forever”

Martin Gayford’s book pays tribute to Britain’s greatest living artist before an exhibition at London’s Royal Academy

A new biography by Carol Jacobi explores the artist’s role in bringing the Paris scene to London and considers how frequent name changes and reinventions muddied her legacy

A roundup of the latest art publications

The Accidental Collector features a wealthy heiress, jet-setting dealers and a Swiss-owned mega gallery in Somerset… sound familiar?

All you ever wanted to know about Hockney, from the best biography to the artist's “radical” investigations into art history—selected by the critic (and longtime friend) Martin Gayford

New book by Jennifer Higgie gives astute insights into brilliant women artists shut out of art history

New book by Martin Kemp considers the impact of poet’s vision of divine light on artists such as Michelangelo and Titian

A survey of books published on the artist's quincentenary shows that attention has shifted to his Roman period and tapestry designs

As a biography on the US painter is republished, its author Phoebe Hoban tells us why Neel’s work is more relevant than ever

A roundup of the latest art publications

All you ever wanted to know about Kusama, from a detailed study of her Infinity Mirror Room to illustrations for Alice in Wonderland—selected by the Gropius Bau director Stephanie Rosenthal

The Thames is the inspiration for a number of new projects that celebrate the power of this mighty river and its ability to fuel imaginations

The Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko created 14 paintings for the chapel but did not live to see it completed

Printed Matter's online venture offers new, rare and out of print publications alongside panels, trailers and prints

A revolutionary study based on Enlightenment theories explains what coloured marbles meant, from Egypt to the 17th century

The latest art publications rounded up in our new book bag section

The feminist writer’s renowned essay ‘Why have there been no great women artists?’ challenged the myth of male genius and called for a new way of thinking

The British fashion writer Simon Doonan speaks about his new book on the artist and describes his first encounter with Haring via a t-shirt

Artists including Rachel Whiteread, Ragnar Kjartansson and Roni Horn share texts ranging from 19th-century poetry to postmodern fiction on The Art Newspaper’s podcast

Although Guston's paintings of Klansmen “remain controversial today” they are also “deeply relevant”, she says

We look ahead at the events to enjoy this year—assuming coronavirus doesn't scupper them

A new book by Jonathan Petropoulos explores Bruno Lohse’s devotion to Hitler’s number two

From the catalogue for a controversial Guston show to a four-volume tome on Leonardo Da Vinci—and some lighter reads too

Survey including 91 illustrations shows how the artist used the winged gods prolifically in his work

The outcome of decades of research, this meticulously produced volume gives insight into artist's full oeuvre

As his new book is published, the auction house chief compares coronavirus fallout to previous economic disasters

This weighty tome looks at the life and work of the Italian sculptor Giambologna but focuses on the contested bronze