Books
Four things you probably didn’t know about Tutankhamun’s mask
To mark 100 years since its discovery, Garry Shaw, the author of a new biography of the Egyptian Boy King, reveals some little-known facts about the world’s most famous death mask
October book bag: from the merry portraits and financial woes of Frans Hals to a graphic novel about Banksy
Our roundup of the latest art publications
England’s late-Georgian churches—long dismissed as 'mere preaching boxes'—are reappraised in new book
Built for a booming population, their architecture has been unfairly maligned, argues this survey
How England's Civil War laid waste to the country's grandest private house
Book tells tale of how Oliver Cromwell wiped Basing House—which provided shelter to the famous classical architect Inigo Jones—off the map
Animal, vegetable, mineral: Swedish ironmaster dynasty's collection captures the natural world
Objects and documentation collected by the Timm family offer a unique insight into a past world
Susan Sontag's influential 1977 book On Photography is reissued
New version published by The Folio Society includes new insights from curator Mia Fineman who has selected key accompanying images
Trigger Warning: a new column on censorship in art today, from must-read books to which algorithms are policing creative content
Our chief contributing editor Gareth Harris will examine attacks on freedom of artistic expression and issues like ‘cancel culture’, providing valuable insights and context
Scholar finds sketch of Michelangelo in margin of book
Fifteenth-century edition of The Divine Comedy includes witty drawing of Renaissance master at work on a sculpture, claims James Hall
New publication brings Norwegian medieval wooden church—an art history Sleeping Beauty—to ravishing life
It may lie in a remote fjord but the Viking-built stave structure sits within a far wider context
September book bag: from Lucian Freud’s love letters to an Edie Sedgwick biography
Our roundup of the latest art publications
Innovative or elitist? A new book takes a close look at Latin American Modernism
A study of four 20th-century artists concentrates on close examination of works and intentions, rather than grand simplifying narratives.
Tate collection's dalliance with the occult is explored in new book
A new publication picks out art, artefacts and ephemera from the institution's collection that deal with occult themes, many of which have never been seen publicly. Here, the book’s author selects some of the highlights
‘This show was in some way my own wake’: Solange Knowles on her Venice Biennale performance, the focus of a new book
The artist, musician and performer discusses ‘In Past Pupils and Smiles’, a performance she staged in Venice in 2019 that is chronicled in a new book
How partition divided a centuries-old manuscript between India and Pakistan—and continues to plague the region's heritage
Research on the Chandayan of Mulla Da’ud has suffered ever since 24 folios narrating the love story were split up across the border in 1947
Who is Octavia Butler and why is the art world obsessed with her writing?
The late author’s sci-fi stories have inspired artists such as Alberta Whittle, Candice Breitz, Toyin Ojih Odutola and Precious Okoyomon
August Book Bag: from Fourth Plinth artist Samson Kambalu’s memoir to a story of art through the ages minus the men
Our roundup of the latest and forthcoming art publications
Stolen by the Nazis and a talking point in Cold War Poland: the strange journey of Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine
Eden Collinsworth tells a breathless, flowery tale of the celebrated Cecilia Gallerani portrait
The best art books for summer 2022—as recommended by artists, curators, museum directors and dealers
From artist biographies and essay collections to a dystopian novel, surf culture and a rock’n’roll autobiography
The eight best art books coming soon: from women street artists to the life and work of Hilma af Klint
Some of the top titles scheduled for the autumn
Brendan Fernandes on the afterlives of dance performances that breathe new meanings into sculptures
The artist’s new book—the seventh in his career—chronicles his recent dance and sculpture-based projects at the Noguchi Museum, the Graham Foundation and the Whitney
Tales of tragedy and heroism: book of photographs bring England’s shipwrecks to vivid life
Volume comprises superb black-and-white images of 68 shipwrecks off the notoriously treacherous south-west coast, beginning in 1871
July book bag: from a major Piet Mondrian biography to the Bechers’ pioneering industrial photographs
Our roundup of the latest art publications
The sensory language of paint, from Matisse banishing blue to Rococo’s love affair with pink
In her new book, Chloë Ashby explores the power of colour in art. Here, she takes us on a whirlwind tour and recommends four other fascinating new books on colour
Adam Dant’s on-the-nose political maps are delightfully vulgar—and merit a ‘Partygate’ update
New book collects the illustrator’s maps that range from UK political sleaze to the renaming of American states using cockney rhyming slang
An expert's guide to Raphael: five must-read books on the Italian Old Master
All you ever wanted to know about Raphael, from a page-turner monograph to a tome of his “irresistible” drawings—selected by the art historian David Ekserdjian
New book reveals how women artists in the 'Age of Revolutions' confound stereotypes
This statistics-driven investigation shows that many of the hundreds of women exhibiting in London and Paris between 1760 and 1830 eschewed the still-life
Rich volume examining knights and their shining armour goes beyond popular romantic notions
Book provides excellent overview of the history of and meaning behind orders, tournaments and armour
At long last, Indian art from the long 20th century gets the forensic treatment in gargantuan publication
Over more than 700 pages, and with a polyphony of contributors, this book charts more than 100 years of subcontinental art, from the 19th century to the present day
'Closer to Vincent': the secrets of everyday objects in Van Gogh’s paintings
A book and exhibition will reveal surprising facts about some of the artist’s best-loved motifs
Pioneering Parisian dealer Berthe Weill, who gave Modigliani his only show, is brought back to life in a new book
The first English translation of Weill’s 1933 memoir reveals a powerhouse of the Modern art world