The author Olivia Laing and the painter Chantal Joffe tell us about collaborating on a new book detailing their creative exchanges

The best recent publications about the subject, from a book following the rebuilding of Notre-Dame cathedral to a Batman comic set in Barcelona—selected by the museum director and curator Annabelle Ténèze

The civilised lustre of the great collectors could camouflage a lust that had more to do with greed than beauty

The father of the underground comic book is still an active artist, satirising the “inner hell that is part of American culture”

The Armed Forces Edition novel is now rare, since it was "not to be made available for civilians"—we show you a copy

Writer Octave Mirbeau, an early owner of a Sunflowers painting, titled his fictional travelogue "628-E8"—after his car’s own licence plate

Our round-up of the latest art publications

The book provides a fresh perspective on famous works, cruising through the last few centuries of Western art

The publications that delighted our literary team this year, from important exhibition catalogues and overdue surveys to personal reflections and playful illustrations

The security expert Anthony Amore provides insights into the curious case of Myles Connor, who stole Rembrandt’s Portrait of Elsbeth van Rijn

In this extract from her new book, Maria "Masha" Alyokhina Alyokhina recalls her first meeting with the Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson

The best publications about the Spanish artist's twilight years chosen by the curators of Late Picasso

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

Our round-up of the latest art publications

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

In Lydia Figes’s publication more than 50 successful artists share their wisdom on everything from defining success to dealing with galleries

Having lots of followers on Instagram does not guarantee a publishing deal but it helps

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

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

Our round-up of the latest art publications

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

The best publications to learn all about Rauschenberg, from his own “humorous and profound” writings to a book about his fruitful relationships with other artists—selected by the curator Michelle White

The author's new publication charts the history of the UK and Ireland from the last Ice Age to today

We speak to the author of a publication that dissects the way artists from Van Gogh to Frida Kahlo have been immortalised on the silver screen

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

Unpacking the issues facing cultural institutions today, plus chats about a Renaissance blockbuster and a ”cut-up” architectural installation in Basel

The world’s most powerful art dealer hopes BookHampton will remain a community gathering place

Lhéritier was charged with fraud by French authorities in 2015, and his company, Aristophil, has since been liquidated