The London-based curator has been perusing publications on science fiction, avant-garde cabarets and all things witchy

Three publications explore the artist’s life through his writings, interviews and places of work

The essays in this book investigate the many facets of this extraordinary 18th-century fashion

An excerpt and images from a new biography on the sculptor who studied at the famous Black Mountain College and was interned during the Second World War

Gardens have inspired artists in many ways, not least directly in the case of those who painted their own plots, as this new book shows

Curators, directors and art historians tell us about the books they have been reading and revisiting

An excerpt, photographs and collages from the photographer’s re-released book

An Instagram Live interview with the writer of a new biography on the famous US artist

Online book demonstrates the groundbreaking work by Factum Foundation to create high-resolution facsimiles but also raises questions of value

The artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries has been inspired by his daily walks and ‘animal interviews’ to revisit one of his favourite books about trees

The Turin-based art patron enjoys learning about artist rivalries and delving into the Francis Bacon catalogue raisonné, among other things

The Whitney Museum of American Art curator delights in learning about the global culture of the Middle Ages and finds lessons for the future in a Cauleen Smith monograph

Curators and directors tell us about their new favourite books as The Art Newspaper launches its Book Club

Where print runs for trade art books have seen steady declines since the 90s, sales of artists’ books have stayed steady or risen—we look at why

Groups of pictures are assembled on the basis of word association—but not everything in this graphic novel makes good sense

For a charitable donation, the Scottish visual artist is selling 1,000 digital copies of one of her books based on the universe

The way in which relics were presented determined what and how people thought of them, according to this publication of lectures

Almost a travel guide, this publication illustrates the great art to be found around the world, so long as you look up

The Hamburger Kunsthalle’s exhibition catalogue groups Tiepolo, Fragonard and Goya as forerunners of Modernism

This extensive volume explores the relationship between the German writer's visual imagination and his fascination with natural science

The Arnhold family began collecting Meissen porcelain in the 1920s and the heir has given more than 100 examples to the New York museum

The area’s heyday in the mid 20th century has been obliterated by commercial exploitation

Decision on MOCA event affects over 350 exhibitors from around two dozen countries

This collection of essays examines the Islamic treatment of figuration around the world, from pre-modern decoration to contemporary snowmen

This is the first publication to fully examine the cultural output of the Third Reich, which, unsurprisingly, failed to produce great art

This exhibition catalogue shows European technological discoveries from the 16th to the 19th century

When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information

The practice of connoisseurship, which, the author Frédéric Elsig argues, is a skill that can be learned, is examined in relation to 15th-and 16th-century painting

Vibrant illustrations are accompanied by essays that discuss the history, creation and purpose of the textile works

Story directly inspired by The Art Newspaper’s article on the artists’s Japanese ornament, which sat in the dining room at his Giverny home, will be published in May