The Mexican Emperor Maximilian, Crown Prince Rudolf and Archduke Franz Ferdinand all came to sad ends, but amassed vast estates and works of art

From naked performances in New York and her relationship with Joseph Cornell to hijacking the Venice Biennale, the Japanese artist is the subject of a new comic book by Elisa Macellari

Book shows that John Nash was a remarkable artist overshadowed by his elder sibling, Paul

A new book by Matthew Israel gives an insider’s view of the art world over the course of a year

There is plenty to enjoy in this account of a group of travelling painters who were not only accomplished but also determined, brave and hardy

But blowback has been swift against the hobbyist painter, whose immigration policies while in office included the creation of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Tarot has had a resurgence in popularity in recent years. But the iconography of this centuries-old occult practice is constantly evolving with each new generation of artists

Alberto di Lenardo’s secret 8,000-strong archive has been distilled into a new publication by his granddaughter Carlotta, who tells us all about it

An exclusive excerpt from a forthcoming biography by art historian Robert Storr looks at the influence of comics as well as caricatures that the American-Canadian artist made of his contemporaries

Bodleian scholars give their top tips for The Art Newspaper Book Club

The institution has released an up-to-date account of discoveries from the seaside getaway near Herculaneum, where Roman politicians took restorative breaks—before it was buried by Vesuvius

From student sit-ins to the importance of air travel in shaping the art world as we know it

Despite the dodgy gaze that Titian attributed to him in his famous portrait, this double volume demonstrates the Italian's important role in cultural history

The US artist speaks about his research into historic cases of iconoclastic annihilation

A new book by Lisa Tickner, called London's New Scene, focuses on a cast of glamorous characters and gritty drama, with much that resonates today

Second volume of a wide-ranging biography gives us the fun-loving, sophisticated man, as his work developed from delicate mobiles to firmly grounded ‘stabiles’

A selection of photographs, plus the curator Eleanor Nairne tells us how the two artists had a love for liquid latex and were fuelled by grief

A German Egyptologist believes he has cracked the code to the enigmatic 15th century illustrated book—but many others have made the same claim in the past and failed

The curator has been delving into the complex lives of plants and has found “the perfect companion through these strange days”

As protests over the death of George Floyd continue to rage across the US, a newly released monograph on The Atmosphere of Crime series from the 1950s remains timely

Three Andy Warhol devotees give their take on the near-1000 page biography

The recovery of a Worcester soft-paste collection sheds light on 18th-century Anglo-Irish culture

Excerpts from the expanded monograph include how he was inspired by outsider art and the stresses of building a “Taj Mahal on the River Stour”

The art historian has been engrossed by a spy biography featuring art world personalities, and is taking his first steps with a book on ancient walking routes

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