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A new book surveys four generations of abstract art in the Joyner/Giuffrida Collection
The artist’s soulful portraits conferred high status on his sitters—and on subsequent owners
A new book offers a study of Jewish patrons in fin de siècle Vienna
A revised catalogue of the artist's work brings his achievements into view
A new book explores the social history of these homes
Essays on the appropriation of cultural memory, identity and power
This volume falls short of the “definitive” one that was intended
Few books adequately explain Bonnard’s intentions and achievements. A new one is no exception
Although critics such as John Ruskin and Roger Fry rejected his work, collectors came around to Caravaggio's style
Her private writings are moving but share few of her ideas about art
The work of the French court sculptor François Girardon is synonymous with the reign of Louis XIV
A biography of the art dealer is an exemplary work of journalism and research
He is famous for his Lives, but his drawings deserve attention, too
Publication includes interviews with almost 100 art-world figures such as Maja Hoffmann and Damien Hirst<br> <br>
Richard Benson reflects on his travels with the photographer
The artist combined provocative sex and pristine classicism in his photographs, but no one followed his lead
A new book by Noam Elcott unearths the role of mediated darkness in cultural history
The art historian examines the long legacy of the Baroque painter
Scholarly assessment is greatly hampered by the lack of detail on where and how the objects were acquired
The complete collection of Francis Bacon’s paintings is published—at last
The writer seriously collected maiolica—and enjoyed its light relief and eroticism
Recent scholarship examines the social context
The cultural intersection of power, patronage and politics
This account of Islamic arms and armour is superb, but a complete catalogue would have been better
The mastery of his art and that of his Venetian contemporaries
