A new series of books titled Focal Points launches with three volumes of essays and articles by the former curator

All you ever wanted to know about the topic, from our difficult relationship with colour to a remarkable monochrome children’s book—selected by the colour historian Alexandra Loske

Manhattan print studio The Contemporaries and its founder helped to establish a mid-century market

Established in the early 1800s, the street was once home to the city’s grandest houses, but many were soon replaced by towering apartment buildings, shops and hotels. A comprehensive book brings this history to life

Marika Takanishi Knowles's monograph focuses on Pierrot’s rise to ubiquity in French culture

Max Pinckers worked together with Kenyan war veterans to bring records of 1950s colonial violence to the fore

The books explore the importance of artist and patronage networks centred on the Holbeins

As a protégé of the international dealer Carla Panicali from 1989 to 1992, David Guenther took a crash course in the business of art. But his account of this heady time is ultimately unsatisfying

Our round-up of the latest art publications

The London-based publisher Mack is acquiring smaller firms and widening its visual culture coverage

As the art historian makes the move into fiction writing, she tells us how learning about her family history inspired her

All you ever wanted to know about Auerbach, from a biography by one of his sitters to a collection of essays about his drawings—selected by the Courtauld Gallery curator Barnaby Wright

These works deceive readers, giving a false impression about the artist

The “experimental biography” offers fresh perspectives on the celebrated potter

He declared the auction to be art’s true benchmark, but Rosenberg was also a committed promoter of the avant-garde

This entertaining satire combines liberal quantities of sex, violence, money and drugs with the Britart scene

A new publication offers a more inclusive approach that also honours the “unexceptional”

Our round-up of the latest art publications

An exclusive extract from a new book by Bianca Bosker that lifts the lid on the secret life of the art world

Book on the US artist charts a life “propelled by unremitting determination”

Miyoko Ito’s intriguing merger of internal and external space gets proper recognition and a fresh look in this visual feast

Cuban American artist Edel Rodriguez, labelled a “worm” for fleeing Cold War Cuba in 1980, tells story of his progress from impoverished boyhood to creating alarming covers for Time magazine

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The author of a new book tells us why it was stolen and how Picasso got embroiled in the scandal

Fifteen art capitals are captured at their brilliant apogee in Caroline Campbell's book

The publication also explores how artists on the periphery might interact with the art market

This extract from a new book about works in the Dulwich Picture Gallery by Helen Hillyard and Jennifer Scott reveals the story behind the artist's 1663 portrait of Lady Digby

All you ever wanted to know about Hals, from an 18th-century biography to a 1994 novel of the artist's “lost diaries”—selected by the Rijksmuseum curator Friso Lammertse

A taster ahead of a later publication explores the Scottish painter’s focus on mental frailty, family and war

There will be other exhibitions in Italy, France, the Netherlands and Taiwan—plus a topical book and a plethora of immersive experiences