Jacqueline Riding, our books editor, selects some of the tempting titles scheduled for publication in the coming months

This comprehensive catalogue of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection from 1900 to now is a joy to behold

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An extract from a new publication about collectors by Dani Levinas features rare insights from the chair of Qatar Museums

The designer and editor also reveals the famous writers he will be collaborating with for the next editions of his popular diary series

The art critic Laura Cumming tells us about her new book interlacing art history and memoir

A level-headed survey of the rise and fall of anthropological and ethnographic collections and what their futures may hold

The publication explores the collector’s gift for friendship, but is oddly reticent about the man himself

A thoughtfully researched book ranges from chromatic imperialism to race and the BBC’s “colour problem”

The photographer and historian documented the country’s art back to the pre-Hispanic period

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Prosper Assouline also tells us about doing everything in-house and how 80% of a book is what is on the outside

From dystopian biography and intelligent plants to “monstrous mothers” and the underwater world, avid readers share their top tips

The writer and art historian Nick Trend tells us how he chose the art for his new book and why such choices can often be subjective

An entertaining study of the seductive legends of England’s past, from the eighth century to the present day

Kensington and Chelsea is home to celebrated statues and hidden pieces

Show of John James Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’ will also examine the man behind the works, whose name has been dropped from the exhibition title

An illustrated biography of the British-born Mexico-based artist is illuminated by the spaces she occupied

The visionary but misunderstood German architect was a proto post-Modernist

A new book outlines how cultural affinity helped Danish carpentry’s ‘craftsmanship is king’ ideal conquer the US during the Cold War

A new publication tells the story of the London-born poet and artist, many of whose works are lost

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Four excerpts from a book by Lauren MacDonald exploring the myths and origins of familiar colours

The UK artist explains the thought process behind the publication and the joy of “putting in crazy chapter headings”

A story set in Barcelona plays with the "mirror image" aspects of the Spanish artist's work

A welcome introduction to the 18th-century French satirist Claude Gillot

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In an extract from an essay accompanying a newly published facsimile, Peter Walther tells the story of how this remarkable publication came about

Richly produced book documents how the nonagenarian artist’s work has been informed by her decades of travel

A book of the US photographer's aerial images, created during the Covid-19 pandemic, offers an original take on the US’s lived reality