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

British Museum show and book by Venetia Porter tap into rich seam of works by non-Western artists

All you ever wanted to know about Rego, from the best catalogues to a behind-the-scenes dive into her studio—selected by her son Nick Willing

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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

In his book inspired by the Getty Museum Challenge, Brathwaite recreated portraits by artists such as Georges Trubert and Sonia Boyce

All you ever wanted to know about Haring, from his personal journals to interviews with the likes of Roy Lichtenstein and Madonna—selected by the curator Sarah Loyer

An extract from an essay by the art historian Rye Dag Holmboe explains how the US artist’s works ended up in the Umbrian city of Spoleto

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All you ever wanted to know about Basquiat, from his best quotes to an “intimate insight” from his family—selected by the curator Dieter Buchhart

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Ahead of a new show of dog portraits at London's Wallace Collection, we round-up some publishing treats for you to paw over

All you ever wanted to know about Hokusai, from a history of The Great Wave to a novel about the artist's daughter—selected by the curator Sarah E. Thompson

A new memoir by Patrick Bringley details what it was like to work as a guard at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art

An excerpt from one of Thiebaud’s final interviews, which features in the catalogue of a survey at the Fondation Beyeler, reveals how the US artist arrived at his signature style

The former editor of Frieze magazine says the idea that modernity had to be rational, cool and atheist was detrimental to art

The artist, who is now in her 90s and voluntarily living in a psychiatric hospital, has a major retrospective under way in Hong Kong

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The British artist gives us an insight into the work behind his latest publication, which brings together more than 200 recent drawings

This except from Taschen's new book The Gourmand’s Egg: A Collection of Stories and Recipes shows how artists including Judy Chicago and Sarah Lucas have used egg imagery

All you ever wanted to know about Matisse, from a definitive two-volume biography to the writings of the artist himself—selected by the curator Dorthe Aagesen

The curator has brought together the work of 50 artists from across the continent for his new book African Art Now

All you ever wanted to know about King Tut, from CT scans and DNA studies to the perfect book for “any little pharaohs that you might know”—selected by the biographer and journalist Garry Shaw

A new publication unpicks how becoming a parent can detrimentally affect an artist’s career and suggests ways the art world can do better

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New version published by The Folio Society includes new insights from curator Mia Fineman who has selected key accompanying images

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The late author’s sci-fi stories have inspired artists such as Alberta Whittle, Candice Breitz, Toyin Ojih Odutola and Precious Okoyomon

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From artist biographies and essay collections to a dystopian novel, surf culture and a rock’n’roll autobiography