Royal London x RANKIN produce book to help people talk about death.
From this week a new book will be made available online globally via key charities and organisations working with diverse communities in the UK and… Read More
Art Books
The best most interesting and most popular art books around, Reviews, Top 5’s, what to read during lockdown. Books to make you think, books to help you escape, books to help you learn.
Ai Weiwei new memoir 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows out in November
Ai Weiwei’s new memoir 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows is coming out on 2nd November 2021 with a cover designed by the… Read More
David Bailey x TASCHEN: Her Majesty The Queen Limited Edition Print
In 2014, England’s greatest portrait photographer David Bailey, shot the world’s most famous monarch, Her Majesty The Queen. Charming her to exude… Read More
How Old Am I? 1-100 Faces From Around the World By JR / Inside Out Project and words by Julie Pugeat
Created in collaboration with the Inside Out Project, a global participatory art project with which he won the TED Prize and has since drawn over 400,000 participants internationally, How Old Am I?: 1—100 Faces from Around the World showcases the faces and lives of 100 people from around the world via evocative photographs of faces taken by the featured individuals themselves with simple, poignant text
Jean Jullien: This Is Still Not A Book
With an inventive page design that inspires kids to play, This Is Still Not A Book invites readers to question what usually lies between two covers by transforming its pages into …
An unprecedented insight into Basquiat’s art and work
“I don’t think about art when I’m working. I try to think about life.” — Jean-Michel Basquiat A compact edition… Read More
The Top 5 Art Books to read about Artists and Exhibitions
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic normally picks five exhibitions to see in London, but as we’re in lockdown in the UK he has switched to books to read.
Virgil Abloh. Nike. ICONS
Bringing together all the greats—from Air Jordan 1 to Air Presto—Nike and Virgil Abloh reinvent sneaker culture with the collaborative project The Ten and… Read More
Top 5 Art Books to buy in TASCHEN’s sale (up to 75% off)
The TASCHEN sale has started with up to a 75% discount here are our Top 5 choices
The Strangeness of Beauty
Parasol unit has launched an online project The Strangeness of Beauty which examines the notion of aesthetics in contemporary art
David Hockney: Portrait of an Artist
Published to mark TASCHEN’s 40th anniversary, this special edition is an unprecedented year by year journey through the life and work of David Hockney.
Art, Life and Everything – Julie Umerle’s memoir makes for perfect lockdown reading
I first met Julie Umerle at an artist talk that accompanied her solo exhibition ‘Rewind’ at the Bermondsey Project Space in 2016.
The art of Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel makes art out of life. He uses everyday materials in paintings that carry a rich sense of history
The Top 6 Art Books to Read in 2021
The top art books for the year ahead including Banksy, Basquiat and Emin.
Artist Coloring Book Supports Artists During the Pandemic
The Coronaville Artist Coloring Book was published with the goal of bringing artists together for the benefit of other artists
A Life in Tattoos
Legendary Amsterdam tattoo artist and historian Henk Schiffmacher takes us on a personal journey through the history of tattooing from the 1730s to… Read More
The Top 5 Art Christmas Gifts
Beginning a week-long look at art gifts for Christmas on FAD magazine Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic has picked 5 Christmas gifts – no need to blow the budget and great gifts for even those who don’t celebrate Christmas.
Artist Jolyon Fenwick launches VIRUS CLASSICS, Penguin books reimagined for Age of Covid
‘VIRUS CLASSICS’, a collection of sculptures and prints, is a sharply humorous response to the current state of affairs by artist, photographer and historian Jolyon Fenwick.
Andy Warhol’s book of desire
Well before Andy Warhol’s rise to the pinnacle of Pop Art, he created and exhibited seductive drawings celebrating male beauty
The Top 5 Art Books to read in Lockdown
5 art books to get you through lockdown
5 great books to get for Lockdown II and Christmas
5 great books to get for Lockdown II and Christmas featuring Basquiat, Helmut Newton, Star Wars, Ai Weiwei and Wolfgang Tillmans
Shantell Martin: Lines
HENI Publishing launches Shantell Martin: Lines, the first monograph on the contemporary British artist Shantell Martin. Created in close collaboration with the artist herself, the beautifully designed coffee table book features her work across drawing, performance, music, technology and fashion.
New Banksy book and art stuff now available from new “eclectic bazaar”
‘Accidental art dealer’ Steve Lazarides has launched Laz Emporium, an “eclectic bazaar” reinventing the curiosity shop for our post-Covid age.
“FINE DINING 2099” Exhibition and book launch
Exhibition and book launch at GALLERY46, documenting life within a circle of independent young Londoners; gifted in music, the arts and the illicit. It’s contents are the visual culmination of a lifestyle; photographed over 5 years, which developed into a long-term project as Matt’s experience and interest in photography grew parallel.