The Top Art Books to read this Summer
14 July 2026 • Tabish Khan
Theft, sculpture, The Bayeux Tapestry, careers in art, printmaking, space, symbolism, Queer artists, gold, plants, and interpreting art
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Paul’s Book of the Month: Marguerite Humeau – Auguries
3 June 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent
Paul Carey-Kent reviews Auguries, a major publication exploring Marguerite Humeau’s ambitious sculptures, ecological thinking and land art projects.
Queer|Art & Drag Race Star Megami Launch Fundraising T-Shirt to Support LGBTQ+ Artists
2 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Queer|Art has partnered with RuPaul’s Drag Race star Megami to launch a limited-edition artist-designed T-shirt
Book Review: Andy Warhol: The Complete Textiles and Fashion, 1955–1987 by Paul Maréchal
1 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Paul Maréchal’s new book reveals how Andy Warhol’s textile and fashion designs laid the foundations for his groundbreaking Pop Art practice.
Paul’s Book of the Month: Craig Easton, An Extremely Un-get-atable Place
7 May 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent
In 1946, George Orwell (1903-50) wrote an entertaining piece for the Evening Standard, setting out his eleven rules for making the perfect cup of tea.
FAD News: Offprint London heads to 180 Studios for its 2026 edition
5 May 2026 • Mark Westall
Offprint London heads to 180 Studios, gathering independent publishers, artists and thinkers for 3 days of books, talks & experimental programming.
Paul’s Book of the Month: Fiona McIntyre – Sacred Earth
8 April 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent
A review of Fiona McIntyre’s Sacred Earth, exploring landscape, mineral painting and her exhibition at Nature in Art.
Peter Kennard’s STOP Published as War Returns to the Global Stage
19 March 2026 • Mark Westall
As global conflict once again dominates headlines, a long-unseen work by Peter Kennard arrives with renewed urgency.
Paul’s Book of the Month: Goethe and Prostitution
11 March 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent
If that seems a surprising subject, I should mention that I’m dealing with two books
The Top Art Books to read this Spring
10 March 2026 • Tabish Khan
Advice, Impressionism, culture, secret paintings, colonialism, degenerate art and sculpture.
My Heart is This – Tracey Emin on Painting
8 March 2026 • Mark Westall
A new book offers an intimate look into the life and thinking of one of Britain’s most influential contemporary artists.
New Beatriz González Monograph Published to Accompany Barbican Retrospective
5 March 2026 • Mark Westall
Bringing together more than 150 works and over 300 images, the volume charts González’s bold engagement with power, memory and political history
Avant Arte launches limited edition by Jeff Koons in support of LACMA
26 February 2026 • Mark Westall
Avant Arte has announced its first collaboration with Jeff Koons
14 Best Coffee Table Books for Art Lovers
10 February 2026 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Whether you’re inviting guests into your home or planning an afternoon of solo relaxation, coffee table books offer a point… Read More
Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge Release Wasteland, a Collaborative Art Novel of Queer Intimacy
5 February 2026 • Mark Westall
Wasteland, the new art novel by Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge, is a space you enter knowing you may not… Read More
Top 5 picks from the TASCHEN SALE – *Save up to 75%
4 February 2026 • Mark Westall
TASCHEN – the leading art-book publisher celebrated for its bold, visually striking coffee table books has announced its next biannual… Read More
Paul’s Book of the Month: Peter Peri
28 January 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent
My ‘Book of the Month’ may seem at the high price end, but is arguably cheap given the production values of an outstanding monograph on Peter Peri
In the Studio with Robert Charles Mann
22 December 2025 • Paige Miller
Robert Charles Mann is ducking under a 3 meter long, 400 year old oak beam in his Loire Valley studio.
The Top Art Books to Read this Winter
12 December 2025 • Tabish Khan
Humour, lessons for artists, dark fairy tales, light, words, and William Morris
Subject–Object Art Theory, the first comprehensive account of Pyotr Pavlensky’s philosophical and methodological framework
9 December 2025 • Mark Westall
Pyotr Pavlensky turns state violence into his medium—now, in his own words, he reveals the theory behind the fire
30 Years of Photoworks – new Annual out now
8 December 2025 • Mark Westall
Photoworks is 30 in 2025 and as part of the celebrations its latest Annual takes a look both backwards and forwards.
Review: “The Print and the Time” — Reflections on Counter Editions: 25 Years
7 November 2025 • Yichun Huang
Counter Editions: 25 Years unfolds as a vivid survey of contemporary printmaking. Bringing 70+ leading artists & over 140 limited-edition works
Paul’s Puff for Prints
30 October 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
It’s easy to pass on by because you have already seen them – yet how fully have you looked?
Mix & Match: Fashion Photography Meets Contemporary Art
28 October 2025 • Mark Westall
A dynamic survey of the Nicola
Erni Collection, one of the foremost
collections of photography and
contemporary art