Brian Blomerth’s Mycelium Wassonii
30 November 2021 • Mark Westall
Brian Blomerth first fused his irreverent underground comix style with heavily-researched history in his 2019 Technicolor retelling of the discovery… 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.
Gagosian to Launch Picture Books Imprint in Collaboration with Emma Cline
17 November 2021 • Mark Westall
Gagosian is launching Picture Books, a new imprint launching in December that publishes fiction by leading authors alongside contributions by celebrated… Read More
The Top 6 Art Books to Read this Autumn
7 October 2021 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his top art books to read this Autumn. Women In The Picture: Women, Art and the Power… Read More
Rough Trade Books has releases The ‘ART’ Series featuring The White Pube, Wilfrid Wood, Robert Rubbish & Babak Ganjei
24 August 2021 • Mark Westall
Rough Trade Books has just released The ‘ART’ Series a series of Pamphlet books and a Card Game -. Full… Read More
Women Who Changed Art Forever: Feminist Art Graphic Novel
16 August 2021 • Mark Westall
The Women Who Changed Art Forever: Feminist Art – The Graphic Novel tells the story of four pioneers of feminist art:… Read More
5 Art Books for August
2 August 2021 • Mark Westall
In these crazy times making the time to sit down with a book is a real luxury. So when you… Read More
How to Become a Successful Artist – a book with the answers
25 May 2021 • Tabish Khan
Tons of practical tips to get artists closer to success, and the data to back it up.
Trip City Acid House cult classic to be reissued
25 May 2021 • Mark Westall
In 1989, when Trip City was first released with a five-track cassette EP by A Guy Called Gerald, there had been no other British novel like it.
Royal London x RANKIN produce book to help people talk about death.
26 April 2021 • Mark Westall
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
Ai Weiwei new memoir 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows out in November
26 April 2021 • Mark Westall
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
22 April 2021 • Mark Westall
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
29 March 2021 • Mark Westall
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
24 March 2021 • Mark Westall
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
9 March 2021 • Mark Westall
“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
15 February 2021 • Tabish Khan
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
4 February 2021 • Mark Westall
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)
28 January 2021 • Mark Westall
The TASCHEN sale has started with up to a 75% discount here are our Top 5 choices
The Strangeness of Beauty
26 January 2021 • Mark Westall
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
25 January 2021 • Mark Westall
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
7 January 2021 • Meike Brunkhorst
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
5 January 2021 • Mark Westall
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
4 January 2021 • Tabish Khan
The top art books for the year ahead including Banksy, Basquiat and Emin.
Artist Coloring Book Supports Artists During the Pandemic
22 December 2020 • Mark Westall
The Coronaville Artist Coloring Book was published with the goal of bringing artists together for the benefit of other artists
A Life in Tattoos
22 December 2020 • Mark Westall
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