Paul’s Book of the Month: Eric Butcher – Trace Elements
29 July 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent
Paul Carey-Kent reviews Trace Elements, a new monograph documenting Eric Butcher’s striking shift towards a more sustainable artistic practice.
Tag: art books
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
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.
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.
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
The Top Art Books to Read this Summer
16 August 2025 • Tabish Khan
The Middle East, masterpieces, advice for artists, art’s purpose, urination and climate change.
TASCHEN SALE- up to 75% off NOW.
27 August 2024 • Mark Westall
The biannual TASCHEN Sale features iconic books across a wide array of categories at up to 75% off, including art, fashion, photography, design, architecture, travel, and more.
The Top Art Books to Read this Summer
28 July 2024 • Tabish Khan
Motherhood, rogues, women painters, interviews, understanding art and portraits.
New, free, art book fair for London opens this week.
1 June 2024 • Mark Westall
The inaugural Inventory Art Book Fair is a celebration of the breadth of artist publishing in the UK, bringing together the best in photo books, queer zines, risograph, theory, contemporary art and poetry.
The Top Art Books to read this Spring
15 April 2024 • Tabish Khan
Creative children, abandoned places, computing, war, Play-Doh, Warhol, masterpieces and social media.
Unveiling Inspiration: Top 5 Must-Read Books for Art Students
20 December 2023 • Gaston La-Gaffe
When you are an art student, you have to find inspiration basically anywhere. If you are watching movies to get… Read More
The Top Art Books to read this Winter
7 December 2023 • Tabish Khan
Creativity, satire, protest, a thriller, art history and making art.
Top 5 books for the holidays picked by Magnum
16 November 2023 • Mark Westall
Top 5 books for the holidays picked by Magnum- Cameron Foxhall is Magnum’s Operations Manager; beginning her career in 2018… Read More
INVADER- 4000, Exhibition & Artist Book, a complete guide to the Space Invaders.
19 December 2022 • Mark Westall
Over The Influence Gallery has opened 4000, Invader’s first official solo show in a Parisian gallery since 2011 and Invader 4000- The Complete Guide to the Space Invaders,1998 – 2021 has been released.
Out of the Box, celebrates objects, assemblage & the lost art of collecting in an increasingly digital world.
14 December 2022 • Mark Westall
A fascinating journey into a labyrinthine world, this is an inclusive, in-depth compendium of artists’ imaginations from very different walks… Read More
Andy Warhol Pop-Up Pop-Art collection from Popositions
29 July 2022 • Mark Westall
Proving the interactive potential of analog mediums, Pop Art and Pop-Ups come together to create an epic moment in both… Read More
The Top 7 Art Books to read this Summer
20 July 2022 • Tabish Khan
The top art-y reads for summer, from novels to artist biographies.
The Top 6 Art Books to read in Spring 2022
31 March 2022 • Tabish Khan
Art-y reads to put a spring in your step.
Welcome to Communist Utopia
7 February 2022 • Mark Westall
Peasant workers, production lines, and eager schoolchildren: this rare and fascinating publication brings together key artworks from Max Gottschalk’s vast collection of… Read More
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
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
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