A selection of Avery's paintings and watercolours, with recent work by a few contemporary artists he has influenced. Accompanies a show at MICAS in Malta.
An illustrated compendium of the our journeys into the cosmos - both imaginary and real. Bursting with sketches, photos, archival ephemera, (Galileo's shopping list, hand-annotated JFK speec... read more
Picasso, Paul and Nusch Eluard, Man Ray, Roland Penrose, Ady Fidelin, Eileen Agar, Dora Maar and Lee Miller in the late '30s, navigating art and friendship against a grim political backdrop.
Looks at the rich cultural exchange between both Eastern and Western artists during a period of ruthless commerce, highlighting the artists' technical experimentation and mutual influence. W... read more
A gorgeous book on the art of India's north-western kingdoms. The works belonged to a collection assembled by the scholar Catherine Glynn Benkaim and her husband in the second half of the C2... read more
A well-illustrated catalogue for a fascinating exhibition at the Ashmolean that looks at the interplay of plants and art - from the Tradescants to tulipomania, botany, empire and the present... read more
A slim book reproducing the sketchbook CDF took into the Bohemian mountains and forests of north Germany. (Not to be confused with the Karlsruhe Sketchbook, originally due out last autumn bu... read more
L'Estampe originale was a French quarterly periodical that published portfolios of prints for a very limited number of subscribers. It lasted for nine issues only between 1893 and 1895. Repr... read more
'A robin redbreast in a cage/Puts all Heaven in a rage': Fabritius' entrancing painting is at the core of this book (for a show at the Mauritshuis), which looks at our relationship with bir... read more
Owens is an articulate, sensitive guide through the seasons: her previous book, Spirit of Place: Artists, Writers and the British Landscape, was excellent.
From an exhibition at the British Museum, marking 200 years since the fatal visit of King Liholiho and Queen Kamamalu to London (who both died after contracting measles, to which they had no... read more