A collection of nine essays that elaborate on the development and themes of Mingei, the Japanese art movement that found beauty in commonplace objects.
Majorelle (1886-1962) was a French painter who travelled widely in Italy and Egypt before settling in Morocco in 1917; he became well-known as an Orientalist painter (with shades of Edward H... read more
Based on the Atholl collection of South African art, this superbly produced volume explores themes of transformation and metamorphosis, resistance and affinity, highlighting the fragility of... read more
Harris' wondrously eclectic mind has previously produced Weatherland and Romantic Moderns. Here she weaves stories of the Sussex landscape of her youth, with threads of Blake, Milton, Consta... read more
There's a pleasant and airy simplicity to Hughes's landscapes: patient, mindful, each view pared back to flattened shapes and even tones. They are gathered together here alongside a short te... read more
The most comprehensive study of his career to date - which was launched in 1991 with Self, a cast of his own head made from his own frozen blood. Includes interviews with Kate Moss and Ai We... read more
A gorgeous book on CDF on the 250th anniversary of his birth, to accompany the spectacular exhibition in Hamburg. Notes, essays and outstanding reproductions.
A short biography of the woman who managed Leach Pottery in Cornwall for forty years and was a fine potter in her own right. She met her husband, Bernard, in New York in the wake of the Grea... read more
NT has been studying the Pacific islands for decades... who better to tackle this controversial painter, whose depictions of Polynesia have enchanted and enraged art history for so long?