Duff and Diana Cooper, Philip Sassoon, Henry 'Chips' Channon, Cecil Beaton, Maud Russell and the Mountbattens were amongst his patrons, for whom RW created everything from delightful book pl... read more
A lavish book on this Georgian artist who lived c.1866-1918 and influenced Georgian and Russian avant-gardists and Modernists. Large format, many illustrations.
To accompany the exhibition at the V&A: 150 works by Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Nan Goldin, David LaChapelle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Zanele Muholi, Helmut Newton, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol,... read more
Electrifying memoir by a former art dealer about his erstwhile friend Inigo Philbrick who, having cut his teeth at White Cube, went on to make millions but came a cropper. He was extradited ... read more
Published under the auspices of the Burlington Magazine, this is a series of 17 essays on aspects of the history of fine art conservation (from the conservation of the 'Ghent Altarpiece' to ... read more
Not all are hidden by luxuriant, pointy moustaches... The painter's only novel is a baroque and decadent tale set in the 1930s, first published in 1944.
Paintings from the first Impressionist exhibition 150 years ago, juxtaposed with works shown at the official salon of that year. To accompany the exhibition at the Musee d'Orsay, which will ... read more
An unusual presentation of Monet's paintings alongside works painted at the same time, on adjacent easels, by friends such as Manet, Bazille and Renoir.
From the author of Self-Portrait, her book about Lucian Freud, comes a collection of remarkable, imagined letters with Gwen John, an artist with whom Paul has always felt a close connection.
Accompanies a major retrospective at MoMA of her drawings, prints and sculptures. Few have portrayed human anguish so convincingly, with lines etched so hard they seem to ache.
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