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Wreck: A Story of Art and Survival
Author: Tom de Freston Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 An artist's obsession with Gericault's monumental painting The Raft of the Medusa, and an intensely personal reckoning that delves deep...
Vincent van Gogh: A Life in Letters
Author: Nienke Bakker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 An illustrated selection of Van Gogh's letters, forming an extraordinary window into the life and creative thinking of one of the...
Unquiet Landscape: Places and Ideas in 20th-Century British Painting
Author: Christopher Neve Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 232 Christopher Neve's classic book is a journey into the imagination through the English landscape. How is it that artists, by thinking...
Tony Cragg (Bilingual edition): Infinite and Beautiful Forms
Author: Sergio Risaliti Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 152 The works of the English master, one of the most celebrated figures of contemporary sculpture This volume is a tribute to...
Those Passions: On Art and Politics
Author: T. J. Clark Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 'The decade's most stimulating art book' Financial Times A Guardian History Book of the Year 'For those, though, who relish...
Thomas Heatherwick: Making
Author: Thomas Heatherwick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 Coinciding with Thomas Heatherwick's new series on Radio 4, 'Building Soul'. Featuring sixteen new projects and fresh photography, this updated and...
The Synthetic Eye: Photography Transformed in the Age of AI
Author: Fred Ritchin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 An essential investigation into the murky ethics of AI, one that calls into question the future of photography. Artificial Intelligence is...
The Royals: Tudors to Windsors
Author: Rab MacGibbon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Explore 500 years of the British royal family and how their portrayal has developed throughout the ages through beautiful artworks from...
The Iconic House: Architectural Masterworks Since 1900
Author: Dominic Bradbury Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 376 The Iconic House features over 100 of the most important and influential houses designed and built since 1900. International in scope...
The Everyday and Everydayness: Two Works Series Vol. 3
Author: Julie Mehretu Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 64 'The character of the everyday has always been repetitive and veiled by obsession and fear', wrote Henri Lefebvre in 1987. Drawing...
The Curator's Handbook: Museums, Commercial Galleries, Independent Spaces
Author: Adrian George Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 374 An updated edition of this essential practical handbook for all those involved in, or studying, the dynamic field of curating. From...
The Book of Wild Flowers: Reflections on Favourite Plants
Author: Angie Lewin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 136 'A beautiful little book in every way ... Lyrical and eye-catching on the one hand, informative on the other, their work...
The Book of Taylor: 50 reasons Taylor Swift rules the world
Author: Billie Oliver Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 104 From her signature red lip to her endless list of chart-topping hits, Taylor Swift if a force to be reckoned with....
The Artist's Studio: A Cultural History - A Times Best Art Book of 2022
Author: James Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A 'TIMES' BEST ART BOOK OF 2022 ___________________________________________ An exciting narrative and visual history of the artist's studio, examining the myth...
The Art Museum in Modern Times
Author: Charles Saumarez Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 The National Portrait Gallery, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy all saw either radical architectural interventions or rethinks of...
Reframing the Black Figure: An Introduction to Contemporary Black Figuration
Author: Ekow Eshun Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 112 'What happens when Black artists depict Black figures? What art does this produce, and what worlds of possibility does this reveal?'...
Phew, Eh Readers?: The Life and Writing of Tom Hibbert
Author: Tom Hibbert Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Idiosyncratic. Iconoclastic. Acerbic. Hilarious. The influence of Tom Hibbert's music writing across print, radio, TV and podcasts is incomparable. From his...
Paolo Roversi
Author: Chiara Bardelli-Nonino Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 A compact survey of photographer Paolo Roversi's romantic, intense and ethereal fashion images and portraits. Born in Ravenna, Italy, in 1947,...
Packaged for Life: Beer, Wine & Spirits
Author: Victionary Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 280 In our haste to consume the things we love, we often disregard or discard packaging without a second thought. While many would...
Modern Painting: A Concise History
Author: Simon Morley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A new concise history of modern painting, offering an indispensable reference to the complexities and characteristics of this medium. While acknowledging...
Maritime Logos
Author: Various Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 108 Maritime Logos is the second instalment in an ongoing series of pocket books dedicated to logo design. Following on from 'Architectural Logos'...
Looking at Photographs
Author: Laurent Jullier Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 New in the Art Essentials series, an introductory guide to the art of looking at and engaging with photography. Everything counts...
Illustration: A Concise History
Author: Andrew Hall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 360 An indispensable guide to the international history of illustrated images, from 1750 to the present day. Illustration: A Concise History is...
I object: Ian Hislop's search for dissent
Author: Ian Hislop Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A visual history of dissent, told through objects that challenge authority, published to accompany an exhibition at the British Museum co-curated...
Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
Author: Grayson Perry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 'The Tomb of an Unknown Craftsman is of a treasure hoard from a distinct civilisation. The difference is that it is...
Fashion Quotes: Stylish Wit & Catwalk Wisdom
Author: Patrick Mauries Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 From the bestselling authors of Choupette and The World According to Karl, a selection of wise words from Balzac, Oscar Wilde,...
Design for the Real World
Author: Victor Papanek Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Design for the Real World has been translated into over twenty languages since it first appeared in 1971; it has become...
Contemporary Art
Author: Natalie Rudd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 A plain speaking, jargon-free account of contemporary art that identifies key themes and approaches, providing the reader with a clear understanding...
Citrus: A World History
Author: David J. Mabberley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A world history of citrus, from the art of classical antiquity to the science of the modern era. Mandarin, citron,...
Calling the Shots: A Queer History of Photography
Author: Zorian Clayton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 An accessible, inspirational and engaging introductory survey of LGBTIQ+ photography, as told through the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum,...
Cabin
Author: Will Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 The story of the author's cabin build in the wilderness, packed with practical advice for aspiring builders and insights into of...
Building for Hope: Towards an Architecture of Belonging
Author: Marwa al-Sabouni Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Marwa al Sabouni was a little-known architect, living in battle-ravaged Homs, unable to practice her profession as the buildings and the...
Art Class: Flowers and Foliage: Creating Contemporary Botanical Art
Author: Sarah Hankinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 Flowers and Foliage: Creating contemporary botanical art explores the always popular subject matter of botanical art. This is a beginner's guide...
And in the End: The Last Days of the Beatles
Author: Ken McNab Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 This is the story of the last acrimonious days of the Beatles, a final chapter reconstructing for the first time the...
A Chronology of Film: A Cultural Timeline from the Magic Lantern to the Digital Screen
Author: Ian Haydn Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 An entirely fresh perspective on the history of cinema, using timelines to trace its development from the earliest moving images...
101 Surrealists
Author: Desmond Morris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A concise compendium of the lives and work of the 101 most significant Surrealists by one of the last surviving members...
500 Patterns
Author: Jeffrey Mayer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A comprehensive sourcebook of over 500 patterns across six design styles, a must-have for anyone involved in textiles and the decorative...
Comet: Photographs from the Rosetta Space Probe
Author: Jean-Pierre Bibring Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 216 Comet presents the amazing story of the Rosetta space probe and its interstellar voyage to the comet Tchoury. Its mission -...
From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy
Author: Scott Meslow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 An in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its...
Eisenstein on Paper: Graphic Works by the Master of Film
Author: Naum Kleiman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 This landmark publication presents, for the first time ever, 500 of the very best and previously unpublished graphic works by cinema's...
Ai Weiwei
Author: Susanne Gaensheimer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 This beautifully illustrated volume explores the inextricable link between Ai Weiwei's art and his politics. "Everything is art. Everything is politics,"...
Art in Motion: Riding the Paris Metro
Author: Anael Pigeat Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Submarine wall decorations, a ceramic declaration of human rights, a stained-glass red hen, a mosaic mouth, a Murano glass aedicule. The...
Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter: A Times Book of the Year
Author: Lucy O'Brien Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A Times Book of the Year A Financial Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Book of the Year 'Reading the...
Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
Author: Peter Ross Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 The Sunday Times paperback bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month *Featuring a brand new chapter!* 'Never have the joys...
Made in China, Designed in California, Criticised in Europe: Design
Author: Mieke Gerritzen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 When everything is destined to be designed, design disappears into the everyday. We simply do not see it anymore because it...
Dear Data Postcard Kit: For Two Friends to Draw and Share
Author: Giorgia Lupi Format: Postcard book or pack Number of Pages: 32 Our best-selling book Dear Data celebrates the hidden patterns of our daily lives, revealing beauty in even the...
Off The Strip
Author: Hunter Barnes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 80 "A town built by men, where women shined like stars in the sky. A small slice still remains." Photographer Hunter Barnes...
Bowie at the BBC: A life in interviews
Author: David Bowie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 A LOUDER THAN WAR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A unique insight... An excellent companion for both the casual and obsessive Bowie...