20th Century History

Intellectual, emotional, restless, dogged, loyal, selfish; Kandinsky was an artist - and a man - of contradictions. This genre-defying painter didn't pick up a brush until he was thirty years...

In 1970 in Munich Gerhard Richter met Brigid Berlin alias Brigid Polk, Andy Warhol's legendary muse and enfant terrible of New York's high society. This meeting gave rise to Richter's...

Examines the works of Monet from a new perspective, and traces the changes in his style as brought about by the changes and problems in his personal life

The art of Boris Lurie (* 1924, Leningrad) and Wolf Vostell (* 1932, Leverkusen) is determined by the break in civilization in Germany in 1933, which made the German genocide...

Margrit Linck is one of the twentieth century's most prominent ceramics artists. Over the course of her five-decade-long career, the ceramicist developed utilitarian pottery as well as a unique artistic...

Richard Hamilton was the most influential British artist of his generation. Often described as 'the father of Pop art', he produced experimental and multilayered work in a range of media...

Mariano Fortuny was a visionary designer and artist - best known today for his rich, innovative textiles and opulent dress designs, he was also an accomplished painter, etcher and photographer,...

From the day he left art school, Ricky Swallow has been making waves in the contemporary Australian and International art scenes. His idiosyncratic approach to art has made Swallow a...

Perhaps best known for hyper realistic portraits of subjects from Kate Moss to the heavily tattooed Mr. X and Zoe which take the process of portraiture beyond the photographic medium,...

Bill Viola began experimenting with video art in the early 1970s; today, he is considered one of the foremost proponents of the medium, captivating audiences around the world with his...

Jacob Epstein ranks among the finest and most influential sculptors of this century. Stephen Gardiner knew the Epstein family intimately and draws on personal research and a mass of unpublished...

The general public's image of Mondrian is of a serious man in a suit and tie with a reserved, rather aloof look. It is the same group of some ten...

Life in the Folds makes use of an encrypted alphabet as a typographical and visual resource in approaching the project created by Carlos Amorales for the Mexican pavilion of the...

David Remfry MBE RA has long been fascinated by the relationships that develop between dogs and their owners. In this charming new book, his delicate portraits in watercolour and gouache...

This is the first monograph on contemporary Belgian artist Stefaan De Croock (b.1982), alias Strook. He is known for his collaged portraits made from reclaimed and found wood, and attracts...

Paul McCarthy is one of the most provocative and influential living voices in contemporary art. This over-sized book - between a monograph and an artist book - was conceived by...

Accompanying the first major American museum retrospective of Anna Maria Maiolino's work, this book surveys a prodigious career that has spanned numerous decades, genres, and themes. Born in Calabria, Italy,...

Count Basie, Tchaikovsky, Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed, Diana Ross, John Lennon and the Rolling Stones all had their music promoted by Andy Warhol's record covers. This stunning volume reproduces all...

With her eye for architectural details, Friederike von Rauch captures the contemplative power of monastery interiors and simultaneously separates them from their religious context. The Berlin-based artist has lived and...

'Jack Milroy: Cut Outs' is the first substantial publication on the work of the prolific British artist Jack Milroy who has been active for over 50 years. The book explores...

Covering over four decades of work, John Hall: Travelling Light is an exquisitely illustrated retrospective on one of Canada's most established contemporary artists. Hall's hyperreal paintings can be seen a...

*Carolee Schneemann is the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award at the 57th Venice Bienalle 2017* Carolee Schneemann is one of the most important artists of the...

Artist Simon Lewty is known for his large scale and intensely detailed works where the layering of text and image serve to create a dream-like reality. Narrative is rarely followed...

Presenting a stunning new body of works by Hong Kong-born, Melbourne-based artist Kate Beynon, 'An-Li: A Chinese Ghost Tale' marks Art & Australia's second iteration of the Dott Tales series,...

In 1961 the 22-year-old Mike Brown joined the New Zealand artist, Ross Crothall, in an old terrace house in inner Sydney s Annandale. Over the following two years the artists...

The artist who created the statue for the Lincoln Memorial, John Harvard in Harvard Yard, and The Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts, Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) is America's best-known sculptor...

Kathryn Maple (b. 1989, Canterbury) is an artist specialising in drawing and painting. Her large-scale paintings feature urban, suburban and rural landscapes which are frequently populated by human figures. Her...

This publication examines the art of this distinguished American watercolour painter and teacher, produced over a career of 50 years through a recounting of the artist's experiences as a student,...

DOG is an unprecedented collection of Tetro's dog illustrations presented as art in a luxurious, deluxe format. Included here are finished drawings, sketches, and even some never-before-seen artworks created exclusively...

Presenting a stunning new body of works by Hong Kong-born, Melbourne-based artist Kate Beynon, 'An-Li: A Chinese Ghost Tale' marks Art & Australia's second iteration of the Dott Tales series,...

Pierre Guariche (1926-1995) was a leading interior architect, furniture, and lighting designer in postwar France. He created a prolific body of work during what is known as the Thirty Glorious...

This intriguing monograph of painter and printmaker Robert Kipniss is an intimate look at a memorable period in his life and career. Robert Kipniss: Paintings and Poetry, 1950-1964 is the...

The three outstanding exhibitions featured in this publication form a trilogy: * The Welfare Show (Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; BAWAG Foundation, Vienna; Serpentine Gallery, London; The Power Plant, Toronto) * The...

The definitive biography of one of the most famous and influential artists the world has ever seen When critics attacked Andy Warhol's Marilyn paintings as shallow, the Pop artist was...

This compilation of the classic artwork of Peter Sculthorpe spans four decades. By considering light, the passage of time, the use of different mediums and sizes, and inspiring locations, Peter...

The illustrator Jonny Hannah was born and bred in Scotland, and now lives by the sea in Southampton, but he also resides in Darktown a mysterious coastal town, not found...

The illustrator Jonny Hannah was born and bred in Scotland, and now lives by the sea in Southampton, but he also resides in Darktown a mysterious coastal town, not found...

Jim Cromartie first came to Nantucket as a college student, but for the past 35 years he has called the island home. As a young artist, his major patron was...

In this rich and dream-like collection of photo-paintings, artist and fabulist Fran Forman offers characters, scenes and visual narratives that lure the imagination. She explores the multiple meanings of the...

Man Ray (1890-1976), a pioneer of the Dada movement and a central protagonist of surrealism, is best known for his innovative photographs, but his writings are also remarkable expressions of...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fabric works from the last two decades in the career of legendary artist Louise Bourgeois. "I've always had a fascination with the...

Andy Warhol, a painter and graphic artist, also produced a significant body of film work, including his famous Chelsea Girls. He was equally well known in the late sixties and...

Jean-Pierre Vorlet's images are everywhere, taken all over the world but establishing common ground, transferable and translatable. In spite of a snatch of Italian or a word or two in...

For Armin Mueller-Stahl (* 1930) the time that he can spend alone in his studio is liberating: "When I am drawing, time slips out of my body." Born into an...