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Antony donaldson
The first major retrospective of the work of British Pop Artist Antony Donaldson.
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Beyond the face
Explores new approaches to portraying identity and the human face and figure, through works from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s collections and other institutions.
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Luise kaish
A major new study and celebration of the career and legacy of the modernist sculptor, painter, collagist and educator Luise Clayborn Kaish (1925-2013).
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Revealing the charterhouse
A fascinating journey through the history, architecture and life of one the oldest buildings in the City of London.
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Masterpieces of japanese art
Offers a long overdue study and reappraisal of the remarkable Japanese art collection at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
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Zao wou-ki
This volume, the first to explore this major artist's experiments in watercolor and his interesting and beautiful forays into ceramic decoration, features a brief note by Françoise Marquet-Zao.Zao Wou-Ki (1920–2013) was the first artist of the Chinese diaspora to achieve international recognition...
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Gateways
A dynamic, personal, and poignant collection of over 90 works from Eric Key’s extensive collection of art by American artists of African descent, spanning the Harlem Renaissance to the twenty-first century.Since he started collecting in the 1990s, Eric Key’s intent has always been to help preserv...
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Walk this way
Lavishly illustrated, full of fascinating facts about twentieth-century shoe design and creation, drawn from leading designer Stuart Weitzman's private collection.
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Bertoldo di giovanni
A landmark publication on the influential Renaissance sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni, who was the pupil of Donatello and the teacher of Michelangelo
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Beauty's legacy
Features sixty remarkable portraits of reigning social celebrities painted during the resurgence of portraiture during America's Gilded Age
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100 treasures / 100 emotions
Features in Hyperallergic: The Best Art Books of 2022.A thought-provoking, visual feast, which presents a diverse range of art objects to build emotional bridges between art objects and the viewer within a social history context.
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Sing a new song
A beautifully illustrated art historical reference book which explores in depth the central role of the Book of Psalms in the Middle Ages from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries.Traditionally ascribed to King David, the Hebrew Book of Psalms is a varied collection of sacred poems that constitut...
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Mary sims
Mary Sims: A Retrospective celebrates this distinctive late-twentieth century Southern US artist whose works express a very contemporary form of retro cool.A painter and printmaker, Sims (1940-2004) was an exceptional colorist whose meticulously constructed compositions are at once both whimsical...
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Faithful and fearless
An engaging, richly-illustrated look at the special connection between people and their beloved pet.
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Churchill and the great republic
Draws on a wide range of Churchill’s personal correspondence covering the great British wartime leader’s relationship with the USA.
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Living histories
A new and stimulating way of looking at Old Master paintings with a foreword by Hanya Yanagihara, contributions by Jonathan Anderson, Jessica Bell Brown, Christopher Lew, Jason Reynolds, Legacy Russell, and Russell Tovey, and works by Jenna Gribbon, Doron Langberg, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Salman Toor...
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Norman bluhm
The first major retrospective of the work of American abstract expressionist and action painter Norman Bluhm (1921-1998).
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Drama & beauty
This beautifully illustrated catalog—celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Bob Jones Collection—presents a fascinating survey of religious European art from the 14th through the 19th centuries.Bob Jones Jr. founded the collection as an educational effort and opened it on the campus of the unive...
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Despite ceaușescu
An important survey of art from a little-studied period of Romanian art history“It is truly extraordinary to me that so much beauty has sprung from such dark times in Romania, and that is what this book wishes to capture. Art speaks its own language.”—From the PrefaceDespite Ceaușescu focuses on ...
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The art of winold reiss
The first volume to bring the ground-breaking career of German-born modernist artist Winold Reiss (1886–1953) to light, focusing on his work in New York, from his arrival in 1913 up to the 1950s.
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Glorious sky
Highlights a selection of Katzman's paintings and drawings produced over half a century.
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The adventures of a narrative gardener
This is the story of a garden, Bellevue House, in Newport, Rhode Island, that speaks to us about history and memory, inspiration and motivation.
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Masters of italian baroque painting
Presents 17th- and 18th-century Italian paintings from one of the world’s finest collections of European art.
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Tamayo
Explores the influences between Mexican modernist Rufino Tamayo and the American art world at a time of unparalleled cross-cultural exchange.
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Audubon's last wilderness journey
A new presentation of J.J Audubon's final great natural history work, the first volume to document America's animals.
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Damaged romanticism
Features contemporary works of art that capture the existential dilemma of the human condition
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Riccio’s oil lamp
New volume in the Frick Diptych series focuses on a remarkable Renaissance lamp, pairing an essay by Frick director Ian Wardropper with a new poem by James Fenton.The form of this extraordinary bronze lamp, the most elaborate of several produced by Riccio (Andrea Briosco), is based on a Roman san...
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Scenes of new york city
A visual love-letter to New York City which features works by major artists from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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St george's chapel, windsor
A stunning publication on the Queen’s Free Chapel of St George at Windsor Castle.
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The public vaults unlocked
Introduces the public to the incredible wealth of American political, social and economic history held in the US National Archives.
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Kimono couture
The first in-depth exploration of the art and history of the kimono in Japan, from the perspective of one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious kimono houses still in operation today.
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Disrupting craft
An examination of contemporary craft practice through the work of four remarkable artists.
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The orléans collection
A major new volume on the exceptional art collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, including masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, Veronese, Correggio, Poussin, Rubens, and Rembrandt.
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Simply brilliant
A stunning new volume which presents 110 pieces by 50 leading jewelry designers from the 1960s and ‘70s, including works by John Donald, Arthur King, Andrew Grima and Gilbert Albert.
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One hundred stories
A beautifully illustrated survey of six centuries of art from one of the finest collections in the northeast United States.
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Beyond zen
A compelling visual history of Japanese Buddhist art of the Edo, Meiji and Taisho periods and its appreciation in popular practices.
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Musical crossroads
This major new title builds out of Musical Crossroads, one of the 12 permanent exhibitions at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, to present a vibrantly illustrated exploration of 400 years of African American musical culture.Music is the great equalizer around the world....
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Riemenschneider and late medieval alabaster
At the center of this publication is Tilman Riemenschneider’s Saint Jerome and the Lion, one of the masterpieces of the Cleveland Museum of Art.Riemenschneider’s Saint Jerome is not only one of the artist’s more important early masterpieces, it is also his only alabaster work in a collection in t...
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Global lives of objects
A richly illustrated volume which features 33 short essays, each taking a single object as a starting point to unravel complex, interconnected, global histories.In celebration of the centenary in 2023 of the National Museum of Asian Art, this new volume explores a range of artistic, historical, a...
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The charters of freedom: "a new world is at hand"
Studies the events leading to the founding of the United States and the creation of the Charters of Freedom.
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Bronzino’s lodovico capponi
New volume in the Frick Diptych series focuses on an enigmatic Renaissance portrait, pairing an essay by Frick curator Aimee Ng with a contribution by bestselling author Daniel Mendelsohn.Painted about 1550–50 by Agnolo Bronzino (Italian, 1503–1572), this remarkable portrait depicts the young Flo...
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The iconic jersey
Traces the design and aesthetics of the iconic baseball jersey both on and off the baseball field.
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Our commonwealth: people and places of virginia
A rich cultural overview of Virginia which immerses readers in the landscapes, foodways, industries, and people that make up this diverse state.A sense of place has deeply shaped Virginia’s history and culture. Over time, a wide range of communities have formed that help to define the distinctive...
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A renaissance globemaker's toolbox
The first English language book about the extraordinary life and work of mathematician and scientist Johannes Schöner (d. 1543).
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Colors of kyoto
New volume in the Cleveland Masterwork Series focuses on a studio of important late nineteenth through early twentieth-century Japanese ceramic artists.This is the first comprehensive look in English at the Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio in Kyoto, from the Meiji period (1868–1912) to the mid Shōwa pe...
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Dutch and flemish paintings
A major new reference book on Dutch and Flemish art from a remarkable collection.
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The great american hall of wonders
A vividly illustrated survey of the American vision that energized all aspects of 19th-century society.
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American made
A fascinating survey of exceptional American painting and sculpture from the late 18th century to the present day.The DeMell Jacobsen Collection of paintings and sculpture—an assemblage rich in American cultural heritage—parallels the development of art in the United States. American Made feature...
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Russian silver in america
Surveys Russian silver production, its changing forms, styles, imagery and techniques over more than 250 years.
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Augusta savage
A visual exploration of the lasting legacy of sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962), African-American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
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Unbound
A vital new volume exploring the history of Virginia’s free Black population prior to emancipation.On the eve of the Civil War, around 60,000 Black men, women, and children lived free in the state of Virginia, often alongside enslaved neighbours. This volume is a history documenting the richness ...
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Jews in america
Documents the remarkable story of the Jews in America, from the earliest expeditions to the New World to the 1920s.
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Masterpieces of italian painting
Presents 50 major Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings by leading artists, and shows the huge range of artistic development.
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Monet in giverny
Takes a fresh look at the masterpieces Claude Monet painted in and around his garden at Giverny.
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Discovering american history in england
A traveller's guide filled with anecdotes, maps and descriptions of the often-surprising connections between English and American culture.
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In the mind's eye / la mirada de quien contempla
This English/Spanish bilingual volume explores Cuban and U.S. landscape painters largely active from 1850 to 1910 whose portrayals of Cuba reflect political, social, and ideological changes in both countries.In the Mind’s Eye tells many stories about Cuba that reflect the island’s significance, b...
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In plain sight
A major addition to the study of American colonial and post-colonial furniture, and to the scholarship on Nathaniel Gould.
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John singer sargent
Sargent’s portraits in charcoal constitute a gallery of the great and the good and the talented, scarcely less remarkable in its range of personalities than that earlier gallery of painted portraits.
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Watteau's soldiers
Offers a new interpretation of Watteau’s thoroughly modern vision of war in which the soldier’s inner life comes foremost.
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Masterpieces of french faience
Encompasses an impressive and engaging variety of fabulous objects from the most important faïence centres, dating from the late sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth century.
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Fine lines
The first survey of the Brooklyn Museum’s internationally renowned collection of drawings and works on paper
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The stebbins collection
A valuable contribution to the field of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American art with key works by a range of American painters.
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Rosalba carriera’s man in pilgrim's costume
New volume in the Frick Diptych series features a contribution by acclaimed figurative painter Nicolas Party paired with an illuminating essay by Frick chief curator Xavier F. Salomon.This pastel belongs to a small number of works of art at the Frick by a female artist. Rosalba Carriera (Italian,...
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Gouthière's candelabras
Offers fresh insight into these exquisite masterworks by Pierre Gouthière (1732–1813), the celebrated gilder to the French kings.
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Exporting caravaggio
Recounts the complex history of this understudied masterwork and its important, and influential, position in Caravaggio's oeuvre.
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Big!
Features big records, big events, and big ideas from the US National Archives collection.
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Museum of stones
Explores the place of rock and stone in human culture and history.
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Sacred and profane
Displays a treasure trove of ancient Egyptian artifacts from the rarely-seen Myers Collection.
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Love & wisdom
This exceptional, beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a spiritual journey through the heart of love and wisdom to discover uplifting inspirational quotes.
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Propagazioni
A celebration of the first works in porcelain Penone has created, among the largest pieces of porcelain ever produced at SèvresA major figure in the Arte Povera movement of the late 1960s, the renowned Italian artist Giuseppe Penone (b. 1947) is known for his exploration of the relationship betwe...
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The blue garden
A compelling story about the decline and rebirth of a 100 year old garden.
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British portrait miniatures
A sumptuously illustrated new catalog on British portrait miniatures, all from the world-renowned collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
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To live forever
Draws on over 120 ancient Egyptian objects from the world-renowned collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
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An impressionist sensibility
Celebrates a remarkable collection of paintings amassed in the late 1980s by Texans Hugh and Marie Halff.
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The american flag
This tenth volume in the Double Exposure series presents a variety of powerful photographs that feature the American flag.This volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of the opening of the NMAAHC and celebrations surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago. It illu...
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Death on the nile
Reflects the continuing public fascination with Ancient Egyptian coffins, mummies and burials.
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The photographs of john vachon
50 evocative images selected from Vachon's work in the Library of Congress's collection.
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Richard bell
This stunningly illustrated catalogue features more than 26 colour plates of Bell's provocative and often humorous works.
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Variations on america
Presents colour plates of over 70 paintings by the leading names in 19th- and 20th-century American art.
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Fragile legacies
Alonge’s historic photographs provide rare insight into the rituals and regalia of the Benin Court over a half-century.
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Simple pleasures
A major new book about Doris Lee, one of the top female artists—indeed among the top figurative artists, regardless of gender—in the American art world from the mid-1930s through the 1950s.
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Vermeer's mistress and maid
The subject of writing and receiving letters, which recurs frequently in the work of Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), is given dramatic tension in this masterful painting of two women in a mysterious moment of crisis. The artist seldom, if ever, surpassed the subtly varied effects of light seen here...
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Bruegel’s three soldiers
New volume in the Frick Diptych series features an illuminating essay by curator Anna-Claire Stinebring paired with a contribution by artist Salman Toor.One of the greatest Netherlandish painters of the sixteenth century, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525−1569) is best known for his landscapes a...
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Jamestown
A highly visual and new study of the rustic and whimsical shingled houses of Jamestown, Rhode Island from the colonial era to the development of the town as a picturesque report set in a coastal landscape.Jamestown, Rhode Island, set in the shimmering waters at the entrance to Narragansett Bay, i...
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African american women
The third in a major new series of books based on the remarkable NMAAHC photography archive.
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Seeing differently
An expansive collection catalogue that offers a multiplicity of fresh perspectives on recent modern and contemporary art acquisitions in The Phillips Collection
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Grand gallop
Featuring striking full-color images and new research, this publication from the Hong Kong Palace Museum celebrates some of the most important works of horse art from the Palace Museum, Beijing, and the Louvre Museum.Five essays and 45 object entries, dating from the Han (206 BCE–220 CE) to Qing ...
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The rockies and the alps
Brings together dazzling depictions of awe-inspiring mountain scenery, by American and European artists of the mid-nineteenth century.
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Revolution!
A fascinating illustrated volume which brings together three globally influential 18th-century revolutionsin America, France, and Haiti.
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School house to white house
Uses memoirs, scrapbooks and letters to reveal the formative experiences that shaped the lives of the presidents of the 20th-century.
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Exposing the maya
A compelling account of the early period of expeditionary archaeology and photography told through the words and works of six pioneersExposing the Maya focuses on the works of Désiré Charnay, Alice and Augustus Le Plongeon, Teobert Maler, Alfred Maudslay and Adela Breton, all of whom were masters...
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Looking up
A major new volume on Isamu Noguchi’s skyviewing sculptures, which also addresses the theme of space, and our place in the universe.
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Attachments
Tells the stories of 31 people who found themselves at the gateways to America from 1880 to 1945
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Craft for a modern world
Features over 180 highlights from the Renwick Gallery’s remarkable collection of craft objects from the 19th century to the present.
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This present moment
This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World showcases American craft like never before. Accompanying a 2022 exhibition of the same name, it features artists’ stories of resilience, methods of activism, and highlights craft’s ability to spark essential conversations about race, gender, and repres...
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The charterhouse
A new color guidebook celebrating the reopening of the Charterhouse in London as a museum.
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Exploring art of the ancient americas
This stunning volume presents nearly 150 pre-Columbian works from the collection assembled by John Bourne in the 1950s and 1960s.
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To the holy sepulcher
This illuminating and richly illustrated volume celebrates the Custodia di Terra Sancta (Custody of the Holy Land), its history, its legacy, and its precious treasures.The Custodia di Terra Sancta is a branch of the Franciscan order, established by the pope in 1342 to safeguard the church of the ...
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Bvrb's commodes
This new volume in the Frick Diptych series features an essay by Frick curator Marie-Laure Buku Pongo paired with a contribution by world-renowned conductor and keyboardist William Christie.These two cabinets, stamped BVRB, may well be the last pieces of furniture made by the celebrated Parisian ...
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The photographs of carl mydans
Includes an introduction to the life of Carl Mydans and 50 evocative images selected from his work for the FSA.
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