A Portrait of the Menopause – Catrin Osborne Confronts The Unseen – Book Review
There are a few words in the English language that carry as much quiet discomfort as menopause. It’s the point… Read More
23 October 2025
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Nigerian Modernism – A Radical Reframing of African Art History – Book Review
In a cultural field long defined by Western narratives, Nigerian Modernism arrives as a necessary act of reclamation. Published to accompany a landmark exhibition…
14 October 2025
Wayne Thiebaud: Painting The American Everyday – Artlyst Book Review
Published to coincide with Wayne Thiebaud, American Still Life at The Courtauld Gallery, this catalogue offers a long-overdue introduction to… Read More
9 October 2025
Comrades in Art by Andy Friend T&H – Artlyst Book Review
Andy Friend’s Comrades in Art is a remarkable excavation of a decade when British art and politics collided with an urgency…
2 October 2025
Great Art Explained Demystifying the Masterpiece – James Payne
Great Art Explained is a new book by James Payne, the creator of the hugely popular YouTube channel of the same name, in which he explores 30 masterpieces from across art history.
22 September 2025
Kerry James Marshall: The Histories – Artlyst Book Review
Kerry James Marshall: The Histories arrives as the most comprehensive publication yet on one of the defining artists of the… Read More
18 September 2025
Oliver Hoare The Exchange: How A de Kooning Was Traded For A Persian Manuscript Page
Few art world stories read like a political thriller, but Oliver Hoare’s The Exchange manages exactly that. Published posthumously, this memoir lays bare the tangled circumstances…
11 September 2025
Banksy Cultural Outlaw – The World’s Most Famous Unknown Artist – Book Review
Banksy’s career has long been narrated as a detective story. His anonymity has created a mythology so embedded in his reputation that it often eclipses the work itself….
4 September 2025
David Armstrong: Fashion Photographs: A Posthumous Revelation
Archives never lie, but they often surprise. Eighteen unassuming boxes marked “Fashion,” rescued from a Berkshire barn after David Armstrong… Read More
23 July 2025
Irascible: The Combative Life of Douglas Cooper – Book Review Dr. Clare Finn
Richard Calvocoressi’s prologue to this well-researched biography states that if Douglas Cooper and Roland Penrose had been able to “bury their differences….
16 July 2025
Mark Woods: Formula + Fetish – Artlyst Book Of The Week
In Formula + Fetish, the first comprehensive monograph devoted to British artist Mark Woods, readers are drawn into a world where the decorative and the disturbing walk in lockstep….
10 July 2025
Kiefer/Van Gogh: Unearthing Unfinished Business – Simon Schama – Artlyst Book Review
At seventeen, Anselm Kiefer embarked on a pilgrimage—funded by a travel grant—that would quietly shape his trajectory. He first followed… Read More
26 June 2025
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting – A Masterful Catalogue
Jenny Saville’s monumental depictions of the human body are as much about the materiality of paint as they are about the flesh they portray. Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting…
19 June 2025
Anna-Eva Bergman & Hans Hartung And We’ll Never Be Parted – Kunsthalle Praha
The first major retrospective of artist-couple Anna-Eva Bergman and Hans Hartung reveals a shared vision forged in nature, music, and the infinite…
12 June 2025
Just Looking – A Celebration of the Everyday Extraordinary – Book Review
As a society, we’re drowning in images, yet ‘Just Looking’ gives us something we’ve almost forgotten—a chance to stop and really see. Drawn from the Instagram feeds…
1 June 2025
Artists Siblings Visionaries – Judith Mackrell Reframes The John Siblings
Judith Mackrell’s latest book is an insight into two of the greatest British painters of the Edwardian period. Artists, Siblings,… Read More
14 May 2025
Damien Hirst Drawings: The Unseen Career Blueprints – Reviewed for Artlyst
Beneath the formaldehyde and diamond dust, Damien Hirst’s most revealing work has always existed on paper. The Visual/Conceptual Language of Damien Hirst…
8 May 2025
Focal Points Jasper Johns Robert Storr – Book Review
Few critics have engaged with Jasper Johns’ work as deeply or as persistently as Robert Storr. Focal Points, a new collection of essays, articles,…
29 April 2025
Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures Thames & Hudson – Book Review
Helen Chadwick (1953-1996) This is the First Critical Biography and Retrospective of A Provocative Visionary. It is now twenty-five years since her untimely death…
24 April 2025
Harland Miller XXX: The First Book Focusing On His Letter Paintings
Harland Miller’s Letter Paintings are visually witty—bold, brash, and laced with northern humour that makes you laugh before you’ve even processed why…
27 March 2025
Anselm Kiefer The Women – Prestel – Book Review
A New Perspective on the Artist Anselm Kiefer – Women, Myth, and History – Texts by Various Contributors
19 March 2025
Book Review: Linder: Danger Came Smiling – Artlyst
If you’re looking for a book that captures the raw energy, subversive brilliance, and unapologetic feminism of one of Britain’s… Read More
12 February 2025
Leigh Bowery: The Life and Times of an Icon by Sue Tilley – Book Review:
Sue Tilley’s definitive biography of Leigh Bowery, the man Boy George once called “modern art on legs,” returns in a vibrant new edition
5 February 2025
AI and the Art Market – Jo Lawson-Tancred – Book Review
AI and the Art Market by Jo Lawson-Tancred is a timely and accessible exploration of a subject rapidly transforming the cultural landscape….
30 January 2025
Surrealism: First and Always ACC Art Books – Book Review
Surrealism: First and Always is a distinctive and essential catalogue produced in conjunction with the Centre Pompidou’s exhibition celebrating the… Read More
21 January 2025
Cindy Sherman – Anti-fashion – Artlyst Book review
Cindy Sherman has long been recognised as a transformative figure in contemporary art. Her engagement with the fashion world…
16 January 2025
The Blue Hour By Paula Hawkins – An Art Thriller
The Blue Hour is the latest thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train.
18 December 2024
Calling The Shots (Victoria and Albert Museum) A Queer History of Photography
This extravagantly curated volume, drawn from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s renowned photography collection…
11 December 2024
Review: Turner’s Last Sketchbook – Yale Center For British Art
This new facsimile edition of J.M.W. Turner’s final intact sketchbook is more than a publication—it is a portal into the twilight of the great master’s career…
5 December 2024
Mirror Mirror by Michael Petry – Thames & Hudson – Book Review
Michael Petry’s Mirror Mirror is a striking exploration of our fascination with mirrors and reflective surfaces. It explores this subject through art over the centuries…
21 November 2024
Extraordinary Art Dealers – Catherine Ingram – Heni
Extraordinary Art Dealers offers a fascinating journey through the intricate world of art dealing, covering its development over three centuries…
14 November 2024
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture And Opulence – Edited By Susan Stronge
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence, edited by Susan Stronge, is a visually rich journey through the splendour of Mughal art…
7 November 2024