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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Erudite, frank, and funny" - Amor Towles "This book will make you brave" - Margaret Renkl The much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times bestselling author...

'James Payne's YouTube Channel "Great Art Explained" gained a huge and appreciative worldwide audience. This beautifully put-together book is simply the best introduction to the lifelong pleasure and rewards of looking at pictures since Gombrich. An instant classic' Stephen Fry

The Times Art Book of the Year A Guardian Book of the Year The paintings of Johannes Vermeer of Delft are some of the most beautiful, even sublime, in the history of art. Yet like the life of Vermeer himself, they are mysterious and have for centuries...

Today it's routine to take photos from an airplane window, use a camera underwater, watch a movie, or view an X-ray. But the photographic innovations more than a century ago that made such things possible were experimental, revelatory, and sometimes dangerous--and many of the innovators,...

How the architect Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens transcended scandal to enrich their times.Stanford White was a louche man-about-town and a canny cultural entrepreneur--the creator of landmark buildings that elevated American architecture to new heights. Augustus Saint...

* Publishers Weekly Best Books of Summer 2025 * Bookbub Best Non-Fiction Release of the Season * MSNBC/Afar Magazine 10 Best Books for the Summer Traveler * Newsday's Top Must-Read Book for Summer * Christian Science Monitor Best Book of May 2025 * Longlisted for...

The definitive biography of a transformational American artist and the city that shaped him Barnett Newman (1905-1970), a founding member of the abstract expressionist movement, was a contemporary of such figures as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Clyfford...

A towering and luminous monograph on the boundary-pushing career of artist, performer, model, TV personality, club promoter, fashion designer and musician, Leigh Bowery. Leigh Bowery (1961-1994) used performance to explore questions around the politics of the body, and its use as...

A revelatory biography of the Jewish expressionist painter that corrects the myths surrounding his work and proves his importance to the contemporary art world "It's not often that an art history book comes along so sharply perceptive about its subject and so grippingly...

From two-time Academy Award winner from 16 nominations, and five-time BAFTA award winner from 11 nominations, Sir Roger Deakins - widely regarded as the greatest cinematographer of all time - a one-of-a-kind visual memoir, telling his life's story by way of his iconic, beloved films, including...

A celebration of 75 years of publishing at Thames & Hudson - a delight for bibliophiles, historians, art lovers and fans of the T&H brand. In 1949 Walter and Eva Neurath founded Thames & Hudson with a clear aim: to create a 'museum without walls' through books that would make...

'Finally! Art without terror!' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE 'Puts art in our lives, our homes, our hearts' RICHARD CURTIS 'A breath of fresh air' PHILIPPA PERRY 'Read it, enjoy it and be liberated' DAILY MIRROR What is art, where do I...

The Australian continent is home to the world's oldest living culture: over 250 different groups, each with their own customs, language, and art. Showcasing this cultural diversity, The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art brings together major pieces from the National Gallery of...

'A triumph' TLS 'Exemplary' Observer Author and curator Andy Friend explores the legacy of the Artists International Association in a compelling group biography set against a background of resistance to the rise of fascism in Europe. ...

A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR . This stunning, easy-to-follow design book shows homeowners and renters how to maximize their budget and create a space that is functional, timeless, and uniquely their own-from the co-host of Netflix's Hack My Home and in-house design expert...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026 Discover how art can improve our health, make us happier and even help us live longer with the inspiring new book from the award-winning scientist and world-leading expert.<...

Art Fraud takes readers on a captivating journey into the hidden world of art deception and discovery, uncovering the stories behind some of the most prolific forgers and the crimes that shook the art world. Through profiles of notorious figures like Tom Keating and lesser-known but equally cunning...

A vibrant contemporary art anthology that explores the complex ties between race, climate crisis and colonialism by 100 leading artists of African diasporic, Latin American and Native American identity. Black Earth Rising presents works by artists of African diasporic,...

**SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION AWARD 2025** Britain was once a craft land. For generations what we made with our hands shaped our identities, built our communities and defined our regions....

'Tender, transporting, creative and beautifully written ... Simply glorious, from start to finish' Rachel Clarke, author of Dear Life Simultaneously heart-breaking and darkly hilarious, Leaving Home is a portrait of the artist both as a child and as an...

The extraordinary story of the theft of priceless Chinese antiques around the world and the connection to crimes spanning more than two centuries--with present-day implications. For the past decade, the art world has been rocked by a series of very costly and elaborately planned...

With Birth Flower Embroidery, learn to embroider the birth flowers for each month of the year, and also gain helpful insight as you read about the meaning behind each birth month flower.

What's the difference between Impressionism and Post-Impressionism? Is science any different to mythology? Why is the Argentinian flag blue and white? The Cultural Tutor emerged from the depths of Twitter/X in 2022, dispensing elegant missives about poetry, paintings, classical...

From the acclaimed author of The King's Painter, a vivid life-and-times biography of two unjustly neglected women artists, Angelica Kauffman and Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. In the late autumn of 1789, two of Europe's most celebrated painters met in Rome. One, Angelica...

Knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting--throughout history, these and other forms of textile work have often been dismissed as merely "women's work" and attached to ideas of domesticity and obedience. Yet, as psychologist and avid knitter Nicole Nehrig wonderfully explores in this captivating...

Best-selling novelist and art historian Iain Pears enchants readers with the real-life romance between Larissa Salmina, a Russian art curator, and Francis Haskell, a British art historian. His fabulous book brings into sharp focus the strange world of the Soviet Union, and the even stranger world...

ln 2025, Brandon Stanton, creator of Humans of New York and author of four number one NYT bestselling books, will publish his most personal work yet: Dear New York, a photographic love letter to the city he has embraced. Opening with a deeply moving prologue that reads like a...

A history of the club that set the '80s alight, by much-loved presenter and Blitz attendee Robert Elms.

"Graceful." --New York Times "Reads like a spy novel, but in this case the truth is stranger than fiction." --Vogue The Drama of War and Postwar Italy Through the Life of One of Its Most Celebrated Icons When...

'So well written and so interesting. The stories and some of the details are just amazing . . . I loved it.' Marina Hyde, The Rest is Entertainment podcast Coppola - The Godfather Spielberg - Jaws Lucas - Star Wars ...

The must-have guide to creating tiny, special, homemade presents for anyone you love! From popular TikTok crafter @Lauraleii. Whether you're a crafting newbie or a DIY dynamo, Nifty Gifty shows you how easy it is to make sweet and joyful miniature crafts that...

A holistic approach to creating a home using the colors, patterns, and textures found in the natural world, from the author of Living with Color and Living with Pattern. Hailed by Vogue for her "approachable patterns and textiles" Rebecca Atwood shares a new...

Blunt, irreverent, and at times wittily subversive, Opera Wars spotlights opera's colorful and sometimes warring personalities, increasingly fierce controversies over content, and the battles being waged for its economic future. Drawing on interviews with dozens of opera...

'A revelatory masterpiece, a true alternative history of our times' - Simon Jenkins, former Chair of the National Trust 'Thoroughly researched and elegantly written' - Peter Parker, TLS LGBTQ+ histories and identities come out of the National Trust's...