Art and Design

Recent movers and shakers in Art and Design.
Updated February 4, 2026
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Art Work: On the Creative Life
Mann, Sally.
Paper Book
Art Work, by photographer and writer Sally Mann, offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories, practical (and some impractical) advice, and life lessons for artists and writers-or anyone interested in the creative path. Written in the same frank, fearless, and occasionally...
Adventures in the Louvre : How to Fall in Love With the World's Greatest Museum
Sciolino, Elaine.
Paper Book
The Louvre is the most famous museum in the world, attracting millions of visitors every year with its masterpieces. In Adventures in the Louvre, Elaine Sciolino immerses herself in this magical space and helps us fall in love with what was once a forbidding fortress. Exploring galleries,...
What Art Does : An Unfinished Theory
Eno, Brian/ Adriaanse, Bette.
Paper Book
Why do we need art? What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us. Curious and playful, richly illustrated,...
Forever home / Classic, Clever Design to Help You Put Down Roots
Welch, Mikel
Paper Book
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 Art Spy : The Extraordinary Untold Tale of Wwii Resistance Hero Rose Valland
Young, Michelle
Paper Book
A riveting and stylish saga set in Paris during World War II, THE ART SPY uncovers how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the cultural legacy of the West. On August 25, 1944, Rose Valland, a woman of quiet daring, found herself in a desperate position...
Flashes of Brilliance : The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science and History
Burgess, Anika
Paper Book
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2025 One of The New Yorker's Best Books of the Year The story of the wildest experiments in early photography and the wild people who undertook them. Today it's routine to take photos from an airplane window, use a camera...
Great Art Explained
Payne, James
Paper Book
"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 Based...
Stan and Gus : art, ardor, and the friendship that built the Gilded Age
Wiencek, Henry
Paper Book
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...
Dear New York
Stanton, Brandon.
Paper Book
How To Live An Artful Life: 366 Inspirations from Artists on how to Bring Creativity to Your Everyday
Hessel, Katy.
Paper Book
From the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Story of Art Without Men: see the world anew with artistic inspiration for every day of the year. The year ahead is a gift that has been given to you. What might you do with it? ...
Mrs Kauffman and Madame Le Brun : The Extraordinary Entwined Lives of Two Eighteenth-century Painters
Moyle, Franny
Paper Book
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...
Manga: A New History Of Japanese Comics
Exner, Eike.
Paper Book
A groundbreaking story of Japanese comics from their nineteenth-century origins to the present day   The immensely popular art form of manga, or Japanese comics, has made its mark across global pop culture, influencing film, visual art, video games, and more....
We need your art : stop messing around and make something
McNee, Amie
Paper Book
In We Need Your Art, Amie McNee calls artists and aspiring artists of all kinds to do the work they're meant to do- create. Using her own experiences as a novelist and the inspiration she's shared as a creative coach, Amie guides you on why we need your art and how you can make...
Leigh Bowery
Moran, Fiontan.
Paper Book
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...
Still waters & wild waves : a printmaker's journey
Harding, Angela
Paper Book
*One of Waterstones' Best Nature Books of the Year 2024* Featuring over 50 original illustrations of dramatic seascapes and reflective rivers, alongside photography of the stunning places that inspired the artwork, Angela Harding's beautiful new book captures the waters...
Those Passions: On Art and Politics
Clark, T. J.
Paper Book
'The decade's most stimulating art book' Financial Times A Guardian History Book of the Year 'For those, though, who relish brilliant analysis of painting - as well as former students of art history, like me, for whom, at university, Clark was a sort of...
Art Masters Gustav Klimt
Hodge, A. n.
Paper Book
This beautifully illustrated hardback is a full-color guide to the life and work of Gustav Klimt, featuring a spectacular selection of his artwork throughout. Klimt is one of the most influential artists of the Art Nouveau movement, first achieving fame as a decorative painter...
The Louvre: A Guide to Art
Font-Reaulx, Dominique de.
Paper Book
The world's greatest museum takes readers inside its unparalleled art collection to understand the keys to history of art. The Louvre's art collection is a training ground for the eye. In this book, readers will discover more than four hundred of the museum's masterpieces,...
Mughal Glass: A History of Glassmaking in India
Desjardins, Tara.
Paper Book
With a comprehensive catalog of Mughal Glass objects gathered from both public and private collections around the world, this books stands as a definitive work, offering an authentic account that sheds light on a long-neglected aspect of Indian history. The history of Mughal...

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