Art and Design

Recent movers and shakers in Art and Design.
Updated April 15, 2025
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All that glitters : a story of friendship, fraud and fine art
Whitfield, Orlando
Paper Book
A NEW YORKER, ECONOMIST, AND TOWN & COUNTRY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A dazzling insider's account of the contemporary art world and the stunning rise and fall of the charismatic American art dealer Inigo Philbrick, as seen through the eyes of his friend and fellow dealer ...
Mondrian : his life, his art, and the quest of the absolute
Weber, Nicholas Fox
Paper Book
The extraordinary and surprising life of Piet Mondrian, whose unprecedented geometric art revolutionized modern painting, architecture, graphic art, fashion design, and more-from acclaimed cultural historian Nicholas Fox Weber "As fastidiously passionate as his subject's paintings....
Housesketching : learn to create energetic and expressive architectural drawings
Kiefer, Albert (Artist)
Paper Book
Housesketching shows artists of all skill levels how to sketch architecture expressively and become more creative in the process.
Still : The Art of Noticing
Hoffman, Mary Jo.
Paper Book
The astonishing culmination of the artist-author's decade-plus project to capture beauty, commemorate place, and see the world more fully Every day (every single day) for over a decade, Mary Jo Hoffman has made a photograph of found nature - no subject too small or too ordinary. For...
Vitamin Txt : Words in Contemporary Art
Phaidon (COR)/ Moffitt, Evan (INT)
Paper Book
A ground-breaking global survey of today's most innovative artists working with text The inclusion of text in works of art was a revolutionary creative advancement of the twentieth century, with artists subverting traditional conceptions of 'art' and 'writing.' Younger generations of...
Giacometti in Paris
Peppiatt, Michael.
Paper Book
THE TIMES AND WATERSTONES BEST ART BOOK OF 2023 'Marvellous . . . intimate and insightful . . . reads like a novel by Samuel Beckett' Paul Theroux A portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest sculptors from one of our most eminent art historians...
Taylor Swift style : fashion through the eras
Chapelle, Sarah
Paper Book
An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller! Dazzling. Incomparable. Unforgettable. The definitive book of Taylor Swift's fashion evolution. This gorgeous hardcover edition has gilded gold edges, foiled cover accents and colored endpapers....
Citizen Printer
Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr. (EDT)/ Kleon, Austin (FRW)/ Beasley, Myron/ Walters, Kelly.
Paper Book
Celebrating the storied career of a beloved letterpress printer whose posters spread messages of racial justice Detroit-based letterpress printer Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. is celebrated for his type-driven messages of social justice and Black power, emblazoned in rhythmically...
Drawn Testimony : My Four Decades As a Courtroom Sketch Artist
Rosenberg, Jane.
Paper Book
From America's top courtroom sketch artist, a penetrating, compulsively readable memoir about her dramatic four-decade career "A mesmerizing look at this rarest of professions..."-Bookpage STARRED review "Readers will be hard-pressed to...
Van Gogh and the end of nature
Lobel, Michael
Paper Book
A groundbreaking reassessment that foregrounds Van Gogh's profound engagement with the industrial age while making his work newly relevant for our world today   "Van Gogh has never seemed more relevant. This stands as my favorite book of the year in any genre...
Disordered attention : how we look at art and performance today
Bishop, Claire
Paper Book
How technology and the politics of attention changed the way we look at art The ways we encounter contemporary art and performance has changed. How are we expectedto engage with today's diverse practice? Is the old model of close-looking still the ideal, or has itgiven way to...
The long run : a creative inquiry
D'Erasmo, Stacey
Paper Book
The author of The Art of Intimacy asks eight legendary artists: What has sustained you in the long run? How do we keep doing this--making art? Stacey D'Erasmo had been writing for twenty years and had published three novels when she asked herself this question. She was...
The Slow Down : For the Love of Home
Ford, Leanne.
Paper Book
Designer and HGTV personality Leanne Ford shares design secrets and personal reflections on how she creates her warm, chic, and easy-going aesthetic--and how you can do the same Leanne Ford's imperfectly perfect designs inspire more than half a million social media fans daily....

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