Art and Design

Recent movers and shakers in Art and Design.
Updated April 15, 2025
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Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism
Sebastian Smee
FAMILY ROMANCE: JOHN SINGER SARGENT AND THE WERTHEIMERS
Strouse, Jean.
Paper Book
Jean Strouse captures the dramas, mysteries, intrigues, and tragedies surrounding John Singer Sargent's portraits of the Wertheimer family. Jean Strouse's Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers looks at twelve portraits of one English family painted by...
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 ...
ACTS OF RESISTANCE: THE POWER OF ART TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD
Massie-Blomfield, Amber
Paper Book
What is the purpose of art in a world on fire? In this exhilarating and deeply inspiring work, Amber Massie-Blomfield considers the work of artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers--such as Gran Fury, Billie Holiday, Alexis Wright, Claude Cahun, Rick Lowe, and Joseph Beuys--alongside...
ART, ANNOTATED: THE WORLD'S 500 GREATEST PAINTINGS EXPLAINED
DK
Paper Book
A stunning art gallery in a book, art, annotated spans more than 3,000 years of paintings, sculptures, and prints. Combining reproductions of each work of art with precise annotations and visual analysis, it is an expertly curated selection of the finest art ever created....
The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art
Susan Owens
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HOW PAINTING HAPPENS (AND WHY IT MATTERS)
Gayford, Martin
Paper Book
A Times Book of the Year 'This is as clear a piece of writing about the experience of looking at a great painting as I have ever read ... Gayford seems to have seen everything and thought deeply about all of it' Andrew Marr, New Statesman 'If you...
MONDRIAN: HIS LIFE, HIS ART, HIS QUEST FOR 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
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...
Tree : exploring the arboreal world /
Paper Book
As seen in The Guardian, Harper's Bazaar, and Wall Street Journal 'It's no secret that I adore trees. This book is a most glorious cornucopia celebrating our enduring love affair with trees - an uplifting and eye-opening tribute to the way they enrich our lives.' -...
Taylor Swift Style: Fashion Through the Eras
Sarah Chapelle
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....
DON'T BUILD, REBUILD: THE CASE FOR IMAGINATIVE REUSE IN ARCHITECTURE
Betsky, Aaron
Paper Book
In a time of climate crisis and housing shortages, a bold, visionary call to replace current wasteful construction practices with an architecture of reuse As climate change has escalated into a crisis, the reuse of existing structures is the only way to even begin to preserve our...
DRAWN TESTIMONY: MY FOUR DECADES AS A COURTROOM SKETCH ARTIST (ORIGINAL)
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...
THE UNIVERSE IN 100 COLORS: WEIRD AND WONDROUS COLORS FROM SCIENCE AND NATURE
Thrasher, Tyler
Paper Book
At the intersection of science, art, and design, this must-have coffee table book highlights 100 mind-blowing colors that you've likely never seen before. From Instagram sensation and self-described "mad scientist artist" Tyler Thrasher and creator of the popular Matter subscription...
The Long Run: A Creative Inquiry
Stacey D'Erasmo
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
Leanne Ford
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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