Yale Art Books – Looking Forward to 2020
For 2020 we look forward to a new list of beautiful, insightful art books from Yale University Press…
Modern Art
Matisse and Decoration
Matisse and Decoration is a new book by John Klein, an internationally acclaimed specialist in the art of…
Picasso and the Art of Drawing by Christopher Lloyd
In his new book Picasso and the Art of Drawing, Christopher Lloyd sets out to interpret the lifelong…
Lee Lozano: Not Working – an interview with Jo Applin
To mark the upcoming publication of her new book Lee Lozano: Not Working, we asked Jo Applin to…
Lee Lozano: Not Working by Jo Applin – An Extract
Lee Lozano: Not Working An extract about Lee Lozano’s life Lee Lozano (1930–1999) was a major artist in the…
Magda Cordell, the Lost Brutalist
The Art of Brutalism is an engaging and expansive look at the Brutalist art produced in Britain between 1952…
The Art of Brutalism: The Style of No Style
To celebrate the release of The Art of Brutalism (with the Paul Mellon Centre) – a fascinating inquiry…
Stars of the 56th Venice Biennale, selected by David Ebony
Our special correspondent David Ebony is recently returned from Venice where he took in the sights and sounds of…
Alex Katz, This is Now – The Catalogue
‘Like the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, he is searching for the real forms that we usually see only…
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the Motor City – Interview with Mark Rosenthal
From the late 1920s through the 1930s, Mexican artists Diego Rivera (1886-1957), and his wife Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), were…
Rothko Roundup: Four Books on the Abstract Expressionist
‘A painting is not about an experience. It is an experience.’ – Mark Rothko Mark Rothko is often…
Experiments in Modern Realism: World Making, Politics and the Everyday in Postwar European and American Art
Experiments in Modern Realism: World Making, Politics and the Everyday in Postwar European and American Art offers a new…
‘Salvaging The Past: Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts’
Georges Hoentschel (1855-1915) was a leading French interior designer in historic styles, head of a decorating firm, and…
Contemporary Artists: The sculptures of El Anatsui
In recent weeks we have looked at books on contemporary artists, including Ron Mueck, John Hoyland, Elizabeth Blackadder…
Contemporary British Artists: Tony Cragg exhibition opens today
In the next instalment in our series looking at contemporary British artists and accompanying Yale books, we take…
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