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History of Art

The Art and Lore of Dead by Daylight
Official art book of the Behaviour Interactive video game series Dead by Daylight, featuring high-resolution character art, concept art and interviews with the developers. Step into The Fog… if you dare. Dead by Daylight has captivated millions with its heart-pounding gameplay, unique blend of...
The Art of Junji Ito
Enter the world of Junji Ito’s art––an abyss of horror and sublime beauty. A first-ever collection of Junji Ito’s artworks, featuring over 130 images from his bestselling manga titles along with rare works. This sublime collection includes all of Ito’s unforgettable illustrations in both...
The Art of The Lord of the Rings
A dual-edition full-color book for the millions of fans who have taken The Lord of the Rings to heart through the celebrated film trilogy. Many of the images included in this volume, depicting pivotal scenes and characters, were previously embargoed and have never appeared in book form. The work of...
The Battleground of Art
A radical manifesto advocating art’s autonomy in the fight against neoliberal capture. Activist and curator Marco Baravalle shows how artists across the Global South and North are building alter-institutions – autonomous, collective infrastructures that challenge both state and market control....
Abstract Art
In his fresh take on abstract art, now available in paperback and expanded to include sixteen new contemporary artists from six continents, noted art historian Pepe Karmel chronicles the movement from a global perspective, while embedding abstraction in a recognizable reality. Moving beyond the...
Dreamworld

Dreamworld 2025

A lively history of Surrealism, from its beginnings in Paris to its expansion into an international artistic movement. Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 celebrates the centennial of André Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism (1924), which launched one of the essential currents of twentieth-century thought...
Form for Movement
The celebrated and influential teaching of Hans Hofmann is presented through the voices of the artist and his former students. Hans Hofmann (1880–1966) was a German-born American painter known for his prominent role in the emergence of Abstract Expressionism and widely revered as one of the most...
Hidden Portraits
Fernande Olivier, Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot, and Jacqueline Roque. These six extraordinary women loved and inspired Pablo Picasso. They frequently appear as the women in his portraits, but they also pursued their own ambitions in dance, writing, painting, and...
Korean National Treasures
An epic journey through the world of Korean art, ranging from the first century BCE to the mid-twentieth century. The 150 artworks showcased in this elegant book represent the vast and varied traditions and the extraordinary range of media encompassed in the Korean art world. The objects—which...
The Lord of the Rings
With Peter Jackson's Academy Award-winning epic motion picture trilogy drawing to a spectacular and triumphant close, Gary Russell's detailed research takes us back into the world of Middle-earth, to relive all the visual drama and excitement of The Return of the King. The Art of The Return of the...
Radical Harmony
Captivating artworks by renowned painters including Seurat and Signac are explored alongside pieces by lesser-known Neo-Impressionists, such as Anna Boch. This catalogue accompanies the National Gallery’s first-ever exhibition devoted to the vibrant Neo-Impressionist movement. Organised...
Raffaella della Olga
The first book on an innovative artist who uses modified typewriters to create abstract and colorful bookworks and paintings. Raffaella della Olga makes unique artist’s books using modified typewriters and multicolor ink ribbons on a range of materials—from tracing paper to photo paper to...
Art and Revolution
In this prescient and beautifully written book, Booker Prize-winning author John Berger examines the life and work of Ernst Neizvestny, a Russian sculptor whose exclusion from the ranks of officially approved Soviet artists left him laboring in enforced obscurity to realize his monumental and very...
Art of the Nordic Nations
Modern art from the Nordic countries—Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland—tends to be represented by a few famous artists, and an aesthetic known for combining originality and continuity of tradition. Although influenced by the wider international art movements of the time, modern Nordic...
Artists, Siblings, Visionaries
In Artists, Siblings, Visionaries, acclaimed biographer Judith Mackrell tells the stories of brother and sister artists Gwen and Augustus John. As siblings, they could hardly have seemed more unalike. Augustus was in every way the larger of the two; vivid, volatile, and promiscuous, he was a hero...

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The Battleground of Art

The Battleground of Art August 18, 2026

A radical manifesto advocating art’s autonomy in the fight against neoliberal capture. Activist and curator Marco Baravalle shows how artists across the Global South and North are building alter-institutions – autonomous, collective infrastructures that challenge both state and market control....
Artists, Siblings, Visionaries
In Artists, Siblings, Visionaries, acclaimed biographer Judith Mackrell tells the stories of brother and sister artists Gwen and Augustus John. As siblings, they could hardly have seemed more unalike. Augustus was in every way the larger of the two; vivid, volatile, and promiscuous, he was a hero...
The Art and Lore of Dead by Daylight
Official art book of the Behaviour Interactive video game series Dead by Daylight, featuring high-resolution character art, concept art and interviews with the developers. Step into The Fog… if you dare. Dead by Daylight has captivated millions with its heart-pounding gameplay, unique blend of...
Form for Movement

Form for Movement's Sake March 31, 2026

The celebrated and influential teaching of Hans Hofmann is presented through the voices of the artist and his former students. Hans Hofmann (1880–1966) was a German-born American painter known for his prominent role in the emergence of Abstract Expressionism and widely revered as one of the most...
Raffaella della Olga

Raffaella della Olga January 27, 2026

The first book on an innovative artist who uses modified typewriters to create abstract and colorful bookworks and paintings. Raffaella della Olga makes unique artist’s books using modified typewriters and multicolor ink ribbons on a range of materials—from tracing paper to photo paper to...
Radical Harmony

Radical Harmony January 13, 2026

Captivating artworks by renowned painters including Seurat and Signac are explored alongside pieces by lesser-known Neo-Impressionists, such as Anna Boch. This catalogue accompanies the National Gallery’s first-ever exhibition devoted to the vibrant Neo-Impressionist movement. Organised...
Dreamworld

Dreamworld November 25, 2025

A lively history of Surrealism, from its beginnings in Paris to its expansion into an international artistic movement. Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 celebrates the centennial of André Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism (1924), which launched one of the essential currents of twentieth-century thought...
Hidden Portraits

Hidden Portraits November 18, 2025

Fernande Olivier, Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot, and Jacqueline Roque. These six extraordinary women loved and inspired Pablo Picasso. They frequently appear as the women in his portraits, but they also pursued their own ambitions in dance, writing, painting, and...
Korean National Treasures

Korean National Treasures November 18, 2025

An epic journey through the world of Korean art, ranging from the first century BCE to the mid-twentieth century. The 150 artworks showcased in this elegant book represent the vast and varied traditions and the extraordinary range of media encompassed in the Korean art world. The objects—which...
Abstract Art

Abstract Art November 11, 2025

In his fresh take on abstract art, now available in paperback and expanded to include sixteen new contemporary artists from six continents, noted art historian Pepe Karmel chronicles the movement from a global perspective, while embedding abstraction in a recognizable reality. Moving beyond the...
Art of the Nordic Nations

Art of the Nordic Nations November 11, 2025

Modern art from the Nordic countries—Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland—tends to be represented by a few famous artists, and an aesthetic known for combining originality and continuity of tradition. Although influenced by the wider international art movements of the time, modern Nordic...
The Art of Junji Ito

The Art of Junji Ito April 21, 2020

Enter the world of Junji Ito’s art––an abyss of horror and sublime beauty. A first-ever collection of Junji Ito’s artworks, featuring over 130 images from his bestselling manga titles along with rare works. This sublime collection includes all of Ito’s unforgettable illustrations in both...
The Art of The Lord of the Rings
A dual-edition full-color book for the millions of fans who have taken The Lord of the Rings to heart through the celebrated film trilogy. Many of the images included in this volume, depicting pivotal scenes and characters, were previously embargoed and have never appeared in book form. The work of...
The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings January 2, 2004

With Peter Jackson's Academy Award-winning epic motion picture trilogy drawing to a spectacular and triumphant close, Gary Russell's detailed research takes us back into the world of Middle-earth, to relive all the visual drama and excitement of The Return of the King. The Art of The Return of the...
Art and Revolution

Art and Revolution March 17, 1998

In this prescient and beautifully written book, Booker Prize-winning author John Berger examines the life and work of Ernst Neizvestny, a Russian sculptor whose exclusion from the ranks of officially approved Soviet artists left him laboring in enforced obscurity to realize his monumental and very...