Have art books, will travel. And this year’s prime selections clock up a lot of visual, historical and personal mileage. We get an up-close tour through the Vermeer extravaganza that became the ...

Books 17 Riveting Books About Art to Read Right Now, From a Novel About the New York Art Scene to a Compendium of Startling Art Crimes. Here's what we're reading on the beach.

Books that delve into the making of art by the artists themselves are important and refreshing. Many know of The Letters of Vincent van Gogh, where he writes about his joys and struggles with both ...

The picture book is a form, not a genre. If there’s an overabundance of simplistic picture books about cute animals learning Very Important Lessons, don’t blame the art form (and definitely ...

Alexandra Grant's new coffee table book 'LOVE: A Visual History of the grantLOVE Project' is about love, but it’s also about art-making, community and giving back.

Middleton credits the New York Art Book Fair, which was first held in 2006, with launching “this global movement.” The ...

“Get the Picture” is one of the funniest books I’ve read about New York’s contemporary art scene, even if I disagreed with some of its conclusions about how best to approach and appreciate ...

You're focused. And it's just you and this work of art," says Hodge, who has written over 100 books about art, including How Art Can Change Your Life.

Say what you will about digital futures, print still rules when it comes to art books. And 2024 has brought us a batch of hold-in-your-hand beauties.