New and Recommended: Art and Architecture

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A dazzling, soul-stirring journey through the lost and endangered crafts that shaped Britain from multi-award-winning historian and broadcaster James FoxBritain was once a craft land. For generations what we made with our hands shaped our…

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How artists have changed America through direct actionArtists in America have long battled against injustices, believing that art can in fact “do more.” The War of Art tells this history of artist-led activism and the…

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An original and wide-ranging riposte to the current understanding of Blackness in Western art and museums, from an upcoming curator and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt‘Akinkugbe is a brilliant new writer and thinker challenging art…

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One of the most popular photographers on the planet recounts his life and art - and gives us a love song to queues, church fêtes, and Spice Girls-themed crispsBy the age of 14, I decided I would be a photographer. ‘It’s…

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A remarkable, heartfelt, beautifully written analysis of the late work of 19 major artists that Max Porter describes as 'completely and utterly marvellous'.'Painting ... exists and exults in immortal thoughts' William BlakeIn 2020, as the…

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The new book from Sunday Times-bestselling author and community textile artist and historian Clare Hunter: An exploration of under-appreciated craft practices and the ways that they have inspired people through history - and how they…

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The new colour bible: a gorgeously illustrated exploration of colour and the modern gaze, from an award-winning designer'One of the best books on colour I've read. A layered tapestry of stories, insights and ideas, each beautifully and…

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For centuries, Palestinian women wrote the stories of their lives and land with a needle and thread. Their embroidery, or tatreez, inspired hundreds of artists who reinterpreted and transformed it into a symbol of Palestinian identity,…

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A master hands over his tools in this generous, gentle book of artistic adviceA lifetime’s learning about art, from one of Britain’s leading artistsWe are all artists as children, painting and drawing each day. Most of us stop…

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One of our most formidable literary critics explores how nine women artists flourished creatively in their final acts. In 2008, academic and scholar Susan Gubar was told by a trusted oncologist that she had only a few years left to…