Christmas 2025: Art & Architecture

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Edmund de Waal has created a book about archives that is itself archival, a gathering together of his reflections on archives from over a decade in chronological order. The book is also cyclical, it starts in Odessa in 2009 and ends in…

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A beautiful tribute to some of the UK's strangest, most charismatic structures - and an invitation to see the world around us a little differently'Allow me to vent my enthusiasm for the oddest book of the year... I never thought anyone…

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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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A new edition of Sue Tilley’s classic biography of the man described by Boy George as ‘modern art on legs’, updated to include never-before-seen photographs and a new chapter reflecting on Bowery’s legacy.From his…

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The much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times bestselling author Sally Mann about the challenges and transcendent pleasures of the creative processArt Work, by photographer and writer Sally Mann, offers a spellbinding…

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A rich, thought-provoking collection of essays, critiques and interviews from the influential author of Ain't I a Woman and All About Love‘If one could make a people lose touch with their capacity to create, lose sight…

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Acclaimed critic Ian Nairn’s masterpiece, reissued for the first time since 1955 and introduced by Travis Elborough.In 1955, Britain’s most prestigious architectural magazine, The Architectural Review, published a special…

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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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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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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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“Then the voice from nowhere carried on talking about Munch, like my mother of all people knew about Munch, like she knew I was looking at a picture right now, like she knew about the power crisis and the international unrest and the…

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How the high-rise Tower Block came to symbolise the welfare state, and what went wrong - from an award-winning debut historian.Up in the Air tells the story of Britain’s multi-storey council housing from its beginnings to the…

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A revelatory new biography of the enigmatic Dutch artist, published to coincide with the 350th anniversary of his death‘This book is going to revolutionize the way we understand Vermeer' Peter CareyThe paintings of Johannes Vermeer of…

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From the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Story of Art Without Men: see the world anew with artistic inspiration for every day of the year.The year ahead is a gift that has been given to you. What might you do…