The Arts books

Many British cities were devastated by bombing during the Second World War and faced stark economic dilemmas concerning...  Read More >>

Mute Records is one of the most influential, commercially successful, and long-lasting of the British independent...  Read More >>

Designing Cultures of Care brings together an international selection of design researchers who, through a variety...  Read More >>

A visitor-friendly handbook that serves as a souvenir of the collection as well as an evocation of the experience...  Read More >>

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This richly illustrated monograph on Hefner's work showcases ten beautiful homes, from contemporary to traditional,...  Read More >>

Why is music so important to radio? This anthology explores the ways in which musical life and radio interact, overlap...  Read More >>

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From forgetting lines to watching Phantom of the Opera, this book uses a range of musicals, plays and experimental...  Read More >>

Incapacity and Theatricality acknowledges the distinctive contribution to contemporary theatrical performance made...  Read More >>

Using interviews with artists across a range of disciplines, Kyra Cane explores how they use drawing to inform,...  Read More >>

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Today, the Iranian world, which encompasses the whole Persian-speaking and culturally Persianate region, including...  Read More >>

This book explores computation, specifically the craft of writing computer code, as a medium for drawing. Exercises,...  Read More >>

Viewing architecture and urban development from the perspective of building contractors is a much neglected topic...  Read More >>

Immanuel Kant's Critique of Judgment, Thierry de Duve argues in the first volume of Aesthetics at Large, is as relevant...  Read More >>

When Daphne Manners arrives in Mayapore, she meets two men who will change her life: Hari Kumar and Ronald Merrick....  Read More >>

The volume is the catalogue of the Lebanese Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice,...  Read More >>

British artist Lucy Jones has been described by art critic Jackie Wullschlager as 'the most exciting English colourist...  Read More >>

Japanese bamboo baskets have a very long history. Until the 16th century, they were primarily utilitarian and rustic...  Read More >>

An exhibition catalogue of Cecily Brown's retrospective at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark The British...  Read More >>

Immanuel Kant's Critique of Judgment, Thierry de Duve argues in the first volume of Aesthetics at Large, is as relevant...  Read More >>

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Love is in the air as Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey take on humankind's oldest pastime: kissing. In racy candids,...  Read More >>