Books The First-Ever CryptoPunks Book Features Every Last One of the Digital Artworks The book features contributions from Hans Ulrich Obrist, Simon Denny, and Mat Dryhurst. By Brian Boucher, Apr 15, 2024
Books Curator Fatoş Üstek on How Museums Can Meet the Moment Read an excerpt from Üstek's new book, "The Art Institution of Tomorrow: Reinventing the Model." By Fatoş Üstek, Apr 6, 2024
Books How Influential Critic Larry Neal Powered the Black Arts Movement A new book collates the writer's essays on Black art and Black liberation. By Brian Boucher, Mar 4, 2024
Books This New Exhibition Wants Us to Judge a Book by Its Cover Manhattan’s Grolier Club is displaying treasures from its collection. By Verity Babbs, Feb 16, 2024
Books From a Fresh Look at Van Gogh to an Artist’s Ode to the Bodega, Here Are 6 Books on Our Reading List in 2024 From a new look at Van Gogh to an artist's ode to the New York City bodega, here's what we're cracking open this year. By Artnet News, Jan 2, 2024
Books Why Historian E.H. Gombrich’s ‘The Story of Art’ Has Stood the Test of Time A new pocket edition of the art history classic was recently released by Phaidon, as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations. By Leonie Gombrich, Jan 2, 2024
Books Floral Designer Lindsey Taylor on Finding Inspiration in Art and Nature A new book released by Phaidon is based on Taylor's popular Wall Street Journal column, Flower School. By Lindsey Taylor, Dec 31, 2023
Books Phaidon Has Revisited a Forgotten Art Carnival. See More Candid Pictures From the 1980s Edition of Luna Luna See behind-the-scenes shots of Keith Haring and Roy Lichtenstein working on their projects for the 1987 artist fair. By Verity Babbs, Dec 30, 2023
Books 19 Art Books That Spoke Volumes in 2023 Great art novels and art-history tomes, as lovingly selected by the Artnet News staff. By Artnet News, Dec 22, 2023
Books Artist David Shrigley Has Pulped 6,000 Copies of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ to Create New Editions of ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ The Turner Prize-nominated artist took one shop's trash and turned it into his own treasure. By Max Berlinger, Oct 27, 2023
Books Sofia Coppola’s First Book Goes Behind the Scenes on Her Films From ‘Lost in Translation’ to ‘Priscilla.’ See Its Lush Photos Here "Sofia Coppola Archive" also collects scripts, mood boards, and notes from the director's eight feature films. By Min Chen, Oct 23, 2023
Books Read Candid Post-It Messages Written by Grimes, Damien Hirst, and Paul McCartney in Hans Ulrich Obrist’s New Book The artists' brief musings have been a hit on Instagram since Hans Ulrich Obrist began posting them in 2012. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 20, 2023
Books A Belgian Photographer Spent Years Documenting Her Worldly Possessions—All 12,795 Objects. What Gives? Barbara Iweins has photographed every last item in her Brussels home. By Min Chen, Sep 20, 2023
Books 5 Moving Life Lessons a Former Museum Guard Learned From His Time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Patrick Bringley's book, "All the Beauty in the World," reflects on his decade-long stint at the museum By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 28, 2023
Books Looking for a Smart Beach Read? Here Are 15 of the Most Gripping New Art-World Books to Crack Open This Summer From the stranger-than-fiction tale of the world's biggest art theft to an ambitious meta-fiction of an enigmatic art star with a secret history, here is what we are reading this season. By Artnet News, Jul 21, 2023
