The most popular art & artists books of 2025

Books about art and artists take you into studios and galleries. Painters and sculptors struggle for recognition, forgers fool the experts and a single painting carries a story across centuries. Novels, biographies and art-world mysteries here are rich in color and passion. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

Cover of Joan Mitchell and Her Dogs

Joan Mitchell and Her Dogs

Laura Morris

Published 2025

80 pages

Cover of Long Journey Home

Long Journey Home

Jim Burger

Published 2025

92 pages

Cover of Feel

Feel

S. M. Wells

Published 2025

382 pages

Cover of Dead and Alive Essays

Dead and Alive Essays

Zadie Smith

Published 2025

352 pages

Cover of 塞尚、大師們、與我 Cézanne, Masters, and Me

塞尚、大師們、與我 Cézanne, Masters, and Me

Chao-Liang Calvin Yu, 尤昭良

Published 2025

98 pages

Cover of Hope Field

Hope Field

Bruce Matchett

Published 2025

288 pages

Cover of What It Is, America

What It Is, America

Tyrus

Published 2025

288 pages

Cover of Astad Deboo An Icon of Contemporary Indian Dance

Astad Deboo An Icon of Contemporary Indian Dance

Ketu H. Katrak

Published 2025

320 pages

Cover of Jean-Michel Basquiat The Making of an Icon

Jean-Michel Basquiat The Making of an Icon

Doug Woodham

Published 2025

272 pages

Cover of Keep in Touch The Serendipitous Life of Canadian Arts Icon David Silcox

Keep in Touch The Serendipitous Life of Canadian Arts Icon David Silcox

John Fraser, Nancy Silcox

Published 2025

312 pages

Cover of ZAHA HADID BIOGRAPHY

ZAHA HADID BIOGRAPHY

Riley E. Meyer

Published 2025

158 pages

Cover of Brenton Wood Biography

Brenton Wood Biography

Jerry T. Allen

Published 2025

109 pages

Cover of ELTON JOHN

ELTON JOHN

Lyric Emerson

Published 2025

233 pages

Cover of HERBIE HANCOCK

HERBIE HANCOCK

Linden L. Sommerfeld

Published 2025

85 pages

Cover of KIT CONNOR BIOGRAPHY

KIT CONNOR BIOGRAPHY

Martins Luke

Published 2025

89 pages

Cover of A Shot in the Dark A Memoir

A Shot in the Dark A Memoir

Sante D'Orazio

Published 2025

384 pages

Cover of Objects of Greatest Desire A Curator's Memoir

Objects of Greatest Desire A Curator's Memoir

James Lomax

Published 2025

200 pages

Cover of Janet Dawson Far Away, So Close

Janet Dawson Far Away, So Close

Hatje Cantz

Published 2025

198 pages

Cover of The Canister X Transmission Year Seven - Collected Newsletters

The Canister X Transmission Year Seven - Collected Newsletters

A. P. Fuchs

Published 2025

210 pages

Cover of Corpus

Corpus

Prune Nourry

Published 2025

256 pages

Cover of Continuity by Bonnie Clevering Life Beyond the Credits

Continuity by Bonnie Clevering Life Beyond the Credits

Bonnie Clevering, Jason Clevering

Published 2025

242 pages

Cover of Art Above Everything One Woman's Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life

Art Above Everything One Woman's Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life

Stephanie Elizondo Griest

Published 2025

272 pages

Cover of Don't Make It Look Self-Published The Indie Author's Guide to Book Design

Don't Make It Look Self-Published The Indie Author's Guide to Book Design

George Stevens

Published 2025

206 pages

Cover of Gloria Gaynor Biography

Gloria Gaynor Biography

Anthony H. Valentino

Published 2025

61 pages

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