The most popular art & artists books of 2026

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 2026.

Cover of Too L.A.

Too L.A.

Eve Babitz

Published 2026

448 pages

Cover of William Blake and The Sea Monsters of Love

William Blake and The Sea Monsters of Love

Philip Hoare

Published 2026

453 pages

Cover of And Warren Niesluchowski Was There Guest, Host, Ghost

And Warren Niesluchowski Was There Guest, Host, Ghost

Sina Najafi, Joanna Warsza, Barry Schwabsky, Warren Niesluchowski

Published 2026

272 pages

Cover of Composing Olana

Composing Olana

Annik LaFarge

Published 2026

208 pages

Cover of Mondrian

Mondrian

Erik de Graaf

Published 2026

328 pages

Cover of Toronto Edwardian Frank Darling, Architect of Canada's Imperial Age

Toronto Edwardian Frank Darling, Architect of Canada's Imperial Age

David Winterton, David E. Winterton

Published 2026

384 pages

Cover of Waiting in the Wings

Waiting in the Wings

Salima Hashmi

Published 2026

256 pages

Cover of Front Lines A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance

Front Lines A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance

Susan Simensky Bietila

Published 2026

192 pages

Cover of The Moment of Cubism

The Moment of Cubism

John Berger

Published 2026

152 pages

Cover of Ewa Juszkiewicz

Ewa Juszkiewicz

Gagosian

Published 2026

176 pages

Cover of Leaving Home A Memoir in Full Colour

Leaving Home A Memoir in Full Colour

Mark Haddon

Published 2026

320 pages

Cover of Queer Crafts Material Practices and the Making of Identity

Queer Crafts Material Practices and the Making of Identity

Daniel Fountain

Published 2026

224 pages

Cover of Jess T. Dugan and Charlotte Cotton

Jess T. Dugan and Charlotte Cotton

Charlotte Cotton

Published 2026

448 pages

Cover of Hell in a Handbag

Hell in a Handbag

Jibz Cameron

Published 2026

184 pages

Cover of Becoming Alice Millard Bookseller and Tastemaker

Becoming Alice Millard Bookseller and Tastemaker

Michèle V. Cloonan

Published 2026

336 pages

Cover of The Architecture of Wesley Clark Dodson Legacy of a Good Name

The Architecture of Wesley Clark Dodson Legacy of a Good Name

Mary Helen Dodson

Published 2026

280 pages

Cover of Performing Chance The Art of Alison Knowles In/Out of Fluxus

Performing Chance The Art of Alison Knowles In/Out of Fluxus

Nicole L. Woods

Published 2026

288 pages

Cover of Utterly Lazy and Inattentive Martin Parr

Utterly Lazy and Inattentive Martin Parr

Martin Parr, Wendy Jones

Published 2026

312 pages

Cover of Rada Photography

Rada Photography

Victor Deupi

Published 2026

384 pages

Cover of Spatial Memories and Preoccupations of an Architect

Spatial Memories and Preoccupations of an Architect

Turner Brooks

Published 2026

160 pages

Cover of Brendan Stuart Burns The Space Between

Brendan Stuart Burns The Space Between

Ian Massey

Published 2026

144 pages

Cover of Gladys Hynes Radical Lives

Gladys Hynes Radical Lives

Sacha Llewellyn, Jennifer FitzGerald, Sean Mark

Published 2026

352 pages

Cover of John Vanbrugh The Drama of Architecture

John Vanbrugh The Drama of Architecture

Charles Saumarez Smith

Published 2026

272 pages

Cover of Surrealist Women Artists and Mental Illness

Surrealist Women Artists and Mental Illness

Jenny Anger

Published 2026

232 pages

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