The most popular visual art books of 2020

Visual art books are about painting, drawing and sculpture. Explore the great artists and movements, from cave walls to contemporary galleries, in histories, monographs and exhibition catalogues. Many of these books are objects of beauty themselves, made to be looked at slowly. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

Cover of Chinatown Pretty

Chinatown Pretty

Andria Lo, Valerie Luu

Published 2020

224 pages

Cover of Paper Bullets

Paper Bullets

Jeffrey H. Jackson

2020 · 2021 edition

336 pages

Cover of You Are an Artist

You Are an Artist

Sarah Urist Green

Published 2020

256 pages

Cover of Selena

Selena

Silvia López

Published 2020

48 pages

Cover of Drawing on Walls A Story of Keith Haring

Drawing on Walls A Story of Keith Haring

Matthew Burgess, Josh Cochran

2020 · 2021 edition

64 pages

Cover of Frida in America The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist

Frida in America The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist

Celia Stahr

Published 2020

400 pages

Cover of Why We Drive

Why We Drive

Matthew B. Crawford

Published 2020

368 pages

Cover of Nevertheless, She Wore It

Nevertheless, She Wore It

Ann Shen

Published 2020

128 pages

Cover of GLORY

GLORY

Kahran Bethencourt, Regis Bethencourt

Published 2020

256 pages

Cover of Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

Adam Nayman

Published 2020

288 pages

Cover of Expert

Expert

Roger Kneebone

2020 · 2021 edition

352 pages

Cover of This Brilliant Darkness A Book of Strangers

This Brilliant Darkness A Book of Strangers

Jeff Sharlet

2020 · 2024 edition

336 pages

Cover of Secrets of a Devon Wood My Nature Journal

Secrets of a Devon Wood My Nature Journal

Jo Brown

Published 2020

112 pages

Cover of The Mystery of Charles Dickens

The Mystery of Charles Dickens

A. N. Wilson

Published 2020

368 pages

Cover of The Dance Cure

The Dance Cure

Peter Lovatt

2020 · 2021 edition

1 page

Cover of Loving A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s

Loving A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s

Hugh Nini, Neal Treadwell

Published 2020

336 pages

Cover of The Art of Cuphead

The Art of Cuphead

Studio MDHR

Published 2020

264 pages

Cover of Index Cards

Index Cards

Moyra Davey

Published 2020

217 pages

Cover of The Art of the Occult A Visual Sourcebook for the Modern Mystic

The Art of the Occult A Visual Sourcebook for the Modern Mystic

S. Elizabeth

Published 2020

240 pages

Cover of My Meteorite

My Meteorite

Harry Dodge

2020 · 2022 edition

288 pages

Cover of Everything She Touched

Everything She Touched

Marilyn Chase

Published 2020

224 pages

Cover of Feel It Out The Guide to Getting in Touch with Your Goals, Your Relationships, and Yourself

Feel It Out The Guide to Getting in Touch with Your Goals, Your Relationships, and Yourself

Jordan Sondler

Published 2020

144 pages

Cover of Memesthetics

Memesthetics

Valentina Tanni

2020 · 2024 edition

268 pages

Cover of How Design Makes the World

How Design Makes the World

Scott Berkun

Published 2020

210 pages

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