The most popular visual art books of 2025

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 2025.

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Reverend Joyce McDonald
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Reverend Joyce McDonald

Joyce McDonald, Kyle Croft, Rafael Sanchez, Jareh Das

Published 2025

112 pages

Lest We Forget
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Lest We Forget

Tessa Dunlop

2025 · 2026 edition

352 pages

Doors of London
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Doors of London

Melanie Backe-Hansen

Published 2025

256 pages

Ravenna, AD 400–800
Cover of Ravenna, AD 400–800

Ravenna, AD 400–800

Neil Christie, Thomas Brown, Andrea Augenti

Published 2025

350 pages

Laffanour
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Laffanour

Marie Kalt, Anne Bony, François Laffanour

Published 2025

256 pages

Epic Royale
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Epic Royale

A CAMIL

Published 2025

36 pages