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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Henry Ward - Bethany
Cover of Henry Ward - Bethany

Henry Ward - Bethany

Henry Ward, Jonathan Watkins, Amy Sillman, Jenni Lomax

Published 2025

144 pages

Summer Things
Cover of Summer Things

Summer Things

Alli Koch, Paige Tate & Co.

Published 2025

80 pages

Drawing Is ...
Cover of Drawing Is ...

Drawing Is ...

Elizabeth Haidle

Published 2025

72 pages

Directors
Cover of Directors

Directors

Abdelouahab Hammoudi

Published 2025

147 pages