The most popular French visual art books of 2021

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 2021. Only books in French are listed.

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Les Mondes d'Orsay
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Les Mondes d'Orsay

Musée d'Orsay, Pierre Singaravélou

Published 2021

192 pages

Palais des glaces
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Palais des glaces

Valérie Mréjen, Thomas Clerc, Bertrand Schefer

Published 2021

240 pages

Le Phototexte engagé
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Le Phototexte engagé

Charlotte Foucher, Magali Nachtergael, Maison des sciences de l'homme Paris Nord

Published 2021

368 pages

Chemins de la création
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Chemins de la création

Christophe Camus, DESBLACHES CLAUDIA, Maison des sciences de l'homme de Bretagne

Published 2021

244 pages