Alexander McQueen: The legend and the legacy
Judith Watt
Carlton Books, HB, 9781847960313
A retrospective of Alexander McQueen's groundbreaking work and a salute to his artistry, this book showcases the wonderful world of McQueen, from his graduate collection at Central Saint Martins to his latest designs created just days before his untimely death, and finally his ideas carried on through Sarah Burton, including Kate Middleton's wedding dress. Celebrating his work and vision, Alexander McQueen: ... More/Buy
Australasian Nature Photography: ANZANG Ninth Collecton
South Australian Museum
CSIRO Publishing, PB, 9780643108264
The bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage stretching back over 50 million years since the breakup of the great southern continent of Gondwanaland. The South Australian Museum focuses on enhancing a general knowledge of this extraordinary legacy by encouraging photography of the region's nature and wilderness, and promoting an annual competition to find ... More/Buy
Balinese Art: Paintings and Drawings of Bali, 1800-2010
Adrian Vickers
Tuttle Publishing, HB, 9780804842488
This book surveys the art scene in Bali for the past two hundred years. The author shows how Balinese painting has deep local roots and has followed its own distinctive trajectory, yet has been heavily influenced by outsiders. Indian artistic and religious traditions were introduced to Bali over a thousand years ago through prism of ancient Javanese culture. Balinese artists and ... More/Buy
Bauhaus: Art as Life
Catherine Ince
Wlater Konig, HB, 9783863351632
This book explores the diverse artistic production and turbulent 14-year history of the modern world’s most famous art school. Accompanying the biggest Bauhaus exhibition in the United Kingdom in more than 40 years, this catalogue features a rich array of painting, sculpture, design, architecture, film, photography, textiles, ceramics, theatre and installation, ranging from the school’s Expressionist beginnings to its pioneering utopian ... More/Buy
Collectomania: From Objects of Desire to Magnificent Obsession
Claudia Chan Shaw
ABC Books, PB, 9780733325977
At a young age Claudia Chan Shaw developed a penchant for collecting of all kinds - tin robots, Humphrey Bogart posters, snow domes and fashion, As she grew older she realised it had become an obsession and that there were others who felt the same. As host of the ABC TV series, THE COLLECTORS, Claudia would encounter many people of the ... More/Buy
The Contact Sheet
Steve Crist
Ammo Books, PB, 9781934429082
Behind every great photograph is a story. For every noteworthy image there are many more images taken before and after ‘the moment’ that are often left unseen to anyone but the photographer himself. This book features an array of original contact sheets from more than forty international photographers including: Anton Corbijn, Imogen Cunningham, Nan Goldin, Nadav Kander, Art Kane, David Hume ... More/Buy
Fit: An Architect's Manifesto
Robert Geddes
Princeton University Press, HB, 9780691155753
Fit is a manifesto about architecture and society that seeks to fundamentally change how architects and the public think about the task of design. Distinguished architect and urbanist Robert Geddes argues that buildings, landscapes, and cities should be designed to fit: fit the purpose, fit the place, fit future possibilities. Fit replaces old paradigms, such as form follows function, and less ... More/Buy
Hate Mail
Mr Bingo
Michael Joseph, HB, 9780718159030
Mr Bingo loves post. In April 2011 he launched a service on his website, where, for a small payment, he would send his customer a vintage postcard with one of his iconic drawings and an offensive message on the back. So the purchaser gets a much sought-after original signed drawing, the postman gets a laugh and the world gets a little ... More/Buy
How Are You Feeling?
David Shrigley
Canongate, HB, 9780857867216
We will start our journey in the eye as that is a common entrance place to the brain. I shall ruminate about the eye and its properties. I shall tell how the eye's seeing is sorted-out in the brain and the magical nature of it and I shall warn of all the things that can go wrong in this sorting-out process. ... More/Buy
Icons: The Celebrity Exposures of Markus and Indrani
Markus Klinko, Indrani Pal-chaudhuri
Running Press, PB, 9780762446766
Markus and Indrani, the leading duo of celebrity and fashion photography, have produced album covers for Beyonce, Mariah Carey, and David Bowie, and shot everyone from Lady Gaga to Kate Winslet, Jay-Z, Lindsay Lohan, and Naomi Campbell. As former stars of the Bravo reality series Double Exposure and in past lives as a classical recording artist and top model, respectively, Markus ... More/Buy
Kaffe Quilts Again: 20 Favourite quilts in Rowan new colourways
Kaffe Fassett
Sally Milner Publishing, PB, 9781863514385
Kaffe Fassett takes 20 of his favourite quilt blocks from his unique series of patchwork and quilting books with Rowan and recolours them with the new collection of Rowan fabrics. Photographed in a simple village in the heart of rural Bulgaria, they create a stunning array of colour contrasts, harmonies and shapes, giving quilters the chance to see a master colourist ... More/Buy
Kesu: The Art and Life of Doug Cranmer
Jennifer Kramer
Douglas & McIntyre, PB, 9781553658597
Northwest Coast Kwakwaka’wakw art is renowned for its flamboyant, energetic, and colourful carving and painting. Among the best-known practitioners was Doug Cranmer, whose style was understated, elegant, fresh, and unique, and whose work quickly found an international following in the 1960s, and his abstract painting series from 1974–76 is still regarded as ground-breaking in contemporary Northwest Coast modern art today. He ... More/Buy
Kimberley Rock Art V2: North Kimberley
Mike Donaldson
Wildrock Publications, HB, 9780980589030
Volume Two in this series of Kimberley rock art books covers the northern coast from the King George River to Kalumburu as well as the Drysdale & King Edward rivers. Most of this region is in Balanggarra Country where the Kwini language group predominates, but there are also some sites from Wunambal Gaambera Country. The art sites along the northern coast ... More/Buy
Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination
Fiona MacCarthy
Faber, PB, 9780571228621
From the prize winning author of William Morris comes a new biography of Edward Burne-Jones, the greatest British artist of the second half of the nineteenth century. The angels on our Christmas cards, the stained glass in our churches, the great paintings in our galleries - Edward Burne-Jones's work is all around us. The most admired British artist of his generation, ... More/Buy
Looking at Ansel Adams: The Photographs and the Man
Andrea G Stillman
Little Brown, HB, 9780316217804
LOOKING AT ANSEL ADAMS is a personal and penetrating study that explores Ansel's life as an artist by looking closely at the stories behind 20 of his most significant images. Immediately recognizable photographs like Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, and Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake are turned on their axes and seen from a new angle, along with ancillary photographs, alternative versions, ... More/Buy
Making Soft Toys
Karin Neuschutz
Floris Books, PB, 9780863159084
This beautifully illustrated craft book explains how to make a range of fabric soft toys: from dolls and their clothes, glove puppets, teddy bears and cuddly animals, to smaller animals for a farm scene or wildlife park. Each project includes step-by-step instructions and clear diagrams, as well as patterns and colour photographs. The adorable finished toys are sure to be loved ... More/Buy
Quilt Love
Cassandra Ellis
Penguin, PB, 9780670077007
Few of us are fortunate enough to have a handmade quilt handed down through our family. In our grandmother's time, quilt-makers used whatever pieces of fabrics they could lay their hands on, from worn-out clothes to flour sacks and scraps. When the quilt was pieced together, its fabric represented something that was practical, precious and personal - an heirloom that would ... More/Buy
Sewn in the Sweatshops of Marx: Beuys, Warhol, Klein, Duchamp
Thierry de Duve, Rosalind E Krauss
University of Chicago Press, PB, 9780226922386
"Joseph Beuys", "Andy Warhol", "Yves Klein", and "Marcel Duchamp" form an unlikely quartet, but they each played a singular role in shaping a new avant-garde for the 1960s and beyond. Each of them staged brash, even shocking, events and produced works that challenged the way the mainstream art world operated and thought about itself. Distinguished philosopher Thierry de Duve binds these ... More/Buy
Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art
Arnie Fenner, Cathy Fenner (eds)
Underwood Books, PB, 9781599290638
Challenging, controversial, educational, and irreverent, the award-winning Spectrum series reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantastic art in today's culture. With exceptional images by extraordinary creators, this elegant full-color collection showcases an international cadre of creators working in every style and medium, both traditional and digital. The best artists from the United States, Europe, China, Australia, South America and beyond ... More/Buy
Two With Nature: Illustrated Wildflowers of South-West Australia
Elen Hickman, John Ryan
Fremantle Press, HB, 9781922089120
Ellen Hickman is an illustrator and botanical scientist who captures the natural world in layers of fine detail and colour. John Ryan is a writer whose botanical poetry explores what he calls the inherently mysterious nature of the plant world. Fusing art and science, words and images, Two with Nature stimulates new ways of knowing the green ... More/Buy
Vermeer: The Complete Paintings
Walter Liedtke
Ludion, HB, 9789461300416
Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) is generally admired today as one of the greatest European painters, for centuries his personality has been enveloped in a veil of mystery, which has made it difficult to situate his work properly & to assess its worth fully. His private life and religion, his supposed use of a camera obscura, and the fact that his teacher has ... More/Buy
Vintage Handbags
Marnie Fogg
Carlton Books, HB, 9781780971599
Decade by decade, the lavishly illustrated Vintage Handbags recounts over 100 years of handbag history Accompanied by archive images, fashion photography and specially commissioned photographs of period pieces, the most collectible and beautiful handbags are showcased. An invaluable reference as well as a visual delight of times past, the book explores the key designers, technical developments and cultural influences that shaped ... More/Buy
Vintage Shoes
Caroline Cox
Carlton Books, HB, 9781780971605
Decade by decade, the lavishly illustrated Vintage Shoes recounts over 100 years of shoe history. Accompanied by archive images, stunning fashion photography, and specially commissioned photographs of rare period footwear, the most collectible and fabulous footwear designs are showcased. An invaluable reference as well as a visual delight of times past, the book explores the key designers, technical developments and cultural ... More/Buy
What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye
Will Gompertz
Penguin, PB, 9780670920495
Join Will Gompertz, the BBC Arts Editor, and probably the world's first art history stand-up comedian, on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. From Monet's water lilies to Van Gogh's sunflowers, from Warhol's soup cans to Hirst's pickled shark, hear the stories behind the masterpieces, meet the artists as they really were, and ... More/Buy