These standout art books run the gamut—architectural deep dives, boundary-pushing contemporary art, fashion histories, experimental catalogs, and long-overdue monographs. Searching for a gift? These ...

A Ruth Asawa catalog for the disenchanted, artsy almanac for the planners, Prospect Park photo book for the New Yorkers, Vermeer tome for the Golden Age fans, and much more. One of the first times I ...

In the world of art book publishing, the first few months of the new year see a host of historical and scholarly works. Here, we look at several such volumes, from a deep-dive into the cerebral art ...

“ Elevated: Art on the High Line ” by Cecilia Alemani (Monacelli, 256 pages, $59.95) celebrates those anniversaries with essays by and about its artists. Coupled with the essays are gorgeous ...

If you’re stuck shopping for someone who “has everything,” I have a suggestion: Get them an art book. They’re thoughtful, personal, and, yes, can double as décor. The best part is you can gift ...

Edited by Janet Bishop and Cara Manes (Yale Univ.) $65 When Asawa (1926–2013) was a teenager, her Japanese American family was forcibly relocated to a World War II interment camp. After the war, she ...

Rachel Harrison's recent show "The Friedmann Equations," at New York's Greene Naftali gallery, was a highlight of 2025. To try to break it down briefly, it was classic Harrison: brainy, oblique, and ...