Phoenix artist Daniel Shepherd is using his skills and a desire to provide an opportunity for sweetness and relief in a chaotic world: He has created a character-driven coloring book, “Minimal: The ...

Catch a lush Monet blockbuster, gorgeous Egyptian goddesses and the history of Black Broadway before they’re gone.

Celia Paul’s extraordinary, art-focused life is captured in two brilliant autobiographies. Stella longlisted Stephanie Radok makes the ordinary special in her art.

From an accessible history of design to a facsimile of a super rare architecture magazine, these are the books we loved this year.

A few great graphic novels from 2025 that deserve a spotlight in a year when more celebrated creators are getting most of the ...

Paste has picked its 10 favorite music books from the last 12 months, but I’d like to shoutout to some other titles I loved ...

Rick Fröberg tragically passed away in 2023 at the all-too-young age of 55. He achieved immortality of a sort though, because his art and his music will be remembered through the ages. Fröberg was in ...

Three new titles from Smithsonian Books. Smithsonian Books. Holiday shopping can be fun and easy with these recommendations ...

French designer Jean Paul Gaultier is known for his avant-garde pieces — which is really just a fancy way of saying crazy and fun. This book collects his most iconic runway moments and the models who ...

It’s the time of year when best-of lists make their rounds. As usual, we’ve deliberated and selected some of our favorite monographs, surveys, and whimsical tomes published in 2025. Several of these ...

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 ...