Individual artists, art monographs Books

A revealing collection of quotations from the world-renowned artist and political activist behind the iconic Obama 'Hope' poster and the 'Obey Giant' street-art campaign.Shepard Fairey is one of today's most important...

A collection of inspiring and empowering quotations from an artist noted for her frank treatment of sex and for her portraits of Madonna, Pamela Anderson, Lady Gaga, and Lizzo.Since the 1980s, Marilyn Minter has been a pioneer of sex-positive feminism...

Henry Moore is one of the most important and influential artists of the 20th century. His home, studios and garden at Perry Green in Hertfordshire provide an invaluable insight into his life and work. When Moore died in 1986 the studios and their...

This catalogue is the first comprehensive, scholarly publication on the Japanese print artist Saito Kiyoshi to be published in English and accompanies the first major exhibition of his work in the United States since his death. Saito was a central member...

The Art of Kelogsloops: From Sketch to Finish is the debut art book from the popular mixed-media artist.Though Hieu is based in Melbourne, Australia, his incredible artwork has been showcased in exhibitions around the world, including Los Angeles,...

Follow in the footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh, from his birthplace in Zundert, Netherlands, to his last days in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, and explore the hidden inspirations behind the world-renowned artist’s most famous paintings in this beautiful...

This unique Indigenous man is one of the most inspiring music stories of our generation. From concert halls to recording studios and into Aboriginal heartlands, this is the story of Australia's Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. This unique Indigenous man is...

From multi-award-winning writer Helen Ennis comes the first ever biography of the photographer Max Dupain, the most influential Australian photographer of the 20th century and creator of many iconic images that have passed into our national imagination...

The long-awaited biography of cartoonist Murray Ball, creator of Footrot Flats In Murray Ball: A Cartoonist's Life, Murray's son Mason Ball shares all the hits and misses and long years of hard graft that went into what would become the wildly...

An exuberant biography of the life of the iconic photographer and naturalist Peter Beard, whose life and work captured the cultural imagination  Peter Beard lived an astonishing life. The artist, wildlife photographer, and bon vivant enthralled...

Fiona Hall: Wrong Way Time presents the extraordinary creations of Fiona Hall figures woven from military camouflage, painted clocks, botanical illustrations on banknotes, sardine-tin sculptures, nests of shredded money, strange driftwood and more.Hall's...

Patricia Piccinini: Nearly Beloved is the first and only major monograph about her work. In this book Helen McDonald discusses the complex ideas associated with the work of Patricia Piccinini, making both the work and the ideas accessible...

When Gough Whitlam moves into her street in Cabramatta in 1957, eight-year-old Christine has little idea how her new neighbour, one of the most visionary and polarising political leaders of Australia, would shape the direction of her life. Born to...

Madjem Bambandila is a stunning celebration of the artistic and cultural practice of acclaimed Wergaia and Wemba Wemba artist Kelly Koumalatsos.Co-written by Kelly Koumalatsos and Dr Paola Balla and featuring the voices of a broad range of artists,...

'Petite, plucky and always immaculately dressed in the constraint of Victorian finery...throughout her life she was acclaimed internationally, winning 29 medals, and accolades from leading art critics. Her work was also collected by royalty,...

**Shortlisted, 2024 Queensland Literary Awards, The Courier-MailPeople'sChoiceQueenslandBook of the YearAward**William T. Cooper is considered a master painter of birds. He painted them for many books, mainly bird monographs. He also created...

Ngirramanujuwal is one who adds colour.Walmajarri man Jimmy Pike (c. 19402002) manifests colour as strokes of ink on paper: the saturated hues of the desert sky at dusk, and the glimmers of the sun on the water's surface. His vivid and exceptional...

Renee So's idiosyncratic practice in ceramics and textiles, and occasionally furniture and glass, is inspired by art history, collections in museums and gendered symbolism. Her work is distinguished by its embrace of craft methods and cross-cultural...

William Morris viewed his patterns as both an art form and a means of social commentary. In response to the industrial designs and manufacturing of the Machine Age, he created wallpapers and fabrics that boasted natural floral motifs and handmade...

Despite the rise of industrial manufacturing, William Morris believed in craftsmanship. Along with other leading painters, Morris founded what would become Morris & Company, producing decorative textiles and furnishings in a way that intimately linked...

William Giles (1872–1939) is widely considered to be one of the most important and innovative British color printmakers of the early 20th century. He focused on the Japanese woodcut relief method, a technique new to the Western world at the time. With...

Vincent van Gogh is considered a tragic figure—struggling against madness, in and out of mental hospitals—yet he created works of genius. Shimmering with light and color, saturated with the intensity of his vision, they resound throughout the world of...

Make a lasting statement with this keepsake box of notecards, featuring an assortment of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings. Van Gogh was a prolific artist. He created over 2,000 works, from quick sketches to intricate oil paintings. He devoted his life to art...

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) The Starry Night, 1889 A swirling starlit sky over a peaceful, timeless landscape—Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night is among the world’s most immediately recognized works of art. The energetic impasto of his...

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) The Night Café (Le café de nuit), 1888 Vincent van Gogh often rejected the naturalism of Impressionism in favor of bold, intense colors that conveyed emotion. The Night Café portrays a scene just past midnight, with...

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) Irises, May 1889 Though intensely driven, van Gogh was a deeply thoughtful artist who had the respect of his Impressionist peers. His images convey the earthy, spiritual joy he took in his surroundings, and to see the...

Using black ink pens and colored pencils, American artist and illustrator Tim Jeffs has created a kaleidoscope of chameleons—part of his veritable ink zoo of intricately drawn animals. He begins each drawing with extensive research into the given...

Spirit, as Robert Bissell says, is nearly impossible to describe. It’s full of magic and mystery, and you can find it only when you allow yourself to experience it firsthand—something best done in the natural world. Zoomorphism—using animals to show us...

Wide-open spaces, the seasonal textures of land and sky, and clouds as you have never seen them before. In Steve and Bonnie Harmston’s serigraphs, the sky’s the limit and the clouds are fantastic. Using simple shapes and knock-your-socks-off color, each...

One summer morning, Georgia O’Keeffe’s friend Maggie arrived at the artist’s New Mexico home with the flower that inspired this painting. Once the canvas was finished, O’Keeffe traded the sunflower—the model, not the painting—to Maggie’s young nephew for...

Spirit, as Robert Bissell says, is nearly impossible to describe. It’s full of magic and mystery, and you can find it only when you allow yourself to experience it firsthand. This is something best done in the natural world. Zoomorphism—using animals to...

Kenojuak Ashevak (Canadian, Inuit, 1927–2013) Six-Part Harmony, 2011 Kenojuak Ashevak was a matriarch of modern Inuit art. She was an innovative artist with an intuitive sense of composition and a deep appreciation for birds and animals of the Arctic...

From the owl named Aurora to the zebras Frankie and Lola, the loving, happy animals illustrated by Shanti Sparrow populate a brightly colored animal kingdom—all drawn in watercolor, vector, and collage. It’s a place where everything is just a little...

Shanti Sparrow (Australian, b. 1987) Hide & Seek, 2015 Shanti Sparrow’s owls play hide and seek in this stripey forest of purply trees. This fun and challenging floor puzzle was awarded the 2016 Kid’s Product of the Year in the Puzzles category by...

A native of South Wales, Rosalind Wise takes inspiration from nature, painting scenes of flower gardens and meadows on canvases typically four to five feet across. “When I am standing in a field, a meadow, or in front of a riotously colorful garden...

Rosalind Wise is inspired by all that nature has to offer and has an affinity for painting scenes of garden borders. She often makes quick plein air sketches during her morning walks, recording the relationships of plants to one another. Later, in her...

Unknown artist Flammarion engraving (color added), from L’atmosphère: météorologie populaire, 1888 The Flammarion engraving depicts a legendary scene, but the illustration’s origins have collected their own series of myths. The first documented...

Revel in every flower and feather in Erin E. Hunter’s artworks—expressions of her fascination with the cycle of life. From backyards to city park benches to botanic gardens, this scientific illustrator has studied the natural world, documenting such...

Pierre Bonnard painted what he found enjoyable—the comforts of home, the intimacy of the kitchen, pets, children, pretty women, flowering fruit trees, bountiful tables, luxuriant gardens—and his art evokes pure happiness with its vibrant colors. Here are...

Artist and teacher Paul Heussenstamm’s vibrant sacred art incorporates principles of many religious traditions, among them Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity. His signature motif is the mandala, a mystic symbol many see as a doorway to the soul...

A contemporary of the impressionists, Odilon Redon had an eye for nature but his blooms could be inventive, sometimes for the sake of pattern and shape. He set his flowers in abstract environments and gathered bouquets of loosely defined leaves and...

Few artists have captured the essence of everyday America with the warmth, humor, and kindness that Norman Rockwell brought to his illustrative work. A master of painterly technique, he turned a gentle but highly perceptive eye on the details that made...

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Mycological marvels! Whether edible or poisonous, all mushrooms can be appreciated for their astonishing variety of form, texture, and color. Mushrooms can also pack a powerful punch in terms of nutritional and medicinal values, and they are respected...

The late work of Claude Monet represents a time of artistic focus on his living laboratory—the gardens he created at his home in Giverny, about 45 miles outside Paris. Flowers, not figures, were Monet’s primary subjects during this final stage of his...

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) Sailboats on the Seine at Petit-Gennevilliers, 1874 Claude Monet’s Sailboats on the Seine at Petit-Gennevilliers showcases the artist’s brushwork used to create consummate scenes portraying the evanescent interplay of...