All artists struggle with focus, fantasizing and faith, and these books share insight into exactly what it takes to make art. Courtesy the publishers In a culture inundated with the best of the best, ...

You’re busy during the holidays, we get it. It’s not easy carving out time to read, and even harder to decide what to read. So, our gift to you is this list of picks for some of the best art books ...

The art critics of The Times select their favorites, from the biography of a “famously unknown” artist to an ode to the Louvre from 100 poets. By Holland Cotter Jason Farago and Walker Mimms Say what ...

The 2010s gave comic readers some of the best-looking comics of the 21st century, and these Marvel books are the publisher's ...

While some of these writers pitched the idea of a book, some were actively approached because of their online accounts. “My ...

IN 1867 the young French pointer Frédéric Bazillc told his family in provincial Montpellier that “a dozen young people of talent” were thinking of hiring a hall, somewhere in Paris, to exhibit ...

Books about Viola Davis, Harvey Fierstein, Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward and more take us “into performance and creativity, slipping down old lanes, conducting close readings.” By Helen Shaw The one ...

Back in 1982, and amid the proliferation of “Handbooks,” John and Porter Freund released The Official MBA Handbook. It was a tongue-in-cheek guide for MBAs eager to prosper, and my MBA father ...

Of my favorite art books this year, some are for looking, some for reading, most for both. All are on vital, return-to subjects, which is why I keep these precious things, in no particular order, near ...