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 ...

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 ...

Celebrate June with titles on James Baldwin, queer artists and political action, Warhol film star Candy Darling, strippers and performance in San Francisco, and more. Ten of the art books we're ...

Summer holidays and sunny weekends are the perfect moments to catch up on that part of the Venn diagram where the literary world and the art world intersect; in other words, the time is now to dive ...

Our brains are wired to be deceived. I’m married to a professional magician, so I’m intimately familiar with the kinds of techniques that can fool the eye and trick the senses. But the human mind’s ...

It’s back-to-school season and here’s your syllabus: the best books of the fall. This autumn's standout releases range from ...

When Bianca Bosker told people in the art world she'd be writing a tell-all about their confounding, exclusive ecosystem, "bad idea," they responded. "They didn't come right out and threaten my safety ...