Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures, Laura Smith (ed), Thames & Hudson, 272pp, 214 color illustrations, £30 (hb), 15 Could
Billed as the primary crucial biography of the influential artist and instructor, who mentored most of the Younger British Artists, however whose personal popularity declined after her sudden demise in 1996. In collaboration with The Hepworth Wakefield.
Victor Ehikhamenor, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, Prestel, 208pp, 160 color illustrations, £50 (hb), 8 April
A lavishly illustrated e-book exploring the total multi-disciplinary scope of the famend Nigerian artist’s output (with a specific concentrate on latest work), which engages with African historical past and the post-colonial politics of Black identification.
Artwork in a State of Siege, Joseph Leo Koerner, Princeton College Press, 408pp, 32 color and 103 b/w illustrations, $37 (hb), 4 February
Leo Koerner considers “What do artworks appear like in excessive instances of collective expertise?” by exploring the context round three works by Hieronymus Bosch, Max Beckmann and William Kentridge.
Eufrasia Burlamacchi, Loretta Vandi, Lund Humphries, 128pp, 80 color illustrations, £35 (hb), 3 March
The newest quantity within the Illuminating Ladies Artists collection focuses on the illuminated manuscripts of Sister Eufrasia (1478-1548), arguing that her contact with the Excessive Renaissance past the partitions of her Tuscan convent is revealed via her work.
Turner and Constable: Artwork, Life, Panorama, Nicola Moorby, Yale, 352pp, 40 color illustrations, £25 (hb), 11 March
A recent perspective on the artwork, life and personalities of the celebrated “rival” panorama painters, revealed to coincide with the 250th anniversaries of JMW Turner’s (2025) and John Constable’s (2026) births.
