Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures, Laura Smith (ed), Thames & Hudson, 272pp, 214 color illustrations, £30 (hb), 15 Might
Billed as the primary vital biography of the influential artist and trainer, who mentored most of the Younger British Artists, however whose personal fame declined after her sudden dying 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 guide exploring the total multi-disciplinary scope of the famend Nigerian artist’s output (with a selected 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 circumstances 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 sequence 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 by way of her work.
Turner and Constable: Artwork, Life, Panorama, Nicola Moorby, Yale, 352pp, 40 color illustrations, £25 (hb), 11 March
A contemporary 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.
