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 repute 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 ebook exploring the complete multi-disciplinary scope of the famend Nigerian artist’s output (with a selected deal with latest work), which engages with African historical past and the post-colonial politics of Black id.
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 seem 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 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 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, printed to coincide with the 250th anniversaries of JMW Turner’s (2025) and John Constable’s (2026) births.
