Portrait | Figure | Body

100 Pioneering Women presents a selection of images of remarkable women, who have defied the expectations of their gender and made extraordinary contributions to British life over the past four centuries. This book features some of the National Portrait Gallery’s most famous sitters –...

Luca Pignatelli's (b.1962) works evoke a sense of timelessness and reflect on memory, antiquity, and history Senza data (Undated) presented a series of works painted on railway tarpaulins, wood, paper, sheet metal, and Persian carpets from the early 20th century. The painted carpets stand...

 presents the first cultural history and anthropology of the face across centuries, continents, and media. Ranging from funerary masks and masks in drama to the figural work of contemporary artists including Cindy Sherman and Nam June Paik, renowned art historian Hans Belting emphasizes that...

Jim Dine may be best known for his prints, paintings and sculptural works - and for being one of the founders of Pop art - but he has also been making photographs since 1996. Most of the photographs are set up in the studio....

ARCHIVUM shows for the first time in book form more than 50 unique black-and-white prints of Kevin Cummins's photographs of the band Joy Division, many printed by him just hours after concerts had finished. The book not only documents the history of a now...

Accompanying the unprecedented site-specific exhibition by British artist Antony Gormley, in collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades, on the Greek archaeological island of Delos and in its Museum, this publication provides detailed insight into the exhibition and the exhibited works.Extensive photographic documentation...

Since the 1970s, Andy Summers has been one of the great guitarists of his generation as the guitarist of The Police and achieved worldwide fame alongside singer Sting, but also later as a solo artist. But Andy has also been making a name for...

Legendary photographer Gered Mankowitz helped to shape the very image of the Stones, shooting record covers, portraits and intimate sessions with the band at home and on tour. Here, he delves deep into his incomparable archive, uncovering the hidden gems that have remained unpublished...