The Universal Art Group brings together esteemed names such as Müller & Schindler, Faksimile Verlag, Kulturalis, Eikon Editores, and Haltadefinizione under a new collective identity.
Kate ChisholmThe discovery of letters from Hester Thrale to her daughter Sophia offers a fresh perspective on this pivotal figure in Samuel Johnson’s life. While Hester was often misunderstood and criticised for her second marriage, these letters reveal her deep devotion to her surviving children,…
The first comprehensive monograph of internationally renowned artist Jyll Bradley, featuring all aspects of her work from the 1980s to the present day, including early sketchbooks, lightboxes, photography, film, wall-based sculpture, drawings and large-scale public installations, each covered themat…
Adam ChadwickThe period 1870–1910 saw the heyday of a phenomenon of artist ‘colonies’ which, though centered on Europe, stretched to the USA and Australia. Despite most histories focusing on the urban and avant-garde, this was the dominant mode of international art practice – with its formative ro…
Chetham’s Library, founded in 1653 in Manchester, is Britain’s oldest surviving public library. Established by Humphrey Chetham’s legacy, it also supported a school for disadvantaged boys. Housed in a stunning sandstone building from 1421, originally for church priests, the library offers a rare med…
Clare Pollard, Luz van Overbeeke, Matsubara Fumi, Hirota TakashiVisions in Silk: The Khalili Collection of Japanese Fine Art Textiles offers the first in-depth study of Japanese fine art textiles from the Meiji era (1868–1912), drawn from the renowned Khalili Collection. Lavishly illustrated, it s…
Qaisra M. Khan, Michael BurnsThe Khalili Anīs al-Hujjāj (Pilgrims’ Companion) offers a fresh study of Safi ibn Vali Qazwini’s richly illustrated 1676–77 manuscript, recounting his year-long journey from Mughal India to Mecca and Medina. Commissioned by Zeb un-Nisa, daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb, t…
Ian DoolittleCity Bridge Foundation is London’s oldest charity, founded over 700 years ago to maintain London Bridge. Today, it cares for five Thames crossings and distributes surplus income to charities across the capital. In this vivid history, Ian Doolittle traces the development of the Foundat…
Khilen Shah, Matt RotaAs Khilen Shah states in his foreword to this remarkable book, modern architecture misses the soulfulness and artistry of the buildings and structures of earlier days, which is why it is all the more important to preserve what we have – in reality and in art. This book is an …
