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Books About Women Artists | Published July-Sept 2025 A list of books about women artists from the 3rd quarter of 2025: children's books, novels, adult non-fiction, and exhibition catalogs.

#ArtHerstory has published the "New Books about #WomenArtists" book round-up for Q3, 2025! Visit this link for a list of recently published monographs & exhibition catalogs, as well as novels & books for young readers:
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John Vanbrugh is one of the most important architects in British history, and designer of a number of famous houses including Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace...
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OUT NOW! 'Architecture in Conversion and the Work of Carlo Scarpa' by Federica Goffi with photographs by Prakash Patel

This book provides insight into Scarpa’s approach to conversion in architecture: a sense of place and the evolution of building over time...
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Introduction: From the Victorian City to the Modern City
Part I: Ideas in the Air.
Part II: People on the Ground.
Part III: Sites and Places.
Part IV: The Urban Economy.
Part V: Everyday Politics.
Part VI: Border Crossings.
Afterword: The Five Phases of the Modern British City

OUT NOW!
The Modern British City 1945-2000, ed. by Simon Gunn, Peter Mandler and Otto Saumarez Smith, brings together architectural, urban and social historians, to chart the extraordinary changes that took place in British cities between the end of the Second World War and the early 21st century.

Pictured on the covers:
Gary Hume, 'Begging for it', 1994 (front) www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...
& Voewood, High Kelling by E S Prior, 1903-5, photo: David Valinsky (back) www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...

Lund Humphries' Spring 2026 catalogue is here!!

And it's full of beautiful art and architecture books on an extremely varied range of topics: from medieval art, to blockchain, to Arts & Crafts design...

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Illuminating Women Artists’ Books – 2nd Review Hi there, I am so excited to share this with you, I was invited, again, by Lund Humphries to make a review with my impressions on other two titles of the beautiful book series Illuminating Women Ar…

New on the Women'n Art blog -

Illuminating Women Artists Books – 2nd Review
by Natasha Moura

Natasha shares her thoughts about two new series titles: Josefa de Óbidos and Maria Sibylla Merian

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The series is co-published by @lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Publications

Launch event for the Modern British City at
@c20society.bsky.social on 26th of January: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

Do come!

The book is out with @lhartbooks.bsky.social next week.

Our Book of the Week is ‘The Modern British City 1945-2000’ published by @lhartbooks.bsky.social

Exploring post-war transformations in British cities, this book reveals how architectural, political and social shifts combined to shape our modern urban landscapes

Hans Hollein's Masterpiece The Austrian architect-artist Hans Hollein was appointed in 1972 to design a new museum for the post-industrial city of Mönchengladbach in West Germany which transformed it into a centre for contempor...

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'Eva Branscome reaches beyond architectural history into the realms of art history and social history. It is a brilliant and overdue account that also explains the great love of younger artists and architects for this remarkable building today.'
– Suzanne Titz, Director Museum Abteiberg

OUT NOW: 'Hans Hollein's Masterpiece: Art, Architecture and the City' by Eva Branscome
... a fascinating book with new insights into Hollein's influential architectural masterpiece Museum Abteiberg, his innovative ideas on curation, and the museum's relationship to the city.
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OUT NOW! 'John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture' by Charles Saumarez Smith, published by Lund Humphries and Sir John Soane's Museum, London
📯‘A magnificent tribute to Britain's architect of magnificence.’ – Sir Simon Jenkins
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We are delighted that Enid Tsui - author of the recent book 'Art in Hong Kong' - will be a speaker at the inaugural Art Business Conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday 19 November.

Enid will be moderating 2 panels - find out more:
www.theartbusinessconference.com/HK2025/

'Rosenfeld reflects the breadth of Sikander’s achievement, mining her critical reflection on disparate cultural traditions & her engagement with diverse & potent contemporary & historical subjects, while emphasising her consistent formal rigour & technical prowess across many media.' – Ben Luke

'Shahzia Sikander is one of the most groundbreaking artists working today, subverting tradition and art history through women’s narratives.'
– Katy Hessel, author of The Story of Art Without Men

PUBLISHED TODAY!
SHAHZIA SIKANDER by Jason Rosenfeld

'A scintillating and mesmerizing volume of Shahzia's pioneering and feminist work that brings together beauty of form, depth of thought and the awe-inspiring wizardry of an artistic genius. A pleasure to read and behold.' - Rafia Zakaria

BOOK TALK: British Interior Design Since 1925 - Museum of the Home, 20 November 2025 Join the Museum of the Home for a special evening exploring the evolution of British interior design over the past century. The authors of British Interior Design Since 1925 will be in conversation wi...

📣EVENTS: Join the authors at...
The Museum of the Home, London on 20 November 2025
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And at Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh on 27 November 2025
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⭐️OUT NOW⭐️ British Interior Design since 1925: A Critical History – by Bruce Peter and Drew Plunkett

📯‘This book is the definitive history that traces the evolution of twentieth and twenty first century British Interior Design.’ – Prof. Graeme Brooker, RCA, London.

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COMING SOON: 'Hans Hollein's Masterpiece' by Eva Branscome

'Museum Abteiberg is the manifesto of a shared vision in art, architecture and society which existed in Europe in the early-1970s. [...] This book is a brilliant and overdue account' – Suzanne Titz, Director Museum Abteiberg

The Marbles — Guerilla Films The controversy surrounding the Parthenon Marbles centres entirely on their initial acquisition and their current location in the British Museum. Since Lord Elgin first offered them to the British sta...

A new documentary film about the Parthenon Sculptures 'The Marbles' has just been released:
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The author of our book on Restitution, Alex Herman, is one of the contributors to the film! Check out his book here: www.lundhumphries.com/products/res...

Art in Hong Kong Art in Hong Kong is a fascinating analysis of the history, current status and possible future of Hong Kong as an international art hub, written by a local journalist who has reported on the city’s cul...

We hope you can make it to the conference on 19th November! But if not, check out Enid' book here: www.lundhumphries.com/products/art...

We are delighted that Enid Tsui - author of the recent book 'Art in Hong Kong' - will be a speaker at the inaugural Art Business Conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday 19 November.

Enid will be moderating 2 panels - find out more:
www.theartbusinessconference.com/HK2025/

Published Today: 'Brendan Stuart Burns:The Space Between' written by Ian Massey

Brendan Stuart Burns is a leading Welsh painter who draws inspiration from the natural world of his native country and beyond... this important publication traces his work's evolution towards full artistic maturity.

Illuminating Josefa de Óbidos: Carmen Ripollés explores the art and life of the baroque artist Carmen Ripollés, professor in the Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design, whose research focuses on the art of the Iberian world in the early modern era, recently published “Josefa de Óbidos,”...

And read more from Carmen Ripollés here: www.pdx.edu/news/illumin...

Josefa de Óbidos The first monograph on the artist to be published in English, this book provides a long-overdue introduction to the life and work of Portuguese painter Josefa de Ayala, known as Josefa de Óbidos (1630...

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YouTube video by Family Secrets of the Spanish Civil War Episode 08 - Carmen Ripollés and the artist Josefa de Óbidos

Hear author Carmen Ripollés talking about her new book on Josefa de Óbidos on the 'Family Secrets of the Spanish Civil War' podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGbR...