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Art Books

A bold abstract painting by Arshile Gorky on a deep orange background features dynamic, interlocking shapes in red, black, white and gray, resembling fragmented figures or objects in motion.

Arshile Gorky’s New York in Images and Memory

A new book published by Hauser & Wirth captures the life the artist rebuilt through art after escaping the Armenian Genocide.
By Dian Parker
An image shows a woman with gray hair tied back, wearing glasses and a black outfit with a patterned shawl, standing in front of a busy outdoor courtyard at Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1, where people are sitting on steps and around tables beneath a banner for the fair.

Lesley A. Martin On the New York Art Book Fair’s Legacy, Urgency and Return to MoMA PS1

Printed Matter’s NYABF is, she says, the mothership of all art book fairs.
By Dan Duray
A collage of book covers set in a grid and tipped to the side

Observer’s Best Art Books of 2025

Our favorite new art books span museum insider accounts, histories of protest and fresh takes on how images shape politics.
By Nathan Smith

New Books by R. H. Quaytman, Klaus Kertess and Bruce Hainley

By Andrew Russeth
A selection of books that David Zwirner is selling at its pop-up bookstore. Photo courtesy David Zwirner.

Summer Is a Time for Art Books

By Andrew Russeth
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