Getting ready to host a big dinner party and want to offer your guests some entertainment, or simply hoping to flick through something mesmerising while sipping your morning coffee? Here are four visually exciting books to consider for your home.
The Story of Art Without Men by Katie Hessel
This Sunday Times bestseller, originally published in 2022, is a substantial art history book that reconsiders the traditional narrative by focusing on women artists who have often been overlooked, challenging the canon and blending critical insight with creative storytelling.
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Why Cats Paint by Burton Silver and Heather Busch
The premise of Why Cats Paint is absurdly wonderful. Silver’s book treats the smudges and accidental pigment trails of household cats as a legitimate artistic movement, complete with straight-faced analysis and artist profiles. It’s less an art book than an elaborate joke that takes itself just seriously enough to work.
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Cabinet of Curiosities by Giulia Carciotto, Antonio Paolucci and Massimo Listri
In Listri’s Cabinet of Curiosities, the Florentine photographer’s large-format images of libraries, natural history collections and Wunderkammern capture the stillness of spaces built to hold everything humanity thought worth preserving. This one is designed to be experienced slowly.
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Accidentally Wes Anderson by Wally Koval and Amanda Koval
Born from an Instagram account, Accidentally Wes Anderson collects real locations that seem to have been artistically directed by a filmmaker who had nothing to do with them. The appeal lies in recognising the unmistakable thread of the Wes Anderson-esque in pastel colour palettes, precise geometry and whimsical sparking, all while appreciating how the aesthetic associations are actually unplanned coincidences.
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