Alexander Marr publishes study of Holbein’s visual wit
‘Holbein’s Wit’, published by Brepols in 2026, examines jokes, paradoxes and ambiguity in Hans Holbein the Younger’s art.
Books and scholarship
New reading and lasting references.
A growing selection of catalogues, monographs, digital archives and research. We distinguish publication announcements from books confirmed available, and keep useful established references alongside new work.
7 resources
Barbara Hepworth and Greece
Jo Baring, Stephen Feeke and Melanie Vandenbrouck · Pallant House Gallery, distributed by Yale University Press
10 November 2026
A catalogue accompanying the Pallant House Gallery exhibition, examining Hepworth’s engagement with Greece and her 1954 journey.
Publisher or institution ↗Barbara Hepworth
Checked 30 September 2026.
W. Barns-Graham: A Studio Life, revised edition
Lynne Green · Lund Humphries
2026
The third edition adds a new author’s preface and revised colour illustrations. The Trust announced availability on 8 July 2026; the exact publication day is not supplied.
Publisher or institution ↗Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
Checked 30 September 2026.
Through the Looking-Glass: Tracing Barns-Graham’s Multiplicity
Mattea Gernentz · Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust
10 September 2026
A Trust research-placement account of work on Barns-Graham’s exhibition history. This is a research blog, not a peer-reviewed paper or a completed catalogue.
Read the research note ↗Wilhelmina Barns-GrahamBen Nicholson
Checked 30 September 2026.
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: collections online
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust · Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust
Online resource · launch date not recorded
The Trust’s online selection of art, archive material and library books. Availability is verified through the Trust’s collection guide; no recent digitisation date is claimed.
Explore the collection ↗Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
Checked 30 September 2026.
Barbara Hepworth: Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculptures
Sophie Bowness · Modern Art Press
Publication date not announced
Listed by the publisher as in preparation. No publication date has been announced on the checked listing.
Publisher or institution ↗Barbara Hepworth
Checked 30 September 2026.
Ben Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings and Reliefs
Rachel Smith with Lee Beard · Modern Art Press
Publication date not announced
A research publication listed by Modern Art Press as in preparation, with no confirmed publication date.
Publisher or institution ↗Ben Nicholson
Checked 30 September 2026.
Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works
Toby Treves · Modern Art Press
8 February 2018
An established reference cataloguing Lanyon’s oil paintings and three-dimensional works. Included as further reading, not a new publication.
Publisher or institution ↗Peter Lanyon
Checked 30 September 2026.
Publication reporting
New Oud Holland issue includes studies of Van de Venne and Rachel Ruysch
CODART’s notice for volume 139, number 3 highlights marriage-lottery satires and the blue ground of a 1742 floral still life.
Patrick Heron catalogue raisonné listed for May 2027
Art Publishing says Andrew Wilson’s planned four-volume reference work will catalogue more than 1,000 paintings, with provenance and exhibition records for each entry.
Tate Britain schedules Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant exhibition
Organised with Charleston, the exhibition is planned to examine the Bloomsbury artists’ partnership through more than 300 works and a restaging of their Sussex studio.