The late winter and spring 2026 books from Yale University Press offer something for everyone. Exhibition catalogues from museum publishing partners include Raphael: Sublime Poetry (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Gwen John: Strange Beauties (Yale Center for British Art), Edward Steichen and the Garden (George Eastman Museum), and Frederic Church: Global Artist (Olana NY State Historic Site). Sweeping art histories cover Celtic Art Across the Ages and The Story of Printmaking.
New releases also include a biography of the ever-fascinating Anni Albers in Anni Albers: A Life by Nicholas Fox Weber. For even more Anni, dig into the beautiful catalogue Anni Albers: Constructing Textiles, which accompanies a traveling exhibition in Europe.
The UK Times called Elizabeth Goldring’s Holbein “engaging and beautiful.” About Frida: The Making of an Icon, Constanza Ontiveros Valdés wrote in The Art Newspaper, “This profusely illustrated volume … carefully threads the nuances, contradictions and interests that inform the Kahlo phenomenon.” Christie’s named Alyce Mahon’s Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist Life a Best New Art Book of 2026.
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