The Arts

Meet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world. Hokusai (1760-1849) is...

Four country children waiting in the rain for the school bus take turns telling stories....

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally...

Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings will be published in association with a major survey...

Once considered an outsider artist, after her show at the Guggenheim Museum was seen by...

Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Hilda Rix Nicholas held her first solo exhibition in Paris in...

The first biography of guitar legend Angus Young, who has kept AC/DC at the top...

Create a home that feels as good as it looks. From an interior designer and...

***Australian Content*** This is the ultimate book on rough and tough surfing. Breathtaking landscapes, remote...

A facsimile edition of the classic High Street, which pairs the timeless illustrations of Eric...

In an increasingly frenetic and fractured world, we have lost the essence of ourselves. This...

The prominent Australian artist Nora Heysen has been said to have worked in the shadow...

For 18 years, illustrator Alice Charbin has been inviting people to escape to the whimsical...

Drawn from the archives of Hermes, here is a collection of enchanting stories and profiles...

Born in 1926, married in 1947, crowned as Queen in 1953, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth...

Conspiracies and intrigue are rife in the court of Henry VIII, with Cardinal Wolsey at...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel. The acclaimed...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Henry V on the left-hand page,...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...

Jimi Hendrix's music still lives on today. This (incredibly) is the first full-blown illustrated gift...

Henri Cartier-Bresson was 'the eye of the 20th century' and one of the world's most...

Coinciding with what would have been Jimi Hendrix's 75th year on this mortal coil, this...

Brooklyn-born photographer Helen Levitt (1913-2009) was an assistant to Walker Evans and a friend of...

Ever since it was first published in 1965, Helen Levitt's collection of photographs taken on...