“What are the best The Best Art, Photography, And Coffee Table books released in 2020?” We looked at 198 of the top The Best Art, Photography, And Coffee Table books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 22 books, all appearing on 2 or more “Best The Best Art, Photography, And Coffee Table” book lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 175+ titles, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
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Previous Years: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A visual adventure of Wes Anderson proportions, authorized by the legendary filmmaker himself: stunning photographs of real-life places that seem plucked from the just-so world of his films, presented with fascinating human stories behind each fa ade. Accidentally Wes A
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The Wunderkammer, or “cabinet of curiosities,” saw collectors gathering objects from many strands of artistic, scientific, and intellectual endeavor, in an ambitious attempt to encompass all of humankind’s knowledge in a single room.
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Drawing on unprecedented access to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone–including insights gained while working as a tour guide and during an illegal “stalker” hike–Darmon Richter creates an entirely new portrait of Chernobyl’s forgotten ghost towns, monuments and moreSince the first atomic bomb was dropp
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The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know today An] insightful debut….Featuring meticulous research and elegant turns of phrase, Stahr’s engrossing account provides scholarly though accessible analysis for both feminists and ar
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Gordon Parks’ ethically complex depictions of crime in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with previously unseen photographsWhen Life magazine asked Gordon Parks to illustrate a recurring series of articles on crime in the United States in 1957, he had already been a staff photographe
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Exploring the art, architecture, and design of memorials around the world from the late twentieth century to todayMemorials hold a special position in the cultural memory of communities, and collective consciousness of communities, cities, and countries. In Memory Of presents an extraordinary and mo
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One of the twentieth century’s most celebrated and prodigious photographers, Jacques Henri Lartigue captured the exuberance of Belle Époque Paris during his childhood. Lartigue focuses solely on the artist’s adolescence, featuring classic images of motor cars and high fashion alongside previously un
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Dramatically reinventing the lineage of Goya, Sargent and Manet, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye imbues the Black subjects in her paintings with atmospheric grace and eleganceTaking inspiration from the techniques of historic European portraiture, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s oil paintings could almost be from a m
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Ming Smith’s poetic and experimental images are icons of twentieth-century African American life. One of the greatest artist-photographers working today, Smith moved to New York in the 1970s and began to make images charged with startling beauty and spiritual energy. This long-awaited monograph brin
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A behind-the-scenes look at leading contemporary artists at work in their studios, with original art projects to recreate at homeOpen Studio invites you into the private studios of seventeen of the most celebrated contemporary artists as they draw, paint, sculpt, or design an original project for re
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Practiced by every culture throughout the history of the world, sculpture is a universal art form that’s deeply rooted in the human psyche and may even predate the advent of language. In this wide-ranging book, internationally renowned sculptor Antony Gormley and distinguished art critic Martin Gayf
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A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER ” A] diverse and enlightening book . . . The 99% Invisible City is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces.” –The New York Times Book Review “Here is a field guide, a boon, a bible,
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the pages of Vogue to the runways of Paris, this “captivating” (Time) memoir by a legendary style icon captures the fashion world from the inside out, in its most glamorous and most cutthroat moments. “The Chiffon Trenches honestly and candidly captures fifty sublime
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Experience the Louvre’s majestic halls, grand galleries, and stunning artworks in this exquisite visit to the world-renowned museum—highlighting beloved works of art alongside hidden gems, all situated in the palace’s stunning architectural spaces. Every year, more than ten million visitors from a
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What’s new, now and next from contemporary Black artistsThis book surveys the work of a new generation of Black artists, and also features the voices of a diverse group of curators who are on the cutting edge of contemporary art. As mission-driven collectors, Bernard I. Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuz
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In his fresh take on abstract art, noted art historian Pepe Karmel chronicles the movement from a global perspective, while embedding abstraction in a recognizable reality. Moving beyond the canonical terrain of abstract art, the author demonstrates how artists from around the world have used abstra
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The catalogue accompanying the blockbuster exhibition at The National Gallery, London, which The Guardian has called ‘epochal’ and ‘superbly curated’ Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1654 or later) is the most celebrated woman artist of the baroque period in Italy. Her career spanned more than 40 years,
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Just when we need it, Humans reminds us what it means to be human . . . one of the most influential art projects of the decade.” –Washington Post Brandon Stanton’s new book, Humans–his most moving and compelling book to date–shows us the world. Brandon Stanton created Humans of New York in 2010.
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An in-depth study of how the famed Bloomsbury Group expressed their liberal philosophies and collective identity in visual form ” Fascinating and wide-ranging. . . . Will be enjoyed by both Bloomsbury aficionados and newcomers alike.”–Lucinda Willan, V&A Magazine The Bloomsbury Group was a loose co
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The first biography of the epic life of one of the most important, enigmatic and private artists of the 20th century. Drawn from almost 40 years of conversations with the artist, letters and papers, it is a major work written by a well-known British art critic. Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is one of the
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Why do some book covers instantly grab your attention, while others never get a second glance? Fusing word and image, as well as design thinking and literary criticism, this captivating investigation goes behind the scenes of the cover design process to answer this question and more. As the outward
| # | Book | Author | Lists |
| 23 | 1960 Now: Photographs of Civil Rights Activists | Sheila Pree Bright | BuzzFeed News |
| 24 | 25 Years at the Public | The Wall Street Journal 2 | |
| 25 | Aby Warburg: Bilderatlas Mnemosyne | Aby Warburg, edited by Roberto Ohrt and Axel Heil | Five Books |
| 26 | Albers & Albers | Nicholas Fox Weber | Five Books |
| 27 | All Because You Matter | Tami Charles | NPR |
| 28 | American Dreams | Ian Brown | BuzzFeed News |
| 29 | Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920 | Hyperallergic | |
| 30 | An Elephant in Rome: Bernini, the Pope and the Making of the Eternal City | Loyd Grossman | The Times 2 |
| 31 | Andy Warhol: Love, Sex, and Desire | Drew Zeiba Blake Gopnik Michael Dayton Hermann (Editor) & 1 more | Forbes |
| 32 | Anne Brigman: The Photographer of Enchantment | Kathleen Pyne | The Globe and Mail |
| 33 | Anni and Josef Albers: Equal and Unequal | Nicholas Fox Weber | Dandelion Chandelier |
| 34 | Antarctica: The Waking Giant | Sebastian Copeland | The Times |
| 35 | Anthropocene | Edward Burtynsky | BuzzFeed News |
| 36 | Arctic: Culture and Climate | Amber Lincoln Jago Cooper Peter Loovers & 1 more | The Times 2 |
| 37 | Art =: Discovering Infinite Connections in Art History | Hyperallergic | |
| 38 | Art Is a Tyrant: The Unconventional Life of Rosa Bonheur | Catherine Hewitt | The Times 2 |
| 39 | ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History | Jennifer Dasal | Barnes & Noble |
| 40 | B. Wurtz: Pan Paintings | B. Wurtz Erica Cooke (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Barney Kulok (Editor) & 1 more | Forbes |
| 41 | Bill Cunningham: On the Street: Five Decades of Iconic Photography. Ed. | Tiina Loite | Booklist |
| 42 | Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll | Maureen Mahon | Booklist |
| 43 | Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide | Mohamed Elshahed | Five Books |
| 44 | Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge | Sheila Weller | Booklist |
| 45 | Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown’s Most Stylish Seniors | Andria Lo and Valerie Luu | Dandelion Chandelier |
| 46 | Ciprian Honey Cathedral | Raymond Meeks | BuzzFeed News |
| 47 | Clothes . . . and other things that matter | Alexandra Shulman | Financial Times 2 |
| 48 | Critical Zones: The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth | Bruno LaTour & Peter Weibel | NY Times |
| 49 | Cy Twombly: Making Past Present | Cy Twombly Mary Jacobus (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Jennifer R Gross (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Christine Kondoleon (Editor) Kate Nesin (Editor) & 3 more | Forbes |
| 50 | Daddy-O’s Big-Ass Book of Art | Bob Wade W. K. Kip Stratton (Editor) Bill Fitzgibbons (Contribution by) Jason Mellard (Contribution by) Marsha Milam (Contribution by) John Tinker (Contribution by) Will Harte (Contribution by) John Kelso (Contribution by) Evan Voyles (Contribution by) Diana Vela (Contribution by) Marc English (Contribution by) Jim Ferguson (Contribution by) Chris O’Connell (Contribution by) Michael Hoinski (Contribution by) Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo (Contribution by) Andi Scull (Contribution by) Gary Webernick (Contribution by) Leea Mechling (Contribution by) Dan O’Hara (Contribution by) Jan Reid (Contribution by) Roy Bragg (Contribution by) Kevin Williamson (Contribution by) Julie Sasse (Contribution by) David Marion Wilkinson (Contribution by) Joe Nick Patoski (Contribution by) Cleve Hattersley (Contribution by) Dick Deguerin (Contribution by) Kinky Friedman (Foreword by) & 26 more | The San Antonio Express-News |
| 51 | Dalí: The Impossible Collection | Gilles Néret | Forbes |
| 52 | Danny Lyon: The Destruction of Lower Manhattan | Danny Lyon & Danny Lyon | NY Times |
| 53 | David Bowie: Icon | Iconic Images | The San Antonio Express-News |
| 54 | Depeche Mode: Monument | Dennis Burmeister Sascha Lange | The New York Times |
| 55 | Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950-2020 | Benjamin Colman William Porter (Contribution by) Craig Metros (Contribution by) Edward Welburn (Contribution by) & 2 more | The Wall Street Journal 2 |
| 56 | Dogs: Photographs 1941-91 | Walter Chandoha | The Times |
| 57 | Dolly Parton, Songteller | Dolly Parton | The San Antonio Express-News |
| 58 | Dressed: A Philosophy of Clothes | Shahidha Bari | The Globe and Mail |
| 59 | Duro Olowu: Seeing | Naomi Beckwith Valerie Steele (Contribution by) Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (Contribution by) Ekow Eshun (Contribution by) & 2 more | NY Times |
| 60 | Dynamic Dames: 50 Leading Ladies Who Made History | Sloan De Forest | Booklist |
| 61 | E. McKnight Kauffer: The Artist in Advertising | Emily M. Orr (Editor) Caitlin Condell (Editor) | The Globe and Mail |
| 62 | Electronic: From Kraftwerk to the Chemical Brothers | Jean-Yves LeLoup Gemma Curtin (Editor) Maria McLintock (Editor) Jeff Mills (Interviewee) James Hyman (Interviewee) Patrick Thévenin (Interviewee) & 4 more | The Globe and Mail |
| 63 | Eva Hesse: Oberlin Drawings: Drawings in the Collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College | Briony Fer (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Manuela Ammer (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Jorg Daur (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Andrea Gyorody (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Gioia Timpanelli (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Eva Hesse (Artist) Barry Rosen (Editor) Helen Charash (Foreword by) Andria Derstine (Foreword by) & 7 more | NY Times |
| 64 | Extinction Party | Jonathan Blaustein | BuzzFeed News |
| 65 | Eyes Over the World: The Most Spectacular Drone Photography | Dirk Dallas | The Times |
| 66 | Face to Face | Camilla McGrath | The San Antonio Express-News |
| 67 | Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps: Designing Graphic Props for Filmmaking | Annie Atkins | Dandelion Chandelier |
| 68 | Fantastic Four: Grand Design | Tom Scioli | NPR |
| 69 | Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde | NY Times | |
| 70 | Fernweh | Teju Cole | BuzzFeed News |
| 71 | Five Hundred Years of British Art | Hyperallergic | |
| 72 | Flowers: Exploring the World in Bloom | Phaidon | Dandelion Chandelier |
| 73 | Fluence: The Continuance of Yohji Yamamoto: Photographs by Takay | Terry Jones (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Yoichi Ochiai (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Yohji Yamamoto (Artist) & 1 more | NY Times |
| 74 | Form Follows Fiction: Art and Artists in Toronto | Kent Monkman (Artist) Suzy Lake (Artist) Luis Jacob (Contribution by) & 1 more | The Globe and Mail |
| 75 | FROG POND SPLASH: COLLAGES BY RAY JOHNSON WITH TEXTS BY WILLIAM S. WILSON | NY Times | |
| 76 | Funny Weather: Art In An Emergency | Olivia Laing | NPR |
| 77 | Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto | Miren Arzalluz | NPR |
| 78 | Genealogies of Art, or the History of Art as Visual Art | Astritt Schmidt-Burkhardt (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Uwe Fleckner (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Eugenio Carmona (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Manuel Lima (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Manuel Fontán del Junco (Editor) José Lebrero Stals (Editor) María Zozaya Álvarez (Editor) & 5 more | NY Times |
| 79 | Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto | Legacy Russell | NY Times |
| 80 | Godlis Streets | David Godlis Chris Stein (Afterword by) Luc Sante (Foreword by) & 1 more | NY Times |
| 81 | Goya: A Portrait of the Artist | Janis Tomlinson | The Times 2 |
| 82 | Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America | Okwui Enwezor (Editor) Naomi Beckwith (Editor) Massimiliano Gioni (Editor) Glenn Ligon (Editor) Mark Nash (Editor) & 3 more | NY Times |
| 83 | Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly | Guerrilla Girls | NY Times |
| 84 | Handmade in Japan: The Pursuit of Perfection in Traditional Crafts | Kengo Kuma (Preface by) Gestalten (Editor) Irwin Wong (Editor) & 1 more | The New York Times |
| 85 | Hanging Tree Guitars | Freeman Vines with Zoe van Buren | NPR |
| 86 | He Threw the Last Punch Too Hard | Hannah Kozak | BuzzFeed News |
| 87 | Helen Frankenthaler | Helen Frankenthaler | Forbes |
| 88 | Hilma AF Klint: Artist, Researcher, Medium | Ernst Peter Fischer (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Ylva Hillström (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Milena Hoegsberg (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Iris Müller-Westermann (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Hilma Af Klint (Artist) & 3 more | The Globe and Mail |
| 89 | Honeybee: The Busy Life Of Apis Mellifera | Candace Fleming | NPR |
| 90 | Horace Pippin, American Modern | Anne Monahan | The Wall Street Journal |
| 91 | How to Be an Artist | Jerry Saltz | Barnes & Noble |
| 92 | HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style | Elizabeth Holmes | Financial Times 2 |
| 93 | Human Nature: Planet Earth in Our Time, Twelve Photographers Address the Future of the Environment | Geoff Blackwell (Editor) Ruth Hobday (Editor) | The New York Times |
| 94 | I Am Every Good Thing | Derrick Barnes | NPR |
| 95 | I Talk Like A River | Jordan Scott | NPR |
| 96 | Imagining Everyday Life | The Wall Street Journal 3 | |
| 97 | Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective | Paul Martineau Susan Ehrens (Contribution by) | The Wall Street Journal 3 |
| 98 | In the Limelight: The Visual Ecstasy of NYC Nightlife in the 90s | Steve Eichner and Gabriel Sanchez | BuzzFeed News |
| 99 | Interior Space: A Visual Exploration of the International Space Station | Roland Miller and Paolo Nespoli | BuzzFeed News |
| 100 | Ireland’s Rivers | Mary Kelly-Quinn (Editor) Julian D. Reynolds (Editor) | The Irish Times |
| 101 | Irish Air Spectacular | The Irish Times | |
| 102 | Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000 | Claudia Kinmonth | The Irish Times |
| 103 | J.M.W. Turner the ‘Wilson’ Sketchbook | Hyperallergic | |
| 104 | John Cohen: Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream | John Cohen (Photographer) | The Wall Street Journal 3 |
| 105 | John Nash: The Landscape of Love and Solace | Andy Friend | The Times 2 |
| 106 | Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Darkness | Matthew Craske | The Times 2 |
| 107 | Judd | Jeffrey Weiss (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Yasmil Raymond (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) James Meyer (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Erica Cooke (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Tamar Margalit (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Christine Mehring (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Annie Ochmanek (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Donald Judd (Artist) Ann Temkin (Editor) & 7 more | Forbes |
| 108 | Kara Walker: A Black Hole Is Everything a Star Longs to Be | Kara Walker Maurice Berger (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Anita Haldemann (Editor) & 1 more | the Guardian |
| 109 | Kim Gordon: No Icon | Kim Gordon | The New York Times |
| 110 | Kuniyoshi | Hyperallergic | |
| 111 | Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics | Arlene Dávila | NY Times |
| 112 | Lenore Tawney: Mirror of the Universe | Karen Patterson | Booklist |
| 113 | Life Meets Art | Sam Lubell | The San Antonio Express-News |
| 114 | Look Up to the Moon | The Wall Street Journal 3 | |
| 115 | Mad, Bad & Dangerous To Know | Samira Ahmed | NPR |
| 116 | Magnum Artists: Great Photographers Meet Great Artists — Magnum | Simon Bainbridge Magnum Photos Ltd | BuzzFeed News |
| 117 | Magnum Streetwise | Stephen McLaren | The Times |
| 118 | Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration | Nicole R. Fleetwood | NY Times |
| 119 | Martin Parr: From the Pope to a Flat White, Ireland 1979â “2019 | Martin Parr Fintan O’Toole (Introduction by) | The Wall Street Journal 3 |
| 120 | Mary Weatherford I’ve Seen Gray Whales Go By | Forbes | |
| 121 | Me & Patsy Kickin’ Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline | Loretta Lynn and Patsy Lynn | Booklist |
| 122 | Modern Artifacts | Clifford Owens (Artist) Michael Rakowitz (Artist) Tod Lippy (Editor) Michelle Elligott (Editor) Mary Lum (Contribution by) & 3 more | NY Times |
| 123 | More Than Just a House: At Home with Collectors and Creators | Alex Eagle Tish Wrigley (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Kate Martin (Photographer) & 1 more | The Globe and Mail |
| 124 | Morozov: The Story of a Family and a Lost Collection | Natalya Semenova | Financial Times 3 |
| 125 | National Anthem | Luke Gilford | BuzzFeed News |
| 126 | Nightmares in the Dream Sanctuary: War and the Animated Film | Donna Kornhaber | Booklist |
| 127 | Notes On A Case Of Melancholia: Or, A Little Death | Nicholas Gurewitch | NPR |
| 128 | On Photographs | David Campany | The Times |
| 129 | Overview Timelapse: How We Change the Earth | Benjamin Grant | Barnes & Noble |
| 130 | Pearl Jam: Art of Do the Evolution | Joe Pearson Terry Fitzgerald Brad Coombs (Contribution by) Todd McFarlane (Foreword by) & 2 more | The New York Times |
| 131 | Performance Review | Endia Beal | BuzzFeed News |
| 132 | Peter Saul: Professional Artist Correspondence, 1945â “1976 | Peter Saul (Artist) Dan Nadel (Editor) | NY Times |
| 133 | Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting | Robert Storr | The Wall Street Journal |
| 134 | Pieometry: Modern Tart Art and Pie Design for the Eye and Palate | Lauren Ko | Dandelion Chandelier |
| 135 | Piranesi Unbound | Carolyn Yerkes Heather Hyde Minor | The Wall Street Journal |
| 136 | Play | Rankin | The Times |
| 137 | Political Sign (Object Lessons) | Tobias Carroll | NPR |
| 138 | Queer Communion: Ron Athey | Amelia Jones (Editor) Andy Campbell (Editor) | NY Times |
| 139 | Raphael (1483-1520) | Victoria Charles Klaus H Carl | NY Times |
| 140 | Raymond Briggs: The Illustrators Series | Nicolette Jones | Financial Times 3 |
| 141 | Refuge: America’s Wildest Places Explore the National Wildlife Refuge System Including Kodiak, Palmyra Atoll, Rocky Mountains, | Ian Shive Jim Kurth (Foreword by) | The New York Times |
| 142 | Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust | Samantha Baskind (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Malka Drucker (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Gay Block (Photographer) & 1 more | BuzzFeed News |
| 143 | Resident Dog: Incredible Homes and the Dogs That Live There | Nicole England | Dandelion Chandelier |
| 144 | Road Through Midnight: A Civil Rights Memorial | Jessica Ingram | NY Times |
| 145 | ROSIE LEE TOMPKINS: A RETROSPECTIVE | NY Times | |
| 146 | Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara | Alisa Lagamma | NY Times |
| 147 | Sapeurs: Ladies & Gentlemen of the Congo | Tariq Zaidi Stuart Smith (Designed by) | The Globe and Mail |
| 148 | Sí, San Antonio | Patricia Hart McMillan and Natalie King-Sun | The San Antonio Express-News |
| 149 | Sneaker of the Year | Complex Media Inc Joe La Puma (Contribution by) Marc Ecko (Foreword by) & 1 more | Dandelion Chandelier |
| 150 | Sofonisba’s Lesson: A Renaissance Artist and Her Work | Michael W. Cole | The Wall Street Journal |
| 151 | Spirit of Place: Artists, Writers and the British Landscape | Susan Owens | The Times 2 |
| 152 | Summer: A Novel | Ali Smith | NPR |
| 153 | Supreme Models: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Fashion | Marcellas Reynolds | The Globe and Mail |
| 154 | The Architecture of Bathing: Body, Landscape, Art | Christie Pearson | The Globe and Mail |
| 155 | The Art of Drag | Jake Hall | Booklist |
| 156 | The Art of Illusion | Hyperallergic | |
| 157 | The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated | Gertrude Stein | NPR |
| 158 | The Best of Nest: Celebrating the Extraordinary Interiors from Nest Magazine | Todd Oldham Joe Holtzman (Contribution by) | The Globe and Mail |
| 159 | The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood | Sam Wasson | Booklist |
| 160 | The Book of Everything | Mary Ellen Mark | BuzzFeed News |
| 161 | The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution | Dan Hicks | NY Times |
| 162 | The Complete Works of Velázquez | The Times 2 | |
| 163 | The Daughters Of Ys | M.T. Anderson | NPR |
| 164 | The Disney Princesses | Charles Solomon | The San Antonio Express-News |
| 165 | The Fashion Book | The Wall Street Journal 2 | |
| 166 | The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab | NPR |
| 167 | The Irascibles: Painters Against the Museum (New York, 1950) | Hyperallergic | |
| 168 | The Lights And Types Of Ships At Night | Dave Eggers | NPR |
| 169 | The Malevolent Volume | Justin Phillip Reed | NPR |
| 170 | The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion | Antwaun Sargent | BuzzFeed News |
| 171 | The Nolan Variations | Tom Shone | The San Antonio Express-News |
| 172 | The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book | James Raven (Editor) | The New York Times |
| 173 | The Parameters of Our Cage | C. Fausto Cabrera & Alec Soth | BuzzFeed News |
| 174 | The People Shall Govern!: Medu Art Ensemble and the Anti-Apartheid Poster, 1979-1985 | Antawan I. Byrd (Editor) Felicia Mings (Editor) Warren Siebrits (Contribution by) Khwezi Gule (Contribution by) & 2 more | NY Times |
| 175 | The Plain Janes | Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg | NPR |
| 176 | The Story of Contemporary Art | Tony Godfrey | The Times 2 |
| 177 | THE TIDE WILL TURN | NY Times | |
| 178 | The Walker: On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern City | Matthew Beaumont | Financial Times |
| 179 | The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion: 250 Years of Design | Petra Slinkard (Editor) Lan Morgan (Contribution by) Madelief Hohé (Contribution by) & 1 more | The Globe and Mail |
| 180 | The World at Your Feet: Bata Shoe Museum | Elizabeth Semmelhack | The Globe and Mail |
| 181 | Tina Turner: That’s My Life | Tina Turner | The New York Times |
| 182 | Titian: Love, Desire, Death | Matthias Wivel Paul Hills (Contribution by) Lelia Packer (Contribution by) Jill Dunkerton (Contribution by) Aidan Weston-Lewis (Contribution by) & 3 more | The Times 2 |
| 183 | Twilight Together: Portraits of Ireland at Home | The Irish Times | |
| 184 | Van Eyck | Till-Holger Borchert Jan Dumolyn Maximiliaan Martens & 1 more | NY Times |
| 185 | Velázquez: The Complete Works | José López-Rey and Odile Delenda | Financial Times 3 |
| 186 | VERSAILLES: FROM LOUIS XIV TO JEFF KOONS | The Globe and Mail | |
| 187 | Vincent van Gogh: A Life in Letters | Nienke Bakker | Financial Times 3 |
| 188 | Vogue and the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute | Hamish Bowles | Financial Times 2 |
| 189 | Voyager: Photographs from Humanity’s Greatest Journey | The Times | |
| 190 | Wagnerism: Art And Politics In The Shadow Of Music | Alex Ross | NPR |
| 191 | Walker Evans: Starting from Scratch | Svetlana Alpers | Five Books |
| 192 | Warhol: A Life as Art | Blake Gopnik | The Times 2 |
| 193 | We Are Water Protectors | Carole Lindstrom | NPR |
| 194 | Willi Smith: Street Couture | Alexandra Cunningham Cameron (Editor) | The Globe and Mail |
| 195 | William Eggleston 414 | Harmony Korine and Juergen Teller | BuzzFeed News |
| 196 | Women, Art, and Society | Whitney Chadwick Flavia Frigeri (Epilogue by) | NY Times |
| 197 | World Of Wonders: In Praise Of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, And Other Astonishments | Aimee Nezhukumatathil | NPR |
| 198 | Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness | Zanele Muholi | BuzzFeed News |
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| Dandelion Chandelier | the best coffee table books of 2020 for every interest |
| Financial Times | Best books of 2020: Architecture and design |
| Financial Times 2 | Best books of 2020: Style |
| Financial Times 3 | Best books of 2020: Visual arts |
| Five Books | The Best Art Books of 2020 |
| Forbes | Holiday Gift Guide 2020: The Best Art Books |
| NPR | NPR’s Book Concierge |
| NY Times | Best Art Books of 2020 |
| The Globe and Mail | 78 of the best books to give as gifts this 2020 holiday season |
| the Guardian | Best art books of 2020 |
| The Irish Times | Best books for Christmas 2020: Fiction, biography, sport and kids’ books |
| The New York Times | Coffee-Table Books to Give (and Get) This Season |
| The San Antonio Express-News | Critics Pick The Best Coffee Table Books |
| The Times | Best photography books of the year 2020 |
| The Times 2 | Best art books of the year 2020 |
| The Wall Street Journal | Holiday Gift Books 2020: Art |
| The Wall Street Journal 2 | Holiday Gift Books 2020: Design |
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