Lund Humphries
@lhartbooks
Publishers on Art, Architecture and Design since 1939.
What a delight to see the Lund Humphries book, 'Cambridge Central Mosque: The Sacred Re-imagined' by Michael Glover being presented to Kind Charles III! (image (c) Cambridge Mosque Trust)
Fancy a pre-order discount via Waterstones? Check out Five Centuries of Scottish Art by Duncan Macmillan with 25% off until 24 July! www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul...
Fancy a pre-order discount via Waterstones? Check out Real Rooms by Sonia Solicari with 25% off until 24 July! www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul...
OUT NOW! The extremely popular book 'Enid Marx: The Pleasures of Pattern' by Alan Powers is back! A new paperback edition coincides with the launch of the exhibition The Pattern of Life: Enid Marx and Modern British Design at Compton Verney (18 Jul - 3 Jan 27) www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...
Our book 'What is it that will last? Land and tidal art of Julie Brook' by Simon Groom, Alexandra Harris, Raku Jikinyū and Robert Macfarlane offers an expansive visual record of Julie Brook’s artistic practice, told through distinct voices from nature writing and craftsmanship traditions...
OPENING THIS WEEK: Women Artists and the Land: Julie Brook, Harriet Hellman, Lotte Scott Wednesday 8 July 2026 - Sunday 13 September 2026 www.groundworkgallery.com/exhibitions/
CHECK OUT OUR NEW CHECKOUT EXPERIENCE From now on customers in the UK and Europe will be directed to the IndiePubs checkout by clicking on the ‘Buy in UK/Europe’ button. To celebrate we are offering customers in the UK and Europe 25% off using code LH25 at IndiePubs checkout until 1 September!
OUT NOW! ‘Gary Hume: Begging For It’, by Martin Gayford This is the first illustrated monograph to chart the outstanding career of one of the foremost British painters of the last 40 years. Gary Hume’s work fuses high-modernist abstract formalism with an enigmatic, sign-like quality…
OUT NOW: ‘Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: A Studio Life’ by Lynne Green! This new edition of the definitive account of Barns-Graham's remarkable career, features substantial new photography, a new preface by the author, and a striking new cover!!
OUT NOW! Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC, 1922-1932, by Elizabeth Darling considers the architecture & design of broadcasting in the 1920s/30s, examining the buildings of the BBC's founding decades, with a particular focus on Broadcasting House in London.
Also recently published is 'Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: The Glaciers' edited by Rob Airey, which is the first comprehensive account of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's unique, and life-long, artistic response to Switzerland's Grindelwald Glacier... Find out more about these books at www.lundhumphries.com!
We're delighted to have published several books on her work: the latest being a new edition of 'Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: A Studio Life' by Lynne Green – the definitive account of Barns-Graham's remarkable career, featuring substantial new photography plus textual updates including a new preface.
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was born on this day in 1912! She was one of Britain’s most significant 20th century modern artists. Scottish born and a prominent member of the post-war St Ives group, she was a sublime painter, draughtswoman, printmaker and a brilliant colourist. #WilhelminaBarnsGraham
COMING SOON! *Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC, 1922-1932* by Elizabeth Darling reveals how the architecture and studio spaces of the BBC became emblematic of the world’s first national broadcaster... Pre-order: www.lundhumphries.com!
"The non-fiction book I first remember reading – and it had a profound impact on me – was Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. Looking through it recently I was amazed to see colour reproductions of Paul Nash’s Landscape of the Summer Solstice..." www.lundhumphries.com/blogs/featur...
OUT NOW! 'Bernard Berenson: Connoisseurship and the Art Market' by Mark Campbell This book provides new insight into the commercial art market from the 1880s to the 1940s through the seminal figure of Bernard Berenson, the noted expert on Renaissance painting... www.lundhumphries.com
OUT NOW: 'Collaborations in Housing Design: Lessons from Architect and Developer' by Crispin Kelly with Ellis Woodman, addresses the particular challenges of building housing in the UK during this period, as well as the transformations that have taken place in the regulatory and cultural contexts.
Over the past three decades, Baylight Properties have been working in collaboration with some of the finest British architects to develop a series of award-winning housing projects, each one marked by a poetic sensitivity and thoughtful use of materials...
American artist Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923) was born #otd. She painted pictures that critics praised for their ability to exude the fragrance of field flowers and glow with the plumage of birds...
A new publication, Living by the Rule: Contemporary Art and the Medieval Monastery, co-authored by the exhibition curators Dr Jessica Barker FSA and Dr Ed Krčma, is published by Lund Humphries alongside this exhibition. www.lundhumphries.com/products/liv...
OPENING TOMORROW: Living by the Rule: Contemporary meets Medieval @sainsburycentre.bsky.social Exploring the idea of routine and regulation, it presents the richness and complexity of the dialogue between medieval experiments, and modern reflections upon, how life is, and might be, organised...
*The Architecture and Writings of E.S. Prior: Challenging the Arts and Crafts* by David Valinsky is OUT NOW! Edward Schröder Prior's (1852-1932) reputation as an Arts and Crafts architect is well-earned but his output is much broader and more complex... Find out more at www.lundhumphries.com
PUBLISHED TODAY! *Living by the Rule: Contemporary Art and the Medieval Monastery* by Jessica Barker and Ed Krčma This unique and bold publication stages an encounter between medieval and contemporary art with many unexpected resonances ... Order now: www.lundhumphries.com
📚 Julius Bryant's richly illustrated new book, 'The Great Exhibition in Art: Picturing the First World's Fair, 1851', which draws on the vast visual resources of the V&A's collections, establishes the centrality of works of fine art amongst the objects on show at the Great Exhibition...
🗓️ On this day, 175 years ago, the Great Exhibition of 1851 was officially opened by Queen Victoria in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London – with over 20,000 spectators attending the opening ceremony! #TheGreatExhibition #GreatExhibition #GreatExhibition1851
Not one but TWO new Illuminating Women Artists volumes are published today! ⭐️ Michaelina Wautier - by Katlijne Van der Stighelen ⭐️ Anne Vallayer-Coster - by Kelsey Brosnan www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...
Pre-order your copy now from www.lundhumphries.com! #ESPrior #ESPriorArchitect #ArchitectureBook #ArtsandCrafts #ArtsandCraftsMovement
PUBLISHING ON 13 MAY: ‘The Architecture and Writings of E.S. Prior: Challenging the Arts and Crafts’ by David Valinsky! 'As someone who researched E.S. Prior for the good part of a decade, I cannot recommend this book too highly.' – Dr Lynne Walker, Institute of Historical Research, London
2026 is the National Year of Reading! And our next interview is with the RIBA President and WW+P co-founder, Chris Williamson... he tells us which books inspired him in his youth, which books he rereads every year, and who, from any era, he would like to invite to an imaginary book club!