The Art Library includes books and journals about art, architecture, and design, with particular strength in 19th century art and architecture.
Catalogues Raisonnés are definitive studies of an artist's entire creative output, sometimes specifically in a particular medium. Exhaustively researched, they are invaluable reference sources and provide information basic information such as title, date, size, and provenance, in addition to allowing scholars to trace artistic and technical development within an artist’s oeuvre.
Explore the Strachan Alcove on the south side of the Martin Reading Room for our rich collection of photography books. The collection includes books on technique, history and the works of individual photographic artists.
The Art Library features an especially strong collection of 19th and early 20th century European architectural journals. Browse the catalog for books with on the theory, design and history of the built environment by searching for call numbers that begin with NA.
Sefrioui, Anne, and Claude Monet. Monet: The Bigger Picture. Munich: Prestel, 2025.
Overstreet, Joe, Natalie Dupêcher, Darby English, Richard Hylton, Corinne Jennings, Rebecca A Rabinow, Ishmael Reed, et al. Joe Overstreet: Taking Flight. Houston: Menil Collection, 2025.
Watkins, Susan, Alexis L Boylan, Emily C Burns, Michelle Green, Crawford Alexander Mann, Corey Piper, Jillian E Russo. Susan Watkins and Women Artists of the Progressive Era. Norfolk, Virginia: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2025.
Aguiar, Joselia, Patrick Charpenel, Roberto Conduru, Chloe Courtney, Abigail Lapin Dardashti, Alberto Heráclito Ferreira Filho, Ayrson Heráclito, Rodrigo Moura, and Museo del Barrio. Mestre Didi: Spiritual Form. New York: El Museo del Barrio, 2025.
Kyrēs, Vangelēs, Raz Samira, and host institution Muzeʼon Erets-Yiśraʼel. Ṿangelis Ḳiris: roḳem ba-or: levush Yehudi u-meḳomi me-osef Muza. Tel Aviv: Muzeʼon Erets-Yiśraʼel, 2025.
Gude, Tushara Bindu, and Stephen Little. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.
Martineau, Paul, Jordan Bear, Ken Gonzales-Day, Lexi Johnson, Ryan Linkof, Derek Conrad Murray, Catherine Opie, and host institution J. Paul Getty Museum. Queer Lens: A History of Photography. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2025.
Shani, Gil. Gil Marḳo Shani: shalosh shanim ṿa-ḥetsi. Ramat ha-Sharon: Asyah, 2025.
Govan, Michael, Tadao Andō, Stephen Little, Fanzhi Zeng, and Scuola grande della misericordia. Zeng Fanzhi: Near and Far, Now and Then = Zeng Fanzhi: Jin Yuan, Jinxi. New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P. in collaboration with Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.
Clais, Jean-Baptiste, and host institution Musée du Louvre. Une passion chinoise: la collection de Monsieur Thiers. Paris: GrandPalaisRmn, 2025.
Updated October 7, 2025.