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 in a particular medium. Exhaustively researched, they are invaluable reference sources and can provide scholarly information on such things as dates, title information, size and provenance.
Printed catalogs of periodic exhibitions highlighting the work of members of the French Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
Books intended to be an artistic piece, where the medium of book itself becomes art object. Stewarded by the McCormick Library as they are rare and fragile. Search the catalog or contact artlibrary@northwestern.edu to locate materials.
Bourgeois, Louise, Justin Paton, Jane Campion, Chris Kraus, Philip Larratt-Smith, Jamieson Webster, and publisher Art Gallery of New South Wales. Louise Bourgeois: Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day? Edited by Justin Paton. Sydney, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2023.
Cao, Fei, Ruby Arrowsmith-Todd, Yin Cao, and publisher Art Gallery of New South Wales. Cao Fei: My City Is Yours. Edited by Ruby Arrowsmith-Todd and Yin Cao. Sydney,Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2024.
Ferrell, Susanna, Wan Kong, Rika Iezumi Hiro, Stephen Little, Virginia Moon, Li Wei Ng, and host institution Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Line, Form, Qi: Calligraphic Art from the Fondation INK Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.
Handler, Stuart, ed. The Commonality of Humans through Art: How Art Connects Mankind through the Ages. London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2024.
Michel, Eva, Klaus Albrecht Schröder, and host institution Graphische Sammlung Albertina. Michelangelo and Beyond. Edited by Eva Michel and Klaus Albrecht Schröder. Vienna: Albertina, 2023.
Millozzi, Federica. Giotto : The Life of the Virgin Mary; the Scrovegni Chapel. Translated by Caroline Mary De Bohun Clark. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2025.
Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A Social History of American Art. New York, New York: Thames & Hudson Inc., 2023.
Smith, Alison, Julia Griffin, and host institution National Portrait Gallery. Stanisław Wyspiański: Portraits. Edited by Alison Smith and Julia Griffin. London: National Portrait Gallery, 2025.
Steiner, Wendy. The Beauty of Choice: On Women, Art, and Freedom. New York: Columbia University Press, 2024.
Wilson, John, Jennifer Farrell, Leslie King-Hammond, Patrick Murphy, Edward Saywell, Michele Cohen, Derrick Adams, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and host institution Metropolitan Museum of Art. John Wilson: Witnessing Humanity. Boston, Massachusetts: MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2025.
Updated July 24, 2025.