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<b>Find inspiration in the transformative colours and textures of visionary contemporary make-up artist Lucy Bridge.</b><br/> <br/> 'Theatrical, confrontational, painterly, expressive.' This is how photographer Tim Walker describes the make-up artistry of Lucy Bridge, whom he has known since spotting her on a bus in East London more than fifteen years ago and asking to take her picture.<br/> <br/> <i>Lucy Bridge</i> is the first book on her celebrated work, created through a close collaboration between Bridge and renowned art director Veronica Ditting. Mixing high-fashion editorials, specially commissioned photoshoots, looks created for the runway and exclusive behind-the-scenes pictures, the book presents ten distinct visual stories, and finishes with a section of career highlights.<br/> <br/> Bridge's rare technical skill and ability to construct moods, stories and characters materializes through her creative partnerships: with leading photographers, such as Paolo Roversi, Tim Walker, Carlijn Jacobs, Thurstan Redding and Oliver Hadlee Pearch, as well as top stylists and models, from Vanessa Reid to Alex Consani. Texts come from those who know and have worked closely with Bridge, including her mother, Julia, Tim Walker, model Saskia de Brauw, and designers Dries Van Noten and Haider Ackermann.

<b>A collection of precious decorated Islamic textiles produced before the thirteenth century CE, many published here for the first time.</b><br/> <br/> The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, includes a remarkable array of textiles from the Islamic world, ranging widely in form, function and place of origin. <i>Textiles of the Early Islamic Caliphates</i> focuses on a group of tiraz and tiraz-style textiles produced before the thirteenth century CE, mainly in the central Islamic lands. Featuring more than 180 textiles, some never published before, it provides authoritative analysis not only of the textiles themselves, but also of the historical and cultural context in which they were produced. With hundreds of illustrations, including specially commissioned macrophotography, <i>Textiles of the Early Islamic Caliphates</i> is a landmark publication that will appeal to scholars and general readers alike.

<b>Highlighting powerful new paintings and sculptures by Michael Armitage, this catalogue showcases the artist's poignant, timely, and profoundly humanistic works.</b><br/><br/> Kenyan British artist Michael Armitage's work weaves real and imagined histories into powerful reflections on contemporary social and political life. <i>Michael Armitage: Crucible</i> presents a selection of recent works exploring journeys across borders and the broader experience of displacement. Many of the artist's paintings on Lubugo bark cloth-a traditional Ugandan textile used in funerary rituals, which he has employed for more than a decade-depict scenes from a migration route stretching from the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea toward Europe. These works, both intimate and epic, consider migration not only as movement across geography but as a condition that shapes identity, memory, and belonging.<br/><br/> The volume also features a series of bronze-relief sculptures inspired by the Stations of the Cross, reimagined to center migrants and the displaced-figures often marginalized within contemporary society-within a shared cultural and spiritual narrative. Armitage's direct, emotionally charged imagery invites viewers to reflect on how migrants are seen, represented, and understood today.<br/><br/> Published to accompany the exhibition at David Zwirner New York, the catalogue includes an essay by Marina Warner on the role of myth in Armitage's depictions of arduous journeys. Two poems by Warsan Shire, including a newly commissioned work, offer lyrical responses to the themes of the artist's practice.

<b>Celebrating Lucas Arruda's landmark exhibition at the Musee d'Orsay, this captivating catalogue showcases his luminous landscapes in the compelling context of the museum's collection.</b><br/><br/> Brazilian painter Lucas Arruda creates landscapes that hover between the real and the imagined. For more than fifteen years, his ongoing Deserto-Modelo series of intimate, small-format paintings has explored light as a central, shaping force. "It is light that guides my painting," Arruda explains, "creating intensity and giving rise to spaces that are neither abstract nor figurative." While his focus on atmosphere and perception recalls impressionist painters, Arruda does not work from plein air studies or photographs. Instead, his images emerge from memory and imagination-interior visions that feel both timeless and deeply personal.<br/><br/> This publication accompanies Lucas Arruda: Qu'importe le paysage, the artist's first major solo exhibition in France, which was held at the Musee d'Orsay in 2025. For the exhibition, Arruda selected works by nineteenth-century masters such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley to appear alongside his own, opening a dialogue across centuries. An essay by the curator Nicolas Gausserand illuminates these connections, tracing the affinities between Arruda's contemporary practice and the Impressionist legacy.

<b>World-renowned fashion photographer, Tim Walker, has spent the past five years creating a new body of work exploring queer identity, love and community. The result is an unforgettable celebration of LGBTQ+ trailblazers in Britain and beyond, all photographed in Walker's inimitable style.</b><br/><br/> <i>Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends</i> explores LGBTQ+ identity, community, and love through the lens of one of the world's foremost photographers.<br/><br/> Within, readers join Walker on a deeply personal journey exploring over half a century of activism, through portraits that range from the fantastical and exuberant to the intimate and grounded.<br/><br/> Featuring photographs of many extraordinary activists, performers, filmmakers, artists, and writers including Alan Bennett, Bernardine Evaristo, Harry Styles, Ncuti Gatwa, Miriam Margolyes, Isaac Julien, Chappell Roan, and the Pet Shop Boys. Less familiar faces also feature, including the health professionals and medical researchers working at the frontline of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. Walker champions the trailblazers who fought for LGBTQ+ equality, and the ongoing work of the generation following in their footsteps.<br/><br/> Alongside the photography, a series of compelling essays add emotional depth and insight. Author and journalist Shon Faye contributes a personal essay reflecting on identity, love and relationships within the LGBTQ+ community, offering an intimate perspective on belonging, connection, and self-understanding. Renowned screenwriter Russell T. Davies provides a deeply personal reflection on writing <i>It's a Sin</i>, exploring its cultural impact and the profound ways it resonated with audiences across generations.<br/><br/> Completed by additional incisive and illuminating essays from Travis Alabanza, Lisa Power and Joelle Taylor, and conversations between Walker and curator Susanna Brown, <i>Tim Walker's Fairyland</i> is a place where everyone has the freedom to be themselves, a vivid tapestry of his many inspirations and influences.

Smithsonian Folkways [Bok / Pocket]

Now is the Time! [Bok / Pocket]