Books

The Asian gaze | A Brief History of British South Asian Art, by Alina Khakoo

Postwar British visual art is given a new context in this slim but rewarding book

Bookworm | Our round-up of the latest museum reading

From art connoisseurship, to heritage management and building museum games

Bookworm | Our round-up of the latest museum reading

From the question of authenticity, to the history of printmaking to everything you need to know about embroidery

Books | Object-Based Learning: Exploring museums and collections, by Thomas Kador

This book will inspire you to consider the stories behind objects in a different way

Books | The Artist as Ecologist: Contemporary Art and the Environment

Filipa Ramos' exploration of the transformative power of contemporary art is an important call to action

Books | Deaccessioning Museum Objects, by Jennifer Durrant

A timely guide to sustainable disposals practice

Bookworm

From contemporary art's relationship to the environment to Black Victorian Britain

Between the Covers with Vita, Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent

Su Hepburn enjoys getting to know more about the life of literary legend Vita Sackville-West

Book review | What Are Museums for?, by Jon Sleigh

This book might just give you renewed optimism about the importance of museums, says Helen Beckett

Bookworm

From the social world of galleries to a cookbook for conservators, your bitesize sample of the latest museum sector books

Bookworm

From a fictional museum mystery to the 'absolute disorder' of decolonisation, your bitesize sample of the latest museum sector books

Book review | The Art of Conservation

This substantial account of painting conservation is a fine addition to existing literature, says Florence Hallett