Nick Cave

1. Sarah Newman
2. Cherise Smith
3. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

Nick Cave: Mammoth

In keeping with the artist's eclectic style, this lavishly illustrated catalogue features a mix of poetic, narrative, and scholarly perspectives on Nick Cave's Mammoth. Accompanying a landmark exhibition, this publication is a creative excavation of shared and personal memory. Contributions from Sarah Newman, Cherise Smith, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, and J. Drew Lanham engage themes of identity, environmental crisis, and institutional critique. The catalogue also features a sketchbook-style exploration of Cave's studio and mind, including in-process photography, artist sketches, and handwritten notes. This wide-ranging book represents a significant contribution to scholarship on the artist, and will be a lasting resource for artists, art historians, and general readers. Accompanies the exhibition Nick Cave: Mammoth at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, February 13, 2026 January 3, 2027. AUTHORS: Sarah Newman is James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Cherise Smith is professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Art History at the University of Texas, Austin. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw is associate professor of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. J. Drew Lanham is professor of Wildlife Ecology at Clemson University, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow. SELLING POINTS: . Nick Cave-born 1959 in Fulton, Missouri, and now active in Chicago, Illinois-is an artist who defies categorization. Working between sculpture, installation, performance, video and fashion, and best known for his exuberant Soundsuits, Cave has long been interested in the intersections of history and identity. . Cave's bronze sculptures, beaded wall hangings, video and found-object assemblages, tell stories of identity, environmental crisis, societal inequality, and institutional history. . Cave's art can be found nationally. Some examples are MOMA, NYC; Brooklyn Museum, NY; Times Square-42nd Street and 42nd Street-Bryant Park stations, New York City; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C; MFA, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Detroit Institute of Arts; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, AR; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, MO; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Birmingham Museum of Art, AL; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 250 colour illustrations

1. Nick Cave

Susie

An exquisite visual and lyrical portrait of Susie Cave that unites the creative talents of four icons – celebrated writer and musician Nick Cave, renowned photographer Dominique Issermann, superstar designer Irma Boom and Susie Cave herself.

Thomas Houseago: Vision Paintings

The first publication on Houseago's new painting series, also featuring journal extracts and texts by Nick Cave Leeds-born, Los Angeles–based artist Thomas Houseago (born 1972) is best known for his sculptures that combine traditional (wood, plaster, clay and bronze) and less conventional (steel cables, canvas and cement) materials. During the last couple of years, however, Houseago has started painting, with liberatory results. Vision Paintings charts his recent foray into the medium, presenting a wide selection of both figurative and abstract artworks created between 2020 and 2022. The book features various large-scale series (including the Vision Paintings, California Love Songs and Vortex Paintings). Thematically, Houseago is drawn to nature, drawing on landscapes in Malibu, Big Sur and Yosemite for evocations of cosmic unity and the cycle of life. The volume—the first entirely dedicated to his paintings—is punctuated by close-ups, citations, pages from the artist's journals and writing by the musician Nick Cave.

1. Nick , Cave
2. Sean , O'Hagan

Glaube, Hoffnung und Gemetzel

'Glaube, Hoffnung und Gemetzel' ist ein Buch über Nick Caves Innerstes. Das Buch ist das Ergebnis von mehr als 40 Stunden persönlicher Gespräche zwischen Nick Cave und Sean O'Hagan und es zeigt, was Nick Cave wirklich antreibt. Es stellt die Fragen nach den großen Themen wie Hoffnung, Kunst, Musik, Freiheit, Trauer und Liebe und spannt den Bogen von der frühen Kindheit bis heute. 

1. Caroline Roche
2. Barbara Band
3. Nick Cavender

Creating a School Library with Impact

Creating a School Library with Impact: A Beginners Guide is an introductory manual for anyone entering or looking to enter the exciting world of school librarianship in primary or secondary school settings.

1. Nick Cave
2. Seán O'Hagan

Faith, Hope and Carnage