(Self-published) (2013) by Nguan

"How Loneliness Goes is about those of us who abide in the city. My wish is for this book to wander in my stead, exist as a testament to existence, and credibly proffer the possibility of beauty as a balm for everyday sorrow." - Nguan

(Queens Museum of Art) (1999)

This book documents the most important exhibition of conceptual art ever undertaken, and surveys with decidedly international scope the development of idea-based art in the works of over 100 artists, from Australia, Asia, Latin America, Africa, Western and Eastern Europe, and North America. Through both its text and its numerous reproductions, this book shows the degree to which the language of conceptual art is global, and its extensive look at non-Western artists redresses the relative invisibility of these places in most histories of conceptualism.

(Museum of Modern Art) (2012) by Doryun Chong and Michio Hayashi

A trove of primary source materials, From Postwar to Postmodern, Art in Japan 1945–1989 is an invaluable scholarly resource for readers who wish to explore the fascinating subject of avant-garde art in postwar Japan. In this comprehensive anthology, an array of key documents, artist manifestos, critical essays, and roundtable discussions are translated into English for the first time.

(Phaidon Press) (2012) by Arne Glimcher

In celebration of Women’s History Month. Agnes Martin: Paintings, Writings, Remembrances is the first and only complete career retrospective publication of the visionary painter. This important and beautiful book brings together 130 of Martin's paintings and drawings, with her previously unpublished writings and lecture notes, which vividly illuminate her art.

(Distanz Publishing) (2017)

In Celebration of Women’s History Month. The paintings of the Philippine artist Marina Cruz (b. Quezon City, Philippines, 1982; lives and works in Bulacan) blend abstract harmonies of color with trompel'OEil depictions. Her motifs are dresses her late grandmother sewed for her mother and aunt. With an essay by Kira Jürjens and an interview with the artist by Philipp Bollmann.

(Ghandara-art, Hong Kong) (2010)

In celebration of Women’s History Month. This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition of Aisha Khalid and Imran Qureshi’s works at the Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Art Centre from April to May 2010. Edited by Amna Tirmizi Naqvi, it unpacks Khalid’s biography through text and visual reproductions.

(Kehrer) (2008)

In celebration of Women’s History Month. Runa Islam's films are replete with vivid images that enthrall the viewer with their poetry. Using and reflecting on the medium of film is a pivotal part of her work. In detailed interviews with the artist, this book sheds light on her work during the last five years.

(Blue Kingfisher Limited) (2013)

In celebration of Women’s History Month. One of the most popular Chinese artists exhibiting internationally, and the first female Chinese artist to be exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Yin Xiuzhen (born 1963) is one of the most intriguing artistic chroniclers of modern life in China, and of the massive changes its economic boom has wrought upon the urban landscape. This substantial, 308-page catalogue is the first broad retrospective of her work to date, with 300 colour illustrations and numerous reviews and interviews.

Donated by Jameel Art Centre

(Bench) (2015) by Gino Gonzales and Mark Lewis Higgins

Fashionable Filipinas illustrates the evolution of the Philippine national dress with over two hundred rare or previously unpublished photographs from Philippine, European and American collections. The book also features glossaries, essays, a timeline, and contemporary photos of period fashion, textiles and jewellery.

(Vera-Reyes Inc, Philippines) (1981) by Carlos Quirino

Filipinos at War is a gripping account of a people's four-hundred-year struggle for independence. This book provides a fresh perspective on Filipino narratives of war, detailing major events from Magellan's heroic defeat to the Fall of Bataan. It is an enriching visual experience, accentuated by photographs, maps and illustrations.

(National Gallery Singapore) (2015) ed. by Low Sze Wee

Between Declarations and Dreams is an exhibition catalogue of the on-going exhibition at the National Gallery of Singapore accompanied with essays exploring the story of Southeast Asian art since the 19th century. It examines the notion of ‘art’ by Southeast Asian artists, the processes in their art making and their shared experiences as forming part of the region “Southeast Asia.”

(Thames & Hudson) (2010) by Melissa Chiu and Benjamin Genocchio

Contemporary Asian Art is a wide-ranging survey of the 21st century phenomenon of contemporary Asian art in the international art world. It examines key issues and themes such as the relationship of art to history, tradition, politics, the state, consumerism, and popular culture that is present in asian art of today.

(Bangkok Art and Culture Centre Foundation) (2014) ed. by Lola Lenzi

Concept Context Contestation is an exhibition catalogue comprising works and essays by different Southeast Asian artists, writers, and historians. The book’s contents tackles the cross-national and cross-generational expressive dialogues that reveals the region’s deployment of conceptual approaches in the making of art with social purpose. It illustrates the way in which Southeast Asian contemporary art meshes with life.

(Kalaw-Ledesma Foundation) (1991) ed. by Rodolfo Paras Perez

SELECTIONS was published on the occasion of the First Kalaw Ledesma Art Criticism Award in 1990. It is a compilation of essays by notable Filipino art critics and writers such as Eric Torres, Santiago A. Pilar, Cesare A.X Syjuco, etc. on the Philippine Art Scene of the 1990 where exhibitions by Onib Olmedo, Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, Cesar Legaspi, Ramon Orlina, and many more were held.

(Taschen) (2010) ed. by Ami Ronnberg and Kathleen Martin

This book provides a crucial archive for research in archetypal symbolism. Drawing upon Carl Gustav Jung’s work on the archetype and the collective unconscious, this archive is a pictorial and written archive of mythological, ritualistic, and symbolic images from all over the world and all epochs of human experience. This book is therefore a reliable compendium of potentially transformative images and essays and an essential guide to symbolic images.

(Phaidon Press) (1995) by Eric Fernie

For students, teachers, researchers and those with an interest in art history, Art History and its Methods: A Critical Anthology will prove to be an invaluable resource. This book brings together the work of 27 influential art historians and writers from the Renaissance to the present day, including texts from Vasari and Winckelmann to Pollock and Oguibe. Each text is accompanied by a critical commentary, which places it in context and discusses the issues raised.

(Lansdowne Publishing) (1999) by Jennifer Isaacs

Australian Aboriginal Paintings is a collection of work that showcases the traditional style of aboriginal works from different areas. This collection introduces to the reader the origins and ideas behind the intricate design of contemporary aboriginal art that are not far from its traditional roots. Laden with symbolism from the Dreaming, the Creation, and the Cosmology of the aboriginal Australians, the works presented in this book invites the reader to further inquiry on the meanings behind them.

(Phaidon Press Limited, 2008) (Phaidon Press Limited, 2013)

Salon to Biennial and Biennials and Beyond are two comprehensive reference books that recorded influential exhibitions of modern to contemporary. These two volumes are an indispensable source for anyone who is looking at the development of modern to contemporary art and curatorial and exhibition practices of the time. It is rich with details including installation photographs, publications, and reviews of the exhibitions from 1863 to 2002.