New library acquisitions: Spring 2026

28 May 2026

Cover of the books Internet Art: From the Birth of the Web to the Rise of NFTs and New Humans: Memories of the Future.

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Cover of the book Internet Art: From the Birth of the Web to the Rise of NFTs.

Cover of the book Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley: The Delusion.

Cover of the book Robot Love: Can we learn from robots about love?

Cover of the book New Humans: Memories of the Future.

Cover of the book Textile Fine Art: Conversations with artists creating by hand.

Cover of the book Textiles X Art: How textiles are shaping contemporary art.

Cover of the book Shaping the surface: materiality and the history of British architecture 1840-2000.

Cover of the book Sophie Taeuber-Arp: The Rule of Curves.

Cover of the book Ancient India: Living Traditions, by Sushma Jansari and Sureshkumar Muthukumaran.

Cover of the book Chris Drury: Heart Soul Mind.

Cover of the book El Anatsui : Scottish mission book depot Keta.

Cover of the book Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History.

Cover of the book Fiona Crisp: Wrong Footing.

Cover of the book Abi Charlesworth: to rest amongst the blades.

Cover of the book Lauren Gault: Bone Stone Voice Alone.

Cover of the book When the World Went Out of Time with Itself.

Cover of the book Eric Schumacher: what condition our condition is in.

New additions to the library this season offer perspectives ranging from the history of digital and post-digital artmaking to examples of contemporary creative practice.

Visitors to Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age who wish to further explore the relationship between art and digital technologies will find an expanded selection of titles in the library this spring.

Internet Art, a new publication from Phaidon surveys artists and innovators working in the networked world from 1989 to the present. The book examines how the internet has opened up new possibilities for artists working across both analogue and digital media.

Another key title linked to artists in the exhibition is The Delusion by Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley. Published to accompany a groundbreaking video game commission and exhibition at the Serpentine (2024-25), the monograph offers insight into the project, exploring themes of polarisation, intersectionality and social connection while introducing the artist’s wider practice.

Download the full recommended reading list for Phantasmagoria (PDF, 0.2mb)