An excellent selection of artist books, art writing, monographs & exhibition catalogues at great prices, especially good if you're looking to get a hold of auction catalogues too. Friendly & helpful staff, a definite highlight of visiting London.
David Thain
After a visit to Tate Modern this is a great place to look for old gems and recent highlights at a good price. The bookmakers a wide range of ages mainly from the late 80s to present The interesting layout draws attention to British artists and there is an extensive section of discounted books including very good quality copies. Perhaps there could be more good catalogues from the last 5 years.
Stefano Boschian-Pest
This is probably the best known art bookshop in London. You can find lots of stuff for different pockets, from 10/15£ second hand books to more expensive catalogues (40£ and beyond) to the Paolozzi rarities (I didn't dare to ask for the price). Helpful staff. You could spend the day there.
Hubert Grollier
A gem! Located opposite the Tate Modern, this shop stocks all kinds of art, sculpture, photography books, prints, posters and uncategorisable oddities too. I should say I'm a bit wary of going into shops during the pandemic as I consider myself vulnerable, but I can't resist a bookshop, and happily the staff do an superb job of making browsers feel safe in the current pandemic. It's clean and spacious. There are free gloves supplied and hand gel. Since discovering the place some months ago I've been back twice. The gentleman there is always super helpful and helped me find two books I'd been looking for, and by chance I found several small items in their bargain second-hand book barrows, which stock more miscellaneous subjects. My regret is that I didn't know about this shop sooner! So yes... a very happy customer here.
Eoin Hernandez245 days ago
Huge selection of art, design and photography books. Very reasonably priced too!
Adnan Merhabi1 year ago
Big variety of books that u can enjoy reading them
Ray Stewart2 years ago
Cool bargains to be found! Helpful staff too. Perfect place to browse after or before visiting the Tate (across the road). Not all the items stocked there are necessarily art books either. Some curiosities can be discovered too. The shop's secondhand section seems to be the wooden troughs at the front window, which are a great source of inspirational material if you're creative. There are vintage journals, rare magazines, illustrated catalogues and mono-graphs.
Sean G2 years ago
The staff create an uncomfortable atmosphere. They sit around talking and are pretty useless. When they do serve you they have no manners. Overall there is a very elitist and condescending vibe. I do not recommend this shop!
