Publications

Mothering, 2025

Scottish artist Caroline Walker is known for her accomplished paintings which offer a lens into the everyday lives of women. Bringing together work made over the past five years, exploring themes of motherhood and early-years care, this important publication reveals the evolution of Caroline Walker’s highly original artistic language. 

Texts by Eleanor Clayton, Laura Smith, Melanie Vandenbrouck and Alex Hyde.

Published by Lund Humphries, London, in collaboration with The Hepworth Wakefield.

A Female Gaze, 2022

A Female Gaze explores the paintings and drawings of contemporary artist Caroline Walker through the lens of Laura Knight, arguably Nottingham's most famous artist and the first woman to be elected a Royal Academian. Seperated by 100 years, both artists are united through their observations of women in everyday life, from moments of motherhood to women at work and the mundanity of domestic life.

With essays by Jennifer Higgie and Tristram Aver, this book contributes to rebalancing the gender bias legacy within art history, while celebrating the powerful artistic qualities of two extraordinary painters.

Published by Beam Editions, Nottingham.

Birth Reflections, 2022

Texts by Hannah Watson and Guy Noble.

Published by Trolley Books, London on the occasion of the exhibition Birth Reflections at Fitzrovia Chapel, London.

Windows, 2021

Texts by Benno Tempel and Jorien de Vries

Published by GRIMM on the occasion of the exhibition Windows at KM21, The Hague, NL

Women’s Work, 2021

Women's Work is Caroline Walker’s most comprehensive exhibition to date. It examines the often unseen jobs performed by women, such as tailors and chambermaids and viewed from the side lines in their otherwise invisible worlds. The exhibition was presented at MAC in 2021.

The 52-page, colour illustrated exhibition catalogue includes a foreword by Deborah Kermode, MAC CEO & Artistic Director, with academic essays written by Tracey Warren, Professor of Sociology at the University of Nottingham, and Griselda Pollock, Professor of Social and Critical Histories of Art at the University of Leeds.

Published by Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham.

Janet, 2020

A 152pp hardback publication, Janet, is being published to coincide with the the solo exhibition of work by Caroline Walker opening at Ingleby September 2020.

Featuring an essay by art historian and critic Hettie Judah, alongside over eighty illustrations of the preparatory studies and paintings, the book is produced by Ingleby, Edinburgh, and printed by Die Keure, Bruges.

Published by Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh and Anomie Publishing, London, UK

Picture Window, 2018

Picture Window is the most comprehensive publication to date on the work of Scottish artist Caroline Walker. The publication features an essay and interview with the artist by art historian Marco Livingstone, along with a text by Andrew Nairne, director of Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge, addressing the series ‘Home’, depicting the lives of women in temporary accommodation in London. Dr. Rina Arya, a professor of visual culture at the University of Huddersfield, focusses in her text on Walker’s paintings of nail bars, while a text by Paris-based writer Dr. Lauren Elkin introduces Walker’s glimpsed scenes of women at work, whether in hair salons, restaurants or office buildings.

Published by Anomie Publishing, London and GRIMM, Amsterdam & New York.

Painted Ladies, 2017

Published by Space K on the occasion of the exhibition Painted Ladies at Space K, Gwacheon.

Bathouse, 2015

Published by Space K on the occasion of the exhibition Bathhouse at Space K, Seoul.

In Every Dream Home, 2013

In Every Dream Home – the first monograph of Walker’s work – features around fifty key paintings, oil sketches and ink drawings alongside an introductory text by art historian, critic and curator Marco Livingstone, an essay by independent critic and curator Jane Neal, and an interview with the artist by editor Matt Price.

The publication has been supported by Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, Ealing, Ealing District Council, the Valerie Beston Artists’ Trust, ProjectB Gallery, Milan, and Ivan Gallery, Bucharest.

Published by Anomie Publishing, London.

Mothering Myths: An ABC of Art, Birth and Care, 2025

Mothering Myths unravels the clichés, stigmas and myths surrounding motherhood, through the lens of art, and a transhistorical and intersectional perspective, while being very playful and open to many interpretations. It breaks through the perspective of the individual mother figure and makes space for collectivity, different forms of ‘mothering’ and political questions surrounding self-determination. Mothering Myths presents the emancipatory nature of the artist-mother, the voluntarily childless woman, the non-female mother and the ‘raven mother’, through concepts such as kinship, revolutionary parenting, womb consciousness and reproductive justice.

Published by Valiz.

Ed. Laurie Cluitmans & Heske ten Cate

The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 3, 2024

Following the success of The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting in 2018 and The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 2 in 2021, a third volume has been created to showcase solo exhibitions that have defined contemporary painting since the second volume. This new, even larger anthology presents the work of eighty-five artists born or living in Britain through documentation and discussion of solo exhibitions of their work in museums and galleries nationally and internationally. Featuring artists at different stages of their careers, from senior figures exhibiting at major museums to emerging artists presenting some of their first commercial gallery exhibitions, The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 3 offers an overview of recent activity in the medium of painting in Great Britain.

Published by Anomie Publishing, London.

Ed. Matt Price

My World, 2024

A journey of discovery through the finest art from private collections. Discover hidden treasures of contemporary art from Europe, Africa, America, and Asia in My World, the book accompanying the exhibition of the same name at Singer Laren, curated by art critic and curator Hans den Hartog Jager. This book takes you on a journey through masterpieces from some of the most important private Dutch collections, featuring world-renowned artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Charles Avery, Kehinde Wiley, Ai Weiwei, Zanele Muholi, Marlene Dumas, and Anselm Kiefer.

Published by W Books, in collaboration with Museum Singer Laren.

Turps Painting Magazine, Issue 29, 2024

The Shape of Things: Still Life in Britain, 2024

The Shape of Things shows how in the early 20th century British artists renewed the traditional genre of still life for the modern age, a spirit of experimentation with the genre that continues today. Showing how the genre sits at the heart of different artistic movements in Modern British art including the Seven & Five Society, Unit One, the British Surrealist Group, St Ives and post-war abstraction, Neo-Romanticism, pop art, conceptual art and post-war figurative art, and YBAs, it presents a history of British art as understood through the lens of the still life.

Published by Pallant House Gallery, Chichester.

Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, 2024

Published to coincide with the acclaimed Hayward Gallery touring exhibition of the same name, Acts of Creation is an engaging, thought-provoking and richly illustrated must-read on the evolving discourse on motherhood, offering a fresh perspective that challenges conventions and inspires change.

Published by Thames & Hudson.

Motherhood, 2023

Depictions of motherhood are ever present in Western art, yet rarely questioned or challenged. We may shy away from a subject that could be seen as sentimental or overly associated with idealistic constructs of femininity, nurture and care. Whether we are mothers ourselves, or whether we bring or nurture life in a wider sense, we all have some understanding of motherhood. Giving birth to their creations, artists have represented this vital and complex subject in a variety of ways, providing insight into what motherhood might mean, its joys and challenges, and seeking to articulate its unspoken aspects. Featuring fifty artworks in a variety of media, this book is a celebration of motherhood in all its complexity.

Published by Tate, London.

Ed. Ann Coxon

Real Families: Stories of Change, 2023

What is a family? And how is family experienced? These questions, explored through artists’ eyes, are at the heart of the exhibition, Real Families: Stories of Change, a collaboration between the Fitzwilliam Museum and the University of Cambridge Centre for Family Research. The book provides a catalogue of the exhibition in four sections, containing twelve illuminating essays that discuss the concept of the family. With contributions from Mary Beard, Rebecca Birrell, Dorothy Byrne, Pasco Fearon, Susan Golombok, Alex Graham, Katy Hessel, Claire Hughes, Jackie Kay, Olivia Laing, Rosie Millard and Andrew Solomon.

Published by Paul Holberton.

Scottish Women Artists, 2023

In an age when women are very much part of the contemporary art scene in Scotland, it is easy to forget that their predecessors through the 18th, 19th and well into the 20th centuries often faced an uphill struggle. This book charts and celebrates the story of these Scottish women, from their emergence in the art world in the eighteenth century to today’s internationally recognised stars. The book introduces a selection of over 60 artists exploring their professional and personal journeys.

Published by Fleming Collection.

The Painted Room, 2023

Published by GRIMM on the occasion of the exhibition The Painted Room at GRIMM, Amsterdam.

Prime: Art’s Next Generation, 2022

The most exciting rising stars in contemporary art – who’s who and what’s next – featuring 107 artists born since 1980, as chosen by a new generation of art experts and leaders. This stunningly illustrated survey brings together more than 100 of the most innovative and interesting contemporary artists working across all media and spanning the globe. These are tomorrow’s art superstars as chosen by the future leaders of the art world: the curators, writers, and academics with their fingers on the pulse of contemporary art and culture. 

Published by Phaidon Press, London.

Great Women Painters, 2022

A sumptuous survey of over 300 women painters and their work spanning almost five centuries. Great Women Painters is a groundbreaking book that reveals a richer and more varied telling of the story of painting. Featuring more than 300 artists from around the world, it includes both well-known women painters from history and today's most exciting rising stars.

Published by Phaidon Press, London.

British Art Show 9,  2021

British Art Show 9 is curated by Irene Aristizábal and Hammad Nasar and is structured around three main themes: healing, care and reparative history; tactics for togetherness; and imagining new futures. The 47 artists in the exhibition look at how we live with and give voice to difference; explore alternative economies; and propose ways of living together that emphasise commonality and collaboration. This dynamic catalogue includes two wide-ranging curatorial essays, over 200 colour illustrations and original texts on all 47 artists. 

Published by Hayward Gallery, London.

The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 2, 2021

Sixty contemporary painters born or living in Britain discussed through national and international solo exhibitions of their work. Following the success of The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting in 2018, a second volume has been created to showcase solo exhibitions that have defined contemporary painting in Britain since the first volume. This new, larger anthology presents the work of sixty artists born or living here through documentation and discussion of solo exhibitions of their work in museums and galleries around the UK and internationally. Featuring artists at different stages of their careers, from senior figures exhibiting at major museums to emerging artists presenting some of their first commercial gallery exhibitions, The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 2 offers an overview of recent activity in the medium of painting in this country.

Published by Anomie Publishing, London.

Actions. The Image of the World Can Be Different, 2018

This publication marks the 2018 exhibition Actions. The image of the world can be different, the first exhibition to be held in at the new Kettle’s Yard following its redevelopment. The exhibition is inspired by a letter Naum Gabo wrote to Herbert Read in 1944, in which Gabo reasserts the potential of art as a poetic, social and political force in the world and his belief that “the image of the world can be different”. Actions reflects the energising diversity and breadth of art in the modern and contemporary period within the UK and internationally.

Published by Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.

Vitamin P3: New Perspectives in Painting, 2016

Published by Phaidon Press, London.

A Brush with the Real: Figurative Painting Today, 2013

Why painting today? In the digital age, with its powers of instant recall and infinite reproduction, why are we witnessing an unprecedented revival of figurative painting? A Brush with the Real presents a survey of key contemporary artists who have each embraced painting and are working within a realist tradition. Through individual interviews the book peers into the life and work of each of these artists, discussing their methods, motives and sources, from art history to the internet and the language of film. The book celebrates the work of 51 artists who are each taking the medium in a new direction: from those who work with appropriation and found images, to those trying to get as close as possible to contemporary reality and first-hand experience, to artists who are simply using painting as a door to parallel or imaginary worlds.

Published by Hachette.