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A curated selection of the best Australian art books. By Art Guide Australia.

Proudly working on the lands of the Wurundjeri people, part of the Kulin Nation, we are here to help tell the story of Australian art.

10/07/2026

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The Art Guide Bookstore is open today and tomorrow (Sat) 10-4pm. Come visit! 43-47 Simpson St, Northcote VIC 🐕
📷 NATALIE FINNEY

03/07/2026

Happy Friday! The heater is on and the Art Guide Bookstore is open today and tomorrow (Sat) 10-4pm. Come and say 👋 ❤️📚

📷: courtesy of NATALIE FINNEY

26/06/2026

New to the Art Guide Bookstore📕

Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir
Published by Thames & Hudson

Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir is the most comprehensive publication on the artist to date, tracing his journey as one of Australia’s most incisive contemporary voices. Across themes of past, present and future, the book unpacks the many critical questions raised in Albert’s work: how do we remember, give justice to and rewrite complex and traumatic histories?

Edited by Liz Nowell with essays by leading curators and writers and designed with bold, graphic flair, this volume illuminates an extraordinary creative practice and affirms Tony Albert as a vital force in Australia’s ongoing story of truth telling and cultural renewal.

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25/06/2026

📚The Art Guide Bookstore is open for the week

Visit us at 43-47 Simpson St, Northcote VIC
Thurs, Fri, & Sat 10-4pm ❤️

19/06/2026

Happy Friday! 📚

The Art Guide Bookstore is open today and tomorrow (Sat) 10-4pm.

Come say 👋 at 43-47 Simpson St, Northcote VIC.
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12/06/2026

Just arrived 📚

Francis Carmody
Wise to the Bait, Vol 1.

Wise to the Bait, Vol. 1 is a self-published artist book documenting Francis Carmody’s contribution to Primavera 2025: Young Australian Artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
The book extends the exhibition into print through an unbound format that allows the publication to be physically expanded. Installation views, detail images, and text extracts can be spread out and viewed simultaneously, creating a reading experience that mirrors the spatial and relational logic of the exhibition itself.

You can read more about Francis Carmody’s practice in the current Art Guide Australia article The Shape of Things to Come by Oliver Giles. 🔗 to article in bio 📕

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Francis

05/06/2026

Just arrived 📕

Rob McHaffie: Do paintings get jealous of windows
Published by Buxton Intl.
Edited by Luisa Bosci with contributions from Charlotte Day, Amelia Wallin and Lisa Radford.

“Rob Mchaffie’s paintings portray how we fashion ourselves, seek inspiration, fall in love, hang out, and negotiate roles in life as artist, friend, partner and parent. They remind us that life is made of many fleeting moments and stages that are so easily forgotten during the business of living itself.” - Charlotte Day.

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29/05/2026

Just arrived 📕

Lottie Consalvo: We hover above the ground in hope that we might float
Published by Art Ink

A major new monograph on the work of Lottie Consalvo, bringing together painting, performance and video across 304 pages.

We hover above the ground in hope that we might float offers a richly paced view of Consalvo’s practice through expansive image plates and commissioned texts, tracing a body of work shaped by gesture, atmosphere and emotional depth. With writings by Sarah Mosca, Anne Ryan, Miriam Kelly, Ineke Dane, Gina Mobayed, Anthea Mentzalis, Brooke Babington, Alanna Irwin and Tulleah Pearce. Foreword by Jo Higgins.

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17/05/2026

Happy Sunday! It’s the final day of the Melbourne Art Book Fair 📚You can find us between our friends at and here til 5!

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