From Surrealist manifestos to a New York It Girl's visual diary, here are our picks of the best art books to read now.

Magic Art, by André Breton. Fulgar Press. A foreword by Robert Shehu-Ansell explains Magic Art was first available in 1957, when it was printed as part of a subscription edition of a thematic series ...

“The book shows a journey of me developing my visual language as an artist through the very free environment of … fashion editorial,” he explains. His pop-surrealist style comes through in every image ...