This spring, the London publisher Thames & Hudson will expand its long-running World of Art series with a new volume titled Dutch Painting, authored by art historian and CODART’s founding director Gary Schwartz.

In anticipation of the release, Gary Schwartz will present a lecture at The National Gallery, London, on 30 March 2026. He will be joined in conversation by Bart Cornelis, the Gallery’s Curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings.

Dutch Painting

In the new volume, Schwartz offers a fresh and contemporary perspective on seventeenth-century Dutch painting. The guide brings together a range of notable paintings from leading museum collections to explore the work of well-known masters such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Judith Leyster, and Johannes Vermeer, as well as artists that readers may be discovering for the first time, such as Adriaen van de Velde and Gesina ter Borch.

In nine chapters, the book delves into patronage and the art market; the reception and study of Dutch painting; gender and race; painters working in Europe, Asia, and beyond; as well as issues of attribution. Covering a broad range of subjects and styles, the book places Dutch painting in a wider international spectrum, offering a comprehensive overview of Dutch painting both in its historical context and through a contemporary lens with up-to- date and insightful analysis.

World of Art

World of Art is a long-established series of pocket-sized art books from British publisher Thames & Hudson. The series was launched in 1958 and includes over 300 titles. Although mainly focusing on art history, the series concerns all subjects related to the arts. The pocket-sized books are typically around 200 pages and are heavily illustrated.

Dutch Painting
Gary Schwartz
Paperback, 272 pp., 161 color ills.
London (Thames & Hudson) May 2026
ISBN: 9780500297742