Lund Humphries Foundation for Visual Arts

Lund Humphries is the publishing imprint of the Lund Humphries Foundation for Visual Arts, a UK registered charity (no. 1211237) established in December 2024 to advance knowledge and appreciation of the visual arts for the public benefit. 

The Lund Humphries Foundation for Visual Arts supports the research, development, production and publication of serious, high-quality books on art, architecture and design, working with leading authors, scholars and cultural institutions across the UK. Building on Lund Humphries’ legacy as a pioneering art-book publisher since 1939, the Foundation’s work depends on partnership and shared investment in knowledge that would not otherwise be accessible. It supports artists and architects, historians of art and architecture, and art institutions by ensuring that important subjects are documented, interpreted and made available to the general public in a durable and authoritative form.

The Foundation is also committed to a programme of author talks and panel discussions which help to disseminate the research content of its publications to the general public.

Partnership with museums, galleries and educational institutions is a key aspect of the Foundation’s work. Our current partners include the Victoria & Albert Museum, The Hepworth Wakefield, the Royal Scottish Academy, the Getty Museum and Research Institute, and Sotheby’s Institute of Art. 

The Foundation was established in response to reduced public funding of the arts and a challenging market for sales of specialist books in which serious Visual Arts publishing is increasingly difficult to support commercially from sales income. As a publisher, we operate a non-profit model, seeking external funding to cover the upfront costs of our books, which include project development, copy-editing, proofreading and indexing, design and repro, printing and binding. The net income from book sales is applied to offset our operating costs. 

We are grateful to the Estelle Trust for their ongoing financial support of our general overheads. 

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