Published in the UK by Jonathan Cape and in the US by New York Review Books on 12 November 2026, Objects of Desire: An Artist in Venice is a painter’s memoir of obsession, loss and creation during a trip to Venice.
Alone in Venice for an artist’s residency, Celia Paul records her daily painting practice. Her days are both charged with and interrupted by the turmoil she feels over the death of her husband, and her more recent obsession with a younger man.
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Published 12 November 2026
