Art book publisher Taschen is having a huge sale in early February

Art lovers and bookworms, our time has come! Premium art book publisher Taschen is once again coming back with their twice-yearly sale on their range of iconic, visually stunning coffee table books. Read on if you’re looking to spice up your bookshelf, or even stuck on a Valentine’s Day present.

From February 5 to 8, you can get fantastic deals of up to 75 percent off on the Taschen website and in their flagship stores worldwide. These books span a wide range of categories including fashion, architecture, food, photography, travel, design, and of course art. We’re always scrolling through the Taschen catalogue and this season we’ve got our eyes on Spirit Worlds from ‘The Library of Esoterica’ series, a relatively new volume released last September exploring art’s relationship with death and other realms; The Gourmand’s Lemon, which deep dives into the literary, linguistic, historic, and gastronomic influence of lemons, and make us salivate the entire time; and the stunning Japan 1900: A Portrait in Colour, capturing the Land of the Rising Sun just as the country opened its doors to the world after two centuries of seclusion.

The child in us who loved the Egyptology book is insisting that King Tut: The Journey through the Underworld is also on the list, which captures in detail Howard Carter’s historic excavation of the Egyptian boy king’s tomb. Meanwhile, we’re also loading our cart with Cultured Traveler from Taschen’s collaborative series with The New York Times, cataloguing – with gorgeous imagery – 100 fascinating travel destinations all over the world “for curious minds”.

Taschen’s sale runs next week, on February’s first Thursday to Sunday, but in case you’d like to browse the tomes before purchasing, there is an exclusive early shopping day on Wednesday, February 4, held only in stores. Hong Kong’s Taschen flagship is located in Shop 01-G02, Police Headquarters Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central.

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