The Artist's Widow is a novel written by British author Shena Mackay and first published in 1998 by Jonathan Cape.

It is mentioned twice in the Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide (2003) Set in the contemporary art scene in London, it is centred on Lyris, the widow of John Crane, and begins at a viewing of her late husband's work; also present are her friend Clovis Ingram – a bookstore owner, a beautiful young television film-maker called Zoe, and Lyris' great nephew Nathan Pursey, an up-and-coming performance artist.

The book concerns their complex interrelationships in the wake of John Crane's death.