Some birthday advice from Alex Katz
The painter celebrates his 91st birthday today - he has some wise words for those a long way behind him
Jonathan Gold on food and California
The acclaimed LA food writer died on Saturday - here’s why he loved the Golden State's singular cuisine so much
What does Rose Wylie love about the Sportsman?
Chef Stephen Harris and the fact that 'it’s the right colour for the edge of the sea' attract the local Vitamin P3 painter
What to expect from the BBC's new Gombrich documentary
Archive recordings, interviews and granddaughter Leonie describe the remarkable life of The Story of Art author
Peter Marino shows us his most personal possessions
The architect, artist and collector on the sensual link between the Mapplethorpe photos and bronzes in his collection
Yayoi Kusama's Narcissus Garden comes to New York
The Japanese artist's 52-year-old work is born again in a derelict train garage in Fort Tilden, Queens
Grace's great photographer Tim Walker gets a V&A show
Described by Coddington as the most English of Englishmen, Walker is the star of a V&A exhibition next year
Britain's new Brutalist gallery looks back at social housing
Sheffield's S1 Artspace, newly opened in the city's Park Hill estate, offers a balanced view of high-rise life
Martin Parr goes around the world for Gucci
The British photographer gives the Italian brand's new watch campaign a distinctly international feel
How was Pharrell when he came to Yardbird in Hong Kong?
Matt Abergel on the stars he’s impressed by and the ones he’s a bit meh about - you may be surprised. . .
Sir Kenneth Grange reshapes the British beer glass
The acclaimed designer combines two distinct drinking vessels into one contemporary, pint-sized classic
Who knew Degas did erotica?
On the artist's birthday, we look at how Degas moved away from Impressionism to pursue a private take on pleasure
The skate artist who branded Hong Kong’s hottest restaurant
Matt Abergel got Evan Hecox to brand Yardbird - and learned an important lesson on how to approach your heroes
Oh dear, Maurizio Cattelan has killed Banksy!
His new work Eternity, sees him fill a Tuscan garden with gravestones for 100 artists - some dead, some alive
An iPhone doesn't make you a filmmaker says Danny Lyon
The veteran photographer, documentary maker and Phaidon author calls unedited phone uploads 'visual pollution'
Kerry James Marshall's 30-foot tribute to black lawyers
'Every brick had to be hand cut to make that form consistent' he says of monument referencing talking drums
How Apple made us all talk 'emoji'
On World Emoji Day, we look at how California’s free-spirited culture gave rise to the new way of communicating
The Brutal Chicago landmark that's always been cool
Born on this day, Bertrand Goldberg combined brutalism with the kind of amenities we now take for granted
Matt Abergel's one thing to make your BBQ better
Is it a sauce, a skewer or simply a way of not setting yourself on fire? Read what our Chicken and Charcoal chef says
This was the best thing René Redzepi ate all year
It's a honey ant and it's popular in many indigenous people’s diets. René says it’s 'seriously amazing'
Buying a Kusama bag? There's a book for that!
Walk the walk and talk the talk with the Kusama x Louis Vuitton bag and our new book at Kith SoHo
Matt Abergel came to London this week!
Our Chicken and Charcoal chef cooked on the roof of Shoreditch House and nearby Lyle's
How The French Revolution influenced the painting of heroes
EH Gombrich explains the work of Jacques-Louis David - ‘official artist’ of Revolutionary France
Barber and Osgerby revisit Ronchamp
We love these shots of Le Corb's Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, taken by the British design duo
What Robert Mapplethorpe's mother called Patti Smith
A touching new interview with the artist's sister sheds light on the photographer's suburban family beginnings
Meet the artist brightening up NYC's hottest restaurants
Lucas Beaufort might be better known in the skater community but he's also turning NYC diners' heads
The sad story behind Modigliani's portrayal of lust
Born on this day 12 July, in 1884 and among the most highly valued artists today he lived a short, wild life in poverty
How Britain changed Breuer (and his Bauhaus buddies)
You might have seen the Blue Plaque go up in London. But did you know how the capital changed Breuer's designs?
Yayoi Kusama is painting again
Look out for flowers and phallic shapes when the artist shows her new work (and some old) this autumn
The Thai comfort food we're all drawing comfort from
Celebrate the Thai cave rescue with a bowl of pad kra pao - the basil-based dish all the boys have been craving
Why Whistler sued Ruskin for libel
On Whistler's birthday, the story of the paintings that became the subject of a court case which bankrupted him
What Aldo Rossi gave to Grafton
How the brilliant Irish practice draw from one of the greats of yesteryear when creating buildings for the future
A glimpse at David Wojnarowicz’s Sex Series
Ahead of the Whitney retrospective, we uncover his great X-rated and oddly liberating photo montages
Ralph Rugoff on what can happen when art meets brutalism
The Hayward Gallery director describes the challenges and opportunities presented by his beautiful, brutal institution
Did you see Mark Bradford at the roller disco?
Here’s how the LA artist drew on club culture and the AIDS epidemic to create one of his most moving works
Viktor, Rolf & Alexandre stun Paris
Fashion designers and stars of our Cover Cover book team up with Alex de Betak for an Immaculate Collection
3 Jerry Seinfeld cafés recommended in Where to Drink Coffee
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee returns today. Here's what our guide thinks of some places Jerry's visited so far
Why did Frida Kahlo cut off her hair?
It was one of her most effective works of self-portraiture - on her birthday we look at its hidden meaning
Where to see Generation Wealth this summer
Lauren Greenfield's award-winning, definitive statement on the influence of affluence is at a cinema near you
What Le Corbusier gave to Grafton
How the brilliant Irish practice draw from one of the greats of yesteryear when creating buildings for the future
Jennifer Lawrence checks out the new JR show
The Red Sparrow star dropped by New York's Perrotin gallery to take in her friend’s show
Barnett Newman’s creative heart
The artist died this day in 1970 but did you know the condition that killed him also led to his best work?
Politics, patriotism, sex and balloon dogs
On Independence Day this is how four free-spirited, contemporary American artists see their country
A Movement in a Moment: Luminism
As fireworks light up the sky this Fourth of July, we look at another light that is uniquely American
Why the American Lawn Chair matters
On July 4 celebrate an American icon by sitting in the sun, sinking a cold beer and breathing in that smokin' BBQ!
Viktor&Rolf launch their new book in Paris
The designers met fashion lovers in the French capital last night to celebrate the publication of Cover Cover
When the West Coast Case Study houses were an exhibition
In July 4 week we're looking at some of the best American architecture exhibitions from our new book Exhibit A
When Kerry James Marshall painted the 4th of July
In Independence Day week we look at how the painter’s work Bang subtly subverts an all American holiday
Did you spot Mark Bradford on the basketball court?
Here’s how this US artist combined basketball with a hoop skirt to create a gender-bending sporting performance
If you're cooking on Wednesday you'll want this!
Give your Fourth of July celebrations some extra zing this week courtesy of America the Cookbook
Massimo and Lara on Gucci, Dylan and Dubai
The world’s greatest chef and his wife talk through their ambitious post-50 Best Restaurants plans with Forbes
Annie Leibovitz just shot Kendrick Lamar for Vanity Fair
Leibovitz’s portrait of Lamar graces the cover of the magazine’s August 2018 issue
When the Venice Biennale went PoMo
New book Exhibit A looks at ground breaking architecture shows - including one that introduced post modernism
Martin Parr goes back up North
The veteran British photographer returns to Hebden Bridge - site of one of his best-known photographic series
It's caption competition time!
Damien Hirst will give you a free print if he likes what you have to say about this pic he just posted
Alicia Keys plays for JR and Massimo in New York
The Grammy star performed a special set for JR's opening and Massimo Bottura caught it on his phone
From Book to Bid – Dieter Rams's RZ 57 cabinet
One of the designer's modular furniture units is up for auction - find out why it's exciting exacting collectors
How Bret Easton Ellis helped Lauren Greenfield shoot the rich
On the photographer's birthday, we examine how a chance encounter with an old novel changed her career
Diesel's latest look is inspired by a Phaidon book!
Italian fashion brand asked Hans Eijkelboom to shoot new lookbook after seeing People of the Twenty-First Century
Did you spot Mark Bradford at the comedy club?
This is how the stand-up routines of Eddie Murphy and other comedians fed into the LA artist’s work
New record set for a Lucian Freud painting
Sotheby’s achieved a new British high for the great painter in London last night with this spectacular 2002-3 work
Here’s why you can’t kayak to Noma
The acclaimed Copenhagen restaurant’s vegetarian season is open, and René Redzepi is being extra kind to birds
“Barbie, Grace Jones or me?” Trevor Paglen on tech and sex
The artist digs into the power structures behind modern technology in his Smithsonian American Art Museum lecture
Noah Charney tells CBS viewers how one lost work was saved
The Museum of Lost Art author shared the miraculous story of Tullio Lombardo's Adam with This Morning's audience
Massimo cools off after his 50 Best win!
The skinny Italian chef takes a 5:30am dip in the waters of the Adriatic with his Osteria Francescana staff
Why the Adirondack chair matters
Here's how a holiday in Upstate New York gave rise of one of the most popular seats in the great outdoors
Did you spot Mark Bradford at the beach?
Here’s how the Californian coastline - and ancient mariners’ myths - feed into the work of the LA artist
Why Trevor Paglen thinks the military will come to his show
The artist believes DC's government employees are likely to take an interest in his new anti-surveillance exhibition
How to get a table at Massimo’s Refettorio Paris this Saturday
The Italian chef’s haute-cuisine soup kitchen opens its doors to regular diners, as part of the Refugee Food Festival
Did you spot Mark Bradford at the beauty shop?
Here's how the artist took the friendships and the materials from his mother’s workplace and fed them into his art
How food waste propelled Massimo Bottura back to No. 1
With his second World’s 50 Best Restaurants win, the chef, philanthropist and Phaidon author proved Bread is Gold
"It's about everyone!” Massimo shares 50 Best with the world
The chef will create “a revolution in the food world and beyond” following his second World's 50 Best Restaurants win
Massimo Bottura - back on top of the world!
Our Skinny Italian chef regained his 50 Best Restaurants crown in Bilbao tonight
Watch Trevor Paglen’s AI concert
Can you handle a spooky string quartet recital where the machines are silently judging you?
Did you know Betak did the bad fashion show in Ocean’s 8?
Discover how Alex Betak's airline-themed catwalk show turned Helena Bonham Carter's character to crime
The Palestinian Table wins coveted First Book Award
The Guild of Food Writers singled out Reem Kassis’s excellent debut at their awards ceremony in London last night
The Jackson portrait Warhol worried TIME would junk
As London's National Portrait Gallery opens its Michael Jackson show, we look at Andy’s 80s TIME cover
Did you spot Mark Bradford at the airport?
If you’ve flown out of LA you’re probably more familiar with this American artist’s work than you may realise. . .
When Ellsworth Kelly upsized in the Hamptons
A new summer show looks back at how the artist found space for his bigger works at the East End of Long Island
Lauren Greenfield wins Photographer of the Year
Greenfield took the top prize in this worldwide photography competition for her work, Generation Wealth
How does photography shape architecture?
A new show examines why the appeal of architecture is changed by how it's photographed
Scholten & Baijings turn antique patches into a new collection
The pair's Maharam range takes old Dutch needlepoint swatches and reworks them into contemporary patterns
'Get your Indiana Jones on' - with Noah Charney
The Phaidon author talks us through some of the most highly prized lost artworks that are out there . . . somewhere
Theaster Gates cuts a live jazz record at his Swiss show
Gates' Black Monks of Mississippi record their performances directly onto disc and release them on his new label
The painting that pushed Luc Tuymans to 'authentic forgery'
On his 60th birthday, we look at an early self-portrait and a crisis that led him to draw on a wide range of sources
Phaidon triumphs in American printing awards
The Printing Industries of America has singled out three of our new titles in its 2018 Premier Print Awards!
John Lanchester on Andoni Luis Aduriz
On the Mugaritz founder's birthday, one of Britain's greatest writers sums up one of Spain's greatest chefs
Trevor Paglen’s Last Pictures
The artist’s selection of black-and-white photos aims to show future civilisations what life on earth was like
Christo on Stalinism, Van Gogh and his new work in London
The artist explains how he went from the Eastern Bloc to building an oil barrel pyramid on a lake in London
Raf Simons reworks a Chair that Matters for Design Miami
The Calvin Klein designer is showing his version of the I Feltri Chair at the design fair's Basel event
We have a right to good buildings say Grafton Architects
Architecture should be less about objects and more about subjects, according to the Venice Biennale curators
David Hammons’ ghost pier gets the go ahead
The NY Senate changed laws to OK the artist's tribute to Gordon Matta-Clark and a former gay meeting place
Daniel Patterson remembers Anthony Bourdain
Patterson, Ferran Adrià and René Redzepi pay tribute to the US writer and TV presenter who died a few days ago
How Marvin Rand's photos inspired Theory's new collection
Creative Director Martin Andersson tells us how he drew upon the horizontal lines of the mid-century LA buildings photographed by Rand to create Theory's elegant new collection
A different view of the RFK funeral train
A new show of vernacular photography marks 50 years since Bobby Kennedy's body was laid to rest
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Martin Parr takes a British summer holiday - in March
The photographer went to the English seaside four months too early to shoot his 2018 Farah campaign
Why a 1965 Sottsass living room is being recreated in Basel
New show suggests that the Beat generation helped Ettore Sottsass break away from modernism
Massimo and Alex Atala star in JR's Paris Refettorio film
Watch this day in the life of a haute-cuisine soup kitchen - from rough sleepers to 3-Michelin-star-chefs
How Industrial Facility do more with less
In an age of plenty Sam Hecht and Kim Colin always look for ways to simplify and improve the landscape of objects
Elmgreen & Dragset set a vulture loose in Regent’s Park
The bronze bird will join pieces by John Baldessari and Tracey Emin in this year's Frieze Sculpture installation
