Massimo Bottura and Maurizio Cattelan's degree show

The chef and the artist just got honorary degrees. Can you guess which one wore a phone advert on his forehead?

Maurizio Cattelan (left) and Massimo Bottura at the University of Carrara. Image courtesy of Massimo's Instagram

The strange story behind Willem de Kooning’s Woman I

On the anniversary of the Dutch abstract expressionist's birth, we tell the tale behind one of his infamous works

Woman I, (1950–2), oil, enamel and charcoal on canvas, 192.7 x 147.3 cm (75 x 58 in), The Museum of Modern Art, New York Artwork by Willem de Kooning © 2014 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society, (ARS), New York

Massimo Bottura is looking to open a refettorio in Philadelphia - and he wants the Super Bowl-winning Eagles to help him

Can the Super Bowl champions help our Skinny Italian Chef score a winning touchdown in America?

Zach Ertz (centre) of the Philadelphia Eagles after scoring the game-winning touchdown in Super Bowl LII (Brian Allen/VOA)

Why the Tripp Trapp chair matters

A desirable designer item and sturdy launch pad for the new royal baby to flick peas at his grandmother from

The Tripp Trapp chair from our new book Chair: 500 Designs That Matter

France calls Peter Marino 'officer class' in the art world

The American architect and art collector has just been made an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters!

Peter Marino with Bénédicte de Montclair, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States. Image courtesy of Marino's Instagram

What early morning looks like at Aska

Chef Fredrik Berselius reveals how, in the quietest moments, a strange magic occurs. . .

Fredrik Berselius pictured in our new book Aska

World Book Day according to Harland Miller

Discover how this acclaimed British artist gives new meaning to the classics by painting over literary history

Confessions of a Crap Artist (2013) by Harland Miller. As featured in Reading Art

When Raphael painted St George

On St George’s Day we look at the figurative abandonment that enabled Raphael to paint such fantastic scenes


JR is on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential list

He is commended for dedicating his career to bridging gaps - physical, cultural, spiritual - among all people

JR who's just made TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential list

Robots in kimonos! The latest look from Alex de Betak

The world's greatest fashion show producer goes back to the future with traditional clothing and animatronics

The Kimono Roboto exhibition in Kyoto by Bureau Betak. Images courtesy of Betak's Instagram

When Larry Gagosian paid Peter Marino with a Brice Marden

An 80s New York article reveals how the art dealer got his rundown loft fixed via some smart negotiation

Architect, designer and art lover Peter Marino at the Dior store, London

Another look at Stephen Shore's look at Israel

As the modern state turns 70, we look back at Stephen Shore's take on this country of contradictions

Jerusalem - Stephen Shore From Galilee to the Negev

How Damien Hirst, Poussin and Maurizio Cattelan saw Midas

In an age of billionaire presidents and financial uncertainty, the king with a golden touch still speaks to us

Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus (1624) by Nicolas Poussin

The Ordinary - Where Chefs Eat in Charleston when they want to taste the best seafood in America - in a former bank

Cajun chef Isaac Toups praises its seafood dishes which are innovative but firmly in the Charleston cuisine tradition

The Ordinary, Charleston - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

By hook and by book, Industrial Facility take Milan

Sam Hecht and Kim Colin visit this year's Salone del Mobile with not one, but five sleek new products

Industrial Facility's launch in Milan

Snarkitecture brings its fantasy kitchen island to Milan

The art, design and architecture practice creates a new installation called Altered States at Salone

Altered State by Snarkitecture. Image courtesy of Snarkitecture's Instagram

Sou Fujimoto's vertical village for Paris

The Japanese architect’s new Parisian proposal is a winning, wooden fix for the city's urban sprawl

‪Sou Fujimoto Architects + Nicolas Laisné and Dimitri Roussel's Vertical Village. Renderings courtesy of Sou Fujimoto's Instagram

BIG turn a hotel into a ski run

By chopping the five storey block into a zig-zag of slabs, Bjarke Ingels and co. add a new piste to the Alps

A rendering of the Audemars Piguet Hotel des Horlogers by Bjarke Ingles Group. Image courtesy of BIG.dk

How Peter Doig saw the night sky

It's Doig's 59th birthday - this is how he breathed new life into a celestial feature in his painting The Milky Way

Mliky Way (1989-90) by Peter Doig, as reproduced in Universe

Will Goldfarb makes his Chef's Table debut

'After el-Bulli, the new minimum standard was to be the best in the world,' he says of his early days in Spain

Will Goldfarb on Chef's Table - photo by Martin Westlake, courtesy Netflix

Harry Styles drops in on Massimo Bottura

The singer ate in the cellar at Osteria Francescana on the Italian leg of his European tour

Harry Styles and Massimo Bottura in the cellar of Osteria Francescana

Patois - Where Chefs Eat in New Orleans when they desire buttermilk biscuit and fried rabbit in a neighbourhood setting

Aaron Burgau's Louisianan take on classic French cooking makes it to the new edition of our restaurant guide

Patois, New Orleans - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

Phaidon and Free Arts NYC honour Lawrence Weiner

We joined Marian Goodman Gallery, Gagosian Gallery and Artsy in sponsoring a charity dinner and auction

The Free Arts NYC annual dinner and auction

Guess whose birthday it is today fashion fans

Can you name this onesie-shunning baby who grew into one of the fashion world’s most influential figures?

Anna Dello Russo at six months, as reproduced in our new book.

Bowie, Cobain and Cohen get their own typefaces

You may not be able to write like your heroes but your writing can look like theirs with these rock star fonts

Golden Years - the words of the late, great David Bowie

Aina - Where Chefs Eat in San Francisco when they want a taste of the Hawaiian landscape in an urban setting

Big Island-born chef Jordan Keao describes his restaurant as a love letter to Hawaii - Where Chefs Eat agrees

Aina, San Francisco - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

A Movement in a Moment: Kinetic Art

The idea was that art should keep up with technology, so why did the movement become yesterday's futurism?

Antennae with Red and Blue Dots (1953) - Alexander Calder

Why Will Goldfarb makes room for Ernest Hemingway, Haruki Murakami, Oscar Wilde (and Jackie Collins)

The Room for Dessert chef on how the classics became key ingredients in his incredible desserts

A page from our new book Room for Dessert

Neptune Oyster - Where Chefs Eat in Boston when they're more than happy just to perch on a stool at the marble bar

Does this place in the north end of the city serve the best chowder in Boston? One chef in our guide thinks so…

Neptune Oyster, Boston - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

How to do slogans in a social media age

New Design Museum show, From Hope to Nope, looks at how designers have navigated a choppy, political decade

Women's March, Washington DC, January 2017. Image credit: Chris Wiliams Zoeica. Image courtesy of the Design Museum

James Corner's new High Line and Japanese garden for NY

The co-creator of The High Line revisits his old creation and draws on new inspirations for the Domino Sugar site

James Corner Field Operations' renderings for the Domino Sugar Factory’s waterfront park and esplanade

Boka - Where Chefs Eat in Chicago when they want a backdrop of North Carolina moss and living staghorn ferns

Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz's Chicago place is a great mix of elegant and quirky - and that goes for the food too

Boka, Chicago - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

JR gives a face to the Dreamers

New film shows how the artist's Inside Out Project is putting a face to the immigrants trying to stay in the US

A still from the new TED + GBS film about JR's Inside Out Project

These waterside homes offer splendid isolation

Want to get away from it all? Then take a look at these perfectly isolated island homes, featured in Living on Water

Voronoi’s Corrals (decaArchitecture), 2012, Milos, Greece

How Hobbes first pictured the “monster” of good government

The political philosopher, born 430 years ago today, put a face to the-then novel theory of the ‘body politic’

Detail from the frontispiece for Leviathan (1651) by Thomas Hobbes, etching by Abraham Bosse.
As reproduced in Body of Art

Jeremy Fox turns carrots into everything from pasta to crumble

It’s International Carrot Day! Here’s why the award-winning chef and Phaidon author loves this versatile vegetable

Jeremy Fox

What Bacon thought of Warhol and Jasper Johns

In a series of newly released taped conversations, Bacon can be heard dismissing these Titans of 20th century art

Francis Bacon on British TV in 1985

How Danny Lyon’s bike put him in jail with Martin Luther King

On the anniversary of MLK’s death, here's how shared jail time turned a student into a campaigning photographer

SNCC staff sit-in, Atlanta, Georgia, 1963 © Danny Lyon. From the Seventh Dog

Otium - Where Chefs Eat in LA when they want trendy, sleek, modern - and a massive amount of sparkle

The dishes at this ambitious restaurant are unexpected but familiar, and straight from California’s open heart

Otium, Los Angeles - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

The metro carriage that helped create Industrial Facility’s chair

Japan’s public transportation gave Sam Hecht and Kim Colin a bright idea for their award-winning furniture range

Fellow designer Durrell Bishop sitting on Industrial Facility's Table, Bench, Chair. As reproduced in our book, Industrial Facility

What to expect from Danny Meyer’s New York taco stand

The man behind Shake Shack promises to bring his take on Mexican food to the Williamsburg waterfront

The logo for Danny Meyer's new taco venture, Tacocina. Image courtesy of Meyer's Instagram

Take a look at the Osteria Francescana staff meal

Massimo Bottura shows us all how to fight food waste and satisfy a hungry restaurant brigade

A waiter keeps his shirt clean for service. Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy. Photo by Per-Anders Jörgensen

Wildair – Where Chefs Eat in New York when they want pig’s head on toast and a portion of the old Lower East Side to share

This small, ambitious wine bar in a tiny store is ‘very crushable in every way' says Momofuku's Sean Gray

Wildair, New York - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

Francesca Woodman in some other time and place

Celebrating the short but influential life of the photographer on the day she would have turned 60

Untitled New York 1979 - Francesca Woodman

How Rubens, Richard Hamilton and Titian saw Adonis

Death, rebirth and y fronts - the classical hunk has inspired ancient and modern artists in many different ways

Adonis in Y fronts (1963) by Richard Hamilton

Warhol and Pollock's Chelsea Hotel doors are up for sale

A former resident of the famous Manhattan flop house rescued its doors and is now selling them off for charity

Andy Warhol's Chelsea Hotel door. Image courtesy of Guernsey's

How the egg became a Cuban life saver

In Cuba, if you want to make pretty much any meal, you've got to break some eggs (and not only at Easter)

Santiago eggs, from Cuba the Cookbook

Inoda Coffee - Where Chefs Eat in Kyoto when they require the very best coffee (served by waiters in bow ties)

The caffeine fix here comes pre-mixed with sugar and milk and paired with a menu of cakes and sandwiches

Inoda Coffee, Kyoto -  recommended in Where Chefs Eat

How Edwin Luytens created Great Dixter

The architect was born 149 years ago today. Here's how he took two medieval buildings to make something new

Great Dixter by Edwin Lutyens. Photograph by Andrew Montgomery from The Great Dixter Cookbook

Metabolism: the architectural style behind Isle of Dogs

A quick guide to the utopian architectural movement that influenced Wes Anderson’s dystopian dog film

A still from Isle of Dogs by Wes Anderson. Image courtesy of Fox Searchlight

Christian Jankowski’s fake art exhibition

The artist uses online tributes to great works to commission Chinese copies that aren't quite right

Christian Jankowski. Hockney. 2017. Oil on canvas. 305 x 213 cm. Photo: Roman März. Image courtesy of Grisebach, Berlin

These Nan Goldin skateboards have no drag resistance!

The photographer thinks millennials are 'so conservative' and aims to change that with her drag queen images

Supreme X Nan Goldin skateboards. Image courtesy of SupremeNewYork.com

Tsukiji Sushisay - Where Chefs Eat in Tokyo when they want the best sushi in the city - for breakfast!

Tsukiji Fish Market is an overwhelming experience - our guide points you away from the lines to the best place

Some of the staff and chefs at Tsukiji Sushisay in Tokyo

Why the Egg Chair matters

We take an Easter look at this futuristic classic, named after its resemblance to a smoothly broken eggshell

Egg Chair (1958) by Arne Jacobsen. As reproduced in Chair: 500 Designs that Matter

Just why did Ed Ruscha paint with eggs?

This Easter we look at how yolks, along with beetroot juice and gunpowder found their way on to Ed's brush

Cotton Puffs (1974) by Ed Ruscha. Equalized egg yolk on moire. As reproduced in our Ed Ruscha monograph

Is this theme park copying Yayoi Kusama and Chris Burden?

It's hard not to pick up on two fine-art precedents in Indonesia's hot new selfie hotspot, Rabbit Town

Patricco’s Sticker Room at Rabbit Town, Indonesia. Image courtesy of Rabbit Town's Instagram

Why the MR Chaise Chair matters

On Mies van der Rohe’s birthday, we look back at one of his lesser known modernist masterpieces

MR Chaise, c.1927, by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. As featured in Chair: 500 Designs that Matter

The wrench that inspired Industrial Facility’s door handle

A chance encounter on a building site and a rummage through a tool box inspired the creation of this sleek design

Door Tool, 2001, by Industrial Facility. From our new book Industrial Facility

Soul Food Mahanakorn - Where Chefs Eat in Bangkok when they hunger for jazzed up street food and basil cocktails

This hip restaurant was founded by food writer Jarrett Wrisley and serves soulful food infused with local herbs


A Movement in a Moment: Nazarenes

How a colony of longhaired artists squatted a Roman monastery and attempted to alter the course of art history

Recognition of Joseph by his Brothers (1816-17) by Peter von Cornelius. As reproduced in Art in Time

Mingles - Where Chefs Eat in Seoul when they want contemporary Korean food served Gangnam Style!

Fermentation serves as the cornerstone of this neo-Korean cuisine in Seoul's blingy Gangnam district

A tray of food at Mingles, Seoul - recommended by Where Chefs Eat

Herzog & de Meuron float a block above the Moscow River

The architects preserve old industrial buildings, create a new park and still make the most of a riverside view

The Badaevskiy Brewery by Herzog & de Meuron. All images courtesy of the architects

Martin Parr and friends go down to the beach - again

A new exhibition shows Parr isn't the only photographer patrolling British seasides

Margate, Kent, 1986 by Martin Parr, Magnum Photos. All images taken from The Great British Seaside: Photography from the 1960s to the present at the National Maritime Museum, 23 March – 30 September 2018

Jack Whitten on de Kooning, Civil Rights and his legacy

In his final video interview, the abstract artist described his life, work and how he wanted to be remembered

Jack Whitten in his Art21 video

Is Will Goldfarb the Thom Yorke of pastry?

Eater likens the chef to Radiohead's singer, praising his book alongside Japan the Cookbook in its spring round-up


Why does Yayoi Kusama love pumpkins?

As the artist celebrates her 89th birthday, we look at the ways she has represented her favourite vegetable

Yayoi Kusama, All The Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins, 2016, acrylic pumpkins, LED lighting, black glass, mirrors, wood, metal, 292 x 415 x 415 cm. Picture credit: © Yayoi Kusama

The jet engine that inspired Industrial Facility’s fan

Discover how a trip to London’s RAF museum helped this British design duo conjure up their fan for Muji

Fan, 2006, by Industrial Facility for Muji. As reproduced in Industrial Facility

5 poets’ portraits for World Poetry Day

See how painters have pictured these writers in our new book Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers

Reproduction Forbidden (1937) by René Magritte, as reproduced in Reading Art

Fu He Hui - Where Chefs Eat in Shanghai when they crave contemporary vegetarian food in an ancient villa

This innovative upscale restaurant takes its inspiration from Buddhist beliefs

One of the dishes at Fu He Hui, Shanghai - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

Trevor Paglen's new flag plays on our fear of spyware

Artist creates creepy flag named after the supposed CIA bug Wikileaks claimed is hiding in a Samsung television

Weeping Angel (2018) by Trevor Paglen. Photo by Guillaume Ziccarelli. Image courtesy of Creative Time

Right about now - Japan turns pink!

Japan bursts into colour in spring - The Japanese Garden author Sophie Walker talks us through the new season

A fine example of a Shōwa Period garden, Kinsaku Nakane designed the Yoko-en pond garden at Taizō-in in 1963–6.

Alain de Botton on how to find happiness in unlikely places

On International Day of Happiness 2018, the philosopher says we can find beauty in the lowliest places

Bernd and Hilla Becher, Water Towers, 1980, as reproduced in Art as Therapy

Will Goldfarb stars in the new series of Chef’s Table

The Netflix series focuses on desserts, profiling the world’s best pastry chefs, including the latest Phaidon author

Will Goldfarb in the new trailer for season four of Chef's Table

These waterside homes are perfect for a cosy log fire

Want a cool view and a warming hearth? Then these are the architectural retreats just right for you

Sunset Rock House, (MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects), Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada

Grace Coddington makes a return to British Vogue

The creative director and Phaidon author has styled a story for the April issue of the UK fashion magazine

Grace Coddington’s new shoot for British Vogue. Photography by Craig McDean. Model Natalie Westing wears Comme des Garçons. All images courtesy of Vogue

The Japanese ruler that inspired an Industrial Facility watch

How an encounter with a different kind of precision tool led Sam Hecht and Kim Colin to their Circumference Watch

The Circumference Watch, 2007 by Industrial Facility for Muji

How Caravaggio, Freud and Dalí saw Narcissus

Discover how this ancient self-obsessed beauty found a place within baroque, surrealist and modern British art

Metamorphosis of Narcissus (1937) by Salvador Dalí

Tin Lung Heen - Where Chefs Eat in Hong Kong when they want to look down on the world from the 102nd storey

But don’t get too distracted by the view - the Cantonese food is just as stunning says Where Chefs Eat

Tin Lung Heen, Hong Kong - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

The incredibly cool world of Snarkitecture - Fractured Table

The NYC art, architecture and design practice’s new tables and chairs hint at their humble origins

Fractured by Snarkitecture for Pentatonic

Take a look at Betak's brilliantly bizarre interiors auction

The fashion show producer is auctioning off art and rare design objects alongside jet panels and Japanese robots!

A Boeing 727 panel, part of Alexandre de Betak's forthcoming interiors auction

How Yves Klein, Chris Burden and Henri Matisse saw Icarus

Our new book Flying Too Close to the Sun examines how artists old and new have interpreted ancient myths

The Fall of Icarus (1560) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. All images reproduced in Flying Too Close to the Sun

Restaurant Hubert - Where Chefs Eat in Sydney (when they would really rather be in 1920s Paris)

Classic cocktails and a broad wine list complement traditional and contemporary interpretations of Gallic dishes

Restaurant Hubert, Sydney - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

Jeremy Fox (the cook and the book) make the James Beards

The chef is shortlisted both for his food at Rustic Canyon and his words in On Vegetables at this year's awards

Chef and author Jeremy Fox

Lauren Greenfield shows the value of an art education

In a new film, the photographer, director and Phaidon author makes a compelling case for encouraging art in schools

A still from Lauren's new film

JR helps Massimo launch new Refettorio

The chef, Phaidon author and philanthropist turns unwanted food into meals for the needy in Paris

JR and Massimo at the entrance to the new Refettorio  Paris. Image courtesy of Massimo's Instagram

Jean Jullien’s wonderfully un-grown-up birthday message

The artist, illustrator and Phaidon author shows us how we all feel on the day we get one year older

Jean Jullien's birthday message. Image courtesy of Jean's Instagram

These Self-Portraits played with gender fluidity back in the day

See how artists have presented themselves as different sexes in their self-portraits throughout the ages

Ana Mendieta - Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants), 1972 (detail) Suite of seven colour photographs

When Annie Leibovitz shot the late Professor Stephen Hawking

'This photograph said everything I wanted to say about looking at this mind; this very vivid, connected mind on top of this mountain – the body and the chair.' Leibovitz recalls her shoot with the astrophysicist who died this morning

Professor Stephen Hawking, Cambridge, England, 2017, Photograph by Annie Leibovitz © Annie Leibovitz

Massimo shows us all how to shop (and cook) like a chef

The Skinny Italian chef and philanthropist helps fight food waste in a great new video by ATTN: for Morton Salt

Massimo Bottura in the new video by ATTN: for Morton Salt

Who spotted the art in this viral video of Michelle Obama?

When a two-year-old art lover visited Michelle’s office, we all got a peek at the former First Lady’s art collection and it includes some great pieces by Phaidon artists Kerry James Marshall and Theaster Gates

One of Theaster Gates' fire-hose works can be seen behind this Instagram post of Michelle Obama and Parker Curry. Image courtesy of Mrs Obama's Instagram

Why the Flag Halyard Chair matters

Hans Wegner supposedly came up with the idea for this grid-like seat in while sitting in a sand dune on holiday

Hans Wegner's Flag Halyard Chair 1950

What to expect from David Chang’s new media empire

The Where Chefs Eat contributor has plans for lifestyle podcasts and TV shows 'in and out of the kitchen'

David Chang (right) with Massimo Bottura (centre) and Claude Bosi (left) in 2012 from Cook It Raw. Photograph by Per-Anders Jorgensen

How Givenchy and Hepburn brought film and fashion together

Following the death of French designer Hubert de Givenchy, a quick lesson in why he revolutionised fashion and how a 'disappointing' meeting resulted in the now legendary Little Black Dress

Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face (1957) wearing Givenchy

And it's another Isamu Noguchi Award for a Phaidon author!

Last year it was John Pawson, this year the Noguchi Museum singles out Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa

Naoto Fukasawa

The incredibly cool world of Snarkitecture - Secret Souvenir

Here's one illuminating Snarkitecture project that started life as a celebration of New York

Secret Souvenir by Snarkitecture

Biggie Smalls - Where Chefs Eat in Melbourne when they crave a late night kebab inspired by a dead rap legend

An homage to Americana threads its way through the retro decor but the food takes its cues from the Middle East

Biggie Smalls, Melbourne, recommended in Where Chefs Eat

How Picasso, Pollock and Blake saw the Minotaur

The mythical man-bull has always served artists well, even into an age of gender reassignment

Minotaur in Love with a Female Centaur (1933) by Pablo Picasso, as reproduced in Flying Too Close to the Sun

The healthcare innovation that made Industrial Facility’s sofa

How Sam Hecht and Kim Colin used a Herman Miller idea to create comfy, easily transportable seating

The Wireframe Sofa, 2011 by Industrial Facility for Herman Miller

Maaemo - Where Chefs Eat In Oslo when nothing but the promise of a 400-year-old clam will do

The brainchild of Danish-born chef Esben Holmboe Bang presents an unconventional take on Nordic cuisine

One of the many beautiful Christian Houge artworks on the walls of Maaemo in Oslo - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

The brilliant, female gaze of Grafton Architects

‘We were born female and have the pleasure and pain of seeing the world through female eyes,’ say the Irish duo

Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects. Photo by Andrea Avezzu, courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia