How the Soviets saw the night sky
It may have lost the race to the moon but in 1963 the USSR looked aloft and saw itself as the clear conqueror
JR’s new movie comes to the London Film Festival
Catch Faces Places, his Agnès Varda film about small-town life, in one of Europe’s biggest cities
How Annie Leibovitz captured Caitlyn Jenner’s big reveal
In Portraits 2005–2016, Annie Leibovitz accentuates Jenner's statuesque beauty and inner strength
Arlene Shechet - Why I Create
Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C
No one did Africa like Yves Saint Laurent
The designer was born in North Africa and worked a surprising amount of African culture into his collections
Massimo Bottura and Viviana Varese create kitchen alchemy
The Italian chefs turn trash-bound ingredients into beautiful food in Massimo’s new Bread is Gold book
Francis Upritchard - Why I Create
Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C
How Annie Leibovitz captured Gloria Steinem's courage
In Portraits 2005–2016, Annie Leibovitz offers us insight into Steinem's tireless campaigning for women’s rights
5 shows that transformed fashion: Betak and Rodarte 2016
Creating a visual presence on the catwalk proved tricky - until the sisters met fashion genius Alexandre de Betak
Clay and ceramics put a sheen on this year's Frieze
Once a mere decorative art, clay and ceramics find a place alongside painting and sculpture at this year's fair
Mary Beard talks us through her 2017 Frieze show
The classicist tells us how a chance meeting at an airport led her to stage a bronze show at this year's Frieze
The Sportsman’s winning ingredients: History
How times past and historical techniques enabled Stephen Harris to turn a grotty pub into a team GB champion
Massimo Bottura and Mario Batali create kitchen alchemy
Trash-bound ingredients take on a whole new life in the Skinny Italian chef's Bread is Gold book
JJ PEET - Why I Create
Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C
Why Yayoi Kusama wrote to Richard Nixon
'I will lovingly, soothingly, adorn your hard masculine body,' she wrote as she invited him to an orgy
Will we all be eating Blade Runner-style insects soon?
The new film predicts a future of insect grub protein farms - did they get that from our book On Eating Insects?
How Annie Leibovitz captured Kim and Kanye's selfie side
In Portraits 2005–2016, Annie Leibovitz offers us a clear look into the lives of two huge social media stars
How we got Impressionism's first show into The Art Museum
It closed over 140 years ago but our new museum-in-a-book restages this seminal Parisian painting show
Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho on their Frieze Project
Why a strange settlement in the no man’s land between North and South Korea has found a new home at Frieze
The Artist Project: Jeff Koons on Roman sculpture
Here’s why America’s leading contemporary artist spends so much time among the Met Museum’s sculptures
How Barber Osgerby made their Sony exhibition
Was this British design duo’s sonic take on interior design a little too progressive for the Japanese giant?
SPIT! talk us through their Frieze Project
The US collective look back at queer manifestos for a new series of works addressing today's struggles
How Georges Méliès saw the night sky
Here’s how the pioneering French filmmaker's 1902 sci-fi classic influenced the way we view the moon
Alexandre de Betak wows Paris
Our author and runway legend took fashion fans to heaven (and Anna Wintour and Mario Testino to dinner) last night
Takuro Kuwata - Why I Create
Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C
Georgina Starr talks us through her Frieze Project
Why has the artist brought in two experimental vocalists and "a magic table" for a reading from her new novel?
Colette goes crazy for Betak!
Fashion boutique draws inspiration from catwalk's backstage area for new Alexandre de Betak collection
Enrique Olvera gets Global Gastronomy Award
The Mexican chef was honoured at a gala reception at the Swedish Consul General’s house in New York this week
Meals that made America great – Hot German Potato Salad
How food from around the world found a welcome home in the US - as featured in America The Cookbook
Marc Bauer talks us through his 2017 Frieze Project
The artist explains why he has brought a little bit of Peckham, South London, to the entrance of this year’s fair
Massimo Bottura and René Redzepi create kitchen alchemy
Trash-bound ingredients take on a whole new life in The Skinny Italian chef's Bread is Gold book
Who knew Paul Klee did erotica?
The Swiss artist only used a few abstract forms to effectively suggest the act of lovemaking in this drawing
Jesse Wine - Why I Create
Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C
No one did buttons like Yves Saint Laurent
Here’s why the designer saw a simple fastening as an opportunity to create 'a woman’s daytime jewellery'
How NASA saw the night sky
The Saturn probe sent back some truly awesome images packed with real scientific insight
Lucy Orta talks us through her 2017 Frieze Project
Artist and Phaidon author on her plans to distribute Antarctica World Passports at the London art fair
Discover Santiago with Boragó’s Rodolfo Guzmán
Can’t get to Chile? Then enjoy the second of our series of trips there, via this great chef's debut cookbook
Theaster Gates uses sculpture prize to fund literary venture
The Chicago artist plans to spend his $100,000 2018 Nasher Prize money on an antique mechanical printing press
Clare Twomey - Why I Create
Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C
The Artist Project: Swoon on Honoré Daumier
The contemporary artist explains why the 19th century caricaturist still offers 'something beautiful (and difficult)'
Martin Parr opens his own photography foundation
The photographer funded his new British photography foundation - by selling his library to the Tate
Stephen Harris - 'Adding a lemon is like turning up the treble!'
The chef behind The Sportsman made some fun punk analogies at the book's launch in London last night
How we relocated Easter Island to The Art Museum
The statues cannot be moved anymore but you can see them all in our impossibly good museum-in-a-book
Sahej Rahal - Why I Create
Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C
5 shows that transformed fashion: Betak and Dior 2015
How the fashion show pioneer Alexandre de Betak sprinkled fake snow over Raf Simons' Blade Runner collection
From Book to Bid – Steve McCurry’s India
A set of 20 McCurry India prints goes up for auction next month. But if you can't bid here's something to consider. . .
How Galileo saw the night sky
Here's how the astronomer's sketches changed our view of the moon and undermined the Catholic Church
The Sportsman’s winning ingredients: Sea Salt
How saline waters around the Sportsman enabled Stephen Harris to turn a grotty pub into a team GB champion
Take a look at these beautiful black buildings
Met Museum and LACMA's Stella Paul deconstructs architecture’s dark side in our new book Black
The Artist Project: George Condo on Claude Monet
The artist explains why the 'ugliest combinations of colours' he's ever seen makes for an exquisite experience
Happy birthday Tadao Ando!
As he turns 76 take a look at one of his most beautiful, best-loved buildings, Church of the Light
Discover the Andes with Boragó’s Rodolfo Guzmán
Can’t get to Chile? Then enjoy our series of mini trips to this beautiful country, courtesy of a great chef
Sterling Ruby - Why I Create
Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C
When Yayoi Kusama met Damien Hirst
She propositioned Nixon, held a gay wedding (and created cool art) so what happened when she met the YBA?
Massimo Bottura and Alex Atala create kitchen alchemy
Trash-bound ingredients take on a whole new life in The Skinny Italian chef's Bread is Gold book
How Barber Osgerby made their Tip Ton chair
Though they made it for a secondary school, this chair is so impressive the Royal College of Art bought a set
When David Rockefeller met Ward Bennett
The designer feared he was a 'stuffy Ivy Leaguer' - but the Chase Manhhatten boss put his work in MoMA
Paul Smith loves our new Barber Osgerby book!
And you will too! We celebrated its launch last night at Sir Paul's No.9 Albemarle Street store in Mayfair
Steve McCurry 'It's been an incredible run'
In this short video, the Magnum photographer reflects on a career spent ‘on the frontline of history’
How we relocated the Lascaux caves to The Art Museum
They've been closed since the Sixties but now you can visit them in our impossibly good museum-in-a-book
Meals that made America great - Korean Pancakes
How food from around the world found a welcome home in the US - as featured in America The Cookbook
Who knew Anselm Kiefer did erotica?
The great German painter mixed ancient sex myths with sensual female nudity in this watercolour
How Barber Osgerby made their Loop Table
Brutalist architecture, a boat and an expert plywood bender all fed into the pair's breakthrough design
No one did De Stijl like Yves Saint Laurent
How the designer took one of the most minimal arts styles, added accessories - and made it more chic!
Massimo Bottura and Daniel Humm create kitchen alchemy
Trash-bound ingredients take on a whole new life in The Skinny Italian chef's Bread is Gold book
The Sportsman’s winning ingredients: A punk rock attitude
How punk musician turned award winning chef Stephen Harris turned a grotty pub into a true team GB champion
How Georgia O'Keeffe saw the night sky
Here's why Georgia O’Keeffe imposed a little human order on the heavens in her painting Starlight Night
For sale: an audacious rendition of a Frank Lloyd Wright
There may be cheaper ways of owning a Frank Lloyd Wright but few that will satisfy your inner Bond like this
Looking back at NY’s leading African-American art museum
A new show at The Carnegie Museum of Art showcases works from the Studio Museum in Harlem
Massimo goes head-to-head with the world’s greatest sushi chef
The skinny Italian chef and Phaidon author will cook alongside 91-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono in November
It’s the Gutenberg Bible’s birthday
Born from wine presses 561 years ago, Gutenberg's first major publication changed the world forever - here's how
Steve McCurry ‘You need to be in the conversation’
'I try to show people what life is like,' says Magnum and Phaidon photographer in our insightful video clip
Selldorf and Diller’s rival plans for UK's national treasure
Diller, Scofidio + Renfro and Selldorf Architects have unveiled two very different visions for a UK stately home
Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech takes shape
The city that the designer took as his second home will house a sleek, red-brick museum dedicated to his work
Why Mark Bradford thinks the Robert E Lee statue should stay
The artist says if the conversation is about the history of the US then you have to talk about that history
Have you seen Jean Jullien’s iPhone stickers for Vogue?
The French-born illustrator and author has created these cute iMessage images for Vogue’s app users
Steve McCurry 'You have to follow your passion'
"We need to get involved in situations that give purpose to our life," the photographer says in this Phaidon video
We're looking forward to the eclipse!
In the US on Monday there will be a total solar eclipse. This is how one photographer captured the 2008 one
Your chance to be a ceramic artist courtesy of The Tate
Clare Twomey opens a fascinating installation at Tate Modern next month - and you can take part
Steve McCurry 'It's the journey not the destination'
And how right he is! Watch Steve capturing one of his most iconic shots in this previously unseen Phaidon video
Ten Questions for Wolfgang Tillmans
On his 49th birthday here's another chance to read an interview we did to coincide with his latest Phaidon book
A Movement in a Moment: The International Style
Discover how a 1932 MoMA exhibition helped introduce the entire world to the joys of modern architecture
The amazing story behind this stolen Willem de Kooning
Woman-Ochre found on the wall of a New Mexico couple's bedroom where it had hung for the last 32 years
Yayoi Kusama gets her own museum
Tokyo structure that began taking shape in 2014 is at last revealed to be a shrine to the octogenarian's work
Annie Leibovitz shoots Jennifer Lawrence for Vogue
The photographer shot the highest paid actress in the world for the cover of the 125th anniversary September issue
Random International release a drone swarm
The makers of the worldwide hit Rain Room return with another interactive artwork in London
Massimo Bottura on meeting Michael Schumacher
He may love Maserati now but he still has a soft spot for the rubber burning Ferrari drivers of his youth
Why is Mary Beard planning a fake Bronze show for Frieze?
Hauser & Wirth has teamed-up with the classicist for a faux show placing Paul McCarthy beside real artefacts
Pentagram does Shake Shack's new locavore logo
Danny Meyer calls on his friend designer Paula Scher to rework her Shake Shack magic
When Pablo Picasso made textiles
As art prices spiral could textiles forge a way into collecting? A forthcoming exhibition takes a look
Peter Chadwick’s beautiful Brutalist car parks
Though some are threatened by the wrecking ball - in the designer's posters these concrete beauties live on
Edmund de Waal is working on a Wayne McGregor ballet
The ceramicist and Phaidon author is designing a new production based on Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms
Why ceramics are so this season!
From the windows of Fifth Avenue to the side projects of Hollywood’s elite, clay is making a comeback
The killer in your cat's eyes
The one part of the human body that gave Darwin a 'cold shudder' still supports his theory of evolution
Charles and Di, Prince William and North Korea
How did the Duke of Cambridge end up on a series of North Korean stamps? Our new book explains
Could this bendy skyscraper take shape in New York?
Can Manhattanites bear another super-scraper? Architects Oiio think so if the idea is original enough
Massimo Bottura and his brigade just broke for the summer
Here’s how the world-famous chef and his Osteria Francescana staff wished each other buone vacanze!
What to expect from the Musée Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion designer’s incredible archive to be put on display in the building where he created his best-known pieces
Snarkitecture are going to build COS a giant marble run
New work inspired by the clothing brand’s autumn collection opens in South Korea this coming November
Have you actually seen Cindy Sherman’s Instagram?
The US fine-art photographer just switched off her privacy settings, and boy, is there a lot to see!
