The altarpiece that helped art break away from the church
Duccio’s Maestà Altarpiece was unveiled 706 years ago today to some fanfare - here's how it heralded a new age
Ai Weiwei turns the Armory into a surveillance play park
The artist and activist is reunited with Herzog & de Meuron for an immersive trip into digital mass monitoring
Who's the boss of mid-century design?
A new exhibition looks at the relationship between mid-20th century designers and their corporate overlords
Does democracy work in art?
As Britain goes to the polls, we look at the democratic processes within the artworld’s most prominent groups
Magnum Photos get closer (and cheaper)
The photo agency’s latest print sale focuses on ways in which photographers have got close to their subjects
A Movement in a Moment: Young British Artists
On Damien Hirst’s birthday, we look back at the London movement that propelled him and his fellow Brits forwards
How Charles Rennie Mackintosh changed the Vienna Secession
Discover the architect and designer's often overlooked influence on Austria’s famed art movement
Kathrina Grosse paints Denmark pink
Aarhus's coastline gets a dash of colour, courtesy of this wild, German site-specific abstract painter
A first look at Massimo Bottura’s London Refettorio
His Refettorio Felix just opened, serving fine food to the needy - here’s why he doesn’t mind being asked for chips!
JR does the cover of the new Arcade Fire album
The artist’s desert installation features on the band’s new record cover and in new video Everything Now
A Movement in a Moment: Social Practice
JR, Ai Weiwei and Olafur Eliasson are at the vanguard of a new movement. But what exactly is it that they're doing?
This guy eats more plant-based protein for breakfast than anyone you've ever met - and he looks good on it!
On Meatless Monday meet Kyle Michaud, founder of VegFest Expo and champion of all things vegan
MAD make the walls come alive in this Beijing bathroom
The Chinese architects rethink art bathroom conventions setting LEDs into the walls of Roca Beijing
Elmgreen & Dragset’s Fjord focus
The art duo’s latest sculpture Dilemma recalls the early childhood urge to both leap and hold back
A Marilyn Monroe postcard from Ellsworth Kelly
On the 94th anniversary of the artist’s birth we look back at his little-known (and often stolen) mail art collages
Did you see us with Grayson Perry on TV last night?
The ceramicist is inspired by our books Body of Art and Map judging by his Channel 4 Brexit documentary
Annie Leibovitz shoots Star Wars for Vanity Fair
The brilliant US photographer shoots four different covers featuring the cast of The Last Jedi
A Phaidon guide to Mario Testino’s art collection
The photo legend is selling his collection at Sotheby’s - here’s all you need to need to know about the artists in it
The weird numerology behind Anselm Kiefer’s new show
Meet the poet who wrote a language for birds, predicted the web, and inspired Kiefer's new Hermitage exhibition
David Lynch's art, architecture and photography influences
As Twin Peaks returns we take a look at how the director’s life-long appreciation of cool stuff affects his vision
Photos That Changed The World - Migrant Mother
Dorothea Lange's photo humanised the Great Depression and greatly influenced documentary photography
Grace Coddington’s part in Edward Enninful’s rise
Here’s how Grace Coddington encouraged the new British Vogue editor's progression to the top
You can see into North Korea from this very big wheel
But you'll have to have a really good head for heights - it's the biggest 'spokeless' one in the world
On Araki’s birthday why not invest in a limited edition print?
The photographer is 77 today, here’s how you can own one of his beautifully nuanced, erotic photographs
Amazon plants out its Spheres
The tech firm is bringing a little Amazonian-style biodiversity to Seattle as it propagates its new meeting space
How Apple’s 1984 ad rewrote George Orwell
As the Design Museum’s new California exhibition opens we look back at one seminal Apple Macintosh ad
Albert Adrià plans 'a surprising bath' for Ibiza
Chef, author and brother of Ferran returns to the party island with Cirque du Soleil for another mad season
Have you seen this new Wolfgang Tillmans video?
The acclaimed photographer has made a video with London producer Powell and will perform with him in August
The ancient inspiration behind Peter Marino's Gagosian debut
Discover how a pre-Christian shipwreck led the architect and fine-art collector to create a series of beautiful boxes
A culinary guide to Donald Trump’s first foreign trip
His love of fries is well established, so how will he get on with Middle Eastern, Italian, Belgian and French cuisine?
The tank that inspired Cartier
A new Design Museum exhibition looks at the influence of heavy industry on one of the world’s finest jewellers
Korea joins The High Line club
The Dutch architecture practice MVRDV has created a linear park for the South Korean capital Seoul
In Production - Kerry James Marshall
Contemporary Art Editor Michele Robecchi gives us a sneak peek at a book about to leave our shelves for yours
The Pope guided Massimo Bottura to feed the poor
Here’s how divine intervention led the chef and Phaidon author’s philanthropic Food for Soul initiative
Why John Pawson is the ideal Noguchi Award winner
Everyone from Ian Schrager to Deyan Sudjic thinks the architect is an apt Isamu Noguchi Award honouree
Watch Lauren Greenfield at the Design Museum in London
See the photographer talk about why Generation Wealth is not just about the wealthy - but all of us
Would you wear Tank Man on a t-shirt?
That’s the question photo-loving followers of fashion will be asking themselves at Dover Street Market
Lauren Greenfield - 'I want to photograph Trump!'
Our Generation Wealth photo author made a surprise revelation at last night’s Design Museum talk. . .
When Eve Arnold met Malcolm X
On Malcolm X Day, we look at the events surrounding an iconic shoot by the Magnum photographer
JR and Agnès Varda’s small-town film comes to Cannes
The documentary Visages Villages follows the pair aboard JR’s mobile photo booth as they drive into rural France
How Walter Gropius made the modern age
On the anniverary of the Bauhaus founder's birth we look at how his school helped form modern functionalism
Philip Guston versus Richard Nixon
On the 44th anniversary of the Watergate hearings a new show looks back at the artist's take on Tricky Dicky
Paul Smith takes Martin Parr to the beach
The Magnum photographer lets the designer reproduce his beach photographs on a suitably summery range
How drinks with Erik Satie helped Man Ray make this 'gift'
On the 151st anniversary of the minimalist composer’s birth we look back at his little-known surrealist collaboration
Grace Coddington styles Elle Fanning for Vogue cover
Vogue’s creative director at large teams up with Annie Leibovitz for the June issue - two Phaidon authors!
How Aziz Ansari ended up at Massimo Bottura's place
"It was one of the greatest meals of our lives that we happened to capture on film!" says co-star Eric Wareheim
Art inspired by the Cultural Revolution
On the 51st anniversary how the generation it affected incorporated their experience into great artworks
A pen fit for Peter Marino
The architect and art lover collaborates with Caran d’Ache to produce a new range of writing implements
5 reasons to look again at Las Vegas architecture
Vegas was founded 112 years ago today. Here’s how to love it, even if you’re not a slots and Cirque du Soleil sort
Nicholas Fahey on why he loves Lauren Greenfield
The respected LA photo gallerist on what to look for in a Lauren Greenfield picture, how she's turning on a new generation to photography and why he thinks she's a little bit like Henri Cartier-Bresson
What was the Target in Jasper Johns' paintings?
On the artist’s 87th birthday, we look into the hidden meanings in one of his best-known series of works
Joel Meyerowitz - in black and white and full colour
Witness the moment when the pioneering American photographer began depicting his world in two ways
A Movement in a Moment: The Pre-Raphaelites
On Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s birthday, we look back at the original band of revolting London art students
JR’s mercy mission to Somalia
The artist and activist joins social media-stars Jérôme Jarre and Juanpa Zurita on their aid trip to East Africa
Richard Tuttle's Critical Edge
Richard Tuttle first came to prominence in the 60s with a body of work that used mundane materials such as textile, paper, wire, and rope – materials he still works with today as a curent show of recent work at Pace London reveals
Pentagram gives Margaret Howell a makeover
The London fashion designer's studio gets an interior refresh courtesy of the international design practice
Inside Mark Bradford's US pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Why the LA artist is drawing on classical mythology, Marilyn Monroe and prison reform in his installation
Ferran Adrià has just announced his first US venture
The elBulli chef will work with José Andrés to launch an Eataly-style Spanish food hall under the High Line
Four ways of looking at Giacometti
Heading to the Tate show? Then here are a few tips for getting the most out of the great man’s art
Massimo Bottura breaks bread with Obama in Milan
Food and climate change brought the chef and the former President together in northern Italy earlier today
How Sottsass and Scarpa pushed back against modernism
A new ceramics exhibition sheds light on the ways these two Italians subtly rejected modernism’s restraints
What to expect from Bruce Nauman in the Tate Turbine Hall
Nauman's 2004 sound piece Raw Materials returns to the Tate next week. Here are some key insights into the work
René Redzepi has just cooked a Mexican wasps nest!
It was harvested on a full moon, in accordance with local tradition, and cooked whole over a bonfire
Ellsworth Kelly’s last paintings meet his early plant art
Here's why the late artist's gallery chose to pair his final abstract works with his earlier botanical drawings
A Phaidon guide to Brad Pitt’s favourite sculptor
Here’s what you need to know about the British-born LA-based artist Thomas Houseago
Andrew Bird and Theaster Gates have written some songs!
The artist has teamed up with the singer to turn his poems into songs - watch them perform together here
Stefan Sagmeister puts a smile back on America's face
The legendary graphic designer tours his Happy Film across the US this month - here’s where you can catch him
When Keith Haring turned a men's room into art
On the anniversary of the artist’s birth, we look back on his site-specific work Once Upon a Time
Giosetta Fioroni on her 2017 Frieze Project
The 60s art voyeur tells us about recreating The Optical Spy in New York - 50 years on from its Rome premiere
Magnus and Massimo take a trip to La La Land
The chefs joined Iron Man director Jon Favreau to talk about how they're becoming part of the entertainment world
Why Frieze NY is all about collaboration this week
From Elmgreen & Dragset to a doom-filled perfume, collaborative art practices are all over the art fair
Photos That Changed The World - The Lambeth Walk
On the anniversary of his birth, we look back on Bill Brandt’s pioneering social reportage
What was it with Yves Klein and Blue?
On the anniversary of his birth, a look at the artist's preoccupation with the colour blue, courtesy of Chromaphilia
Ai Weiwei and Shepard Fairey give Trump the finger
The artists produce new anti-authoritarian skateboards to mark the first 100 days of the presidency
How Martin Parr stopped these guys looking at his camera
The inquisitive British Magnum photographer on Mormons, patience, and making a personal connection
Pentagram put The Handmaid's Tale on The High Line
Paula Scher and Abbott Miller hope their new installation will offer "glimpses of resistance for an uncertain age”
A Carlo Scarpa guide to Venice
Heading to La Serenissima for the art? Great! But don't forget to take a look at the city's architecture too
Take a look at the dishes in our latest James Beard winner!
And read the charming childhood story behind our hit meat-free Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook
Annabelle Selldorf shows us her new London gallery
Architect says she has added 'minor interventions' to an 18th century London house for Thaddaeus Ropac
A Movement in a Moment: Romanticism
On Delacroix's birthday we look at how a literary movement went on to shape European art history
How DNA undermined Darwin
On the anniversary of DNA's discovery, we look at how the double helix called into question a few of his claims
Wilhelm Sasnal has painted Marine Le Pen
As French elections begin, the far right leader appears alongside Angela Merkel and Hillary Clinton in new show
How a watchmaker changed Willem de Kooning’s life
We look back at one early encounter that spurred him on to become an artist
In Production - Ornament Is Crime
Architecture & Design Editor Virginia McLeod gives us a sneak peek at a book about to leave our shelves for yours
What’s JR doing on top of that Louise Bourgeois spider?
The artist and activist, fresh from a Paris opening, heads south to France's leading public art vineyard
Eve Arnold and the story of The Unretouched Woman
On the anniversary of her birth, how the photo legend waited until she was in her sixties before making a book
Cindy Sherman, Kerry James Marshall in Time's 100
Here’s why the painter and fine art photographer are among Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People 2017
Lauren Greenfield is in conversation at the Design Museum
Don't miss the Economist’s Anne McElvoy interviewing the Generation Wealth photographer next month
How to get a seat at Noma Mexico
René Redzepi's pop-up is completely booked-up but there is a way to taste his take on Mexican cuisine
A Movement in a Moment: Symbolism
Understand how a poetic movement spurred painters on to express inner truths, not subjective realities
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles last night. . .
A well-dressed crowd came to the Getty Residence to help us launch our new book London Uprising
If you want to get ahead get a hat
For baseball cap wearing On Vegetables chef Jeremy Fox it’s crucial kitchen apparel - and a reminder of his roots
Sarah Sze explains her 2nd Avenue subway art
Here’s why the artist and Phaidon author drew on the Futurists and Constructivists for her NYC commission
5 designs that could only come from Japan
To celebrate Japanese Invention Day (us neither!) here are some designs that are super modern yet traditional
Steve McCurry at Angkor Wat on World Heritage Day
The entire history of a great civilisation in one place - photographed by one great Magnum photographer
Jeremy Fox - from cold turkey to hot property
The chef opens up about his early career struggles and newfound happiness in WSJ Magazine
5 Artworks you possibly didn't realise were religious
It's Easter - take a brief moment to educate yourself about the unseen messages within these iconic artworks
How Yuri Gagarin inspired Soviet design
56 years ago today the Cosmonaut became the first man in space and launched a new era of Soviet design
How to sound smart when talking about Kanye’s collection
Kim Kardashian's husband goes old skool with new line inspired by the Italian Renaissance
