Massimo Bottura at the Berlin Film Festival
Last night The Phaidon chef joined screen stars at the festival, which this year places an emphasis on film and food
What happened the day Sargent painted Monet
As a new show opens, a look at the painting that marked the moment the portraitist opened up to Impressionism
Three libraries that are changing our cities
As this latest Phaidon Atlas Focus shows, a change in book lending has also altered our urban environment
Take a look inside Ellsworth Kelly's new 'chapel'
91-year-old artist is making a 'spiritually inspired' installation within the grounds of the University of Texas
Watch Sanford Biggers talk about breaking the rules
'I describe myself as an artist because I live in constant balance with mania – the maniacal desire to create!'
Sacred Stories - LJG Synagogue
How the Dutch practice SeARCH created what's only the second synagogue in the Netherlands since WWII
Brutalist icons go from concrete to cardboard
We love brutalist architecture so the thought of erecting some on our desk pleases us #SorryWorkMates
'Germany was like a vacuum' - Heinz Mack on Zero
The founder of the European art movement explains how he and his fellow artists created something from nothing
Is that an Ed Ruscha in 50 Shades of Grey?
US pop pioneer's Brother Sister appears in the film alongside other works by contemporary artists
Margarita launches new Jose Dávila Artspace edition
Multiple launched at Zona Maco Art Fair lunch created by the chef and author of Mexico: The Cookbook
Roman Signer's unconventional approach to art
He's attached rockets to chairs, blown up sacks of paper and lit fuses on railway lines. What's planned for London?
Inside OMA's Super Theater
OMA's Inge Goudsmit explains how Taiwan's theatrical history led the team to push the limits of this new space
The Guggenheim's Jeffrey Weiss talks On Kawara
Curator of new show Silence on how the reclusive artist's desire for privacy impacted his career and legacy
Sacred Stories - Prayer and Meditation Pavilion
How Studio Tamassociati accommodated two ancient religions in one striking, contemporary place of worship
Watch Shirley Tse talk about her DIY ethic
The sculptor and Cal Arts tutor praises informality and amateurism in our new book AKADEMIE X
Walter Liedtke RIP
Renowned Curator of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art killed in train crash on Tuesday
Sacred Stories - Bruder Klaus Field Chapel
How did Pritzker laureate Peter Zumthor come to build this tiny, rural chapel? Our book, Sacred Spaces, explains
Marlene Dumas on her incredible Tate retrospective
'Putting a show like this together evokes all kinds of different emotions. Sometimes you think, oh it’s lovely to see you again, other times you think, oh I still don’t know if I ever should have made this!' the painter tells Phaidon
The New York Times loves Enrique Olvera
The Mexican chef and Phaidon author’s NYC restaurant receives a glowing review from the paper’s Pete Wells
How Pentagram helped Shake Shack top $1.6bn
When the design agency oversaw branding for an NY burger stand, little did they know how much it would be worth
Celebrity restaurateur Mr Chow debuts art in China
The Shanghai-born restaurateur stages his first Chinese art show, with a little help from Warhol and Keith Haring
Noma Japan's tableware is up for grabs!
In advance of the Tokyo pop-up restaurant's closure, Redzepi and co have put its bespoke items up for sale
Was this the best advert of the Super Bowl?
Lauren Greenfield's ad for Always was a blow out win because it will change attitudes - not just buying habits
Scholten & Baijings and the Eindhoven alumni
The Dutch Design Academy spawned a generation of great designers - Stefan Scholten was always a little different
Lost Alvar Aalto classics reissued by Vitra
Artek and Vitra trawl the Alvar Aalto back catalogue and come up with a number of great finds
Sarah Sze on how to make sense of your life
The US artist on why her new self-titled Victoria Miro show is like a series of short poems
Luc Tuymans' disquieting David Zwirner show
The Belgian painter's new show draws on ISIS murder videos, Goya and a little known British B-movie
Join David Doubilet in an amazing underwater world
The legendary photographer and Water Light Time author surfaces for a National Geographic talks tour
How Picasso and Klee ushered in outsider art
As the Outsider Art Fair opens in NY, we look at how big name artists opened us up to looking at art differently
Coop Himmelb(l)au's Flying Garden Tower
The Austrian practice designed this centrepiece tower for Frankfurt’s new airport
Psst! Want to know about The Art of Forgery?
Then watch this great Phaidon video, shot with Noah Charney in the Italian capital, Rome
A Movement in a Moment: Dada
'It was total pandemonium. The people around us were shouting, laughing and gesticulating.' Relive the incredible few months during which a short-lived Swiss nightclub gave rise to the first artistic assault on modern culture, Dada
Smithsonian to open on London Olympics site
First opening anywhere outside of the US will be a site in the British capital called Olympicopolis
When snow fell on the Adriatic
Mario Giacomelli's photos of young priests playing in the snow are as beguiling today as they were in 1961
5 ways Scholten & Baijings do it differently
From craftsmanship to prototyping, cars to teapots, here's how these Dutch designers are innovating the industry
Will this sci-fi city get off the ground?
Suspended over a quarry, Asymptote's Hunan eco city boasts hi-tech transport and robot-delivered takeouts
Meet the artist who reworks Francis Bacon
Why does Michel Platnic create film-set style copies of the late painter's best-known works?
4 Dishes for a Healthier, Happier and Wealthier Chinese New Year #3 Stir-fried Shanghai Noodles
Could these long noodles lead to a long life as folklore suggests? Our China The Cookbook co-author thinks so!
Dieter Rams classics meet contemporary graphics
The Systems exhibition in Paris pairs posters by today's best designers with Braun's classic, 20th century products
'Let's split this!' Theaster Gates shares £40k prize
The winner of the Artes Mundi extends his practice by sharing winnings with his fellow short-listed artists
5 buildings making power production look good
Latest Phaidon Atlas Editors' Focus looks at power plants that please the eye
The mechanised world of Francis Picabia
On the anniversary of his birth we take a look at what made the reluctant Dada pioneer tick
This library shows how beautiful bricks can be
A young Finnish practice used an old building material to construct the country's biggest university library
How Tomi Ungerer became an outcast in America
In the second part of this exclusive essay Tomi recalls the moment his love affair with New York soured
Cally Spooner's Muse Music
The filmmaker and artist on how Lou Reed, Puccini, and Katy Perry inspire her pop-influenced performance art
Niki de Saint Phalle's joie de vivre - and violence
First Spanish retrospective for pioneering feminist artist opens at the Guggenheim Bilbao next month
Joel Meyerowitz on Edward Weston and invisibility
Watch the brilliant American photographer describe how street photography is informing his latest still life work
Where will Obama read his Phaidon books?
Snøhetta, Allied Works and Mos Architects battle it out for presidential library seal of approval in Hawaii
Get to know Scholten & Baijings in 5 great products
Introducing the Dutch design duo via some of their most eye-catching work
'Whatever you're up to, make yourself noticed!'
Artist, illustrator and author Tomi Ungerer remembers his wild, early years in NYC in this exclusive essay
The critical bite of Hans Haacke’s Gift Horse
Why has the controversial artist put a stock exchange ticker on a horse's leg in London?
Christian Marclay makes music at White Cube
The Clock artist collaborates with Vinyl Factory and the London Sinfonietta later this month
From Selma to Montgomery with Dr. King
As Martin Luther King Day approaches The New-York Historical Society hosts a poignant new show
Take a look at the new wave of Mexican architecture
From funerary bunkers to wineries, the latest Atlas Focus offers sharp insight into some innovative buildings
Wilhelm Sasnal's sinister art history show
During the installation of his new London show, the painter talks Degas, Cezanne and his fears for a new war
Rocks and plants festoon new Tapei Tower
'Housing project is a fusion between local nature and primitive rocks,' says architect Fernando Menis
NASA designers create stellar tourist posters
Not planning a trip to the newly discovered exoplanet Kepler 186f? Perhaps these posters might persuade you. . .
Photos that changed the world #9 Law of the Gun
George Silk’s gangland slaying shot marked the beginnings of photography’s relationship with TV
Did you spot JR at the Charlie Hebdo march?
The eyes of murdered cartoonist Stéphane Charbonnier appeared on placards created by the artist
A surprisingly natural form inspired this hospital
Two Australian practices ditched the tower-and-podium model to create this great new Brisbane paediatrics facility
Barber Osgerby upgrade airline dining
Duo’s well-designed dining system for Virgin Atlantic breaks meals into courses and saves weight
Recreating Henry Moore’s studio
Next month the Gagosian will recreate the sculptor’s studio at its London gallery, with help from a Phaidon author
“Houseplants are like caged animals” - Dan Pearson
The British designer and contributor to The Gardener's Garden on vision, mistakes, and his own 'corner of shame'
The first reviews of Noma Japan
Waiter, is that an ant on my shrimp? No, its Noma's stunning seafood dish that opens restaurant’s new menu
Noma Japan serves its first dinner
Take a look at the first pictures from behind the scenes as the chefs and front of house staff prepare for work
Fox Talbot and the Decisive Moment
New Tate Britain show reveals how the photographic pioneer's work led shutterbugs to capture fleeting moments
Zhang Huan's Buddha arrives in Sydney
The artist has spent three years collecting 20 tonnes of incense ash to compound into a temporary sculpture
How anyone can fake a Banksy for under 10 dollars
Art forgery expert Noah Charney on how to recreate a forensically identical street-art classic for next to nothing
'I feel like they killed me' - Tomi Ungerer
The French-born artist, activist and illustrator on yesterday's Charlie Hebdo murders in Paris
René Redzepi hosts MAD evening in Tokyo
As part of our countdown to the Noma chef's opening in Japan this Friday check out our new MAD video
Monotype's makeover for digital text
19th century type firm’s Spark technology, unveiled at CES, solves 21st century textual problem
Zaha Hadid makes a splash on Copacabana Beach
Architect's Casa Atlântica sees her squeezing spine like apartment building into Burle Marx Promenade
Watch René Redzepi at work in the Noma kitchen
As we count down to Friday's opening in Tokyo, we film the chef at one of his infamous Saturday Night Projects
What on earth has John Waters done to himself?
The filmmaker's cosmetically enhanced LA alter-ego features among the trashy exhibits in a new show
Warhol’s Giant Size bequest
More Andy art will be seen in 2015 thanks to his foundation’s recent donation of 14,000 works
Sou Fujimoto strikes the right note again
The Japanese architect has won an anonymous competition to design the House of Hungarian Music in Budapest
The Store Detective: May Books, New Orleans
In our new series we speak to the people behind some of the best fine-art bookshops in the world
What's cooking at Noma Japan?
René Redzepi's latest venture opens for six weeks this Friday and everyone wants to know what's on the menu
How was 2014 for Zhang Xiaogang?
The major Chinese artist looks back at last year’s Korean show, and forward to his Prague retrospective
How was 2014 for Danny Lyon?
The year the legendary photographer and activist turned his attention towards climate change
How was 2014 for Laura Carlin?
The author of our new book for younger readers made a tile wall in East London and prepared for her solo show
How was 2014 for Gerry Badger?
The co-author of The Photobook: A History enjoyed Italian documentary photographers and met Josef Koudelka
How was 2014 for Joe Warwick?
He worked on an expanded Where Chefs Eat, readied himself for a stint at Noma Japan and stuck up for Soho
How was 2014 for Yin Xiuzhen?
Environmental change, bewilderment at human greed and a new art language all played a part in her work
How was 2014 for Hans Eijkelboom?
The Dutch photographer found enlightenment in Portuguese poetry and British shopping centres
Gombrich Explains Christian Iconography
The art historian charts the primitive and sophisticated methods that created Christian imagery
How was 2014 for Joel Meyerowitz?
Late period Matisse proved an inspiration, and working with film maker Ralph Goertz helped him find himself
How was 2014 for Steve McCurry?
He focused his lens on Syrian refugee camps, the plight of domestic servants and the lives of coffee growers
How was 2014 for Roger Ballen?
Dreams, nature, and hearing the word 'Ballenesque' used to describe another piece of art all made it a great year
Jane Hornby’s quick and easy Christmas cake recipe
Did you forget to bake one? Don't panic! With this recipe you can have your cake and eat it in just a few hours
How was 2014 for Massimo Bottura?
Pretty spectacular as you'd expect! Our skinny Italian chef recalls the highpoints of a year that saw him become a household name and looks forward to a 2015 that will see him cooking all over the world - for a great cause
How was 2014 for JR?
He choreographed a ballet, created an installation at Ellis Island and hung out with Spielberg, Lucas and De Niro
How Kandinsky helped create abstract art
On his birth date we look at how in trying to reconcile music and painting the artist invented a new form
Gombrich Explains Katsushika Hokusai
Some good reasons to catch the Grand Palais show - the last time many prints will be seen outside Japan
Think you know about Nobuyoshi Araki?
There's more to the photographer than bondage and sex says Zippora Elders, curator of a new show
How was 2014 for Bob Nickas?
The great New York critic and curator delighted in the Optical Unconscious but despaired in Cooper Union
Gombrich Explains Edvard Munch
The Norwegian painter, born today, 12 December, in 1863, detached fine art from its conventions, to great effect
How was 2014 for Alex Katz?
How wraparound landscapes, billboards and regular gallery going all inspired the New York painter this year
Is this the smartest railway ticket office ever?
Designed to look like a jewel, the greenest building in Sweden breaks ground in the new year
