Phaidon's eye on the architecture world - 18.07.12
Our weekly round-up takes in bijou tree-houses, 'crap' flats and a Royal repelling down The Shard
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the photography world 17.07.12
This week's photography special takes in France, South Africa, Brazil, Switzerland, Japan, China and Korea
 
    
Monday in the Park with Oscar
US-born, Paris-based artist talks through his new works, opening this week at Brooklyn Bridge Park
 
    
Frank Gehry in the Big Easy
Brad Pitt gets the international architect to build a house for New Orleans' flood victims
 
    
Phaidon's global gallery guide
12 shows to see this weekend complete with videos, reviews, links and suggested reading
 
    
Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton
The Japanese artist's Louis Vuitton line hits the street, as her retrospective opens at the Whitney
 
    
Cindy Sherman shares
Prior to her West-Coast, SFMOMA opening, Sherman talks siblings, series and privacy
 
    
Eddie Peake talks about Tate Tanks performance
The rising young star of performance art on how he persuades people to get naked and be painted gold
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the architecture world - 11.07.12
This week's international special takes us to New York, Ho Chi Minh City, Barcelona, Bogata and Barking
 
    
See Bruce Nauman's One Hundred Fish Fountain
A rare chance to see one of Nauman's largest sculptures - and, if you have $3 million, maybe the chance to buy it
 
    
Roger Ballen - 'I fear not living anymore'
Photographer's interview with Eva Wollenberg sees him ruminating on death, darkness and the human condition
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the photography world 10.07.12
This week's photography special takes in France, South Africa, Brazil, Switzerland, Japan, China and Korea
 
    
'And you're sure it'll be strong enough?'
This trompe l’oeil Lego bridge by street artist Martin Heuwold aka MEGX had us fooled - for a while
 
    
Zaha Hadid designs boat for art dealer
Dealer, gallerist and TV personality Kenny Schachter now has a Z Boat to add to his Hadid-designed Z Car
 
    
Ai Weiwei involved in brawl in Beijing park
Feud between online bloggers and cyber intellectuals spills over into violence with eggs being thrown
 
    
Damien Hirst first look at a new painting
Watch the video of Monochromatic Sectors from Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Colour Ring with Dark Centre
 
    
Yayoi Kusama talks about her mortality
83-year-old artist says "The older I become and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day"
 
    
Peter Zumthor working on film with Wim Wenders
Architect's next project to be the subject of a 3D film shot by the legendary film director
 
    
Ai Weiwei first video interview since his release
Chinese dissident artist talks about the importance of social media to his work in new video
 
    
Tate chooses Jeff Wall piece as Work of the Week
A Sudden Gust Of Wind sees the Canadian photographer reference one of Hokusai's famous works
 
    
Zaha Hadid falls out with Olympics organisers
Aquatics architect complains that she hasn't been given an invite to any Olympic events
 
    
Damien Hirst donates spin painting to Burger King
Beautiful Psychedelic Gherkin Exploding Tomato Sauce All Over Your Face, Flame Grilled Painting goes on show
 
    
Phaidon's global gallery guide
12 shows to see this weekend complete with videos, reviews, links and suggested reading
 
    
Prix Pictet shortlist announced
Phaidon photographers in the picture as 2012 Prix Pictet focusses on the theme of power
 
    
Diane Arbus in London and Berlin
Major shows with previously unseen work for the photographer who famously said "every difference is a likeness"
 
    
Happy July 4th
The Pentagram agency's call to designers to rework the flag was one of its most infamous projects
 
    
Nedko Solakov offers gallery goers five kilos of meat
Bulgarian artist's show A Quiz (again) at the Visual Arts Foundation, Middelburg takes the form of a competition
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the architecture world - 04.07.12
This week's international round up takes in Iceland, Germany, America, the UK, Holland and even Timbuktu
 
    
Barry Le Va artwork smashed at Gagosian
But it's all part of the installation process for a 1968 piece by the Californian sculptor and installation artist
 
    
Donald Judd's loft opens to the public
Refurb finished on Soho loft where Judd exhibited the work of Carl Andre, Claes Oldenburg, and Dan Flavin
 
    
Steve McCurry opens up in Al Jazeera interview
"My parents were perplexed, bewildered and befuddled on how wild I was in my youth!" he tells Riz Khan
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the photography world 03.07.12
The US, UK, France, Czechoslovakia, Australia and Belgium all in focus in this week's round up
 
    
Jackson Pollock unvarnished
Decision to restore Pollock's Mural neatly sidesteps a developing argument over its ownership
 
    
elBulli comes to Paris... and London... and Rome...
Architects Rodero Beggiao unveil plans for a travelling elBulli restaurant, foundation and workshop pop up
 
    
Architects and artists experiment with space
Daniel Libeskind and Tauba Auerbach take Stan Allen essay as inspiration for new spatial show at SFMOMA
 
    
Santiago Calatrava hits back at critics over cost
Under attack in Spain and criticised over the cost of his New York Transit Hub the architect comes out fighting
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the artworld 29.6.12
Martin Creed upset by bell ringers, MoCA curator 'fired', Kapoor occupied and van Gogh immortalised in dominoes
 
    
Fabrice Le Nezet gets heavy
French sculptor who's worked with Sony, Ford and Amnesty 'creates tension' with industrial materials in new work
 
    
Richard Long at work in the studio
A chance to see the great British land artist at work, indoors for once, at the Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield
 
    
Sir Nicholas Serota profiled in New Yorker
"Nick really caught the wave. He saw the possibilities and he harnessed that," says Larry Gagosian
 
    
Peter Zumthor - exclusive look at architecture models
Exhibition of the architect's 'skeletons and scenarios' opens in gallery space of a post office in Lake Constance
 
    
Land art gets international in LA
New show highlights land art's spread from America to Japan, China, Iceland and Israel
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the architecture world - 27.6.12
China, New Zealand, America, Chile, Singapore and the UK under the spotlight in our international round up
 
    
As little rain as possible
Dieter Rams-inspired weather app is the perfect accompaniment for your Phaidon Wallpaper* City Guide
 
    
Graphic Modernists on show in New York
Alan Fletcher, Max Huber and Paul Rand feature in Graphic Modern, an exhibition of modernist graphics
 
    
Herzog & de Meuron do it again
Pavilion like structure of the Kinderspital in Zurich gets unanimous vote of confidence
 
    
The fine art of computer code
Casey Reas saw the creativity in computer programming which led him to work with Frank Gehry and others
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the photography world 26.6.12
New Zealand, America, Burma, Greece and the UK are under the spotlight in our international round up
 
    
Constructivist radio tower in danger
Shukhov Tower in Moscow, the inspiration for the Gherkin, could be lost if Putin refuses to fund restoration
 
    
Terunobu Fujimori's teetering tea houses
Scholar turned architect featured in Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture opens innovative Munich show
 
    
Sacrilege or daring re-invention?
New Dutch furniture company reworks Eames classic to startling effect. But do you approve?
 
    
Dieter Rams sketches discovered
Drawings from the late 50s and early 60s show the clarity of the designer's vision - even at the planning stages
 
    
Architects auction sketches on eBay
Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, Richard Meier and Daniel Libeskind donate works for Architecture for Humanity charity
 
    
Richard Prince talks about new work
Legendary US artist discusses inspirations behind New York show in interview with Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon
 
    
Dalí painting stolen in New York
1959 painting Cartel de Don Juan Tenorio swiped from the recently opened Venus Over Manhattan Gallery
 
    
Norman Foster redesigns Fidel Castro's ballet school
Foster and ballet superstar Carlos Acosta work together on buildings abandoned after 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
 
    
Ai Weiwei hit with porn charge over 2010 photo
Artist tells reporters that authorities are threatening pornography, bigamy and new money exchange charges
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the artworld - 21.6.2012
Our international round up takes in the UK, China, Venezuela, Germany and America
 
    
Aung San Suu Kyi by Steve McCurry
In 1996 the photographer travelled to Burma and came back with two of the most iconic photos of his career
 
    
Red House at Red Hill
Australian architects preserve the peace at upscale Melbourne city dwellers' getaway
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the architecture world - 20.6.12
Abu Dhabi, UK, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Australia, America and Denmark all figure in our international round up
 
    
Turner Duckworth designs Olympic Coca-Cola cans
The international design company reimagines Coke’s iconic packaging with an Olympic spin
 
    
Abu Dhabi's sun sensitive twin towers
Al Bahar Towers marry old and new technology in a clever and culturally appropriate way
 
    
Robert Capa and the Tour de France
With Europe on the brink of war the photographer was commissioned by Paris Match to cover the iconic race
 
    
Mona wins two Institute of Architecture awards
New plans to "install a cemetery" as Hobart's favourite art museum wins peers' and public's vote
 
    
Do-Ho-Suh's Fallen Star rises in San Diego
The South Korean sculptor known for silk replicas of his childhood homes takes to the roof for new project
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the photography world - 19.6. 2012
Our international roundup takes in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, America and the UK
 
    
Take a look inside this Richard Meier house
Watch a video of the legendary architect showing you round his 1967 Smith House in Darien, Connecticut
 
    
Marina Abramović - a very revealing interview
Why her mother burned her naked pics, how she'll be buried in three coffins and the issue of MoMA ticket sales
 
    
How to get ahead in the artworld
MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch has an unusual tip for getting noticed at art auctions
 
    
Documenta 13 - the review
Documenta 13 in Kassel is shaping up as one of the summer's 'must see' art shows - here's why
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the artworld - 15 June 2012
This week's international round up takes in Germany, Switzerland, the US, UK, China and Bosnia
 
    
Roni Horn's rarely seen pigment works go on show
Hauser & Wirth celebrates return to former Zurich site by hosting first ever show dedicated to Horn's drawings
 
    
Rachel Whiteread unveils Whitechapel frieze
Artist and local resident's gold leaf facade, inspired by St Paul's, realises a project begun 100 years ago
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the architecture world
Our international architecture round up takes in Brazil, Spain, UAE, UK, the US, China, Italy, Dubai and Peru
 
    
Octopus-inspired Olympic architecture
The shooting venue for the London 2012 Olympics features sucker-style spots to keep those inside cool
 
    
Vitra showcases new design talent
Five Gerrit Rietveld-inspired design projects are showing this week at the Vitra Design Museum
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the photography world
Our international roundup takes in Russia, America, France, Morocco, South Africa, the UK and Hungary
 
    
The fire station in the mountain
A volunteer fire station in the Alps has been carved into a sheer slab of rock
 
    
Phaidon's eye on the artworld
The first of our international artworld roundups takes in Russia, America, China, the UK and Switzerland
 
    
The ‘99%’ Pierre Koenig House
The final design by Mid-Century modern architect Pierre Koenig is up for sale
 
    
Korean tradition with a contemporary twist
Seung-Yong Song’s modern take on traditional Korean lattice forms
 
    
Frank Lloyd Wright’s disabled-access house
The only home that the celebrated architect made for a wheelchair-bound man is set to become a museum
 
    
Nan Goldin is awarded the MacDowell Medal
The American is only the fourth photographer in 52 years to be awarded the prestigious prize
 
    
Tacita Dean's Five Americans
Artists Cy Twombly, Claes Oldenburg and Julie Mehretu star on film in Dean's biggest New York show to date
 
    
Documenta 13 - the preview
The 'museum of 100 days' descends on the tiny German town of Kassel this weekend - here's what to look out for
 
    
Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron's pavilion opens
Architects talk about creating a structure over Skype and why 'everybody loves cork' at London launch
 
    
Thomas Heatherwick - Designing the extraordinary
Designer of the Shanghai UK pavilion, new London bus and a cute bendy bridge opens first retrospective at V&A
 
    
Damien Hirst – Art is easy
“The reason I got to the top is because the top wasn’t very high,” he tells Phaidon
 
    
Linking Dürer to the here and now
Why the greatest artist of the Northern European Renaissance was a pioneeer in every sense of the word
 
    
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    