Why Vito Acconci’s seduction tape is a video art classic
Channelling pop music allowed this video artist to stay ahead of the pack, says Barbara London in our new book

Did Postmodern Architecture help Disney win over big talent?
That was the view of Disney's CEO, who commissioned 5 of the buildings in our new Postmodern Architecture book

JR tells Jerry Saltz how his hat and sunglasses set him free
The Turkish authorities ran into a couple of difficulties when they tried to punish the French artist and activist

Do you know about Julia Scher, the original surveillance artist?
Barbara London, the founding curator of MoMA’s video art program, recalls the artist who predicted digital coercion

Religion, the secret ingredient in Irish cookery
Jp McMahon considers the foods that his fellow countrymen eat and don’t eat, thanks to the Church

5 Budget Hotels Recommended by Architecture Legends
Where Architects Sleep opens up a world of globe hopping for anyone planning a stylish (and affordable) escape

From Pot to Plate: How to Grow and Cook Lemons
You don't actually need a garden to grow beautiful and tasty fruit and vegetables says Great Dixter’s Aaron Bertelsen

Supreme in 6 Collabs: Dash Snow
Here’s how the NYC brand revived the work of one of Manhattan’s late, infamous 21st century artists

The Residents rise from anonymous musicians to video art pioneers
Barbara London, founding curator of MoMA’s video program, recalls her fight to get avant-garde rock footage into museum collections

All you need to know about Postmodern Architecture: Less is a Bore
You might be shocked and possibly even outraged by the buildings in our new book, but you really won’t be bored

From Pot to Plate: How to grow and cook cucumbers
You don't actually need a garden to grow beautiful and tasty fruit and vegetables says Great Dixter’s Aaron Bertelsen

Collective Intuition guides Snøhetta’s Wikipedia re-design
The Norwegian practice employs its crowd-sourcing techniques in developing the foundation's visual identity

Soda bread isn’t as Irish as you think
In the Irish Cookbook, the chef and scholar Jp McMahon digs deep into his country’s varied baking traditions

JR remembers Kobe Bryant
The artist and Phaidon author recalls a rendezvous with the sports star, who died in a helicopter crash yesterday

Meet the Riot Grrrl video artist who upset older feminists
The founding curator of MoMA’s video program recalls how Cheryl Donegan and the MTV generation changed the visual arts

Supreme in 6 Collabs: HR Giger
The Alien artist was best known for heavy metal and monsters, but the NY label knew he was right for the streets too

Martha Rosler is the video artist who sliced TV clichés to pieces
The founding curator of MoMA’s video program looks back on a media-art veteran and her place in identity politics

5 Desert Getaways Chosen by Architecture Legends
Where Architects Sleep opens up a whole new world of hotel hopping for anyone planning a stylish escape

The Turkish Cookbook wins at the André Simon Awards
Author Musa Dagdeviren received a Special Commendation for his groundbreaking book in London earlier this week

Curator and Editor Michele Robecchi Picks his Favourite Affordable Works on Artspace
The man behind our Contemporary Artist Series picks out the works he likes most right now from the art-selling site

From Pot to Plate: How to Grow and Cook Carrots
You don't actually need a garden to grow beautiful and tasty fruit and vegetables says Great Dixter’s Aaron Bertelsen

Frieze Los Angeles zooms in on video art
Next month's art fair draws on LA's moving-image heritage. If you're going, we have a book you should read first!

Jp McMahon is on a mission to make fish fun
The Irish Cookbook author has a hunch why seafood isn’t so popular in the Emerald Isle (and a few tricks to turn things around)

INTERVIEW: Barbara London on the birth of video art
The founding curator of MoMA’s video program describes how Warhol and Bowie shaped the form, and how gallery staff have had to acquire old skool TV repair man skills to keep early works looking good

Supreme shares Martin Luther King’s Dream
On Martin Luther King Day we look at the skate brand’s support for the Civil Rights leader

Supreme in 6 Collabs: Louis Vuitton
Discover how old streetwear pros reconnected to create one of the fashion world's less likely hit collaborations

From Pot to Plate: How to Grow and Cook Blueberries
You don't actually need a garden to grow beautiful and tasty fruit and vegetables says Great Dixter’s Aaron Bertelsen

5 Countryside Retreats Chosen by Architecture Legends
Where Architects Sleep opens up a whole new world of hotel hopping for anyone planning a stylish weekend escape

Kate Moss in Four Looks (and Four Books!)
The supermodel celebrates her birthday today. Read how the mercurial beauty went from beach babe to skate icon

Supreme in 6 Collabs: Harmony Korine
The filmmaker and the skate brand share a history and an aesthetic as our new Supreme book reveals

From Pot to Plate: How to grow and cook Globe Artichokes
You don't actually need a garden to grow beautiful and tasty fruit and vegetables says Great Dixter’s Aaron Bertelsen

How the New Nordic brought back foraging in Ireland
In the Irish Cookbook, Jp McMahon writes that the stigma of picking your own food persisted for generations after the potato famine

5 City Break Hotels Chosen by Architecture Legends
Where Architects Sleep opens up a whole new world of hotel hopping for anyone planning a quick and stylish escape

Supreme in 6 Collabs: Kate Moss
The British model and the NYC clothing brand have more in common than you might imagine

Magnus Nilsson takes tips from The Irish Cookbook author
Catch Nilsson and Jp McMahon, author of The Irish Cookbook, at Food On The Edge 2020 in Galway later this year

The singular thinking behind Stan Douglas’s two-screen show
Why has the artist chosen to create a film from two, parallel points of view? The answer may lie in our new Video Art book

So good they named it once? Harland Miller returns to York
The acclaimed British artist will stage his largest exhibition to date at York Art Gallery next month

How Chanel and Peter Marino supersized Jean-Michel Othoniel
The French sculptor says the US architect's fashion commissions helped him work towards 'the monumental'

How Supreme (and other Phaidon friends) ditch their Xmas trees
The holidays might be over but that doesn't mean you can't have a little fun unloading that browning conifer

5 winter getaways chosen by Architecture legends
Our new book Where Architects Sleep opens up a whole new world of hotel hopping. These ones could brighten up your January

All you need to know about Video/Art: The First Fifty Years
Get a detailed, authoritative first-hand account of the first half-century of this vital form, from one of its key figures

One thing not to miss in Vancouver
Heading to Canada’s West Coast in 2020? Then look out for this brand-new Bjarke Ingels landmark featured in our new Wallpaper* City Guide

Remembering John Baldessari
Following the artist’s death a few days ago, we look back at his prodigious and influential career

INTERVIEW: John Pawson on Calvin Klein, The Design Museum and one piece of advice he'd give to his younger self
The architect talks through the projects in his new book and why it's never a good idea to send your fee back in our Holiday Long Read

INTERVIEW: Jane Hall on the walls women must climb to make great buildings
Breaking Ground's author says prejudice isn’t the only reason women find it hard to make it in architecture in our Holiday Long Read

INTERVIEW: Leah Koenig on the reinvention of Jewish food
The Jewish diaspora has cooked more or less everywhere on the planet and, in the process, has created a cuisine that's constantly changing says the author of The Jewish Cookbook in our Holiday Long Read

INTERVIEW: Bronson van Wyck: 'How did I get into this? I had no other marketable skills outside of the bedroom!'
Planning a party tonight? You'll need this Holiday Long Read. The party planner on how good guests behave, why flirting is fun and one event that nearly ended in disaster

INTERVIEW: Pierluigi Serraino on the 'emotional intensity' of Ezra Stoller
The architect and author of our Ezra Stoller book explains why the photographer's archive took his breath away in this Christmas Long Read

INTERVIEW: Fabien Baron on Kate, craft and creativity
The most sought-after creative director in the world reveals why the last 36 years have been 'a blast of good times' in this Christmas Long Read

INTERVIEW: Nick Bonner on art in North Korea
The Printed in North Korea author on socialist realism and the star system (and what might happen if Damien Hirst went to Pyongyang) in this Christmas Long Read

INTERVIEW: Dominic Bradbury on how Mid-Century Modernism took over our world - and why we're happy it did
'It was all so evocative, so mesmerising,' the Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses author says in this Christmas Holiday Long Read

Five Christmas treats from America the Cookbook
Here’s how Kentucky whiskey, Nordic biscuits and Spanish traditions shaped the taste of Christmas in America

3 Christmas Breads to make from The Nordic Baking Book
The chef and author Magnus Nilsson proves that Christmas is the season to get baking!

Smoking slippers and an Ally McQueen silk scarf – Bronson van Wyck’s festive dress codes revealed!
Remember to restrain your inner Christmas elf, if you feel yourself going all red and green, advises the party planner

John Pawson brings less to Los Angeles
Working with legendary hotelier Ian Schrager, Pawson conjures up sophisticated tranquillity on Sunset Strip

GIFTING: The Art of Anatomy - Brain Map
Could this colourful brain visualisation help researchers understand what stops you, um, er, forgetting things?

The Turkish Cookbook is shortlisted for André Simon Awards
Musa Daĝdeviren’s exhaustive but never exhausting look at Turkish cuisine is recognised for its seasonal detailing

Fabien Baron finds religion via his new book
The legendary French art director and designer says faith and decay run surprisingly deep through the pages

JR talks about the pains of being an anonymous artist
The sunglasses can get annoying, and you can't really reveal a work's hidden depths, the artist explains, but. . .

GIFTING: Who is William Hall giving his book to this Christmas?
The author of Stone takes us through his year and which family member he's inspiring to become an architect. . .

The Lives of Artists – George Condo
The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins offers readers insight into the artfully crumpled life of this great painter

One thing not to miss in Cape Town
This beautiful, arty coffee shop takes a bit of South Africa’s wildlife and presents it in a refined city setting

Watch this tasty trip through 300 years of culinary creations
Got one-and-three-quarter minutes to spare? Lucky you! Then watch this video tribute to Signature Dishes

Why does Snøhetta's co-founder feel like a dinosaur?
Over 30 years, Kjetil Trædal Thorsen recognises how his practice has changed, and how it was ahead of the times

How our Lucian Freud co-author ended up in Downing Street
Whoever ends up in No.10 today will get a peek into an art world inner sanctum, thanks to David Dawson

A Jew-ish guide to Jewish food: Hanukkah
You don’t need to be Jewish to enjoy the great recipes associated with this Festival of Lights

Tequila, taxis and face time – Bronson van Wyck’s festive season party guide
The world-famous event planner and author of Born to Party, Forced to Work, shares his tips with The New York Post

Finn Juhl’s living room is one of The NY Times’ most influential spaces
'This room shows you how small doesn’t necessarily mean cheap,' says the news site's influential panel

GIFTING: Open up a world of fine art and food, sports and science to kids this Christmas!
Our new children’s books make young readers better cooks, better gallery goers - and better custodians of our planet

JR shoots more Wrinkles in the City
The artist and activist returns to Cuba and finds a little more history written on the faces of its citizens

The Lives of Artists – John Currin
The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins explores the personal strengths and weaknesses in the life of this great artist

Massimo Bottura gives the NY Times his recipe for beauty
The chef and philanthropist owns a sizeable art collection but sees real beauty at the dinner table

The Lives of Artists – Maurizio Cattelan
The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins describes an encounter in Paris with the Italian satirical contemporary artist

GIFTING: Who is Emily Elyse Miller giving her book to this Christmas?
The author of Breakfast: The Cookbook runs us through her year, and who she plans to give her book to

From Book to Bid – Paul Rudolph's Walker Guest House
Here's how this playful little beach house - up for sale via Sotheby's - exemplifies Mid-Century Modern architecture

Mamma Knows Best: How to make great, fresh pasta
The Big Mamma chefs are pasta masters. Here’s how you can make ravioli, spaghetti and linguini just like them

All you need to know about Supreme
Read how the NYC skate brand turned cool kids on to the likes of Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, John Baldessari et al

The Lives of Artists – Vija Celmins
The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins describes the tough upbringing and robust attitude of one of America’s leading émigré artists

Farming in North Korea is a little bit different. . .
The country’s art depicts both high and lo-tech agriculture, both of which keep the DPRK going

GIFTING: Who is Fabien Baron giving his book to this Christmas?
The legendary art director talks us through his year and why his mother will be getting his book this Christmas!

GIFTING: 'What Christmas taught me about party preparation’
For Bronson van Wyck, America’s greatest party planner, the season begins with hard work and ends with a feast

The Lives of Artists – Christo and Jeanne-Claude
The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins describes the inner workings of one of the world’s best known art duos

Rihanna wins at The Fashion Awards in London
The recording artist, songwriter, philanthropist and entrepreneur picked up the Urban Luxe prize last night

Mamma knows best: How to make great gnocchi
Big Mamma chef Loris Drazhi has some tips on how to make, cook and store these tasty, floury potato dumplings

GIFTING: Who is Jane Hall giving her book to this Christmas?
The Assemble architect and Breaking Ground author runs us through her year and tells us who's on her Christmas list

Picturing Jonas Wood – Ceramics
By depicting pottery in his paintings, the contemporary artist Jonas Wood closes the gap between life and art

INTERVIEW: 'The Rihanna cover image is obviously instantly iconic. You will always remember that cover and that image'
Jonathan Barnbrook and Marwan Kabour on typography, technology and not being chopped off by Instagram

The Lives of Artists – Peter Doig
The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins describes an encounter with one of the world’s leading figurative painters

The Instagram account that made it into Art & Queer Culture
One entry in our newly updated survey takes a look at how social media has addressed the aftermath of AIDS

INTERVIEW: Gideon Schwartz on the rise, fall and rise again of high-end hi-fi
Think music sounds good enough on your phone? You really need to get Hi-Fi: The History of High-End Audio Design

The Lives of Artists – Mark Bradford
The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins describes an encounter with the acclaimed abstract painter (and tallest artist he knows)

GIFTING: Who is David Dawson giving his Lucian Freud book to this Christmas?
The painter and Director of the Lucian Freud Archive tells us who’s on his gift list this holiday season

The Lives of Artists – Jeff Koons
Amazingly naïve or slyly performative? The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins watches one of the world’s most successful artists at work

Three Simple & Classic Thanksgiving desserts
Let the British cook Jane Hornby walk through these tasty, timely treats, from her book, Simple & Classic

GIFTING: Who is Adriano Rampazzo giving his book to this Christmas?
The illustrator behind Signature Dishes That Matter tells us about his year, and who is on his gift list this season

The Lives of Artists – Damien Hirst
The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins describes the surprising, family side of Hirst during his ‘90s heyday

GIFTING: Who is Dominic Bradbury giving his book to this Christmas?
The author of the Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses tells us about his year, and who is on his gift list this season

GIFTING: Who is John Pawson giving his book to this Christmas?
The architect and Phaidon author runs us through his year, and tells us who is on his Christmas list

GIFTING: Who is Nick Bonner giving his book to this Christmas?
The author of Printed in North Korea runs us through his year, and tells us who is on his gift list this holiday season

Take a look at Black Axe Mangal's fiery launch party
London chef Lee Tiernan drew down some of the city’s brightest culinary stars to his cookbook launch
