Is this what Stephen Shore thinks of London?
A dog, a pub and a pea-green soup featured in the Instagram posts from his Photo London trip - oh dear. . .
![London, 2019 by Stephen Shore. Courtesy of the photographer's Instagram](/resource/greensoupshore.jpg)
Got time to unwind in our new reading room?
We’ve teamed up with Herman Miller to create a place to ponder great books inside the TWA Hotel at JFK
![Our Herman Miller reading room at the TWA Terminal](/resource/twareadinglounge-1.jpg)
I.M. Pei 1917 - 2019
The Chinese-American architect died yesterday - we celebrate his life in 5 of his greatest buildings
![I. M. Pei at the National Gallery of Art, East Building, Washington, D.C., 1978 - Photographed by Ezra Stoller courtesy and copyright © Esto (from our forthcoming book Ezra Stoller)](/resource/p7922-220-01.jpg)
Here’s why you should touch the work at Snarkitecture’s show
New York show, Sway, reminds visitors of play, with a sea of lights that react to movement and touch
![Snarkitecture's at Alex Mustonen in Sway in New York. Images courtesy of Snarkitecture](/resource/snark-lexus1.jpg)
Massimo Bottura cooks for Dapper Dan in Harlem
The Italian chef rubbed shoulders with the New York designer at this year’s annual Harlem Meat Up
![Marcus Samuelsson, Massimo Bottura, Gucci's Marco Bizzarri, and Dapper Dan. Image courtesy of Food for Soul's Instagram](/resource/massimodapperdan.jpg)
Martin Parr and Nan Goldin show different sides of Versailles
The palace’s 2019 exhibition features the work of photographers who capture the place in new ways
![](/resource/nangoldin-1.jpg)
JR’s new mural lets you talk to the crowds of San Francisco
The new SFMOMA work, opening next week, allows local citizens, from the richest to the poorest, to tell their story
![JR, The Chronicles of San Francisco, 2018 (detail); photo: courtesy JR-art.net, and SFMOMA](/resource/05-jr-san-francisco-mural-detail-768x395.jpg)
Elmgreen & Dragset talk art and books in Berlin
The artists came to König Galerie in Berlin to chat with the people who helped them make their new Phaidon book
![Michael Elmgreen, Ingar Dragset, Michele Robecchi and Martin Herbert at König Galerie in Berlin](/resource/egtalk2.jpg)
Is Jeff Koons on a par with Duchamp?
Christie’s set a new record when it sold Koons's Rabbit last night. Is it time we viewed him as Duchamp’s equal?
![Bids being taken for Rabbit (1986) by Jeff Koons, at Christie's last night. The piece went for $91,075,000, setting a new record for a work by a living artist sold at auction. Image courtesy of Christie's](/resource/christiesrabbitrecord.jpg)
The forgotten photographer of NYC's queer piers
The Bronx Museum of Art is mounting the first large-scale retrospective of New York photographer Alvin Baltrop
![Alvin Baltrop, Untitled (Portrait of Marsha P. Johnson), n.d. Silver gelatin print. Private Collection. All images courtesy of the Bronx Museum of the Arts](/resource/baltrop.jpg)
Phaidon Introductions: Jeremy Charles on Newfoundland
The restaurateur shares childhood memories of his early morning dashes to the bay to collect the fresh fish haul
![Jeremy Charles, chef and Phaidon author](/resource/014-5.jpg)
Herman Miller lays out its design history in NYC
A new exhibition shows the evolution of America’s leading modernist design firm - in time for NYCxDesign
![Living Office presentation at Herman Miller Showroom, Chicago, during NeoCon trade fair, 2015. All images from Herman Miller: A Way of Living, courtesy and copyright © Herman Miller Archives.](/resource/573-living-chicago-2015-d.jpg)
Harland Miller launches In Shadows I Boogie at White Cube
Ron Wood, Gary Lineker and Jarvis Cocker all turn up to say hello and get their books signed
![Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, Harland Miller and Wood's wife Sally Humphreys](/resource/ronnieharlandandwife.jpg)
The room that inspired Citizen Kane
Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst's home became a story in itself thanks to director Orson Welles
![Julia Morgan, Hearst Castle, for William Randolph Hearst, Doge’s Suite, San Simeon, CA, USA, completed 1947. Shutterstock/gnohz, as reproduced in Interiors](/resource/293-morgan.jpg)
What do Koons and Duchamp have in common?
A new exhibition looks at the ways in which the work of these two art giants shares a world view
![Fountain (1917, edition 1964) by Marcel Duchamp, and Moon (Light Blue) (1995-2000) by Jeff Koons, as featured on the cover of Appearance Stripped Bare](/resource/koonsballoonducmampfountain.jpg)
Virgilio Martínez guides the New York Times around Lima
From ice-cream parlours to ceramics, the chef picks out some highlights in his artsy new Lima neighbourhood
![Central chef and author Virgilio Martínez](/resource/virgilio50besttalks.jpg)
Phaidon Introductions: Snøhetta on the backstories it creates
The world-famous practice explains why, when it comes to creating great buildings, narrative comes first
![Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 2008, Oslo, Norway, by Snøhetta. Photo by Jiri Havran. From Snøhetta: Collective Intuition.](/resource/036-no-opera.jpg)
Talking Textiles with Shoplifter
Vitamin T artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir's installation in the Icelandic pavilion is the hit of the Venice Biennale
![Shoplifter photographed in her studio by Elisabet Davidsdottir](/resource/shoplifter.jpg)
Mark Bradford is on 60 Minutes this Sunday
"I'm creating my own archaeological digs," he tells Anderson Cooper. "Sometimes when I'm digging on my own painting I'm asking myself, 'Well, exactly what are you digging for? Where do you want to go child?'"
![Mark Bradford interviewed by Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes](/resource/screen-shot-2019-05-10-at-14-44-31.jpg)
From the tomb to the Moon
Why is one of the earliest astrological maps drawn onto an Egyptian tomb ceiling? Sun and Moon explains
![Detail from facsimile of the astronomical ceiling in the tomb of Senenmut, tempera on paper by Charles K. Wilkinson, original c.1479–1458 BC. Courtesy of Rogers Fund, 1948. From Sun and Moon](/resource/027-senenmut-original-detailii.jpg)
Breakfast in Japan
Japanese author Harumi Kurihara says her mother taught her the importance of making the first meal of the day
![Clockwise from top left: quick pickled vegetables; rolled omelet; toast with sweet red bean spread; grilled fish; rice with natto; rice with raw eggs; miso soup, from the Japanese pages of Breakfast: The Cookbook](/resource/japanesebreakfast.jpg)
Why do Elmgreen & Dragset like swimming pools so much?
David Hockney, the shrinking public space, and being semi-naked around strangers feed into the motif
![Van Gogh’s Ear, 2016, fibreglass, stainless steel, lacquer, lights, 900 x 500 x 240 cm, installation view at Rockefeller Center’s Channel Gardens, New York, 2016, organized by Public Art Fund and Tishman Speyer. Artwork © Elmgreen & Dragset](/resource/00-van-gogh-front-cover.jpg)
Phaidon Introductions: José Andrés on the joy of tapas
The Spanish chef and philanthropist explains why, when it comes to small-plate dining, size definitely matters
![A selection of fish tapas from The Book of Tapas](/resource/312-3-fish-tapas.jpg)
The race to shoot the Moon
Mark Holborn's new book describes the lengths 19th century star gazers went to in order to depict the Moon
![Sir John Herschel, Model of the Lunar Crater Copernicus, 1842, calotype, 13 × 16.5 cm (5¼ × 6½ in), J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California. Image courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, California. As reproduced in Sun and Moon](/resource/195-herschel.jpg)
Breakfast in France
The Parisian cookbook writer Clotilde Dusoulier explains why the French prefer thoughtful choices for breakfast
![Clockwise from top left: brioche; café au lait; pains au chocolat; tartine; croissants; almond croissants, from the French pages of Breakfast: The Cookbook](/resource/breakfastinfrance.jpg)
Phaidon Introductions: Michael Bracewell on Harland Miller
The critic and curator sees pop art, abstract expressionist influences and much more in the artist’s pictures
![Harland Miller. Photo by George Darrell](/resource/004-5-harland-miller.jpg)
The apartment where Yves Klein turned décor into art
The French artist introduced some of his best-known motifs into his Parisian home - including the idea of the void
![Yves Klein (designer and client), Klein Residence, living room, Paris, France, completed 1949. François Coquerel © Succession Yves Klein c/o DACS 2019](/resource/243-klein.jpg)
Kim Kardashian dips into the Mugler archive for the Met Gala
The social-media star teamed up with Mugler, wearing a wet-look dress based on pieces from the designer's archive
![Kim Kardashian in Mugler, at the Met Gala 2019. Image courtesy of Kim Kardashian's Instagram](/resource/kimmetgala.jpg)
Magnus Nilsson is closing Fäviken
After 10 very successful years Magnus will close the restaurant on December 14 (and yes, it's too late to book)
![Magnus Nilsson. Photo by Erik Olsson](/resource/magnuserikolsson.jpg)
Phaidon introductions: Peter Meehan on Enrique Olvera
The LA Times’ food editor says Enrique believes the family that eats and cooks together eats and lives better
![Enrique Olvera](/resource/eo-by-m-evans-ii.jpg)
Got time for our editor-at-large's new podcast?
Spencer Bailey has a great new interview series, focusing on people who have a distinct perspective on time
![The Time Sensitive studio](/resource/190409sd-studio-hdr.jpg)
Why today is actually Sun Day
Jimmy Carter might have linked the third of May to solar power, but the Sun has been central to earlier civilisations
![Bowl with courtly and astrological motifs from northern Iran, stonepaste with polychromatic inglaze and overglaze, painted and gilded, late twelfth or early thirteenth century. Mercury is represented as a scribe with a scroll, Venus as a female musician, Saturn as an old man with a pick axe, Jupiter as a judge in a turban, Mars as a warrior with a severed head, the Sun as a figure with a solar disc, and the Moon as a figure with a lunar crescent. As reproduced in Sun & Moon](/resource/043-astrological-bowl.jpg)
A perfect party dish for Cinco de Mayo
You’ll need a little time to make it - and a lot of friends to help you eat this authentic Mexican party recipe
![Cartinas, as reproduced in Tu Casa Mi Casa](/resource/cartinas-1.jpg)
MATCHESFASHION.COM hosted the launch of Phaidon's Interiors this week and some very special guests came along!
![Nicky Haslam, William Norwich, Ben Pentreath, and Carolina Irving at the Interiors launch at MATCHESFASHION.COM in London. All photographs by Shaun James Cox](/resource/leadhaslamandcopic.jpg)
Entertaining this weekend? Try Jane Hornby's spring menu
Spring's here, so why not cook this easy, seasonal, three-course menu, from Jane's new book Simple & Classic
![Asparagus and poached egg with balsamic butter, from Simple Classic by Jane Hornby](/resource/eggasparagus.jpg)
Emily Thompson - Not your Grandmother's Florist
The sculptor-turned-floral designer on how the histories of art, architecture, music and dance inspire her work
![Emily Thompson Flowers (Emily Thomson, New York): smoke bush (Cotinus), snake garlic scapes and turkscap lilies. Image courtesy Emily Thompson Flowers / Photograph by Mia Soojung Kim](/resource/066-m-emily-thompson.jpg)
The winning shot from our East Coast architecture guide
This garage might be on the eastern seaboard, but that hasn’t stopped an LA association from recognising it
![Smithfield Liberty Garage, Altenhof and Bown, photograph by Darren Bradley. As featured in Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide: East Coast](/resource/186-garage.jpg)
Breakfast in Britain
While he admits to his nation’s culinary shortcomings Sportsman chef Stephen Harris does love a Full English
![Clockwise from top left: Full English; breakfast roll; laverbread and cockles; full English variation; pour-over coffee; egg and soldiers; from the English breakfast pages of Breakfast: The Cookbook](/resource/breakfastuk.jpg)
Prabhavathi Meppayil at Pace
Arne Glimcher has drawn parallels between the Bangalore artist and Agnes Martin - we asked her about them
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Could textiles win the Turner Prize?
Oscar Murillo has been shortlisted for this prize, thanks in part to his vulnerable, ripped and cut surfaces
![Oscar Murillo, Violent Amnesia 2019 at Kettle’s Yard. All images courtesy of the Tate](/resource/oscar-murillo-violent-amnesia-2019-at-kettle-s-yard.jpg)
Should we look at deep space images as works of art?
The Hubble Telescope's photos are as mediated as anything created by a contemporary artist writes Mark Holborn
![Hubble view of M16, the Eagle Nebula, an actively star-forming gaseous region 7,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Serpens. The structure shown was first recorded through Hubble by Jeff Hester and his team from Arizona State University in 1995. This view is the most detailed image yet obtained of the Eagle Nebula. As reproduced in Sun and Moon](/resource/307-eagle-nebula.jpg)
How Annie Leibovitz pictured Sally Mann’s sense of place
On Mann's birthday, we look at how tactfully Leibovitz approached her fellow photographer, on Mann's home turf
![Sally Mann, Lexington, Virginia, 2015. Photograph © Annie Leibovitz. From ‘Annie Leibovitz At Work’](/resource/208-sally-mann.jpg)
Phaidon Introductions: Musa Dağdeviren on food and family
The Turkish cookbook author understands his country's culinary traditions are heavily intertwined with his own story
![Musa Dağdeviren, author of the Turkish Cookbook](/resource/musa-dagdeviren-1.jpg)
Do you know about the jazzy side of these artists?
On International Jazz Day take an instrumental break with Robert Ryman, Theaster Gates, Alex Katz and Anri Sala
![Theaster Gates (right) as reproduced in our Contemporary Artists Series book on the artist](/resource/077-t-12-ballads.jpg)
Matt Abergel's book has just won a James Beard Award!
Chicken and Charcoal has been voted the best 2019 book in James Beard's restaurant and professional category
![Chicken and Charcoal: Yakitori, Yardbird, Hong Kong, by Matt Abergel](/resource/yardbirdnewshot.jpg)
Breakfast in America
Chef Jason Hammel explains why cooking over-easy eggs is just a little bit like catching a baseball
![Clockwise from top left: toasted cornflakes; everything bagel with cream cheese and lox; pour-over coffee; orange juice; blueberry pancakes; the diner breakfast; diner toast; bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich, from the American breakfast pages of Breakfast: The Cookbook](/resource/breakfastinamerica.jpg)
Suprematism and the Space Race
Mark Holborn’s new book looks at image making, the celestial realm, and its repercussions back on earth
!['Earthrise’ – a photograph taken from Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve, 1968 by William Anders. Image courtesy of NASA. From Sun and Moon](/resource/291-earthrise.jpg)
Did you know that artist architecture is a thing?
There are plenty of places made by artists in our book Houses (but you might not want to live in some of them...)
![House for Essex, 2015, by Grayson Perry and FAT. As featured in Houses: Extraordinary Living](/resource/060-for-essex.jpg)
Why we might have misread Delacroix’s most famous painting
On the artist's birthday, we reassess this great work, via Judy Sund's new book Exotic: A Fetish for the Foreign
![The Death of Sardanapalus (1827) by Eugène Delacroix, as featured in Exotic](/resource/ferdinand-victor-euge-ne-delacroix-french-the-death-of-sardanapalus-google-art-project.jpg)
The bachelor pad where Cary Grant shaped beach house style
Any interiors aesthete who kicks back at the beach should thank mid-century movie stars Grant and Randolph Scott
![Cary Grant and Randolph Scott](/resource/interiors-pp-184-185.jpg)
Ben Affleck will direct a movie about Ellsworth Kelly’s war
The Hollywood star has signed up to both star in and lens a film about Kelly’s camouflage unit, The Ghost Army
![From left: Ben Affleck (photograph by Gage Skidmore), Ellsworth Kelly (photograph by Jack Shear)](/resource/affleckelly.jpg)
Tu Casa Mi Casa co-author wins World's Best Female Chef
The Mexican-born swimmer turned culinary protégée Daniela Soto-Innes just won the World’s 50 Best Award
![Daniela Soto-Innes, co-author of Tu Casa Mi Casa: Mexican Recipes for the Home Cook, winner of the elit™ Vodka World's Best Female Chef 2019, and one of the New York Times' 15 Creative Women for Our Time](/resource/w50br19-elit-vodka-world-s-best-female-chef-2019-daniela-soto-innes-2.jpg)
Phaidon Introductions: Sofia Coppola on Marc Jacobs
The film director describes how the designer influenced her films and supercharged her social life
![“This drawing is of me in my favorite bubble-gum-pink Comme des Garçons polo-shirt dress and my Pilgrim-inspired shoes, with Neville draped over my shoulders.” Marc Jacobs by Grace Coddington, from Marc Jacobs Illustrated](/resource/00-marc-cdc-neville.jpg)
Turn old food into great new dishes on Stop Food Waste Day
Our new titles Breakfast: The Cookbook and Tu Casa Mi Casa have some wonderful uses for ordinary leftovers
![Chickpea and torn bread stew, from Breakfast: The Cookbook](/resource/263-chickpea-stew-tn.jpg)
The villa where Jean Cocteau communed with the Gods
Our new book Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century features a Godly work created by the poet and filmmaker
![Villa Santo Sospir, photograph by Loïc Thébaud, loicthebaud.com](/resource/villajeancocteau.jpg)
On World Book Day get the kids reading AND cooking!
My First Cookbooks give you pancakes, pizzas, tacos and cookies, as well as literacy and numeracy, all in one box
![My First Cookbooks](/resource/collect100101-940-2.jpg)
JR profiles Massimo for Time’s 100 Most Influential list
The French artist and activist says that when he’s with the chef 'we feel like we can do anything in the world!'
![JR and Massimo at the entrance to the new Refettorio Paris. Image courtesy of Massimo's Instagram](/resource/massimojr-refettorio.jpg)
Phaidon Introductions: Grayson Perry on Martin Parr
Kicking off a new series, the artist recalls the first time he was blinded by Parr's flash 'and decked in saturated colour'
![The Perry Family – daughter Florence, Philippa and Grayson, London, England, 2012, by Martin Parr. All images taken from Only Human: Photographs by Martin Parr © Martin Parr/Magnum Photos](/resource/085-perry-family.jpg)
Marc Jacobs remembers 2011
It was just eight years ago, so why did one photographer tell Marc he'd 'seen the Seventies flash before my eyes'?
![Spring / Summer 2011, designs Marc Jacobs, drawings Grace Coddington.Drawing © 2019 Grace Coddington / typography and book design by Takaaki Matsumoto. From Marc Jacobs Illustrated](/resource/2011-ss-mji.jpg)
The wooden sculpture created to show Christ’s death
At Easter we look at a work of devotional art from our newly updated book 30,000 Years of Art
![Deposition of Christ, artist unknown (c. 1150), Musée National du Moyen, France. As featured in 30,000 Years of Art](/resource/depositionofchrist.jpg)
MetaFlora - Not your Grandmother's Florist
New York dancer turned floral artist Marisa Competello enjoys the moment when flowers stop resembling flowers. . .
![Metaflora's graphically arranged materials](/resource/150-u-metaflora.jpg)
Marc Jacobs remembers 2004
John Currin, Rachel Feinstein and Jodie Kidd all feature in Jacobs’ early noughties recollections
![Spring / Summer 2004 (left), Fall / Winter 2004 (right), designs Marc Jacobs, drawings Grace Coddington. As reproduced in Marc Jacobs Illustrated](/resource/2004-ss-fw-mji.jpg)
The house where Salvador Dalí found peace
This modest fisherman’s cottage morphed into a work of surrealism, serving as the artist’s home for half a century
![Salvador Dalí's humble fisherman’s cottage in Portlligat as featured in Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century](/resource/interiors-pp-124-125.jpg)
Martin Parr just sent his new book to the queen!
'I have the honour to remain your majesty's most humble and obedient servant,' the photographer writes
![Martin Parr's copy of Only Human signed personally to her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II](/resource/martinparrqueendedication.jpg)
Talking Textiles with Anne Wilson
Cloth's ubiquity, and its close proximity to bodies, is its great strength and great challenge says this Chicago artist
![Anne Wilson in the studio](/resource/annewilson.jpg)
The Madness at the heart of Elmgreen & Dragset's new show
The Scandinavian art duo have found something perfectly spooky in a Danish painter's muted, grey interiors
![Interior, Strandgade 30 (1906-8) by Vilhelm Hammershøi. All images courtesy of smk.dk](/resource/hammershoistrandgade30.jpg)
Vince Aletti’s trick for keeping his magazine collection fresh
The writer and collector tells the New Yorker how he manages to stay engaged with his voluminous stacks of print
![Vince Aletti photographed by Steven Haas](/resource/vince-aletti-by-stevan-haas-rgb.jpg)
A Phaidon author witnesses the Notre Dame fire
Our architectural writer was on hand as the flames engulfed the medieval French cathedral. Here’s what he saw
![The Notre Dame fire. Photograph by William Hall. Copyright William Hall](/resource/notredame1.jpg)
Breakfast in Australia
Aussie restaurateur Bill Granger describes the development of the great Australian breakfast in our new book
![Clockwise From top left: toast with Vegemite; flat white; corn fritters with lox and poached eggs; muesli; ginger-turmeric juice; toast with Vegemite and avocado; banana bread; green juice. As featured on the Australian breakfast pages of Breakfast: The Cookbook](/resource/086-7-breakfast-au.jpg)
Queer Eye's Antoni guests on Putnam & Putnam's Podcast
Darroch and Mikey Putnam talk first jobs, tattoos, and TV success with one of the stars of the Netflix hit series
![Antoni, as he appears on the image for Putnam & Putnam's latest podcast episode](/resource/antonio-unicorns.jpg)
The dish that made our Turkish Cookbook author cry
Find out how chef Musa Dağdeviren became aware of the emotional power of home cooking
![Musa Dağdeviren, author of the Turkish Cookbook](/resource/musa-dagdeviren-1.jpg)
Take a look at Leonardo da Vinci’s earliest portrait
On the anniversary of the Renaissance master’s birth, we highlight his incredible early skill in 30,000 Years of Art
![Ginevra de’ Benci (c. 1475) by Leonardo da Vinci, as reproduced in 30,000 Years of Art](/resource/966px-leonardo-da-vinci-ginevra-de-benci-google-art-project.jpg)
Marc Jacobs remembers 1995
Kate Moss, Guy Bourdin and the Beastie Boys feature in Marc’s Nineties memories
![Spring/Summer 1995 (left) and Fall/Winter 1995 (right), designs Marc Jacobs, drawings Grace Coddington. © 2019 Grace Coddington / typography and book design by Takaaki Matsumoto.](/resource/1995-ss-fw-mji.jpg)
Art & Queer Culture is on show in the first gender-free store
Our primer on queer art takes pride of place in the windows at The Phluid Project, a new boutique in Manhattan
![Art & Queer Culture on display in the windows of The Phluid Project, Manhattan](/resource/art-and-queer-culture-x-phluid-window.jpg)
Verner Panton’s Bond villain chair goes back into production
The Pantonova series was originally made for a Danish restaurant, but later found fame in a bad guy's lair
![Pantonova by Verner Panton, in production again thanks to Montana. Images courtesy of Montana](/resource/hr-190409-montana-2727.jpg)
Breakfast in the Nordic region
Want a hearty, Northern European start to your day? Then try a few new dishes from Breakfast: The Cookbook
![Clockwise from top left: Brown cheese sandwich; filmjölk; Danish pastry; cardamom buns; crispbread with smoked cod roe spread; ymerdrys; ymer with ymerdrys; all from the Nordic pages of Breakfast: The Cookbook](/resource/372-3-breakfast-nordic.jpg)
Mark Bradford’s ark is heading for Shanghai
The artist's 2008 ark-like sculpture, Mithra, will feature in Bradford’s largest show in China, later this summer
![Mithra (2008) by Mark Bradford. Installation view at Prospect 1, New Orleans. As reproduced in our Mark Bradford book](/resource/030-1-mithra.jpg)
What to catch at Milan Design Week
Phaidon designers are filling 2019's Salone del Mobile with smart answers to today’s design problems
![All Together Now by Herman Miller, photo by Nicholas Calcott](/resource/hmg-alltogethernowmilan19-creditnicholascalcott-lo-0520.jpg)
ODORANTES - Not Your Grandmother's Florist
Parisian floral artists Emmanuel Sammartino and Christophe Hervé share a passion for antique roses - find out why
![A floral arrangement by Odorantes, Paris](/resource/screen-shot-2019-04-10-at-17-25-05.jpg)
Elmgreen & Dragset want you to put your phones to bed
We don't have much time together, so put down your devices and enjoy those precious me and you moments
![The Bed by Elmgreen & Dragset for Georg Jensen. Image courtesy of the artists and georgjensen.com](/resource/content-page-the-bed-images-3.jpg)
Magnus Nilsson is opening a restaurant in a cable car
There will be just three services at Kabin 1274, and to get a seat, you’ll need to think about how you get there
![Magnus Nilsson beside the Åre Kabinbanan ski lift. All images courtesy of fortum.se](/resource/kabin-1274-3.jpg)
Breakfast in Brazil
Want to start the day like they do in Latin America? Then try a few new dishes from Breakfast: The Cookbook
![Clockwise from top left: orange pound cake; stoveto espresso; acaí bowl; apioca-flour crepe; cheese bread; avocado smoothie; all part of the Brazilian dishes in Breakfast: The Cookbook](/resource/424-5-brazilian-breakfast-br.jpg)
Marc Jacobs remembers 1994
Christy Turlington, the New York Dolls and Donatella Versace all feature in Jacob's look back at this vintage year
![Fall / Winter 1994, designs Marc Jacobs, drawings Grace Coddington. Typography and book design by Takaaki Matsumoto. From Marc Jacobs Illustrated](/resource/1994-fw-mji.jpg)
Jimmie Durham wins this year's Venice Golden Lion
Curator Ralph Rugoff singles out Durham’s 'profoundly humanistic' art for the Biennale's top award
![Jimmie Durham, 2014, self portrait](/resource/durham-portrait2014-shiny-cloth-nonedition-final.jpg)
Marc Jacobs just married his boyfriend!
Guests received hoodies and vape pens while the happy couple wore matching, jewel-encrusted penguin pins
![Marc Jacobs and Charly “Char” Defrancesco. Image courtesy of Marc Jacobs' Instagram](/resource/jacobschar.jpg)
The apartment where Coco Chanel could see but not be seen
This intimate space above her boutique enabled her to spy on the reactions of fashion show attendees below
![Gabrielle Chanel (designer and client), Chanel Residence, salon, Paris, France, completed 1920s. © CHANEL](/resource/098-chanel.jpg)
5 things we owe to the Bauhaus
The school was founded a century ago this month. Here’s a few things we should thank, or perhaps blame it for
![The Gropius House, as featured in Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide: East Coast USA](/resource/035-gropius-house.jpg)
Can you spot the Chinese motif in Snøhetta's Opera House?
Let’s just say the brilliant Norwegian architectural and design firm are big fans of East Asian symbolism
![Shanghai Grand Opera House by Snøhetta. Image © Brick Visuals, courtesy of Snøhetta](/resource/2016299-os-n54.jpg)
Reading the room at our Interiors launch in New York
Designers, editors and online influencers all loved the launch of our global overview of interior excellence
![Phaidon's William Norwich (centre) with Todd Oldham (right) and a guest at the launch for Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century at Roman and Williams Guild New York. All photographs by Jules Slütsky](/resource/4-3phaidonevent-673.jpg)
Kate Moss print proves collectible at Phillips
Missed out on the one at auction yesterday? Fear not Mario Sorrenti fans, we have our own Moss masterpiece. . .
![Kate Moss by Mario Sorrenti, from Kate by Mario Sorrenti](/resource/general-kate-ms-049.jpg)
The Roman bathroom where Karl Lagerfeld reinvented himself
This 1990s retreat was just one of many inspiring spaces created by the designer, as new book Interiors explains
![Karl Lagerfeld's bathroom photo by Fritz von der Schulenburg courtesy Interior Archive](/resource/249-lagerfeld.jpg)
Marc Jacobs Remembers 1993
The designer recalls befriending Sofia Coppola, working with Sonic Youth, and drawing from Juergen Teller
![Spring / Summer 1993, designs Marc Jacobs, drawings Grace Coddington. Typography and book design by Takaaki Matsumoto. From Marc Jacobs Illustrated](/resource/1993-spring-summer.jpg)
Julius Iversen of TABLEAU - Not Your Grandmother's Florist
From cornfields to coloured clouds of flowers, this floral artist makes flowers look (but not always smell) amazing
![](/resource/img-0621.jpg)
Vince Aletti on the vital history of fashion magazines
Want to understand Irving Penn or Helmut Newton? Then go back to the magazine page, says our author
![Vince Aletti photographed by Steven Haas](/resource/vince-aletti-by-stevan-haas-rgb.jpg)
Your chance to own a signed Martin Parr beach print
The photographer offers a new take on one of his favourite subjects in this Phaidon Collector’s Edition
![Tenby, Wales, 2018 by Martin Parr. As featured in our Collectors' Edition print](/resource/9781838660000.jpg)
Enrique Olvera brings a taste of Mexico to London
Last week, the city’s restaurants welcomed the chef and his innovative take on Mexican home cooking
![Enrique Olvera in Lyle's, London](/resource/enriquelyles.jpg)
'Making art about queer sexuality is itself a kind of protest,' says Art & Queer Culture co-author Richard Meyer
The writer fast tracks us through some great art in the newly updated paperback edition of the seminal book
![Deborah Bright, Dream Girls, 1989 – 90. © the artist. From Art & Queer Culture](/resource/080-deborah-bright.jpg)
Mario Sorrenti talks Kate Moss in Dallas
This Saturday in Texas the photographer will talk about the relationship that shaped 90s fashion
![Kate Moss by Mario Sorrenti, from Kate by Mario Sorrenti](/resource/general-kate-ms-039.jpg)
The German expressionist who photographed teen fashion
In new book Issues, Vince Aletti highlights the American career of German émigré Hermann Landshoff
![A spread from Junior Bazaar, November 1945, by Hermann Landsoff, as reproduced in Issues](/resource/081-t-jb-landshoff.jpg)
They might be 'dirty beans' but they taste delicious
In Enrique Olvera’s new book, you get great Mexican recipes, and also some of the wordplay behind them
![Northern Beans, also known as frijoles charros or frijoles pierces - from Enrique Olivera's Tu Casa Mi Casa](/resource/062-beans.jpg)