Astonishing Animals – The Mite Harvestman
Frozen in a thin layer of gold and captured by a scanning electron microscope this creature is barely 2mm long
![Mite Harvestman by David Evans Walter](/resource/screen-shot-2018-09-05-at-17-46-46-2.jpg)
Betak brings blooms, Bieber and a library to NY Fashion Week
The acclaimed show producer works with Jason Wu, Putnam & Putnam and Kate Spade at this season’s NYFW
![Jason Wu's SS19 NY Fashion Week display, created in conjunction with Bureau Betak and Putnam & Putnam](/resource/jasonwuflowers.jpg)
The art that Daniel Arsham fits in around Snarkitecture
Fossilised cars, phones, cameras, guitars and boom boxes - how he switches from commission to gallery
![Eroded Delorean, 2018. Stainless steel, glass reinforced plastic, quartz crystal, pyrite, paint, 114 x 421.6 x 185.7 cm | 44 7/8 x 166 x 73 1/8 in. Photo by Guillaume Ziccarelli. Courtesy of the artist & Perrotin.](/resource/arshamcar1.jpg)
What The New Museum is bringing to London next month
Expect screens, beds, reflections on the past and predictions for the future at Strange Days
![Installation view of 4th Floor to Mildness by Pipilotti Rist. Image courtesy of The Store Studios](/resource/pipilottirist.jpg)
Sex, cigarettes and spongey bread - the things Wolfgang Tillmans loved about London in the Eighties
The New Yorker's profile of the photographer includes some telling details from his early trips to Britain
![Wolfgang Tillmans Self-portrait (Christian) for Phaidon book, 2013, colour photograph](/resource/006-7-wt-self-portrait-620.jpg)
Sagmeister & Walsh want to bring back beauty
The pioneering designers say we no longer appreciate or value beauty, even when it makes for better design
![Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh. Photograph by John Madere](/resource/jsw-by-johnmadere.jpg)
Why Olafur Eliasson just met with Emmanuel Macron
The artist and the French President both agree on Europe, even if Eliasson sees room for healthy disagreement
![Olafur Eliasson and Emmanuel Macron in Copenhagen. Image courtesy of Eliasson's Instagram](/resource/olafurmacron.jpg)
‘Nature has become fragile’ - Olafur Eliasson on melting glaciers and his Experience of a changing climate
![Portrait of Olafur Eliasson. Photo: Brigitte Lacombe, 2016. © 2016 Olafur Eliasson](/resource/oe-portrait-brigitte-lacombe.jpg)
John Pawson pays homage to Agnes Martin's grids
The minimalist architect references Martin’s famous Sixties grid paintings in these recently posted images
![One of John Pawson's newly posted images, which references Agnes Martin. All photographs courtesy of John Pawson](/resource/dubrovni4-pawson.jpg)
Sketch to Skyline - what Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles looked like on day one
This simple colour-coded sketch from the master helped define the style of public housing for years to come
![Le Corbusier - Unité d’Habitation, 1946 Ink and coloured pencil on paper](/resource/screen-shot-2018-09-04-at-17-48-51.jpg)
3 cute doggy pics from our Feed Me book (and one less so!)
Cook your companion one of the 50 dishes from our new book, and you could end up with a dog looking this happy
![One of Kevin Waldron's new illustrations for Liviana Prola's new book, Feed Me](/resource/cutedogs1.jpg)
Alex Katz's Coca-Cola Girls are coming to London
The New York artist reveals the Rembrandt and soda-pop inspirations behind his latest paintings
![One of Alex Katz's Coca-Cola Girls. Image courtesy of the artist and Timothy Taylor](/resource/cocacolagirls1.jpg)
Astonishing Animals – The Pigeon
Scott Echols's ghoulish bird image is the result of an innovative technology that helps us see inside animals
![Microvasculature of a pigeon head 2017, Contrast-enhanced micro CT reconstruction - Dr. M. Scott Echols](/resource/065-scott-echols.jpg)
How to sound clever about Supreme’s Mike Kelley collection
Learn how Kelley worked childhood, craft and creepiness into the pieces Supreme is reproducing
![One of Supreme's new Mike Kelley pieces, featuring an image taken from Ahh Youth! (1991) by Mike Kelley. All images courtesy of Supreme](/resource/suprememikekelley-lead.jpg)
‘Encountering a work of art is about recognition, about feeling listened to’ - Olafur Eliasson on art, Experience and uncertainty
![Olafur Eliasson](/resource/portrait-of-olafur-eliasson-121752.jpg)
Sketch to Skyline - what The Shard looked like on day one
Here's how the iconic building took form when Renzo Piano first put his trademark green pen to paper in 2000
![Renzo Piano's original sketches for The Shard as featured in Drawing Architecture](/resource/screen-shot-2018-09-03-at-16-15-43.jpg)
Want to buy the best tortellini? Ask Massimo Bottura!
Want to help autistic kids and enjoy the finest pasta available? Massimo can point you in the right direction
![Massimo Bottura (right) at Il Tortellante. Image courtesy of Aut Aut Modena](/resource/massimotortellini.jpg)
The story behind JR’s New NYC piece
The pasted-up work, on the Bowery, offers a glimpse into the life of an undocumented immigrant
![JR's new work on the Bowery. Image courtesy of the artist's Instagram](/resource/boweryjr.jpg)
Astonishing Animals – The Fruit Bat
Nick Veasey's radiographic photo is just one of 300 amazing images in Animal: Exploring the Zoological World
![The Fruit Bat - photographed by Nick Veasey and featured in Animal: Exploring the Zoological World](/resource/screen-shot-2018-08-31-at-11-43-45.jpg)
It's time to vibe up your vases!
3 simple tips for your floral arrangements from Putnam & Putnam, NYC’s brightest floral designers
![Michael and Darroch Putnam](/resource/dmputnam.jpg)
Andy's Athletes - OJ Simpson
The stories behind Warhol's encounters with sports stars of the Seventies - as pictured in the Catalogue Raisonné
![OJ Simpson - Andy Warhol Present location unknown
Photograph Courtesy of Sotheby’s, Inc. © 2014](/resource/screen-shot-2018-08-30-at-15-40-02.jpg)
Astonishing Animals – The Sweat Bee
Responsible for 80 per cent of pollination in the world this creature's waning population is a big danger for us
![The Sweat Bee digital photograph featured in Animal: Exploring the Zoological World](/resource/317-bee-inventory.jpg)
Magnus Nilsson is back - and he's got cakes!
And breads, and pastries, and cookies, and scones, and lots of porridge - all to be found in The Nordic Baking Book
![Muffins from The Nordic Baking Book](/resource/369-muffins.jpg)
Trevor Paglen launches into his critics
Artist comes out fighting against astronomers who claim launch of his Orbital Reflector just means more space junk
![Trevor Paglen](/resource/paglen-2017-hi-res-download-5.jpg)
Astonishing Animals – The Diana Monkey
Jill Greenberg manipulates her hyperrealist photographs to emphasise the connection between us and them
![Jill Greenberg, Glare, Glare, 2005, Ultrachrome ink on hot press paper, 106.7 x 127 cm / 42 x 50 in, Private collection. As featured in Animal](/resource/023-greenberg.jpg)
Andy's Athletes - Jack Nicklaus
The stories behind Warhol's encounters with sports stars of the Seventies - as pictured in the Catalogue Raisonné
![Jack Nicklaus - Andy Warhol - Collection Richard L. Weisman © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., NY Photo by Spike Mafford](/resource/andywarholonlineonlyjacknicklauscleared.jpg)
There's more to German cuisine than Currywurst!
Overlooked and unloved until now, The German Cookbook will totally change your view on this varied cuisine
![CurryWurst from The German Cookbook](/resource/039-currywurst.jpg)
Francis Alÿs, his fiery football and other artworks
On his 59th birthday we take a look at what makes the Contemporary Artist series artist so hot right now
![Francis Alÿs in collaboration with Julien Devaux, Rafael Ortega, Alejandro Morales, and Félix Blume
Paradox of Praxis 5: Sometimes we dream as we live & sometimes we live as we dream
Ciudad Juárez, México, 2013 (detail of video still)
Video, 7:49 minutes, color, sound
Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London](/resource/francisdream1.jpg)
Astonishing Animals – The Steppe Bison
Painted 17,000 years ago, using sophisticated techniques, there's a lot more to this image than you think
![](/resource/180-bison-altamira.jpg)
Andy's Athletes - Muhammad Ali
The stories behind Warhol's encounters with sports stars of the Seventies - as pictured in the Catalogue Raisonné
![Andy Warhol, Muhammad Ali, fall 1977, acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, 40 x 40 inches, 101.6 x 101.6 cm. Collection of Lorenzo and Teresa Fertitta
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., NY](/resource/05a-367-r-muhmmmad-ali.jpg)
Eero Saarinen's only UK building is still a great one
On the anniversary of his birth read how his proto-brutalist American Embassy broke the modernist mould
![US Embassy - Eero Saarinen London, England (GB), 1960 as featured in Atlas of Brutalist Architecture](/resource/eerosaarinenembassyatlasbrutal.jpg)
Astonishing Animals – Cai Guo-Qiang's Heritage Installation
Spectacular artwork featured in our new book Animal, depicts a scene that could never actually occur in nature
![Heritage, 2013 - Cai Guo Qiang - Installation view, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2013. As featured in our book Animal: Exploring the Zoological World](/resource/014-5-cai-guo-qiang.jpg)
Theaster Gates on the artist representing the US at Venice 2019
Watch Gates interview the acclaimed abstract sculptor Martin Puryear, due to represent the US at the next Biennale
![Theaster Gates and Martin Puryear at The Art Institute of Chicago](/resource/martinp.jpg)
Iggy Pop has just recreated this Warhol burger video
The singer follows Warhol’s actions faithfully, right down to the slightly odd way he applies ketchup to the dish
![Warhol and his burger in 66 Scenes from America](/resource/warhlburger.jpg)
Alejandro Aravena mixes a bank and a bridge to help the poor
The architect’s new proposal for Buenos Aires Villa 31 neighbourhood will help the city’s poorest cross the tracks
![Elemental's new garden bridge building proposal for Buenos Aires. Images courtesy of Elemental](/resource/obid-2-ext-b.jpg)
Runners! Our Where to Drink Beer author has a brew for you
Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø’s Evil Twin Brewing has worked with another runner and beverage expert to create Race Day
![Race Day by Evil Twin Brewing](/resource/racedayeviltwin.jpg)
'I have a duty to preserve it' - Why Tillmans still shoots nightlife
Wolfgang celebrates his 50th today and wants you to see what it was like back in the day - and what it's like now
![Love (Hands in Air), 1989 by Wolfgang Tillmans](/resource/9780714867045-3.jpg)
When Steve McCurry shot the Indian monsoon
A near fatal fall onto rocks, leeches crawling up his back and a wade through water with dead animals all around. On Indian Independence Day Steve McCurry recalls the 'masochism' of his first monsoon trip to India
![Steve McCurry in Monsoon floods, India, 1983](/resource/002-steve-mccurry-11.jpg)
In Praise of Paul Rand
On the anniversary of his birth take the opportunity to gem up on the undisputed godfather of graphic design
![Paul Rand makes the nurse's needle a little less scary: Big Families advertising flyer 1947](/resource/paul-rand-image-1.jpg)
Astonishing Animals – The Lion’s Mane Jellyfish
This beauty has 100 feet long tentacles with thousands of microscopic harpoons that inject a paralysing venom
![Lion’s Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea Capillata), 2015 by Alexander Semenov](/resource/newfish.jpg)
Thomas Bayrle on Elvis, America and Jacques Tati
Bayrle has much in common with more critical artists, but don't overlook the joy and humour in his pictures
![Life in Shirts (blue) (1970) by Thomas Bayrle](/resource/shirtman.jpg)
Andy's Athletes - Willie Shoemaker
The stories behind Warhol's encounters with sports stars of the Seventies - as pictured in the Catalogue Raisonné
![Willie Shoemaker by Andy Warhol spring 1977 / acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen / 40 x 40 inches /
101.6 x 101.6 cm / Collection Richard L. Weisman © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., NY](/resource/willieshoemakerrightsokfoundation.jpg)
Astonishing Animals – The Monarch of the Glen
New book Animal is a magnificent menagerie of imagery, documenting animals of all kinds throughout the ages
![The Monarch of the Glen (c. 1851) by Sir Edwin Landseer, as reproduced in Animal](/resource/monarchglen.jpg)
Zhang Xiaogang reflects on more disquieting memories
The Chinese artist draws on his personal recollections in a new exhibition of emotionally charged pictures
![Zhang Xiaogang Jump No. 1 (2018) by Zhang Xiaogang © Zhang Xiaogang. Image courtesy of Pace](/resource/jumpno1.jpg)
Edmund de Waal brings the émigré experience to LA
The artist and writer’s forthcoming installation at the Schindler House in LA draws on its maker’s Viennese heritage
![The Schindler House. Photo by Joshua White courtesy of MAK Center](/resource/photo-joshua-white-1910.jpg)
Annie Leibovitz, Cai Guo-Qiang and a robot get RISD awards
American photographer and Chinese artist joined by artificial presence at Rhode Island School of Design ceremony
![Artist Cai Guo-Qiang, Sophia, President Rosanne Somerson and Photographer Annie Leibovitz. Photo Scott Indermaur.](/resource/annierisdrobot.jpg)
It’s OK if you don’t understand Olafur Eliasson’s new show
The artist may be referencing the environment in Beijing, but the show’s title suggests it's all open to interpretation
![The unspeakable openness of things (2018) by Olafur Eliasson. All photos courtesy of Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, unless otherwise stated](/resource/redbrickunspeakable.jpg)
Can new technology bring back lost art?
Noah Charney on how destroyed artworks - and fake Old Masters - are being remade for today's museums
![Morehshin Allahyari, King Uthal, 2015, 3D-printed plastic and electrical components, 30.5 × 10.2 x 8.9 cm (12 × 4 × 3.5 in), from her series Material Speculation: ISIS](/resource/kinguthal.jpg)
Could you picture your cat in a place like this?
On International Cat Day, we pick out a few purrfect kitty dwellings from our new book, Pet-tecture
![Suite by FORMA Italia from Pet-tecture](/resource/062-suite.jpg)
Scholten & Baijings remix IKEA
Dutch design duo's colourful update of IKEA classics will find their way into many design fans’ homes
![Scholten & Baijings' new update of the Poäng chair. Image courtesy of the designers](/resource/sholtenschairagain.jpg)
Erik Kessels swaps 35,000 snaps for a few brass band LPs
The photo editor returns to the Festival Images Vevey biennial with a show focussing on collective creativity
![Erik Kessels](/resource/erik-kessels-413x620.jpg)
Olafur Eliasson brings gin, cinnamon, ceramics to his pop-up
The artist and his sister source Icelandic produce and culture for their new restaurant, opening this weekend
![SOE Kitchen 101's cinnamon roll/French toast hybrid. Images courtesy of SOE Kitchen's Instagram](/resource/cinnamontoast.jpg)
Is Owen Luder Britain’s most brutal architect?
The creator of Gateshead’s Trinity Square and Portsmouth’s Tricorn Centre celebrates his 90th birthday today
![Trinity Square, Gateshead. As reproduced in This Brutal World](/resource/007-04-trinity-square.jpg)
How Thomas Bayrle commodified sex
The German artist saw his country's attitude to sex change and decided to paint it unemotionally
![Feure im Weizen (Herzensbrecher) [Fire in the Wheat (Heartbreakerl)] 1970 by Thomas Bayrle. All images reproduced in our book Thomas Bayrle Playtime](/resource/bayrlesex.jpg)
Three New York City gardens to cool off in this lunchtime
Beat the heat in these chilled public gardens, all of which feature in our new book, Green Escapes
![6BC Botanical Garden, as featured in Green Escapes](/resource/339-6bc-botanical-garden.jpg)
Andy Warhol would have been 90 today
To celebrate we take a look at how Andy's wildly differing self-portraits shaped his public persona and myth
![Self-portrait (1967) synthetic resin on canvas by Andy Warhol as featured in our book 500 Self-Portraits](/resource/warholselfportrait1967.jpg)
Check out Lauren Greenfield in the New York Times!
Our Generation Wealth photographer is the subject of an insightful profile, tying in with the release of her new film
![Generation Wealth photographer and documentary maker Lauren Greenfield](/resource/lauren-greenfield-ii.jpg)
Wolfgang Tillmans just shot Neneh Cherry
The fine-art photographer created the cover for Neneh Cherry's hard-hitting new migrant crisis single, Kong
![Neneh Cherry by Wolfgang Tillmans](/resource/tillmanscherry-i.jpg)
A mind-controlled airship is coming to the Design Museum
Want to become a pilot, but skip the pesky training? You can next month, inside this beautiful London building
![A rendering of Mind Pilot inside the Design Museum. Image courtesy of the Design Museum](/resource/mindshipdesignmuseum.jpg)
How not to climb Mount Olympus
Google marks the first conquering of the summit, but our book, Flying too Close to the Sun, recalls another attempt
![The Fall of the Giants (1530) by Guilio Romano](/resource/fallgiants.jpg)
Heading for the beach? Try this Olafur Eliasson experiment!
The artist is creating compass mobiles in Reykjavik, using objects drawn from Iceland's tide line
![A driftwood compass made by Olafur Eliasson's studio in Iceland, 2018. Image courtesy of Eliasson's studio's Instagram](/resource/driftwoodcompass.jpg)
Grafton Architects win award for latest London building
Their Marshall Building for the LSE in Lincoln's Inn Fields is another masterclass in sensitive city construction
![The Marshall Building by Grafton Architects](/resource/graftonlse2.jpg)
Could MAD’s building bring big ideas to northern China?
The firm's new conference centre aims to bring bright ideas and brilliant conversation to Yabuli, the Davos of China
![The Yabuli Conference Centre by MAD Architects. All renderings courtesy of MAD](/resource/madarchiphaidonleadimae.jpg)
What star sign was Yves Saint Laurent?
The designer was born on this day 1 August in 1936, under the same sign as fellow fashion icon Coco Chanel
![Gilt metal earrings in the shape of lions’ heads in profile, Autumn/Winter 1986 haute couture collection. All images from Yves Saint Laurent Accessories](/resource/leonearrings.jpg)
Stephen Harris and Massimo on the music that made them
New BBC radio documentary looks at the relationship between great chefs, their kitchens and record collections
![Stephen Harris and Massimo Bottura](/resource/massandstephen.jpg)
Theaster Gates harmonizes with Harry Styles
Could the 'Mick Jagger of Social Practice' have found a soul mate in the erstwhile One Direction singer?
![Harry Styles and Theaster Gates in Chicago. Image courtesy of Theaster's Instagram](/resource/theasterharry.jpg)
Thomas Bayrle’s little people
Some of the best images in the New Museum show are made up of tiny figures. Here's why the artist created them
![Detail from Plitsch-Platsch [Splish Splash] (1983) by Thomas Bayrle. As reproduced in our new book](/resource/swimmers1.jpg)
That's a pretty A-list summer holiday selfie JR!
The artist chills with Bono, Chris Rock, Sacha Baron Cohen, Woody Harrelson and Matthew McComaughey and co.
![JR (bottom right) with Bono, Chris Rock, Ali Hewson, Isla Fisher, Matthew McConaughey, Guy Oseary, Woody Harrelson, Lars Ulrich, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Michelle Alves. Image courtesy of Guy Oseary's Instagram](/resource/chateauguy.jpg)
Europe’s tallest building is 50 per cent higher than The Shard
Gazprom - the world's biggest gas provider - has a very, very energy efficient new headquarters in St. Petersburg
![A rendering of the Lakhta Center, courtesy of www.lakhta.center](/resource/lakhta-centerview.jpg)
What Anthony Caro learned from Henry Moore
To mark the day the sculptor was born we take look at how Moore influenced his friend and protégé Anthony Caro
![Caro with Henry Moore at Moore’s studio in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, c. 1952, as featured in our book Caro](/resource/henrymooreanhonycaro.jpg)
Meet the weaver who became the Kraftwerk of German art
Thomas Bayrle's poppy pictures, built up from hundreds of smaller images, drill down deep into our collective desires
![Thomas Bayrle, Bierrakete [Beer Rocket], 1969. Silkscreen print on cardboard, 18 1/8 × 16 1/2 in (46 × 42 cm). Edition of 15. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel](/resource/beerrocket.jpg)
From seaweed to strawberries, Olafur Eliasson is going local
The weather may be foul in Reykjavik, yet Eliasson's new pop-up restaurant is still cooking up great seasonal dishes
![Wild caught trout, grilled cod, black venere rice and white currants, tomato salad, courtesy of Studio Olafur Eliasson Kitchen's Instagram account](/resource/dishesiceland.jpg)
These Hamptons dog houses help NY’s rescue mutts
The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons has some architectural homes perfectly suited to your best friend
![Domus Canus designed by Kitty McCoy of Kathrine McCoy Architecture, built by Walter Sterlieb of Studio 449, with former ARFan Trouble. Tria Giovan Photography](/resource/domuscans.jpg)
Dries Van Noten works Verner Panton into his new collection
Belgian designer’s collaboration with Panton estate revives optimistic colours, patterns and spirit of the '60s
![Dries Van Noten's Men's Spring/Summer 2019 collection](/resource/driespanton.jpg)
Let Elliott Erwitt take you away to Southern France
Celebrate the great photographer’s 90th birthday by bringing a little mid-century joie de vivre into your life
![](/resource/bs-9780714842394.jpg)
What was JR doing at these Basque Food Awards?
The artist joined a skinny Italian chef and Phaidon's other world-class talents at the Basque Culinary World Prize
![JR, bottom left, at the Basque Culinary World Prize](/resource/jr-basque.jpg)
Stephen Shore goes back on the road
The photographer is on another summer road-trip in the flyover states, shooting more American Surfaces
![Mint Bar, White Sulphur Springs, Montana, 2018, by Stephen Shore. Image courtesy of the photographer's Instagram](/resource/shoremintlongue.jpg)
Cups and condoms included in new Jenny Holzer Tate show
New exhibition draws together early pieces alongside the artist’s best-known works and her recent projects
![Installation view of ARTIST ROOMS: Jenny Holzer at Tate Modern (23 July 2018–July 2019) ©Tate (Andrew Dunkley)](/resource/holzer-press-2018-041.jpg)
Is Thomas Eakins cooling off or heating up?
Eakins - born on this day in 1844 - painted this work to silence his critics, yet it remains open to interpretation. . .
![Swimming (1885) by Thomas Eakins. As reproduced in The Art of the Erotic. Eakins included himself in the picture, as the swimmer on the bottom right](/resource/1186px-swimming-hole.jpg)
What to expect when Jeremy Fox cooks at Lyle’s in London
The Rustic Canyon chef and Phaidon author promises to bring a slice of California to London next month
![Jeremy Fox](/resource/foxsquaredoff.jpg)
What do you get if you cross brutalism with skateboards?
LA architect and designer J. Byron-H's new line of stools draw on concrete buildings and skateboard decks
![Concrete Stools by J. Byron-H. All photographs by Samuel McGuire, courtesy of byron-h.com](/resource/w-4-byron.jpg)
Want to have a drink with Elmgreen & Dragset?
The European art duo will upset gallery conventions when they stage their retrospective in London this year
![Elmgreen & Dragset](/resource/elmgreenanddragsetlead.jpg)
Three London gardens to cool off in this lunchtime
Beat the heat in these chilled public gardens, all of which feature in our new book, Green Escapes
![Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London from Green Escapes](/resource/135-national-history-museum.jpg)
Some birthday advice from Alex Katz
The painter celebrates his 91st birthday today - he has some wise words for those a long way behind him
![Here's to You (1961) by Alex Katz](/resource/221-heres-to-you.jpg)
Jonathan Gold on food and California
The acclaimed LA food writer died on Saturday - here’s why he loved the Golden State's singular cuisine so much
![Jonathan Gold at Sundance 2105. Image by Mark Hendricks, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons](/resource/jonathan-gold.jpg)
What does Rose Wylie love about the Sportsman?
Chef Stephen Harris and the fact that 'it’s the right colour for the edge of the sea' attract the local Vitamin P3 painter
![Rose Wylie. Photo by Joe McGorty](/resource/rose-joe-mcgorty-4-2.jpg)
What to expect from the BBC's new Gombrich documentary
Archive recordings, interviews and granddaughter Leonie describe the remarkable life of The Story of Art author
![Art historian EH Gombrich. Image courtesy of the BBC](/resource/ehgombrich.jpg)
Peter Marino shows us his most personal possessions
The architect, artist and collector on the sensual link between the Mapplethorpe photos and bronzes in his collection
![Peter Marino pictured in front of one his Damien Hirsts ©Peter Marino Architect/ Photo: Manolo Yllera](/resource/m-yllera-office-july-12-19.jpg)
Yayoi Kusama's Narcissus Garden comes to New York
The Japanese artist's 52-year-old work is born again in a derelict train garage in Fort Tilden, Queens
![Rockaway! 2018 featuring a site-specific installation of Narcissus Garden by Yayoi Kusama. Artwork ©YAYOI KUSAMA. Artwork courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore/Shanghai; Victoria Miro, London/Venice; and David Zwirner, New York. Photo: Pablo Enriquez](/resource/narcissusgarden1.jpg)
Grace's great photographer Tim Walker gets a V&A show
Described by Coddington as the most English of Englishmen, Walker is the star of a V&A exhibition next year
![Sethu Ncise, Jermaine Downer, Will Sutton, Zuzanna Bartoszek and Sara Grace Wallerstedt. Fashion - Moncler 1 by Pierpaolo Piccioli. London, 2018. © Tim Walker Studio, London. Image courtesy of the V&A](/resource/1280.jpg)
Britain's new Brutalist gallery looks back at social housing
Sheffield's S1 Artspace, newly opened in the city's Park Hill estate, offers a balanced view of high-rise life
![Bill Stephenson, ‘Tony the Ton’ and Martin age 8, outside the Pop In Centre. Hyde Park Flats, Sheffield, 1988 © Bill Stephenson. Image courtesy of S1 Artspace](/resource/billstephenson.jpg)
Martin Parr goes around the world for Gucci
The British photographer gives the Italian brand's new watch campaign a distinctly international feel
![One of Martin Parr's new Internationally themed campaign images for Gucci timepieces. This particular image was taken in Florence, Italy, in 2018. All photos by Martin Parr, courtesy of Gucci](/resource/martinparrgucci1.jpg)
How was Pharrell when he came to Yardbird in Hong Kong?
Matt Abergel on the stars he’s impressed by and the ones he’s a bit meh about - you may be surprised. . .
![Pharrell Williams](/resource/pharrell-williamsphaidonfree.jpg)
Sir Kenneth Grange reshapes the British beer glass
The acclaimed designer combines two distinct drinking vessels into one contemporary, pint-sized classic
![Sir Kenneth Grange's new glass, the Kenneth. Image courtesy of Camden Town Brewery](/resource/kenneth.jpg)
Who knew Degas did erotica?
On the artist's birthday, we look at how Degas moved away from Impressionism to pursue a private take on pleasure
![Edgar Degas, Femme nue couchée, c.1888–90](/resource/083-degas.jpg)
The skate artist who branded Hong Kong’s hottest restaurant
Matt Abergel got Evan Hecox to brand Yardbird - and learned an important lesson on how to approach your heroes
![Yardbird, Hong Kong, with Evan Hecox's logo on the glass](/resource/238-9-yardbird-hong-kong.jpg)
Oh dear, Maurizio Cattelan has killed Banksy!
His new work Eternity, sees him fill a Tuscan garden with gravestones for 100 artists - some dead, some alive
![Eternity (2018) by Maurizio Cattelan. Image courtesy of Forme nel Verde](/resource/cattelangraveyaard.jpg)
An iPhone doesn't make you a filmmaker says Danny Lyon
The veteran photographer, documentary maker and Phaidon author calls unedited phone uploads 'visual pollution'
![Self portrait by Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the photographer](/resource/dnanylyonselfportrait.jpg)
Kerry James Marshall's 30-foot tribute to black lawyers
'Every brick had to be hand cut to make that form consistent' he says of monument referencing talking drums
![Kerry James Marshall with his work A Monumental Journey (2018). All images courtesy of The Des Moines Public Art Foundation's Instagram](/resource/monumentaljourney2.jpg)
How Apple made us all talk 'emoji'
On World Emoji Day, we look at how California’s free-spirited culture gave rise to the new way of communicating
![Smile emoji, as published in California: Designing Freedom](/resource/emojismile.jpg)