The surprisingly political origins of German pickled herring
How Otto von Bismarck came to lend his name to one of Germany’s best-loved seafood dishes
Look who turned up at our Kate Moss book launch!
Kate stopped by to see photographer boyfriend Mario Sorrenti as we publish the photos that wowed Calvin Klein
'Street dance is crucial' – Olafur Eliasson on Harlem Gun Crew, his teenage years and the Experience of space
Eliasson doesn’t hide his early breakdancing achievements; instead he incorporates them into his artistic career
These Brutalist buildings are actually really beautiful
It might not be known for its pretty ornamentation or well-balanced forms but Brutalism can still embody beauty
Sketch to Skyline - what Foreign Office Architects' Yokohama International Ferry Terminal looked like on day one
Sometimes the finished structure doesn't look much like the drawing - as this early ink on paper sketch reveals
Astonishing Animals – The Spoonworm
These six different images depict one obscure marine animal, captured by one dedicated photographer
How the cities of the future will look
80% of urban infrastructure that will exist in 2050 isn't built yet. Ricky Burdett is about to give us a sneak peak
The surprisingly sacred origins of German pretzels
Read how old prayer traditions found their way into popular baked goods, according to The German Cookbook
Putnam & Putnam fill trucks with flowers for Gaga designer
Michael and Darroch Putnam give fashion director Brandon Maxwell's tailgate-themed show a floral accompaniment
Anna Dello Russo lights up Fifth Avenue
The Italian super stylist was joined by top models and designers at her NY Fashion Week party earlier this week
How Roald Dahl ended up with a Bacon Portrait of Freud
On Roald Dahl day, we take a closer look at the author’s love of these monumental British artists
U2 play Massimo Bottura’s Refettorio Paris
Bono and the band took an opportunity during their tour to entertain guests at Massimo's Bread Is Gold restaurant
Wolfgang Tillmans makes a return to the photocopier
The photographer says his first camera was the copy machine and he’s gone back to the office staple for a new show
How Ernö Goldfinger brutalised both east and west
The architect built iconic towers on both sides of London - and was immortalised as a Bond baddie
Sketch to Skyline - What Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano's Pompidou Centre in Paris looked like on day one
This cultural centre in a rundown part of Paris epitomised 'the Bilbao effect' years before the term was coined
Now you can cook like Massimo Bottura (kind of)
The chef and philanthropist has designed his own range of cooking toys - with a little help from Grundig
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
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
The art that Daniel Arsham fits in around Snarkitecture
Fossilised cars, phones, cameras, guitars and boom boxes - how he switches from commission to gallery
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
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
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
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
John Pawson pays homage to Agnes Martin's grids
The minimalist architect references Martin’s famous Sixties grid paintings in these recently posted images
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
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
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
Astonishing Animals – The Pigeon
Scott Echols's ghoulish bird image is the result of an innovative technology that helps us see inside animals
How to sound clever about Supreme’s Mike Kelley collection
Learn how Kelley worked childhood, craft and creepiness into the pieces Supreme is reproducing
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
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
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
Astonishing Animals – The Fruit Bat
Nick Veasey's radiographic photo is just one of 300 amazing images in Animal: Exploring the Zoological World
It's time to vibe up your vases!
3 simple tips for your floral arrangements from Putnam & Putnam, NYC’s brightest floral designers
Andy's Athletes - OJ Simpson
The stories behind Warhol's encounters with sports stars of the Seventies - as pictured in the Catalogue Raisonné
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
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
Trevor Paglen launches into his critics
Artist comes out fighting against astronomers who claim launch of his Orbital Reflector just means more space junk
Astonishing Animals – The Diana Monkey
Jill Greenberg manipulates her hyperrealist photographs to emphasise the connection between us and them
Andy's Athletes - Jack Nicklaus
The stories behind Warhol's encounters with sports stars of the Seventies - as pictured in the Catalogue Raisonné
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
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
Astonishing Animals – The Steppe Bison
Painted 17,000 years ago, using sophisticated techniques, there's a lot more to this image than you think
Andy's Athletes - Muhammad Ali
The stories behind Warhol's encounters with sports stars of the Seventies - as pictured in the Catalogue Raisonné
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
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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
In Praise of Paul Rand
On the anniversary of his birth take the opportunity to gem up on the undisputed godfather of graphic design
Astonishing Animals – The Lion’s Mane Jellyfish
This beauty has 100 feet long tentacles with thousands of microscopic harpoons that inject a paralysing venom
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
Andy's Athletes - Willie Shoemaker
The stories behind Warhol's encounters with sports stars of the Seventies - as pictured in the Catalogue Raisonné
Astonishing Animals – The Monarch of the Glen
New book Animal is a magnificent menagerie of imagery, documenting animals of all kinds throughout the ages
Zhang Xiaogang reflects on more disquieting memories
The Chinese artist draws on his personal recollections in a new exhibition of emotionally charged pictures
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
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
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
Can new technology bring back lost art?
Noah Charney on how destroyed artworks - and fake Old Masters - are being remade for today's museums
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
Scholten & Baijings remix IKEA
Dutch design duo's colourful update of IKEA classics will find their way into many design fans’ homes
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
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
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
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
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
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
Wolfgang Tillmans just shot Neneh Cherry
The fine-art photographer created the cover for Neneh Cherry's hard-hitting new migrant crisis single, Kong
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Theaster Gates harmonizes with Harry Styles
Could the 'Mick Jagger of Social Practice' have found a soul mate in the erstwhile One Direction singer?
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Stephen Shore goes back on the road
The photographer is on another summer road-trip in the flyover states, shooting more American Surfaces
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
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. . .
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
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
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
