Did you see us with Grayson Perry on TV last night?
The ceramicist is inspired by our books Body of Art and Map judging by his Channel 4 Brexit documentary
![Grayson Perry on Channel 4 last night with our books Body of Art and Map](/resource/graysonperryscreenshot2.jpg)
Annie Leibovitz shoots Star Wars for Vanity Fair
The brilliant US photographer shoots four different covers featuring the cast of The Last Jedi
![Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher photographed Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair. Image courtesy of Vanity Fair](/resource/lastjedi.jpg)
A Phaidon guide to Mario Testino’s art collection
The photo legend is selling his collection at Sotheby’s - here’s all you need to need to know about the artists in it
![Mario Testino in a video to promote his Sotheby's sale](/resource/mariotestino-still.jpg)
The weird numerology behind Anselm Kiefer’s new show
Meet the poet who wrote a language for birds, predicted the web, and inspired Kiefer's new Hermitage exhibition
![Battles at Sea by Velimir Khlebnikov by Anselm Kiefer. Photo: Charles Duprat. Image courtesy of the Hermitage](/resource/i-6f.jpg)
David Lynch's art, architecture and photography influences
As Twin Peaks returns we take a look at how the director’s life-long appreciation of cool stuff affects his vision
![David Lynch in the 2016 documentary David Lynch: The Art Life](/resource/lycnartlife-i.jpg)
Photos That Changed The World - Migrant Mother
Dorothea Lange's photo humanised the Great Depression and greatly influenced documentary photography
![Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother (1936), Nipomo, California, USA](/resource/dorothealange-02.jpg)
Grace Coddington’s part in Edward Enninful’s rise
Here’s how Grace Coddington encouraged the new British Vogue editor's progression to the top
![Grace Coddington's drawing of Edward Enninful, British Vogue's new editor. Image courtesy of Grace's Instagram](/resource/edwardenninful5.jpg)
You can see into North Korea from this very big wheel
But you'll have to have a really good head for heights - it's the biggest 'spokeless' one in the world
![Bailing River Bridge Spokeless Ferris Wheel - China Construction Sixth Engineering Division - image courtesy Xinhuanet](/resource/bailingone.jpg)
On Araki’s birthday why not invest in a limited edition print?
The photographer is 77 today, here’s how you can own one of his beautifully nuanced, erotic photographs
![Araki and his wife Yoko from Self, Life, Death](/resource/araki1.jpg)
Amazon plants out its Spheres
The tech firm is bringing a little Amazonian-style biodiversity to Seattle as it propagates its new meeting space
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How Apple’s 1984 ad rewrote George Orwell
As the Design Museum’s new California exhibition opens we look back at one seminal Apple Macintosh ad
![A still from Apple's 1984 Superbowl commercial, as reproduced in California](/resource/appl1984.jpg)
Albert Adrià plans 'a surprising bath' for Ibiza
Chef, author and brother of Ferran returns to the party island with Cirque du Soleil for another mad season
![Albert Adrià. Image via Wikimedia commons](/resource/albert-adriaii.jpg)
Have you seen this new Wolfgang Tillmans video?
The acclaimed photographer has made a video with London producer Powell and will perform with him in August
![A still from Wolfgang Tillmans' video for Powell's track Freezer](/resource/xa.jpg)
The ancient inspiration behind Peter Marino's Gagosian debut
Discover how a pre-Christian shipwreck led the architect and fine-art collector to create a series of beautiful boxes
![Dragon Scale Commode (2017) by Peter Marino. Image courtesy of the Gagosian](/resource/pmari-2017-0007-i.jpg)
A culinary guide to Donald Trump’s first foreign trip
His love of fries is well established, so how will he get on with Middle Eastern, Italian, Belgian and French cuisine?
![President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk down red-carpeted stairs, Saturday, May 20, 2017, on their arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)](/resource/trumpplan1.jpg)
The tank that inspired Cartier
A new Design Museum exhibition looks at the influence of heavy industry on one of the world’s finest jewellers
![Renault FT-17 Tank](/resource/renault-ft-17-wwi-tank.jpg)
Korea joins The High Line club
The Dutch architecture practice MVRDV has created a linear park for the South Korean capital Seoul
![MVRDV's Seoullo 7017 Skygarden. All images courtesy of MVRDV. Photograph by Ossip van Duivenbode. Copyright Ossip van Duivenbode](/resource/skygarden1.jpg)
In Production - Kerry James Marshall
Contemporary Art Editor Michele Robecchi gives us a sneak peek at a book about to leave our shelves for yours
![Our Kerry James Marshall Contemporary Artist Series monograph in production in the Phaidon Light Room](/resource/kerrynewleadagain.jpg)
The Pope guided Massimo Bottura to feed the poor
Here’s how divine intervention led the chef and Phaidon author’s philanthropic Food for Soul initiative
![Massimo Bottura helping out at the Felix Project, London. Image courtesy of Food for Soul](/resource/massimofelix.jpg)
Why John Pawson is the ideal Noguchi Award winner
Everyone from Ian Schrager to Deyan Sudjic thinks the architect is an apt Isamu Noguchi Award honouree
![John Pawson (right) and fellow 2017 Noguchi Award winner Hiroshi Senju. Photo by Benjamin Lozovsky/BFA.com](/resource/johnpawsonnoguchi2.jpg)
Watch Lauren Greenfield at the Design Museum in London
See the photographer talk about why Generation Wealth is not just about the wealthy - but all of us
![Lauren Greenfield talking at The Design Museum last night](/resource/laurenlead.jpg)
Would you wear Tank Man on a t-shirt?
That’s the question photo-loving followers of fashion will be asking themselves at Dover Street Market
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Lauren Greenfield - 'I want to photograph Trump!'
Our Generation Wealth photo author made a surprise revelation at last night’s Design Museum talk. . .
![Lauren Greenfield at the Design Museum, London with Anne McElvoy, left](/resource/laurenleadimage.jpg)
When Eve Arnold met Malcolm X
On Malcolm X Day, we look at the events surrounding an iconic shoot by the Magnum photographer
![A spread of Eve Arnold's 1961 Malcolm X photographs from our book Magnum Stories.](/resource/arnold-x3.jpg)
JR and Agnès Varda’s small-town film comes to Cannes
The documentary Visages Villages follows the pair aboard JR’s mobile photo booth as they drive into rural France
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How Walter Gropius made the modern age
On the anniverary of the Bauhaus founder's birth we look at how his school helped form modern functionalism
![Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, 1947](/resource/gropiusleadii.jpg)
Philip Guston versus Richard Nixon
On the 44th anniversary of the Watergate hearings a new show looks back at the artist's take on Tricky Dicky
![Untitled (Poor Richard) (1971) by Philip Guston. Image courtesy of Hauser & Wirth](/resource/poorrichardlead.jpg)
Paul Smith takes Martin Parr to the beach
The Magnum photographer lets the designer reproduce his beach photographs on a suitably summery range
![Men's Martin Parr 'Beach' Photo-Print Silk Pocket Square by Paul Smith. Image courtesy of PaulSmith.com](/resource/asrc-962d-parr-10-1.jpg)
How drinks with Erik Satie helped Man Ray make this 'gift'
On the 151st anniversary of the minimalist composer’s birth we look back at his little-known surrealist collaboration
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Grace Coddington styles Elle Fanning for Vogue cover
Vogue’s creative director at large teams up with Annie Leibovitz for the June issue - two Phaidon authors!
![Elle Fanning's Vogue cover debut, as styled by Grace Coddington. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz](/resource/ellevogue1.jpg)
How Aziz Ansari ended up at Massimo Bottura's place
"It was one of the greatest meals of our lives that we happened to capture on film!" says co-star Eric Wareheim
![Aziz Ansari at Osteria Francescana in series two of Master of None. Image courtesy of Netflix](/resource/azizat620.jpg)
Art inspired by the Cultural Revolution
On the 51st anniversary how the generation it affected incorporated their experience into great artworks
![Bloodline – Big Family No. 3, (1995) by Zhang Xiaogang. As reproduced in Zhang Xiaogang: Disquieting Memories.](/resource/100family.jpg)
A pen fit for Peter Marino
The architect and art lover collaborates with Caran d’Ache to produce a new range of writing implements
![Peter Marino signing his Phaidon book with his Varius pen. All images courtesy of Caran d'Ache's instagram](/resource/petermarinopen1.jpg)
5 reasons to look again at Las Vegas architecture
Vegas was founded 112 years ago today. Here’s how to love it, even if you’re not a slots and Cirque du Soleil sort
![Stephen Shore, Golden Nugget (27 June, 1978), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA](/resource/ss8.jpg)
Nicholas Fahey on why he loves Lauren Greenfield
The respected LA photo gallerist on what to look for in a Lauren Greenfield picture, how she's turning on a new generation to photography and why he thinks she's a little bit like Henri Cartier-Bresson
![Generation Wealth - Lauren Greenfield installation shot at Fahey Klein Gallery Los Angeles](/resource/genwealthinstalation6.jpg)
What was the Target in Jasper Johns' paintings?
On the artist’s 87th birthday, we look into the hidden meanings in one of his best-known series of works
![Target (1958) by Jasper Johns. As reproduced in our Phaidon Focus book](/resource/target19581.jpg)
Joel Meyerowitz - in black and white and full colour
Witness the moment when the pioneering American photographer began depicting his world in two ways
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A Movement in a Moment: The Pre-Raphaelites
On Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s birthday, we look back at the original band of revolting London art students
![Christ in the House of His Parents (The Carpenter’s Shop) (1849–50) by John Everett Millais. As reproduced in Art in Time](/resource/john-everett-millais-christ-in-the-house-of-his-parents.jpg)
JR’s mercy mission to Somalia
The artist and activist joins social media-stars Jérôme Jarre and Juanpa Zurita on their aid trip to East Africa
![JR paste-up eye photos (taken by Yasin Osman) on the side of a a relief truck in Somalia. Image courtesy of JR's Instagram](/resource/jrsomali3.jpg)
Richard Tuttle's Critical Edge
Richard Tuttle first came to prominence in the 60s with a body of work that used mundane materials such as textile, paper, wire, and rope – materials he still works with today as a curent show of recent work at Pace London reveals
![The Critical Edge V, 2015 - Richard Tuttle courtesy The Pace Gallery](/resource/tuttle3.jpg)
Pentagram gives Margaret Howell a makeover
The London fashion designer's studio gets an interior refresh courtesy of the international design practice
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Inside Mark Bradford's US pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Why the LA artist is drawing on classical mythology, Marilyn Monroe and prison reform in his installation
![Installation view of Tomorrow is Another Day (2017) by Mark Bradford. Photograph by Joshua White. Image courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth](/resource/6067.jpg)
Ferran Adrià has just announced his first US venture
The elBulli chef will work with José Andrés to launch an Eataly-style Spanish food hall under the High Line
![Ferran (left) and José Andrés. Image courtesy of Larry via Flickr. Creative Commons license.](/resource/ferranandjose.jpg)
Four ways of looking at Giacometti
Heading to the Tate show? Then here are a few tips for getting the most out of the great man’s art
![Alberto Giacometti and his sculptures at the Venice Biennale, 1956. Archives of the Giacometti Foundation. Image courtesy of Tate](/resource/az31.jpg)
Massimo Bottura breaks bread with Obama in Milan
Food and climate change brought the chef and the former President together in northern Italy earlier today
![Massimo Bottura and Barack Obama in Milan. All images courtesy of Massimo Bottura's Instagram](/resource/obamamassimobottura.jpg)
How Sottsass and Scarpa pushed back against modernism
A new ceramics exhibition sheds light on the ways these two Italians subtly rejected modernism’s restraints
![Ettore Sottsass's ceramics on display at Carlo Scarpa's Negozio Olivetti building in Venice. All photographs by Matthieu Salvaing courtesy of FAI Italia.](/resource/93wpr17may324-1.jpg)
What to expect from Bruce Nauman in the Tate Turbine Hall
Nauman's 2004 sound piece Raw Materials returns to the Tate next week. Here are some key insights into the work
![Bruce Nauman at Tate Modern, 2004. As reproduced in Bruce Nauman: The True Artist](/resource/bruceturbine2.jpg)
René Redzepi has just cooked a Mexican wasps nest!
It was harvested on a full moon, in accordance with local tradition, and cooked whole over a bonfire
![Redzepi's Mexican wasp nest. Image courtesy of René Redzepi's Instagram](/resource/redzepiwaspnest1.jpg)
Ellsworth Kelly’s last paintings meet his early plant art
Here's why the late artist's gallery chose to pair his final abstract works with his earlier botanical drawings
![Blue Black Red (2015) by Ellsworth Kelly. Image courtesy of Matthew Marks](/resource/42889-ek-1083-013.jpg)
A Phaidon guide to Brad Pitt’s favourite sculptor
Here’s what you need to know about the British-born LA-based artist Thomas Houseago
![Sprawling Octopus Man (2009) by Thomas Houseago. Photograph by Josh White. Image courtesy of Hauser & Wirth](/resource/octapusman.jpg)
Andrew Bird and Theaster Gates have written some songs!
The artist has teamed up with the singer to turn his poems into songs - watch them perform together here
![Andrew Bird and Theaster Gates](/resource/gatesbird3.jpg)
Stefan Sagmeister puts a smile back on America's face
The legendary graphic designer tours his Happy Film across the US this month - here’s where you can catch him
![Stefan Sagmeister in The Happy Film](/resource/stefanbunnysuit.jpg)
When Keith Haring turned a men's room into art
On the anniversary of the artist’s birth, we look back on his site-specific work Once Upon a Time
![Keith Haring painting in 1986. Image courtesy of Wikipedia](/resource/keith-haring-1986.jpg)
Giosetta Fioroni on her 2017 Frieze Project
The 60s art voyeur tells us about recreating The Optical Spy in New York - 50 years on from its Rome premiere
![Giosetta Fioroni's Optical Spy (1968). As reproduced in Arte Povera](/resource/giosetta1.jpg)
Magnus and Massimo take a trip to La La Land
The chefs joined Iron Man director Jon Favreau to talk about how they're becoming part of the entertainment world
![David Gelb, Jon Favreau, Jonathan Gold, Massimo Bottura, Magnus Nilsson and Roy Choi in Los Angeles. Image courtesy of Massimo Bottura's Instagram](/resource/foodbowlmassimoinsta.jpg)
Why Frieze NY is all about collaboration this week
From Elmgreen & Dragset to a doom-filled perfume, collaborative art practices are all over the art fair
![GCC: Inaugural Summit, Morschach 2013 4, 2013, digital C-print, 103 x 70 cm. Picture credit: courtesy and © GCC](/resource/202-gccii.jpg)
Photos That Changed The World - The Lambeth Walk
On the anniversary of his birth, we look back on Bill Brandt’s pioneering social reportage
![The Lambeth Walk. 1936. As reproduced in The Photography Book](/resource/billbrandtlamethwalk.jpg)
What was it with Yves Klein and Blue?
On the anniversary of his birth, a look at the artist's preoccupation with the colour blue, courtesy of Chromaphilia
![ikb - International Klein Blue, 1957](/resource/ysvesforweb.jpg)
Ai Weiwei and Shepard Fairey give Trump the finger
The artists produce new anti-authoritarian skateboards to mark the first 100 days of the presidency
![Study of Perspective decks by Ai Weiwei for The Skateroom](/resource/study-of-perspective-decks-by-ai-weiwei-for-the-skateroom.jpg)
How Martin Parr stopped these guys looking at his camera
The inquisitive British Magnum photographer on Mormons, patience, and making a personal connection
![Szechenyi thermal baths, Budapest, Hungary, 1997. All photographs by Martin Parr. Copyright: © Martin Parr, Magnum Photos, Rocket Gallery](/resource/197-851-martinparr.jpg)
Pentagram put The Handmaid's Tale on The High Line
Paula Scher and Abbott Miller hope their new installation will offer "glimpses of resistance for an uncertain age”
![The Handmaid’s Tale installation on the High Line. All images courtesy of Pentagram](/resource/ps-am-handmaidstale-7.jpg)
A Carlo Scarpa guide to Venice
Heading to La Serenissima for the art? Great! But don't forget to take a look at the city's architecture too
![Fondazione Querini Stampalia renovations, Venice, 1961-63, view across water entry room from entrance hall, with the water gates (l) and radiator enclosure and glass wall (r).
All pictures taken from our Carlo Scarpa book](/resource/fondstampascarpa.jpg)
Take a look at the dishes in our latest James Beard winner!
And read the charming childhood story behind our hit meat-free Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook
![A selection of dishes from The Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook, winner of the best book in the Vegetable Cooking category of The 2017 James Beard Foundation Book Awards](/resource/128-9-salad-ii.jpg)
Annabelle Selldorf shows us her new London gallery
Architect says she has added 'minor interventions' to an 18th century London house for Thaddaeus Ropac
![Ely House, 2016. Photograph by Hugo Glendinning. Image courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac](/resource/ely-house-in-2016-galerie-thaddaeus-ropac-london-photo-hugo-glendinning-0645.jpg)
A Movement in a Moment: Romanticism
On Delacroix's birthday we look at how a literary movement went on to shape European art history
![The Death of Sardanapalus (1827) by Eugène Delacroix](/resource/euge-ne-delacroix-la-mort-de-sardanapale.jpg)
How DNA undermined Darwin
On the anniversary of DNA's discovery, we look at how the double helix called into question a few of his claims
![The original model created by James Watson and Francis Crick illustrates the double-helix structure of DNA. Photographed by Robert Clark, as featured in Evolution: A Visual Record](/resource/dnalead-ii.jpg)
Wilhelm Sasnal has painted Marine Le Pen
As French elections begin, the far right leader appears alongside Angela Merkel and Hillary Clinton in new show
![Marine Le Pen (2012) by Wilhelm Sasnal. All images courtesy of the artist and Anton Kern gallery](/resource/ak13831-sas-marinelepen-1400-0x117x3000x2001-q85-1.jpg)
How a watchmaker changed Willem de Kooning’s life
We look back at one early encounter that spurred him on to become an artist
![Willem de Kooning in his Fourth Avenue studio with drawings related to Woman I in the background, 1950; photograph by Rudy Burckhardt.](/resource/102-wdk-1950-1.jpg)
In Production - Ornament Is Crime
Architecture & Design Editor Virginia McLeod gives us a sneak peek at a book about to leave our shelves for yours
![Ornament Is Crime in production in the Phaidon Light Room](/resource/ornamentinprod2.jpg)
What’s JR doing on top of that Louise Bourgeois spider?
The artist and activist, fresh from a Paris opening, heads south to France's leading public art vineyard
![JR on top of Crouching Spider (2003) by Louise Bourgeois. Photograph by Diego Osorio. Image courtesy of JR's Instagram](/resource/jrspiderlead1.jpg)
Eve Arnold and the story of The Unretouched Woman
On the anniversary of her birth, how the photo legend waited until she was in her sixties before making a book
![Eve Arnold in London 1963 photographed by Robert Penn on the set of Becket staring Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole and John Gielgud - © Eve Arnold/Magnum Photos](/resource/evearnold.jpg)
Cindy Sherman, Kerry James Marshall in Time's 100
Here’s why the painter and fine art photographer are among Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People 2017
![untitled (painter) (2009) by Kerry James Marshall](/resource/058-untitled-painter.jpg)
Lauren Greenfield is in conversation at the Design Museum
Don't miss the Economist’s Anne McElvoy interviewing the Generation Wealth photographer next month
![Xue Qiwenin, 43, Shanghai, 2005. © 2017 Lauren Greenfield. From Generation Wealth](/resource/416-7-bling-dynasty.jpg)
How to get a seat at Noma Mexico
René Redzepi's pop-up is completely booked-up but there is a way to taste his take on Mexican cuisine
![The entrance to Noma Mexico. All images courtesy of René Redzepi's Instagram](/resource/nomaentrance.jpg)
A Movement in a Moment: Symbolism
Understand how a poetic movement spurred painters on to express inner truths, not subjective realities
![Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel), 1888 by Paul Gauguin. As reproduced in Art in Time](/resource/gauguin-vision-sermon.jpg)
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles last night. . .
A well-dressed crowd came to the Getty Residence to help us launch our new book London Uprising
![From left: London Uprising co-author Tania Fares, Phaidon CEO Keith Fox and Hala Achkar](/resource/keithandlondonlauprising.jpg)
If you want to get ahead get a hat
For baseball cap wearing On Vegetables chef Jeremy Fox it’s crucial kitchen apparel - and a reminder of his roots
![On Vegetables chef and author Jeremy Fox - in a baseball cap](/resource/jeremybluehatlead.jpg)
Sarah Sze explains her 2nd Avenue subway art
Here’s why the artist and Phaidon author drew on the Futurists and Constructivists for her NYC commission
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5 designs that could only come from Japan
To celebrate Japanese Invention Day (us neither!) here are some designs that are super modern yet traditional
![The Cabbage Chair - Nendo](/resource/cabbagechari.jpg)
Steve McCurry at Angkor Wat on World Heritage Day
The entire history of a great civilisation in one place - photographed by one great Magnum photographer
![Angkor Wat - Steve McCurry - from Steve McCurry: Sanctuary The Temples of Angkor](/resource/angkorsteve.jpg)
Jeremy Fox - from cold turkey to hot property
The chef opens up about his early career struggles and newfound happiness in WSJ Magazine
![Jeremy Fox by Rick Poon](/resource/jeremyfoxlead1.jpg)
5 Artworks you possibly didn't realise were religious
It's Easter - take a brief moment to educate yourself about the unseen messages within these iconic artworks
![Chicago Board of Trade II 1998 - Andreas Gurksy](/resource/andreasgurskychicago.jpg)
How Yuri Gagarin inspired Soviet design
56 years ago today the Cosmonaut became the first man in space and launched a new era of Soviet design
![USSR Vostok (East) Rocket Tin for Sweets - Moscow Design Museum](/resource/cr-8-10-46-1-a-19.jpg)
How to sound smart when talking about Kanye’s collection
Kim Kardashian's husband goes old skool with new line inspired by the Italian Renaissance
![One of the Renaissance-inspired pieces from Kanye West's new Yeezy jewellery collection at yeezysupply.com](/resource/kaneylead.jpg)
How to love, lunch and dream at the Venice Biennale
Here's why the 2017 Venice Art Biennale will be filled with pleasure and leisure (as well as a bit of politics)
![(still), Lake Valley, 2016. HD Video, 8:25 min by Rachel Rose. Courtesy of the artist, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London and Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York/Rome.](/resource/rose-rachel-lake-valley-courtesy-of-the-artist.jpg)
Why Frieze is bringing The Moon to New York
The art fair will recreate a seminal 1968 Fabio Mauri lunar installation as part of the 2017 event
![Fabio Mauri's La Luna (The Moon)](/resource/maurimoon1.jpg)
Say hello to your new office snack!
Eating bugs might sound gross but here's what we discovered when Phaidon's finest took the taste test
![A grasshopper photographed by Jonathan Gregson
as featured in On Eating Insects](/resource/grasshopper.jpg)
How Matisse was inspired by clutter
A new exhibition traces what role the great painter’s possessions played in the creation of his art
![Henri Matisse at home in front of his Egyptian curtain, Villa La Reve, Vence, 1944 © Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos.](/resource/hcbressonmatisse.jpg)
A Movement in a Moment: Colour Field Painting
On Kenneth Noland’s birthday we look back at the abstract style that sought to rid art of superfluous rhetoric
![Morning Span (1963) by Kenneth Noland](/resource/morningveil.jpg)
Edmund de Waal channels Giorgio Morandi in Stockholm
Though it's not ceramics that unite the two artists but the encouragement of mindful viewing and contemplation
![another hour - Edmund de Waal](/resource/leadedmund.jpg)
Come and visit Phaidon and Moroso in Milan
The Italian furniture company is showing a number of our books at their showroom at Fuori Salone, Milan
![Our books on the Moroso stand](/resource/booksontable.jpg)
Theaster Gates premieres his Black Monks movie
The artist’s jazz-gospel group stars in a new film, opening at Helsinki's IHME Art Festival this week
![Theaster Gates & The Black Monks of Mississippi](/resource/tg-with-black-monks.jpg)
It's New Beer's Eve! Check out these 5 bars
Feeling thirsty? Well here’s a handful of places to raise a glass to 'remember' the repeal of prohibition
![The beer board at the Blind Lady Ale House, Clark Street Ale House, San Diego, California](/resource/blind-lady-ale-house.jpg)
How Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels link us to the cosmos
This US artist was born 79 years ago today. Discover how her Sun Tunnels connect us with astronomical events
![Sun Tunnels (1973) by Nancy Holt. As reproduced in Art & Place: Site-specific Art of the Americas](/resource/nancyholtsuntunnels1.jpg)
Phaidon chefs shine at World's 50 Best Restaurants
From Manhattan to Modena, our chefs' restaurants remain among the best places to eat in the world and André Chiang's Restaurant André is the fastest riser among them - moving up 18 places from number 32 to 14
![André Chiang of Restaurant André - our fastest riser from number 32 last year to 14 this year - photograph by Edward Ho](/resource/chianngheadshot.jpg)
Virgilio Martinez wins Chefs Choice Award at 50 Best!
Central chef and author is crowned chefs' favourite at the awards ceremony in Melbourne
![Virgilio receives his Chef's Choice Award at the World's 50 Best Restaurants ceremony](/resource/virgiloscreengrab1.jpg)
Good luck to all our chefs at The World's 50 Best!
Who will win in Melbourne tomorrow? It's not long now until we find out
![From left: Dan Hunter of Brae, Virgilio Martinez of Central, Massimo Bottura of Osteria Franciscana](/resource/3chefs50best.jpg)
How a young David Hockney sneaked this guy into Britain
To mark the opening of Queer British Art 1861–1967 we look back at the hunk Hockney painted for his diploma
![Hockney David Hockney Life Painting for a Diploma 1962Yageo Foundation © Yageo Foundation](/resource/hockneyqueerart.jpg)
Diller Scofidio + Renfro make a roof from jeans
The US architectural practice repurposes 300 pairs of denim strides for 2017's Milan Design Week
![Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Jeans canopy for Palazzo Litta. Image courtesy of DAMN° magazine](/resource/dillerjeans1.jpg)
It's the Peace symbol's Birthday
How the peace sign, unveiled at a CND march on 4 April 1958, used an old symbol to express a modern message
![Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 1958 - Gerald Holtom](/resource/cndimagegraphic.jpg)