Yu Hong - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Yu Hong](/resource/yuhonginthestudio.jpg)
Steven Holl’s wave-like library for Malawi
The brilliant US architect brings his contemplative building design skills to one of the poorest areas of Africa
![Steven Holl's model for the new Malawian library. Image courtesy of Stevenholl.com](/resource/04-malawi-model-section-whor.jpg)
The search for Darwin's moth
Why was Darwin convinced this long-tongued moth existed even though it wasn't discovered until after he died?
![Angraecum sesquipedale (now commonly known as Darwin’s orchid) and the Xanthopan morganii moth as photographed by Robert Clark for Evolution](/resource/evolutionmothorchid.jpg)
Grace's greatest photographers – Mario Testino
To celebrate the publication of Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016, Vogue's Grace Coddington recalls some of her favourite photographers, including this Peruvian master who “manages to keep the mood up, up, up”
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The Art of the Plant – Emily Dickinson
What did the American poet see in this simple page of pressed flowers?
![Herbarium sheet, c.1839–46 Pressed flowers on woven paper, 33 × 49.5 cm / 13 × 19½ in Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. As reproduced in Plant](/resource/emilydickinson-plants.jpg)
Great recipes deserve great ingredients
Couple our great new book Eataly with one of the regional gift boxes from the Italian food company this Christmas
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BIG to rebrand the Nordic countries
Bjarke Ingels’ practice joins Area9, Ole Lund Creative and Mensch in an ambitious rebrand of the region
![Bjarke Ingels in Greenland, 2016. Image courtesy of Bjarke Ingels' Instagram](/resource/bjarkehuskies.jpg)
David Diao - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![David Diao in his studio](/resource/david-diao-in-studio-1.jpg)
Can you see Beirut in Mona Hatoum’s metal blocks?
How the Lebanese artist looked back to her shattered home town via this brutal, evocative steel installation
![Bunker (2011), 22 mild-steel tubing structures, dimensions variable. Installation view at White Cube, London, 2011. As reproduced in our new Contemporary Artist Series monograph](/resource/monahatoumbunker.jpg)
Plant and BloomsyBox – the gift that keeps on giving
If you’re gifting our great book Plant this holiday season why not couple it with a year’s worth of blooms?
![Plant and BloomsyBox.com - the gift that keeps on giving](/resource/bloomsyboxplantcomposite.jpg)
Christie's Strangest Sales - An expensive egg timer
Find out how the world's most expensive timepiece weathered the revolution and winged its way back to Russia
![Carl Fabergé (1846–1920), Rothschild Fabergé Egg, 1902, jewelled vari-coloured gold-mounted and enamelled egg on plinth, incorporating a clock and an automaton, 27 cm (101/2 in) tall SALE 28 November 2007, London ESTIMATE £6m–9m/$12.4m–18.6m SOLD £8,980,500/$18,573,940](/resource/fabergeeggchristies.jpg)
A Movement in a Moment: Post-Impressionism
Discover why Virginia Woolf pinpointed a 1910 painting exhibition as the starting point for the modern life
![Vincent van Gogh, Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889. Oil on canvas, 73 × 93.4 cm / 28¾ × 36¾ in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. As reproduced in Art in Time.](/resource/vangogh-postimpressionism.jpg)
Rose Wylie - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Rose Wylie. Photo by Joe McGorty](/resource/rose-joe-mcgorty-4-2.jpg)
How Ettore Sottsass took a shine to glass
A new show in the designer's centenary year looks at his fascination with, and dedication to, the material
![Glass pieces, 1982 by Ettore Sottsass. From our book Sottsass](/resource/313-br-glass-pieces.jpg)
MAD's Fake Hills solve real world problems
Our new book shows how this coastal block draws on the local geography to bring nature into its residents’ lives
![Fake Hills by MAD Architects. Images courtesy of MAD. As reproduced in MAD Works](/resource/madfakehills2.jpg)
Robert De Niro’s favourite new painter
Find out more about the New York painter RH Quaytman, winner of the 2016 Robert De Niro Sr. Prize
![Chapter 12: iamb (2008) by RH Quaytman. As reproduced in Painting Abstraction](/resource/rhquaytman2008.jpg)
How designers take a lead from the natural world
Evolution details the natural phenomena aiding designers - and how some designs have changed the animal world
![A microscopic view of sharkskin photographed by Robert Clark in Evolution: A Visual Record](/resource/sharkskin1.jpg)
Grace's greatest photographers – Tim Walker
To mark the publication of Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016, Vogue's Grace Coddington recalls some of her favourite photographers, including this tenacious, quintessentially English fashion image maker
![Kate Moss in Alexander McQueen; headpiece, Julien d’Ys. Hair, Julien d’Ys; makeup, Stéphane Marais; set design, Andy Hillman; Paris, April 2012. From Grace: The American Vogue Years and Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016](/resource/katemoss-walker.jpg)
Genieve Figgis - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Genieve Figgis photographed by Doreen Kilfeather courtesy Almine Rech](/resource/genievefiggisportrait.jpg)
The Art of the Plant – Leonardo da Vinci
Artist or scientist? Discover why da Vinci's botanical drawings lie at the very heart of this Renaissance Man's work
![Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum), wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) and sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia), c.1505–10 Pen and ink with red chalk on paper, 19.8 × 16 cm / 7¾ × 6¼ in Royal Collection Trust, London](/resource/davincistarofbethlehem.jpg)
Sasha Petraske's 8 rules for drinking decorously
Find out how Milk & Honey's Sasha Petraske changed the bar culture of New York using this list of simple rules
![Sasha Petraske](/resource/sasha-ii.jpg)
Grace's greatest photographers – David Sims
In honour of the publication of Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016, Vogue's Grace Coddington recalls some of her favourite photographers, including the Nineties minimalist who reminded her of David Bailey
![Sasha Pivovarova in Alexander McQueen. Hair, Guido; makeup, Diane Kendal; London, September 2008. From Grace: The American Vogue Years and Saving Grace Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016](/resource/394-sims.jpg)
Gift the Book - and the Look! #3
Regarding Cocktails is a great book and an even better gift when paired with a Williams-Sonoma shaker set
![Crafthouse by Fortessa Cocktail Shaker Set - the perfect complement to our book Regarding Cocktails, and available from Sonoma Williams](/resource/williamssonomalead.jpg)
Unveiling the New York City AIDS Memorial
Jenny Holzer and Studio ai collaborate on a monument to those who died and those who continue to fight AIDS
![The New York City AIDS Memorial. Photograph by Max Flatow](/resource/aids-memorial-7-of-298.jpg)
Fäviken heads for the slopes
Next year one of the world’s greatest chefs is hosting a ski resort supper club - here’s how you can snag a table
![Åre, Jämtland, Sweden. Photograph by Tuukka Ervasti/imagebank.sweden.se. Courtesy of Visit Sweden](/resource/tuukka-ervasti-a-re-village-543.jpg)
Helen Johnson - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Helen Johnson](/resource/helenportrait.jpg)
Olafur Eliasson turns to ice (again)
The artist and activist has put his Greenland icebergs to work - this time to create a new Berlin show
![Greenland ice being harvested by Olafur Eliasson. Image courtesy of Studio Olafur Eliasson's Instagram](/resource/olafuricebergs2.jpg)
Memphis does Hanukkah
Ever wondered what a Sottsass-influenced menorah looks like? Find out at the Jewish Museum, New York
![Peter Shire, Hanukkah Lamp, Menorah # 7, 1986. Steel: painted; aluminum: anodized; chromium. The Jewish Museum, New York. Purchase: Judaica Acquisitions Endowment Fund, 1989-20. Image courtesy of the Jewish Museum](/resource/memphis-hannukkahlamp.jpg)
Christie's Strangest Sales - Hercules and the Duke
The auction that signalled a turning point in the high esteem in which the British Royal Family were once held
![Edward Farrell (active 1813–1845), the Duke of York’s silver candelabrum centrepiece, 1824, silver gilt, weighing up to 28 kg (1,000 oz), 86 cm (34 in) high
S A L E 19 March 1827, London E ST I M AT E Not published SOLD £343 5s 6d/$1,695 EQU I VA L E N T TODAY £26,500/$38,200](/resource/herculesandduke.jpg)
Wolfgang Tillmans returns to magazines
The photographer turned musician shoots the cover of Pop and appears on the cover of Arena Homme +
![Wolfgang Tillmans on the cover of the new edition of Arena Homme Plus. Image courtesy of Arena Homme Plus](/resource/arenahommespluswolfgangtillmans.jpg)
Ryan Mosley - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Ryan Mosley](/resource/ryan-mosley.jpg)
The dirty politics in Mona Hatoum’s Cube
This Lebanese-born artist took US minimalism and added in a heavy subtext, as this book explains
![Cube (2006) by Mona Hatoum. As reproduced in our new Contemporary Artist Series book](/resource/cagemonahatoum.jpg)
The meanings in Robert Rauschenberg’s Monogram
Sexual metaphor or a religious offering? Here’s how to examine one of the key pieces in the Tate’s new show
![Monogram (1955-59) Combine: oil, paper, fabric, printed reproductions, metal, wood, rubber shoe-heel, and tennis ball on two conjoined canvases with oil on taxidermied Angora goat with brass plaque and rubber tire on wood platform mounted on four casters 106.7 x 135.2 x 163.8 cm Moderna Museet, Stockholm. Purchase with contribution from Moderna Museets Vänner/The Friends of Moderna Museet © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York. Image courtesy of the Tate](/resource/monogramrobertrauschenberg.jpg)
Gift the Book - and the Look! #2
If they’ll like A Hard Day’s Night they’ll love this Magnum contact sheet of the Fab Four at Abbey Road too
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Can you see the music in these patterns?
Could fabric design and music share some unlikely common ground? Yes, judging by our new book Patterns
![Printed fabric. 1936. Studio Bianchini-Férier. France. From the Loops category in Patterns](/resource/printedfabric1936studiobianchini-fe-rierfrance.jpg)
MAD's twisted home for traditional wooden art
Our new book describes how MAD architects created a polished steel home for a wood museum
![The China Wood Sculpture Museum in Harbin, China by MAD Architects, as featured in MAD Works. Photograph by Xia Zhi](/resource/chinawoodlead.jpg)
Valentina D'Amaro - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Valentina D'Amaro](/resource/valentinadamaro.jpg)
Magnum's moving photos of refugees
The photo agency teams with Amnesty International to highlight refugee crises past and present
![Five boys from Promahi in front if the refugee ship S.S Samos that evacuated children during the Civil War. Greece, 1948 © David Seymour / Magnum Photos](/resource/david-seymour-1948-manum-photos.jpg)
Gift the Book - and the Look!
If they like Grace they'll love these Paul Smith accessories - so don't just gift our books, gift the world within them
![Sir Paul Smith and Grace Coddington - two great gifts to the world!](/resource/paulandgrace1.jpg)
The Art of the Plant – Vincent van Gogh
Though better known for his Sunflowers, the artist drew this Hyacinth during his struggle with mental illness
![Vincent van Gogh, Tassel Hyacinth, (1889) Pencil, brush and ink on paper, 41.2 × 30.9 cm / 16¼ × 12¼ in Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. From Plant: Exploring the Botanical World](/resource/vangoghplant.jpg)
80-year-old Ingeborg Lüscher – Art needs courage
The artist on life with Harald Szeemann, how the Prague Spring changed her, and what young artists should do
![Ingeborg Lüscher in her Amber Room installation, 2008. Image courtesy of Wikimedia commons](/resource/640px-ingeborg-luescher-bernsteinzimmer.jpg)
A few of Sarah Sze's favourite things
A Vermeer, a Japanese shrine, Rauschenberg's bed - and toilet paper - are among the artist's most-loved objects
![Sarah Sze 2016](/resource/sarahsze-i.jpg)
Music to watch Agnes Martin to
The New York contemporary composer John Zorn sets the artist's abstract work to music at the Guggenheim
![Agnes Martin, Cuba, New Mexico (1974)](/resource/066-t-l-am.jpg)
Ma Yansong on his MAD Tiananmen Square forest
The MAD Architect looks back on his scheme for Beijing and wonders whether he could improve Western cities
![Tiananmen Square rendering from MAD Architects' Beijing 2050 proposal.](/resource/forestbeijing.jpg)
Christie's Strangest Sales – the Hand of God
How two Polish politicians' protests actually pushed up the price of this Maurizio Cattelan work
![Maurizio Cattelan, La Nona Ora, 1999, wax, clothing, polyester resin with metallic powder, volcanic rock, carpet and glass, dimensions variable SALE 17 May 2001, New York ESTIMATE $400,000–$600,000/ £281,000–£421,400 SOLD $886,000/£622,325](/resource/cattelan1.jpg)
Virgilio Martínez goes to Attica
The Peruvian chef teams up with Ben Shewry to prepare dinner at his world-beating Melbourne restaurant
![Virgilio Martinez and Ben Shewry in Melbourne, November 2016](/resource/virgilioben.jpg)
Toby Mott - Joe Corré’s punk bonfire was wrong
Punk In Print author says Sex Pistols' manager's son went against punk's spirit by burning cultural ephemera
![Toby Mott on Newsnight](/resource/mottynewsnight.jpg)
Grace's greatest photographers – Mert and Marcus
To herald the publication of Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016, Vogue's Grace Coddington runs through her favourite photographers, including this pair who use digital techniques to get the perfect picture
![Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott. Kendall Jenner in Louis Vuitton and cast of wonder.land (costumes designed by Katrina Lindsay); hair, Shay Ashual; makeup, Lisa Eldridge; set design, Andrew Tomlinson; London, December 2015. Courtesy The Condé Nast Publications. From Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016 and Grace: The American Vogue Years](/resource/246-7-alas-piggott.jpg)
How this rural retreat mimics its environment
Look what happens when contemporary architecture meets splendid isolation via our book Elemental Living
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The tiny hole that shed light on all of us
Our new book Evolution looks at the team of 'underground astronauts' who added weight to Darwin’s theory
![The Rising Star Cave, as photographed by Robert Clark. From Evolution: A Visual Record.](/resource/risingstarcave.jpg)
The books beside Jonathan Ive
Did you catch our book cameo in the BBC interview with Apple's Chief Design Officer and Phaidon author?
![Jony Ive and Brenda Emmanus on The Brits Who Designed the Modern World. Phaidon's This Brutal World and The High Line feature in the background.](/resource/ivebooksbbc.jpg)
Happy 85th birthday Tomi Ungerer!
Eric Carle, Jean Julien, Milton Glaser, Oliver Jeffers and Stefan Sagmeister all pay tribute to the 85-year-old author
![Eric Carle's birthday tribute to Tomi Ungerer](/resource/tomibirthdaylead.jpg)
Julia Rommel - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Julia Rommel](/resource/juliarommel1.jpg)
A Vitamin P3 guide to Art Basel Miami Beach
Want to understand what's on display at next month’s art fair? Then get our new painting survey Vitamin P3
![Art Basel Miami Beach. Image courtesy of Art Basel](/resource/abmb15-general-impression-2892.jpg)
Eataly is opening a theme park!
FICO Eataly World will take Italian food fanatics on a culinary roller coaster ride all in one ambitious new venue
![A rendering of FICO Eataly World](/resource/fico2.jpg)
How Massimo Bottura's family do Thanksgiving
Look at how the world’s best chef brings together the two sides of his family over a pumpkin-infused tiramisu
![Massimo Bottura makes Tirami zucca. Image courtesy of Massimo's Instagram](/resource/tiramizza.jpg)
Grace's greatest photographers – Ellen Von Unwerth
Ahead of the publication of Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016, Vogue's Grace Coddington runs through some of her favourite photographers, including fellow ex-model turned fashion professional Ellen von Unwerth
![Christy Turlington, Jaime Rishar, and Keith Martin, 113, Ralph Lauren; hair, Peter Savic, USA, 199. From Grace Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue and Saving Grace](/resource/114-5-unwerth.jpg)
Cui Jie - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Cui Jie](/resource/cuijies-portrait.jpg)
The Art of the Plant – Rob Kesseler
This hand-coloured electron microscope scan shows how beautiful tiny pieces of the natural world can be
![Scabiosa crenata. Fruit – diameter 7.2mm, 2013. Hand-coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM), dimensions variable. Private collection. From Plant: Exploring the Botanical World](/resource/247rob-kesseler620.jpg)
Christie's Strangest Sales – The Lady in Disguise
Discover the tragic tale behind one of Christie's earliest consignors, courtesy of our new book Going Once
![A portrait of Charles d’Éon from 1792 by Thomas Stewart, after Jean-Laurent Mosnier. From Going Once](/resource/charleslead1.jpg)
How Monica Bonvicini put the sex into construction
The artist's first UK retrospective demonstrates how this Italian artist finds erotic charge within the built environment
![Harness, 2006 © Monica Bonvicini and VG-Bild Kunst photo: Jens Ziehe.](/resource/monica-bonvicini-harness.jpg)
Can you guess what this new Pentagram logo is for?
Paula Scher turns pictures into words in this new identity for a Canadian healthcare charity
![Pentagram's new design for The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. Image courtesy of Pentagram.com](/resource/pentagramheartandstroke1.jpg)
Take a look at Paul McCarthy's tortured dwarves
Artist's latest show demonstrates just how he can't leave these pop-cultural obsessions alone
![White Snow Dwarf, Bashful (Affected Original), 2009—2016 Clay, foam, steel, wood 177.8 x 121.9 x 21.9 cm / 70 x 48 x 48 in Photo: Dylan Huig. Image courtesy of Hauser & Wirth](/resource/snowwhitedrawfbashful2009.jpg)
Dive into Doug Aitken’s Underwater Pavilions
Discover why the Californian artist's latest installation lies under the waves 22 miles off LA's coastline
![Doug Aitken, Underwater Pavilions, 2016, installation view, Avalon, CA. Courtesy: MOCA Los Angeles and Parley for the Oceans photo by: Shawn Heinrichs](/resource/underwaterpavilion6.jpg)
Caragh Thuring - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Caragh Thuring - photographed by Alison Goldfrapp](/resource/thuringbygoldfrapp.jpg)
When Mies went wild in the country
Our new book Elemental Living looks at the great modernist’s bucolic getaway project, the Farnsworth House
![The Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe, as featured in Elemental Living](/resource/miesfarnsworth1.jpg)
Bob Nickas on his genre-busting new painting show
Are the pictures in Nickas’s exhibition figurative? Are they abstract? The answer is ‘yes’ and ‘no’ and also ‘maybe’
![Swaz (2016) by Sadie Benning. Courtesy the artist and kaufmann repetto, Milano/New York © the artist](/resource/1-benning.jpg)
Herzog & de Meuron mix art and science at the RCA
Discover how a Phaidon author is helping the Swiss practice rework the Royal College of Art Campus
![Royal College of Art Battersea South Campus (Visualisation), Herzog & de Meuron 2016 © Herzog & de Meuron. Image courtesy of the RCA](/resource/herzogrca1.jpg)
The Art of the Plant – Marc Quinn
Best known for Self - a cast of his blood-filled head, the sculptor has also found inspiration in the natural world
![Seed of the Baroque (2014) by Marc Quinn, from Plant: Exploring the Botanical World](/resource/marcquinartofplan.jpg)
Elizabeth McIntosh - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Elizabeth McIntosh](/resource/mcintosh.jpg)
Why Darwin was confused by birds
Birds helped Darwin formulate his theory, but not every species suited his breakthrough as our new book explains
![A peacock photographed by Robert Clark. From Evolution: A Visual Record](/resource/057-cassowary.jpg)
Christie's Strangest Sales – Elizabeth Taylor’s jewels
Discover how the actress acquired a $140 million collection, thanks to her ping-pong skills, among other talents
![Elizabeth Taylor in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), wearing the La Peregrina, 1972, natural pearl, diamond and ruby necklace, 78 cm (30½ in) necklace and drop SALE: 13 December 2011, New York; ESTIMATE: $2m–3m/£1.3m–1.9m; SOLD $11,842,500/£7,626,570. From Going Once: 250 Years of Culture, Taste and Collecting at Christie’s](/resource/taylorjewelreal.jpg)
Gerhard Richter says art is the highest form of hope
In a rare new interview the painter reasserts the solace and comfort that fine art can offer humanity
![Gerhard Richter during his Louisiana Museum interview, 2016](/resource/screen-shot-2016-11-15-at-17-44-11.jpg)
Grace's greatest photographers – Arthur Elgort
To herald the publication of Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016, Vogue's Grace Coddington runs through some of her favourite photographers, including the New Yorker whom she refers to as her “travelling companion”
![Keira Knightley in Bottega Veneta. Hair, Didier Malige; makeup, Aaron de Mey at Streeters; set design, Chris Payne and Emma Campbell of Interior IDEA Kenya; Kenya, June 2007. Photograph by Arthur Elgort. From Grace: The American Vogue Years and Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016](/resource/1-212-3-elgort.jpg)
Snøhetta help Saudis see the future
Could this new building enable one of the world's biggest oil states to find its place once the wells run dry?
![The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture by Snøhetta. Image courtesy of Saudi Aramco](/resource/kingabdulazizcenter2.jpg)
Beautiful and bizarre beasts behind Darwin's theory
Photographer Robert Clark's new book offers some striking supporting evidence for the theory of natural selection
![Alevin spawned from salmon by Robert Clark. © Robert Clark. From Evolution: A Visual Record](/resource/111-alevin-lead.jpg)
The Art of the Plant – Piet Mondrian
The abstract painter is best known for his De Stijl works, yet he found early inspiration in the natural world
![Red Amaryllis with Blue Background (c.1907) by Piet Mondrian. From Plant: Exploring the Botanical World](/resource/mondrianamaryllis1907.jpg)
How Magnum recorded the discord in Mao's China
Magnum Photobook: The Catalogue Raisonne looks back at a 1960s trip through the Cultural Revolution
![Spreads from The Three Banners of China by Marc Riboud, from Magnum Photobook: The Catalogue Raisonné](/resource/threebannersspread.jpg)
Zaha Hadid and the first wooden football stadium
Architects reveal plans for a 5,000 capacity new home for British eco-friendly side Forest Green Rovers
![Forest Green Rovers' Eco Park Stadium by Zaha Hadid Architects. Render by VA](/resource/03-zha-interior-seatingbowl-phase1-render-by-va.jpg)
How Nigel Cooke has a blast in the studio
How loud music and an abundance of enthusiasm led to a life model being covered in emulsion paint
![Nigel Cooke Artist's Garden, 2006](/resource/nigelcookegardenone.jpg)
When Mona Hatoum videoed a private moment
To pee or not to pee? The artist recalls inviting visitors to a gallery toilet to make an alarming choice
![Mona Hatoum - Look No Body! 1981 performance 40 min](/resource/monabody2.jpg)
Patrizio di Massimo - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Patrizio di Massimo - photographed by Mark Blower](/resource/mark-blower-161013-patrizio-di-massimo-portrait-0093.jpg)
A first look at Nan Goldin's drawings
Discover the deeply personal origins of the photographer's drawings on show for the first time
![The plot, Berlin, March 2016 by Nan Goldin. Image courtesy of Matthew Marks](/resource/theplotnangoldin.jpg)
Christie's Strangest Sales – A salvaged £3m Spitfire
How a downed WWII fighter was saved from the coastal sands and went on to achieve seven figures at auction
![German soldiers posing with Peter Cazenove’s downed Spitfire Mark IA-P9374 in 1940. SALE: 9 July 2015, London; ESTIMATE: £1.5m–2.5m/$2.3m–3.8m; SOLD: £3,106,500/$4,777,025. From Going Once: 250 Years of Culture, Taste and Collecting at Christie’s](/resource/spitfirechristies-lead.jpg)
Anselm Kiefer goes to Viking heaven
The German artist wrestles with Norse mythology, identity and recent history in forthcoming London show
![A painting from Walhalla, 2016 Anselm Kiefer. Image courtesy of White Cube](/resource/valhalla2.jpg)
The world's best chefs are set to swap restaurants
Who knows where Massimo, Virgilio and co. will end up cooking tomorrow, at the Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle
![A selection of the chefs taking part in this year's Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle](/resource/propergalinezshuffle1.jpg)
A Movement in a Moment: Cobra
How the first truly international post-war avant-garde movement was founded on this day 8 November in 1948
![Hip Hip Hoorah (1949) by Karel Appel. From Art in Time](/resource/hip-hip-hoorah-1949.jpg)
Grace's greatest photographers – Bruce Weber
To mark the publication of Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016, Vogue magazine's Grace Coddington runs through some of her favourite photographers, including this all-American master of fashion photography
![Aretha Franklin, Beverly Peele, and Another Bad Creation; hair, Didier Malige; makeup, Denise Markey, USA 1991. Photograph by Bruce Weber. From Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue here and Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016](/resource/376-7-weber.jpg)
When Cecil Beaton shot Mick Jagger
Her Majesty in the morning, Mick in the afternoon. A page from the 1968 diary of the great British photographer
![Cecil Beaton, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg on the set of Performance, October 1968. ©The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s](/resource/beatonceiling1.jpg)
The Art of the Plant – Edward Steichen
Great images by artists and photographers who've been inspired by our natural world
![Delphiniums by Edward Steichen, 1940. Dye imbibition print, 33 °— 23.4 cm / 13 °— 91/4 in George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York. From Plant](/resource/delphiniumssteichen.jpg)
The fine art posters that fired a revolution
A new exhibition looks back at the home made stencilled posters that bolstered the Bolsheviks
![One of Vladimir Lebedev's Rosta posters, c. 1920. As reproduced in Iron Fists](/resource/rostalead.jpg)
T Magazine’s Elemental Living weekend getaway
The NY Times style mag offered a virtual weekend escape via Instagram and our book Elemental Living
![John Pawson, Montauk House, Montauk, NY, USA. Picture credit: Gilbert McCarragher. From Elemental Living](/resource/133-montauk-house.jpg)
Why Josef Albers’ squares began in black and white
David Zwirner’s current Josef Albers exhibition shows the monochromatic side of the great artist and colour theorist
![Homage to the Square (A), (1950) by Josef Albers. Oil on Masonite 31 1/8 x 31 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches (79.1 x 79.1 x 2.9 cm) © 2016 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York](/resource/homageblacksquare.jpg)
Celia Hempton - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Celia Hempton photographed by Arnaud Lajeunie](/resource/celiahemptonwhyipaintlead.jpg)
John Pawson turns bunker into ancient art gallery
This Berlin bunker might appear rather brutal but it's now home to some rarefied East Asian art and furnishings
![The Feuerle Collection. Photograph by Friederike von Rauch](/resource/feuerle-5.jpg)
A Movement in a Moment: Humanist Photography
A look at the photographers who used their burgeoning skills to create a new sense of dignity
![Allie Mae Burroughs (1936) by Walker Evans](/resource/allie-mae-burroughs.jpg)
How to mix the perfect autumn cocktail
As Daylight Saving ends it's time to enjoy an autumnal drink, courtesy of our new book Regarding Cocktails
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Could Trump's wall become a Luis Barragán tribute?
That's certainly the proposal from Mexican architects who've painted the candidate's border barrier Barragán pink
![Estudio 3.14's wall proposal. Renderings by Agustín I Ávalos](/resource/prisonwall4.jpg)
Grace's greatest photographers - Peter Lindbergh
In honour of Grace Coddington's new publication, Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016, the Vogue legend name checks some of her favourite photographers, beginning with the man who inaugurated the supermodel era
![Carolyn Murphy in Miu Miu, Tobey Maguire in Brooks Brothers, and Laurie Metcalf; hair, Didier Malige; makeup, Stéphane Marais; set design, Viki Rutsch; New York, April 2013. Courtesy The Condé Nast Publications. From Grace: The American Vogue Years, and Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016. Photograph by Peter Lindbergh](/resource/098-9-lindbergh.jpg)
The Art of the Plant – Thomas Ruff
More great images by artists and photographers who've been inspired by flora
![neg◊stil_03, 2015, by Thomas Ruff. From Plant: Exploring the Botanical World](/resource/artoftheplantthomasruff.jpg)