Wolfgang Tillmans returns to magazines
The photographer turned musician shoots the cover of Pop and appears on the cover of Arena Homme +
 
    
Ryan Mosley - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
MAD's twisted home for traditional wooden art
Our new book describes how MAD architects created a polished steel home for a wood museum
 
    
Valentina D'Amaro - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
Magnum's moving photos of refugees
The photo agency teams with Amnesty International to highlight refugee crises past and present
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
Music to watch Agnes Martin to
The New York contemporary composer John Zorn sets the artist's abstract work to music at the Guggenheim
 
    
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
 
    
Christie's Strangest Sales – the Hand of God
How two Polish politicians' protests actually pushed up the price of this Maurizio Cattelan work
 
    
Virgilio Martínez goes to Attica
The Peruvian chef teams up with Ben Shewry to prepare dinner at his world-beating Melbourne restaurant
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
How this rural retreat mimics its environment
Look what happens when contemporary architecture meets splendid isolation via our book Elemental Living
 
    
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 books beside Jonathan Ive
Did you catch our book cameo in the BBC interview with Apple's Chief Design Officer and Phaidon author?
 
    
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
 
    
Julia Rommel - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
Cui Jie - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
The Art of the Plant – Rob Kesseler
This hand-coloured electron microscope scan shows how beautiful tiny pieces of the natural world can be
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
Caragh Thuring - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
When Mies went wild in the country
Our new book Elemental Living looks at the great modernist’s bucolic getaway project, the Farnsworth House
 
    
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’
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
Elizabeth McIntosh - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
Why Darwin was confused by birds
Birds helped Darwin formulate his theory, but not every species suited his breakthrough as our new book explains
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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”
 
    
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?
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
How Magnum recorded the discord in Mao's China
Magnum Photobook: The Catalogue Raisonne looks back at a 1960s trip through the Cultural Revolution
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
Patrizio di Massimo - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
A first look at Nan Goldin's drawings
Discover the deeply personal origins of the photographer's drawings on show for the first time
 
    
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
 
    
Anselm Kiefer goes to Viking heaven
The German artist wrestles with Norse mythology, identity and recent history in forthcoming London show
 
    
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 Movement in a Moment: Cobra
How the first truly international post-war avant-garde movement was founded on this day 8 November in 1948
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
The Art of the Plant – Edward Steichen
Great images by artists and photographers who've been inspired by our natural world
 
    
The fine art posters that fired a revolution
A new exhibition looks back at the home made stencilled posters that bolstered the Bolsheviks
 
    
T Magazine’s Elemental Living weekend getaway
The NY Times style mag offered a virtual weekend escape via Instagram and our book Elemental Living
 
    
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
 
    
Celia Hempton - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
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
 
    
A Movement in a Moment: Humanist Photography
A look at the photographers who used their burgeoning skills to create a new sense of dignity
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
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
 
    
The Art of the Plant – Thomas Ruff
More great images by artists and photographers who've been inspired by flora
 
    
Robert Mapplethorpe by Juergen Teller
The fashion photographer combs through Mapplethorpe's archives to show unseen sides of Robert's work
 
    
Christie's Strangest Sales – Holly Golightly's dress
How the world’s most famous dress went for £.5 million, funding schools for poor Indian children
 
    
How you got a drink from the world's best bar man
Milk & Honey founder Sasha Petraske had some clear rules about who could drink on the house - here they are
 
    
Will this LA house be in Blade Runner 2049?
This Frank Lloyd Wright building doubled as Deckard's apartment in the first film. Could it make the sequel?
 
    
The mysterious wolf in today’s dogs (even this one)
In our new book Evolution photographer Robert Clark looks into the ancient, lupine origins of man's best friend
 
    
Virgilio and André Chiang hit the night market
The great Peruvian chef met up with his Asian counterpart for street-food fun on his haute cuisine world tour
 
    
The Art of the Plant – Irving Penn
In a series of excerpts from Plant: Exploring the Botanical World we look at artists inspired by flora
 
    
When the imperfect is perfect!
Discover why Japan’s finest ceramicists don’t hide their faults, but celebrate them
 
    
Leidy Churchman - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
George Lucas goes MAD for Star Wars museum
Following the unveiling of two new museum proposals, we look at what drew the director towards MAD Architects
 
    
The Art of the Plant – Ellsworth Kelly
In a series of excerpts from Plant: Exploring the Botanical World we look at artists inspired by flora
 
    
Nigel Cooke on the sanctity of Bacon's studio
For Cooke, the relocation of Frances Bacon's studio both monumentalised and violated his creative space
 
    
Sandra Gamarra - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
The story behind Sterling Ruby's Stoves
Art, craft, or something else unprecedented? Read how the artist collapsed the wall between art and non art
 
    
When Magnum captured a moment in Manhattan
The dreadful events of September 11 were recorded in countless images - none more powerful than these
 
    
Aliza Nisenbaum - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
Christie's Strangest Sales - A Rembrandt Rumpus
How one buyer's complicated bidding signals backfired badly when a Rembrandt was auctioned at Christie's
 
    
Virgilio Martinez and friends give food for thought
Food on the Edge festival plays host to nourishing bites from Massimo Bottura, Daniel Burns and Will Goldfarb
 
    
Marwan 1934 - 2016
We look back at the work of a veteran Syrian painter whose work many were only just beginning to appreciate
 
    
Daniel Boyd - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
A high-rise for Africa's slums
Nigerian designer Olalekan Jeyifous envisions a multi-storey dystopia for Lagos’s poorest citizens
 
    
The dark heart of Nigel Cooke’s Bathers
Discover how this lush, lewd painting by the UK artist examines the ultimate mystery that lies at the centre of his art
 
    
When Picasso met René Burri
On the anniversary of Picasso's birth, we take a look at a momentous meeting of two impressive talents
 
    
Andy Warhol’s body of art
The Andy Warhol Museum’s new show looks at how the artist examined his body and others in a series of works
 
    
Have fun at Annabelle Selldorf’s YMCA
Reworked by Selldorf Architects the YMCA where Warhol was once a member is on the market for $14.5m
 
    
Laura Lancaster - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
Danny Lyon and the New Journalism
A new exhibition shows why we should view the photographer’s 20th century shots as faithful first drafts of history
 
    
Oscar Murillo - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
 
    
MAD's glowing home for China's leading orchestra
China Philharmonic Orchestra has just revealed its brilliant new Beijing concert hall designed by MAD Architects
