Robert Mapplethorpe by Juergen Teller
The fashion photographer combs through Mapplethorpe's archives to show unseen sides of Robert's work
![Frogs 1984 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission Courtesy Alison Jacques Gallery, London](/resource/robert-mapplethorpe-frogs-1984.jpg)
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
![Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at
Tiffany's (1961). From Going Once: 250 Years of Culture, Taste and Collecting at Christie’s. SALE: 5 December 2006, London; ESTIMATE: £50,000–70,000/$98,700–138,000; SOLD £467,200/$922,250](/resource/breakfastattiffs1.jpg)
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
![Sasha Petraske](/resource/sasha-ii.jpg)
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 Ennis House, as featured in Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide: West Coast USA](/resource/183-ennis-house.jpg)
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
![One of Robert Clark's dog photographs. From Evolution: A Visual Record](/resource/fluffydogevolution.jpg)
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
![Ándre Chiang (far left) and Virgilio Martinez (centre) at the night market in Taipei, Oct 2016](/resource/virgilioandrestreet.jpg)
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
![Single Oriental Poppy (C), 1968 by Irving Penn. From Plant: Exploring the Botanical World](/resource/penn-poppy.jpg)
When the imperfect is perfect!
Discover why Japan’s finest ceramicists don’t hide their faults, but celebrate them
![One of Kosuke Fujimoto's creations. From Arita / Table of Contents](/resource/perfectimperfections.jpg)
Leidy Churchman - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Leidy Churchman 2016](/resource/leidy-churchmanportrait.jpg)
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
![San Francisco concept design renderings for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art by MAD Architects. Image courtesy of Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.](/resource/lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-sf-low-res.jpg)
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
![Sweet Pea (1960) by Ellsworth Kelly. From Plant: Exploring the Botanical World](/resource/ellsworthkellypea.jpg)
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
![Francis Bacon's Kensington studio](/resource/baconleadcooke.jpg)
Sandra Gamarra - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Sandra Gamarra in her studio in 2015 photographed by Antoine Henry Jonquères](/resource/sandragamarralead.jpg)
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
![Sterling Ruby - Black Stoves 1, 2, 3, 4 painted stainless steel - installation view at La Museé de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris](/resource/sterlingrubynewlead.jpg)
When Magnum captured a moment in Manhattan
The dreadful events of September 11 were recorded in countless images - none more powerful than these
![From Magnum Photobook The Catalogue Raisonné](/resource/magnumphotobook1.jpg)
Aliza Nisenbaum - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Aliza Nisenbaum photographed by Brad Ogbonna](/resource/alizaisenbaum.jpg)
Christie's Strangest Sales - A Rembrandt Rumpus
How one buyer's complicated bidding signals backfired badly when a Rembrandt was auctioned at Christie's
![Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), Portrait of the Artist’s Son Titus, c.1655, oil on canvas, 65 x 56 cm (24½ x 20½ in) SALE 19 March 1965, London
SOLD 760,000 guineas/ £798,000/$2,234,400 EQUIVALENT TODAY £13,800,000/$19,905,000](/resource/rembrandtgoingonce.jpg)
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
![Virgilio Martinez of Central and Matt Orlando of Amass at Food on the Edge photo Declan Monaghan](/resource/food-on-the-edge-day-one-24-10-16-021-1.jpg)
Marwan 1934 - 2016
We look back at the work of a veteran Syrian painter whose work many were only just beginning to appreciate
![Marwan. Image courtesy of The Mosaic Rooms](/resource/marwan-960.jpg)
Daniel Boyd - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Daniel Boyd in the studio 2016](/resource/daniel-boyd.jpg)
A high-rise for Africa's slums
Nigerian designer Olalekan Jeyifous envisions a multi-storey dystopia for Lagos’s poorest citizens
![Shanty Mega-structures by Olalekan Jeyifous](/resource/lagos-05-makoko-canal-800.jpg)
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
![Bathers (2011) by Nigel Cooke. As reproduced in our new Contemporary Artist Series book devoted to the painter.](/resource/bathers2011.jpg)
When Picasso met René Burri
On the anniversary of Picasso's birth, we take a look at a momentous meeting of two impressive talents
![Pablo Picasso, Villa la Californie, Canne, 1957 - René Burri](/resource/matspicasso.jpg)
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
![Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait (Passport Photograph with Altered Nose), 1956, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.](/resource/1-andy-warhol-self-portrait-passport-photograph-with-altered-nose-1956-awf.jpg)
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
![213 West 23rd Street. Photograph: Tim Waltman Courtesy of Compass](/resource/213-west-23rd-street-lead.jpg)
Laura Lancaster - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Laura Lancaster, East Hampton residency, 2015](/resource/lauralancasterstudio.jpg)
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
![SNCC staff sit-in, Atlanta, Georgia, 1963 © Danny Lyon. From the Seventh Dog](/resource/sncc-staff-sin-in-atlanta-georgia-1963.jpg)
Oscar Murillo - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Oscar Murillo 2016](/resource/oscartwo.jpg)
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
![A rendering for the new China Philharmonic Concert Hall by MAD Architects. Image courtesy of MAD](/resource/mad-china-philharmonic-concert-hall-4-exterior.jpg)
Watch Pharrell kiss Agnès Varda in JR's new film
The artist introduced francophone audiences to a few of his famous pals in a new Canal + video, Carte Blanche
![Agnès Varda and Pharrell Williams, as posted on JR's Instagram](/resource/pharrellagnes.jpg)
Happy birthday Arita!
Nestling among rice fields the Japanese town, famed for the purity of its porcelain, is 400 years old this year
![From Arita/ Table of Contents](/resource/006-7-arita-table-of-contents-2016.jpg)
Massimo and Kerry James Marshall are NYT Greats
The chef and the painter join William Eggleston, Lady Gaga, Junya Watanabe and Michelle Obama on Greats List
![Massimo Bottura photographed by Bea de Giacomo and Kerry James Marshall's self portrait on the cover of this Sunday's New York Times' T Magazine. Images courtesy of the New York Times](/resource/massimoandkerry.jpg)
Phaidon authors dominate ArtReview's Power 100
From Ai Weiwei to Yayoi Kusama, Hans Ulrich Obrist to Isa Genzken, Phaidon folk feature highly in this year's list
![Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries and Phaidon author tops the ArtReview Power 100 2016](/resource/hans-ulrich-obrist.jpg)
Brooklyn's in bloom!
Phaidon teamed up with Garden Collage in a horticultural paradise to celebrate our new book Plant
![How Garden Collage welcomed guests to the Botany Salon. Photograph by Andreana Bitsis](/resource/botanysalon-gardencollage-andreanabitsis.jpg)
Madame Tussauds is building a Yayoi Kusama zone
A replica of the Japanese artist will go on display inside a polka-dot themed room in the Hong Kong branch
![A Madame Tussauds employee takes measurements for the new Yayoi Kusama zone.](/resource/58497-mg-2887yayoikusamamttko2015.jpg)
Virgilio's brush with Gwyneth Paltrow on US tour
The Peruvian chef mingled with authors and even a Hollywood star during his book tour of North America
![Virgilio Martinez works alongside Corey Lee at InSitu, San Francisco](/resource/insitu-4.jpg)
Rafael Vega - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Rafael Vega](/resource/rafaelvegalead.jpg)
Wallpaper* City Guide launches in Paris
The Amastan hotel provided a cool, polished setting to celebrate the publication of the new guide
![Ahnna Lee, Zied Sanhaji (Owner, Amastan) and guest. Photograph by Thomas Smith](/resource/fz2a6618-wallpaper-thomas-smith-131016.jpg)
What did David Bowie write on this design classic?
Discover the stories behind this Sottsass piece and others in the singer's collection on sale at Sotheby's
![Valentine portable typewriter by Ettore Sottsass with Perry King. Image courtesy of Sotheby's](/resource/valentinetypewriter1.jpg)
When Abbas shot the Islamic Revolution
The Iranian photographer is one of the many greats featured in Magnum Photobook The Catalogue Raisonné
![Abbas - Revolutionary Iran, 1979](/resource/abbasrevolutionlead.jpg)
The story behind Sterling Ruby's Super Max
With typical sleight of hand Ruby uses minimalism and landscape while at the same time critiquing them
![Sterling Ruby - Exhibition View, Supermax 2008, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2008](/resource/supermax2008-ii.jpg)
Alex Katz is designing an H&M collection
The artist is offering his images on womenswear, menswear, accessories, and home décor this Christmas
![Ada with Bathing Cap (1982) by Alex Katz. As reproduced in our book](/resource/620-ada-in-bathing-cap.jpg)
Toby Mott on the punk poster that caused a car crash
The Oh So Pretty Punk In Print 1976-80 compiler on the distraction a risqué Slits poster caused one London driver
![The Slits - Cut](/resource/slitsposter.jpg)
Ulrike Müller - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Ulrike Müller - photograph courtesy of the artist and Callicoon Fine Arts, NY. Photo: (c) eSeL.at - Lorenz Seidler](/resource/ulrikemullerportrait.jpg)
How Aussie builders could save this Brutalist gem
Sydney's construction unions ban their members from knocking down architecturally important Sirius building
![The Sirius apartment building in Sydney. Photograph by Craig Hayman, courtesy of craighayman.com](/resource/sirius-02-2.jpg)
Martin Parr turns his lens on Belfast
In a new exhibition the Magum President photographs Northern Ireland’s burgeoning tourist boom
![A photograph from Welcome to Belfast by Martin Parr. © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos](/resource/parrbelfaston2.jpg)
Zbigniew Rogalski - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![](/resource/1zbigniewrogalskiphoto-by-szymon-roginski.jpg)
Dad lost his £3m Warhol work? Then make a movie
Lisanne Skyler’s new film Brillo Box (3¢ Off) traces her dad's pop art bargain from the streets of NY to Christie's
![A still from Lisanne Skyler’s new film Brillo Box (3¢ Off)](/resource/brillo-box.jpg)
The school that linked the Bauhaus to the iPhone
New London show looks at the Ulm School which brought scientific thinking to 20th century design
![Advertisement for Erbotherm, heat therapy unit. Designers: Tomás Maldonado, with Gui Bonsiepe and Rudolf Scharfenberg. 1962, Manufacturer: Erbe Elektromedizin. Photo by Wolfgang Siol. Courtesy HfG-Archiv / Ulmer Museum](/resource/the-ulm-model-5-72dpi.jpg)
Why Obama just visited Theaster Gates' arts centre
The President came to the Stony Island Arts Bank to help a local politician, and warn against bad election choices
![Barack Obama at the Stony Island Arts Bank. Image courtesy of the Rebuild Foundation's Twitter](/resource/potusstonyisland2.jpg)
Christine Streuli - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Christine Streuli photographed by Benjamin Zibner](/resource/christinestreuli2.jpg)
Toby Mott on the punk poster every collector wants
Punk graphics archivist and Phaidon author shares another highlight from his new book in this short video
![Toby Mott at the John Varvatos store in London for the launch of Oh So Pretty Punk in Print 1976-80](/resource/tobytoby-mott-john-varvatos23.jpg)
Meet Tomi Ungerer (and his lost classics)
The author is coming to London next month to discuss his life and work. Find out how you can get tickets
![Tomi with his new Phaidon book, Tomi Ungerer: A Treasury of 8 Books - photo by Herman Baily](/resource/tomiungerer1.jpg)
Patricia Urquiola’s spiritual stainless steel collection
The Spanish designer’s new collection for Georg Jensen makes this simple material look remarkably luxurious
![Patricia Urquiola’s Urkiola collection for Georg Jensen](/resource/georg-jensen-urkiola-kollektion-krug-vase-schale-kerzenhalter-tablett.jpg)
Why the Queen just gave Martin Parr a bronze acorn
The photographer was honoured alongside Iwona Blazwick and Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy yesterday
![The Royal Academy's bronze acorn, London. Image courtesy of the Royal Academy](/resource/thebronzeacornlead.jpg)
An art lesson from 'new' painter Etel Adnan (91)
An Artspace interview with the Vitamin P3 featured artist on how art feeds our spirit and humanises us
![Etel Adnan in her studio. Photo by Fabrice Gilbert, courtesy Galerie Lelong and Artspace](/resource/etel-adnan-interview.jpg)
Toby Mott talks us through his punk archive
Discover the impromptu ways Mott came by his peerless collection of punk graphic design collection in this video
![Poster for The Clash’s On Parole tour, June/July 1978. Courtesy of The Mott Collection](/resource/clashonparolmottcollection.jpg)
COS brings its Agnes Martin line to the high street
The minimalist Swedish retailer has launched a capsule collection in honour of Agnes Martin’s Guggenheim show
![COS x Agnes Martin Guggenheim 2016. Image courtesy of COS](/resource/cosagnesmartingug11.jpg)
Why does Cai Guo-Qiang like blowing things up?
A new Netflix documentary, premiering this Friday, examines the Chinese artist and his love of explosives
![](/resource/skyladder2.jpg)
Steven Holl autographs his new Queens library!
Architect joins community leaders at the topping out ceremony for Hunters Point Community Library, NY
![Steven Holl at the topping out ceremony for Hunters Point Community Library, Long Island City](/resource/hollwallsigntoppingout.jpg)
Bartek Materka - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Baterka Materka](/resource/bartek-materka-studioone.jpg)
The dumb film behind Shepard Fairey's new print
The OBEY and HOPE artist draws from Mike Judge’s lost classic, Idiocracy, when drawing up this political work
![Idiocracy (2016) by Shepard Fairey. Available for a limited time at mondotees.com](/resource/fairey-idiocracy-finalforapproval-1024x1024.jpg)
Vitamin P2 artist Adrian Ghenie breaks sale records
His 2008 work Nickelodeon went for over 4 times its estimate last night. Is it time you looked at Vitamin P3?
![](/resource/ghenienickelodean.jpg)
Meleko Mokgosi - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Meleko Mokgosi](/resource/newmelekolead.jpg)
A kiln-style museum for porcelain's ancient home
The history of porcelain will be told in this extraordinary fired-earth structure destined for north-eastern China
![Jingdezhen Historical Museum of Imperial Kiln by Studio Pei-Zhu](/resource/kiln1.jpg)
The hidden poetry in Edmund de Waal’s Frieze show
The artist and Phaidon author talks us through his new works which occupy all of the Gagosian stand at Frieze
![Edmund de Waal at Frieze, London 2016](/resource/edmundadewaalfriezesign.jpg)
Toby Mott launches Punk In Print at John Varvatos
Punk graphics archivist teams up with John Varvatos, Phaidon and Artspace for launch party and exhibition
![Nick Rhodes and Nefer Suvio at John Varvatos](/resource/nick-rodhes-and-nefer-subio-a-a-john-varvatos013-2.jpg)
The story behind that pink table at Frieze
Artist Portia Munson tells us how her love of pink led to this feminist work, which is proving to be a hit at Frieze
![Pink Project: Table (1994/2016) by Portia Munson. Photograph by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Linda Nylind/Frieze.](/resource/petrapinkfrieze3.jpg)
Could Atlanta build a High Line over this highway?
City planners hope to bring this linear park to a newly built space above a busy city freeway
![Buckhead Park Over GA400 by Rogers Partners](/resource/buckhead-park-over-ga400-01a.jpg)
Jamian Juliano-Villani - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Jamian Juliano-Villani photographed by Aubrey Mayer](/resource/jamianjulianovillaniby-aubreymayer.jpg)
A Movement in a Moment: The Harlem Renaissance
Discover how a group of artists in early 20th century Manhattan used art to forge a new African-American identity
![Into Bondage (1936) by Aaron Douglas. From Color Line](/resource/intobondage.jpg)
5 things that could only happen at Frieze
Look out for Julie Verhoeven's fine-art lavatory intervention, chimps, puppets and Donald Trump in psychoanalysis
![A still from Julie Verhoeven's Whiskers Between my Legs (2014)](/resource/juliewhiskersbetweenmylegs.jpg)
Dexter Dalwood - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Dexter Dalwood photographed by Paul McGeiver](/resource/dexterdalwoodp3.jpg)
How Sasha Petraske reinvented the speakeasy
Our new book by the barman sheds light on how the native New Yorker changed the way we drink
![Barman and Regarding Cocktails author Sasha Petraske](/resource/sashapetraske.jpg)
Take a listen to Toby Mott's punk playlist on Spotify
Oh So Pretty Punk In Print author and graphic archivist talks us through 15 songs that embody the punk spirit
![The promo poster for Anarchy In The UK by Sex Pistols - From Oh So Pretty Punk In Print 1976-80](/resource/punkleadanarchy.jpg)
Louisa Gagliardi - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Louisa Gagliardi photographed by Adam Cruces](/resource/louisa-gagliardiadam-cruces.jpg)
Could we shrink, curve or sink NYC's Bus Terminal?
We all know the Port Authority Bus Terminal is a little broken -opinions differ however, on how best it might be fixed
![A rendering from Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects' Port Authority Bus Terminal](/resource/pabt-pcp1.jpg)
The fashion elite turn out for Grace’s Paris signing
Stars of our new book, Grace: The American Vogue Years, celebrated Coddington’s career at her Colette signing
![Natalia Vodianova with Grace Coddington at Colette, Paris, 2016](/resource/gracecolettenatalia.jpg)
Sascha Braunig - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Sascha Braunig](/resource/saschabrauniglead.jpg)
Why is Johnny Depp hiding his art collection?
Which works occupy these obscured frames in Depp’s LA home, currently on the market for $12.78m?
![Eastern Columbia Penthouse Collection Of Johnny Depp. Image courtesy of Partners Trust](/resource/19-849southbroadwayph3-07-jpg.jpg)
How Warhol made Stephen Shore drop out of school
The veteran photographer tells WSJ why the Factory crowd caused him to take a less academic path
![Stephen Shore: Rene Ricard, Susan Bottomly, Eric Emerson, unidentified woman; middle row: Mary (Might) Woronov, Andy Warhol, Ronnie Cutrone; background: Paul Morrissey, Edie Sedgwick. Paraphernalia’s opening and show (1966); clothes designer Betsey Johnson, store owner Paul Young, 1965-7 (page 113). © Stephen Shore](/resource/113-ricard-et-al-in-the-factory.jpg)
From Book to Bid – Agnes Martin’s Praise
At auction at Christie's, this deceptively simple grid-like work from 1985 describes a simple, meditative beauty
![](/resource/agpraise.jpg)
Sarah Cain - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![](/resource/artist-portrait-sarah-cain-photo-credit-david-broach.jpg)
Rem Koolhaas's EU lounge for the Design Museum
Discover why the lovely furniture, and scary crowd, suit the museum’s forthcoming exhibition Fear and Love
![OMA's The Pan-European Living Room. Image courtesy of OMA and the Design Museum](/resource/480-900-4fcf6c7e-d5a1-4bad-8962-2990ee0927cf.jpg)
Meet Peter Koepke and his secret pattern library
Discover how Koepke's Design Library has, for decades served as the fashion business's secret inspiration source
![Peter Koepke at the Design Library. Photo credit: Mark Mahaney](/resource/peter-koepke-phot-credit-mark-mahaney.jpg)
Zach Harris - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Zach Harris](/resource/zachharrisnewlead.jpg)
Ai Weiwei and Edmund de Waal’s ceramics show
The artists and ceramicists hope their new show will re-establish the medium's rightful place within fine art
![The Wave (2014) by Ai Weiwei. © Ai Weiwei Studio](/resource/ai-weiwei-the-wave-2014.jpg)
Phaidon chefs top the Latin America 50 Best List!
Virgilio Martinez, Alex Atala, Enrique Olvera and Rodolfo Guzmán all placed in top 5 at last night's awards
![Virgilio Martinez at last night's Latin America 50 Best Restaurant awards. Image courtesy of 50 Best's Instagram](/resource/central50bes1.jpg)
The truth about Sterling Ruby's electric chair
The artist explains why he remade an execution tool and why he associates it with movies and Modernism
![Big Yellow Mama (2013) by Sterling Ruby, installed, alongside Stop Block (background, 2013) at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Ghent, Belgium, 2014. As reproduced in our new Sterling Ruby book](/resource/bigyellowmama.jpg)
Anna Ostoya - Why I Paint
Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3
![Anna Ostoya](/resource/annaostoyalead.jpg)
Photos That Changed The World – Steamfitter
Discover how Lewis Hine’s power-plant worker captured the dignity of industrial labour for the first time
![Steamfitter (1920) by Lewis Hine](/resource/steamfitter1920.jpg)
Jack Whitten - Why I Paint
An interview with the late American painter and contributor to our contemporary painting survey, Vitamin P3
![](/resource/jacwhitten.jpg)
How Nigel Cooke pushes painting to its limits
The painter's smoldering new exhibition shows how he switched gallows humour for a sensual take on the form
![Salome (2016) by Nigel Cooke. From the new Pace exhibition and our new monograph](/resource/147-salome.jpg)
A Movement in a Moment: Abstract Expressionism
As the Royal Academy show opens, we look back at the New Yorkers who remade painting for post-war America
![Arshile Gorky Water of the Flowery Mill, 1944 Oil on canvas, 107.3 x 123.8 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York © ARS, NY and DACS, London 2016 Digital image © 2016. The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource/Scala, Florence. Part of Abstract Expressionism, Main Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, 24 September 2016 – 2 January 2017](/resource/key-305-arshile-gorky-water-of-the-flowery-mill-1944.jpg)
Paul Smith threw a party for Grace last night!
'If you’re interested in fashion you’ve got to have her book!' says the legendary British fashion designer
![](/resource/graceatpaulsmith2.jpg)
Could the Bouroullecs help us create dreamier cities?
The French furniture designers turn their attention to urban reverie in a thought-provoking exhibition at Vitra
![An installation view of Rêveries Urbaines by the Bouroullecs. Image courtesy of Vitra](/resource/05-reveries-urbaines-c-studio-bouroullece.jpg)
How Richard Attenborough bagged $2m in Picassos
Ahead of its Sotheby's sale, discover how the actor director put together a highly valuable ceramics collection
![From left: Pablo Picasso, Pichet à Glace (A.R. 142), 1952. Numbered 1/100 inscribed 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura', with the Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps (Estimate £12,000–18,000) and Vase au décor pastel (A.R. 190), 1953. Numbered 9/200, incised 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura', with the Madoura and Edition Picasso stamps (Estimate £5,000–7,000). Image courtesy of Sotheby's](/resource/attenborough-2.jpg)
This is why Owen Wilson loves Ed Ruscha's work
The Hollywood star reveals his love for the LA pop artist in his voiceover for this new mini documentary
![Ed Ruscha, as featured in MOCA's new documentary](/resource/edruscha.jpg)