All you need to know about Sonia Delaunay
Juliet Bingham, curator of a new Tate retrospective explains how the artist went from fine art to fabric and back
Carol Bove and 'The Intimacy Gradient'
Our Akademie X artist's magnificent new show at Zwirner unfolds over three floors of varied yet related work
The Winter Olympics resort that serves as a TV screen
LEDs set into the façade of this South Korean resort could allow its guests to watch the 2018 Games
Steve McCurry and Stephen Shore at Photo London
Appearance of two world-class photographers set to raise the status of the photo fair to new heights
What we learned from Redzepi’s Reddit interview
The Noma founder on why he's becoming interested in native American food, how Gordon Ramsay hated Noma and why you should never eat anything from the forest unless you know what it is (or you're a masochist)
Candy Crush's new office lacks a 'bored' room
'We didn't build an office – we created a kingdom' says Stockholm developer King of its playful new design
Why Anri Sala is France’s leading artist (again)
The filmmaker is ranked 'most influential artist' by the leading French publication Le Journal des Arts
Lost Ettore Sottsass designs go into production
Furniture and vases by the legendary Italian designer hit the high street courtesy of Kartell
The snacks that work like airline tickets
Budget airline Transavia says its SnackHolidays campaign puts the fun back into buying a vacation
French architects plan a vertical city in the Sahara
OXO Architectes and Nicolas Laisne Associes' la Ville Tour des Sables will create a souk in the sky
A Movement in a Moment: Fauvism
How Henri Matisse founded a 20th Century art movement on the back of an art world scandal
Phaidon’s Frieze NY interviews – Frank Castronovo
One of the Franks behind Frankies Spuntino talks coffee, collecting art, and what wine Larry Gagosian serves
Could Gurlitt’s art hoard be shown at dOCUMENTA?
Director Adam Szymczyk wants to display the collection of looted Nazi art in an 'almost neutral' way
What's wrong with David Shrigley's calculator?
An adding machine that only subtracts and a set of rules forbidding German form part of new NYC show
Ellsworth Kelly to receive James Smithson medal
The 91-year-old painter will accept the accolade at the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum tomorrow
Philip-Lorca diCorcia and the Kardashian implant
How does the photographer link the world's most famous fundament to the global financial crisis?
Zhang Xiaogang on money, art and China
Why does one of the the world's most important artists say the Chinese art market is 'like a parasite'?
Stories from the Secession - The effects of war
How the optimistic, hedonistic artists of the Viennese Secession responded to the horrors of World War One
James Irvine honoured at Salon del Mobile
The late, great product designer’s monograph gets a custom-made display unit, and its on show in Milan
Phaidon’s Frieze NY interviews – Aki Sasamoto
The Japanese-born New York-based artist on why she is installing a 3D personality test inside the NYC art fair
How Leonardo da Vinci used science to elevate art
On the anniversary of his birth, how the Renaissance Master used learning to raise the status of painting
Roger Ballen goes back to Outland #3
How the photographer feared for his life getting this shot in an abandoned house full of criminals and drug addicts
Richard Rogers’s parents house is going to Harvard
The architect’s late sixties creation will serve as a London base for the university’s Graduate School of Design
“There are too many police in America”- Danny Lyon
The photographer and veteran civil-rights campaigner offers his take on the recent spate of US police shootings
Are you fit for Carsten Höller’s new thrill ride?
The Belgian artist will insist on certain physical and mental criteria from the riders on his forthcoming UK installation
Rich Torrisi’s Parm is a hit at Yankee Stadium
As the New York baseball ground opens for a new season, one food outlet has already won plaudits
Gastón Acurio's global plan for Peruvian cuisine
Our author hopes his international internship programme will broaden Peru's palate - and the world's
Stories from the Secession - Art or porn?
Art in Vienna examines how the erotic charge of the Secessionists pushed Viennese society to its limits
Dancing on Warhol's Silver Clouds
A new NYC production of Merce Cunningham's 1968 work RainForest brings back Warhol's Mylar balloons
Why forgery was a good move for Michelangelo
Author Noah Charney explains how a bit of cunning deception helped launched the master artist's career
Phaidon’s Frieze NY interviews – Samara Golden
The LA artist hopes to reveal hidden depths at this year’s New York art fair, via her Frieze Projects commission
Cameron, Milliband and Clegg as Mexican wrestlers
Design agencies Pentagram, Applied Wayfinding and Handsome visualise Britain's main parties as pictograms
Modern stadium draws on ancient motifs
Can you spot the medieval architectural influences in this Anatolian soccer facility, currently under construction?
Bjarke Ingels goes to the bathroom
Acclaimed architect’s design team creates faucets for high-end American fixtures firm Kallista
Stories from the Secession - Otto Wagner's revolt
How the inspired Austrian architect came to rebel against his own work, as revealed in our book Art in Vienna
Phaidon’s Frieze NY interviews – Pia Camil
We speak to 2015's Frieze Projects participants, including Pia Camil, the artist giving away clothes at the fair
Massimo and Magnus serve up secrets in new show
Chef’s Table, a new Netflix series, goes inside the lives and kitchens of six of the world’s most famous chefs
'Even modernists like Mies loved bricks. . .'
From Bavarian viaducts to Mesopotamian zigurats, Brick author William Hall also loves them - we ask him why
The Store Detective: Carturesti Carusel, Bucharest
Books provide a happy ending to this cavernous 19th century bank building in Bucharest’s old town
Zhang Xiaogang explained in 5 paintings
How Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo and Richter all inform the work of China's most important contemporary painter
Noma's new locally sourced soundtrack
Danish band Efterklang have recorded a 67-minute work especially for the Copenhagen restaurant's restrooms
Stories from the Secession - Radical music and art
The Viennese Secessionist artists didn't just limit their influence to painting, as Art In Vienna explains
Le Corbusier's art goes on show in Paris
The architect's paintings and collages are the subject of a joint show at two Parisian galleries
Roger Ballen goes back to Outland #2
The photographer revisits his 1995 photo, Woman, man and dog from his seminal book Outland
A stainless steel tribute to Jean Prouvé
Anne Démians' Quai Quest in Nancy, France, draws on Prouvé’s mid-century work to reinvigorate his home city
The LA landmark set to become a design museum
Is this contemporary art and design museum just the kind of investment Los Angeles’ Old Bank District needs?
Spend a day in London with Wallpaper* City Guides
Follow Instagram icon Joe Pickard as he 'works' his way through Wallpaper* City Guides' 24 hour guide
The man who linked Rodin to Stephen Shore
Edward Steichen, born on this day in 1879, linked 19th Century European artists to 20th century NYC innovators
Want to swap a good book for a great one?
Bring your old art books to MoMA tomorrow and you could get some fabulous Phaidon ones - and meet an artist!
Stories from the Secession - Klimt's The Kiss
Extravagant and ecstatic this masterpiece is as much a celebration of colour and texture as the act of love
Anish Kapoor 'I want to write a grand opera...'
'... and deal with the big human issues.' But, he tells us, 'One would kid oneself to believe one could do all that'
Doug Fishbone’s Biennale Golf Course
The American artist brings his mini-golf course to Venice in time for the 2015 Biennale this May
The designs Alessi declined
A new exhibition shows the products by Zaha Hadid, Ettore Sottsass and co that never made it into production
If you've got it - flaunt it!
Fashioning the Body is a great show examining ways in which we've 'enhanced our offering' over the years
Why would an architect burn a wooden building?
The Phaidon Atlas focuses on an ancient Japanese preservation technique employed by contemporary architects
Seeing LA through Rauschenberg’s eyes
Do Rauschenberg’s Los Angeles photos suggest he could have been a great documentary photographer?
Anish Kapoor ‘An artist’s job is to say I’m lost’
We catch up with the sculptor and painter at the launch of a show of new work at the Lisson Gallery
Stories from the Secession - how Vienna led the world
Our book Art in Vienna looks back at the radical developments that took place in the Austrian capital a century ago
'Bruce Nauman cares about the human condition'
Grazia Quaroni, curator at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, explains a puzzling new Bruce Nauman show
What do you think of Spotify's new look?
It's goodbye to the green as designers Collins give music streaming service a great new 60's inspired identity
Shoshanna's off to Japan and she's got a great guide!
The series four finale of Girls last night had a host of surprises - not least the inclusion of our Wallpaper* City Guide
The amazing life story of Tancred Borenius
The author of our Rembrandt classic spied for Britain, hung with the Bloomsbury Group, was an art advisor to earls, spoke nine languages fluently and, most importantly, may even have helped the allies win World War II
Alex Atala gets two Michelin Stars!
D.O.M.'s founder becomes the first and only Brazilian chef to score two stars in the inaugural guide to his country
Hiroshi Sugimoto creates his own museum
After his criticism of museums by OMA and Libeskind the photographer is designing his own coastal art complex
One thing not to miss in Paris
Spring has sprung and with it comes a new Wallpaper* City Guide, packed with cool things to see and do
Who will save Michael Heizer's City?
Why does this storied work of land art need to be protected, before it is even finished?
Why Heatherwick's hub is made for modern learning
The British designer hopes this towering new university facility in Singapore will encourage impromptu exchanges
Is this New Orleans’ answer to the London Eye?
A local firm hopes to build this double-helix gondola-lift tower in time to celebrate the city's 300th anniversary
What's William Eggleston doing in Brazil?
The 75-year-old photographer insisted on a car and a knowledgeable driver when he visited Rio this month...
The amazing life story of Wilhelm Uhde
The author of our Van Gogh classic was an early champion of Braque and naïve art, sat for Picasso, was sheltered by the French Resistance and became the subject of an award winning film - he was a pretty fine writer too!
What was Louis Kahn working on, the day he died?
The architect died at Penn Station on this day in 1974, when his briefcase was opened it contained these sketches
JR is coming to the Tribeca Film Festival!
The brilliant French artist premiers his short film at the New York City festival next month
Jerry Saltz on medieval art, censorship and Facebook
The New York magazine critic discusses his love for Dark Ages art, and how it got him kicked off social media
Arne Glimcher loves our Zhang Xiaogang book!
The influential Pace Gallery founder, speaking at Art Basel HK, says it's 'unique in the lexicon of monographs'
Roger Ballen goes back to Outland
In the first of a new series, the photographer revisits the characters in his seminal photographic book Outland
A Google Doodle for the author of the first photobook
How the botanist Anna Atkins, born today in 1799, created the first photography book over 170 years ago
Michael Graves RIP
One of the influential 'New York Five' architects and designer of the postmodern Blue Bird Kettle dies at 80
Alex Prager’s knee-high perspective
The Californian photographer’s new Hong Kong show offers a childlike view of her idiosyncratic vision
Okwui Enwezor invites Karl Marx to Venice!
The curator themes this year's Biennale around All The World's Futures with a marathon reading of Das Kapital
Rising Star - Éric Kayser enters Best Bakers Top 10
French baker and Phaidon author is in Dessert Professional's 2015 hit list of US talent
What's Bjarke Ingels done to the skyscraper?
Danish firm's wedge-shaped blocks fit into modest city plot and boast plenty of room at the top
This year's Pritzker Prize winner on last year's
Shortly before his death this week, Frei Otto outlined his admiration for Shigeru Ban - this is what he told us
Paul McCarthy joins the skateboard economy
Baldessari, Ballen, Warhol and Wool all have trucks on their designs - now the Phaidon artist does too
Dismantling Shiro Kuramata's sushi bar
The painstaking work Hong Kong's M+ museum put into preserving his classic interior is revealed in new video
Bricks are beautiful at this boutique hotel
Bangkok firm Onion creates remarkably modern hotel from remarkably ancient man-made building material
One thing not to miss in Hong Kong
In town for Art Basel HK? Take time off at the highest bar in the world, as featured in our Wallpaper* City Guide app
Wolfgang Tillmans wins the 2015 Hasselblad Award
Swedish photographic institution cites and celebrates the artist's skill for expressing 'the fragility of images'
Photos that changed the world #10 Derrick Cross
On the anniversary of his untimely death we look at how Robert Mapplethorpe's astonishing 1983 photograph mixed potent sexual and political imagery - proving that photography could appeal to both the mind and the senses
Sacred Stories: The Buddhist Meditation Centre
How a group of Dutch Buddhists came to meditate in a thirteen-bedroom mansard barn in rural Europe
Yin Xiuzhen on China, smoking and freedom
The contemporary Chinese artist tells us about her early life, some key influences and new work
Massimo Bottura is baking bones on CNN tonight
The chef and Phaidon author travels to London to take part in the channel's gastronomy show, Culinary Journeys
Richard Prince, fashion photographer
The American artist's appropriated fashion-magazine photography goes on show in New York this week
Heatherwick and BIG design Google’s moveable HQ
The European architects have designed a complex that can be reconfigured to suit the firm's changing needs
What to look out for at this week's Armory Show
Don't miss new work by Phaidon artists Wolfgang Tillmans, Isa Genzken, Yayoi Kusama and Monica Bonvicini
Would you back the Warhol family movie?
Warhol’s great niece, Abby Warhola, and her relatives are making a film about their take on the pop artist
Paris gets a concrete wave right beside Euro Disney
Paris architect Jean-Philippe Pargade uses bridge-building technology to create undulating academic facility
Five buildings bringing brick back
How one of the oldest materials is being worked into contemporary architecture in some very surprising ways
Isa Genzken shows us the money
Why has the German artist worked coins and notes into her latest series of paintings?
Jeff Koons' Piglet is bound for California
Koons' 18-1/2 foot high rendering of the Winnie the Pooh character will stand beside the new Sacramento stadium
When John Cage met Robert Rauschenberg
How the artist’s seemingly simple paintings inspired one of the most challenging compositions of the 20th century
