George Condo's Muse Music
The artificial realist painter and sculptor on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Seoul's new suburb in the sky
Dutch architects pull off the impossible and make 'the middle ground' exciting
John Baldessari's $100,000 bill board
Artist who once proclaimed "I will not make any more boring art" sticks to his promise
Roger Hiorns to bury Airbus under the UK
Turner Prize nominee creates modern-day 'long barrow' on two sites in the US and UK
Martin Boyce's Muse Music
The 2011 Turner Prize winner on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Phaidon Store opens in Shoreditch
If you're in East London this weekend visit us at pop-up shopping mall Boxpark
George Shaw's Muse Music
The 2011 Turner Prize nominee on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Let there be light!
The new Stuttgart City Library - possibly the best place in the world to flick through a Phaidon book
Reiulf Ramstad's peak practice
Mantra-abiding Scandinavian architect creates angular mountain retreat in Norway
'Everything now is too chaotic' says Dieter Rams
Legendary German designer calls for a return to simplicity
Danny Lyon adds his voice to global 'Occupy' protest
Spirit of social rebellion alive and well says campaigning photographer
In praise of... killing your own dinner
Our money is artist and author Tomi Ungerer to win a fight with any beast
Karla Black's Muse Music
The 2011 Turner Prize nominee on the music that gets her in a creative mood
The woman who inspired Picasso
How the raven-haired Dora Maar became Picasso's most politically charged muse
A brief history of the ‘ism’ in art criticism
Behind the scenes at The Art Museum – a series of stories inspired by the greatest art book ever published
World's slowest roller coaster unveiled
Design duo Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth create the ultimate ride for the faint-hearted
Another victory at Melbourne's AAMI Stadium
Cox Architecture's new stadium wins Australian National Architecture Award
Why pick on the interpretation department?
Spare a thought for the people who write the wall texts in museums and galleries – it’s not easy
Welcome to Georgia
If more border checkpoints looked like this it wouldn't matter how long the queues were
Inside the mind of Milena Dragicevic
Exploring the creative processes of artists featured in Vitamin P2
Art's original 'undo' button
Behind the scenes at The Art Museum – a series of stories inspired by the greatest art book ever published
People watching with a difference
Michael Wolf’s Paris Photo photos of compressed commuters are a big hit with Martin Parr
Mark Titchner's Muse Music
The belief-challenging artist on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Does this building really exist?
Richard Meier & Partners's new building on the shores of Lake Garda looks real enough, but is it?
Chris Johanson's Muse Music
The painter and street artist on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Danny Lyon comes to a radio station near you
Pioneer of photographic journalism to talk about his adventures this week
Marina Abramović's Halloween ball
Art world glitteratti turn out for party in Greenwich Village Jamaican bar Miss Lily's
Arnaud Lapierre's mirror images
Up and coming design star enthrals Paris with zoetrope-like installation
Berlin's new design showcase
Qubique show at Tempelhof airport introduces furniture design to next generation
Brutalist architecture - the remix
Belgian architecture photographer Filip Dujardin creates new monuments - from existing buildings
Attention wannabe space tourists - the holiday starts here
World's first commercial spaceport designed by Norman Foster+Partners opens
Kanye West plays impromptu gig at George Condo London opening
After hours show ends with celebrated artist hugging rapper
Haroon Mirza's Muse Music
The Venice Biennale Silver Lion winner on the music that gets him in a creative mood
The Don Draper with soul
Robert Montgomery’s anti-capitalist art subverts advertising’s tried and tested tricks
Frieze starts tomorrow!
Curator Sarah McCrory reveals the highs and lows of squeezing a bunch of hermit crabs, two yachts, one daily TV show and quite a few paintings into a London park
The revolution will, after all, be televised
South London artists LuckyPDF have located their practice at the forefront of internet technology. So why are they hosting a daily TV show at Frieze art fair this week?
My other Caravaggio’s a yacht
Can Christian Jankowski really sell a boat as an artwork at this week’s Frieze art fair? Let’s ask him
The Cuban (architectural) revolution
A new Havana is slowly taking shape amid the crumbling facades of the old one
Blowing apart the idea of an art museum
10 years in the making, The Art Museum will redefine how you look at art
Steve Jobs – The Sun King of Cupertino
In terms of patronising great design (and global dominance), the Apple boss was a Louis XIV for the modern age
Why is Gerhard Richter so important?
The abstract and photorealist artist has confronted both Germany’s past and abstract painting itself
Antony Micallef's Muse Music
The artist Brangelina and Damien Hirst collect reveals the music that gets him in a creative mood
Happy Birthday Google!
The company is 13 today so Phaidon asked Ferran Adrià to make sure it was one to remember
Australia's alternative Disneyland
Exhibits are removed if they prove popular at world’s oddest art museum
Goodbye REM and thanks for introducing us to Howard Finster
The outsider artist who painted the end of the world as he knew it
What is it about starchitects and car parks?
Zaha Hadid becomes the latest architect to build a parking garage in Miami
Revealed: What the elBulli Foundation will look like
Architect gives Phaidon sneak peak at Ferran Adrià's new ideas centre
So that’s what a Frank Gehry building looks like on day one
Architect reveals initial 'doodle' for Hong Kong super residence
Ryan Gander plans to set up own art school
Locked Room Scenario artist joins new grassroots approach to art education
A day on the farm with Richard Hamilton
Rachel Cooke recalls a close encounter with the pop art legend
Richard Hamilton – father of Pop Art – 1922 - 2011
"People don’t seem to understand that an artist is free to do whatever he wants, and I’ve always relished that possibility. I do whatever I feel like."
Roman Abramovich’s new art museum to include giant outdoor hot tub
Architect’s video reveals plans for new art metropolis on St Petersburg island
Ferran Adrià teams up with Barack Obama advisor
Spanish chef finally reveals plans for his foundation
A brief history of the word ‘curator’
Once solely employed to describe the exhibition maker, now it's used for anyone from a celebrity music festival programmer to a Williamsburg hipster with an iTunes account. British Art Show curator Tom Morton talks us through the origins of the most overused word of modern times
For Wilhelm Sasnal 'There are no rules'
Comics, paintings, films and drawings, nothing is off limits for contemporary artist Wilhelm Sasnal
Refinery29 picks its favourite Phaidon books
The fashion and culture site opens the new Phaidon Store Reading Room at Fashion's Night Out
Earthquake hit Christchurch Cathedral to be rebuilt with cardboard
One year after the New Zealand earthquake, architect, Shigeru Ban uses his trademark materials to replace the 19th Century building
Yayoi Kusama's polka dots are the fashion trend for fall
The humble spot print is back thanks to leading Japanese artist
In praise of... old style Hollywood seduction techniques
'Citizen Cannes' Gilles Jacob watches Jack Nicholson work his predatory magic
Peel back the pavement and what do you find?
Guerilla artist The Wa lifts the lid on the world's rubbish
MOMA and Roundhouse shows give new meaning to public art
Ron Arad and Carlito Carvalhosa works invite audience participation
Shifting focus - the Decade interview with René Redzepi
Ten years ago he was a sous-chef, now he is the head chef of the best restaurant in the world. Where will he be in ten years' time?
Redzepi's dish 'The Snowman' is the decider for Masterchef Australia 2011 winner
The finalists re-create the most difficult dish from Noma's menu under the watchful gaze of the chef
