INTERVIEW: Shoplifter: 'I’m honored to be a part of an historical publication that eradicates the exclusion of women'
Read our interview with the Icelandic artist featured in the new book Great Women Artists

Architecture by Women: Špela Videčnik
This Slovenian architect used restriction as a starting point for her creativity with this spectacular new stadium

One thing not to miss in Tokyo
The Sumida Hokusai Museum is one of many highlights in our newly released Wallpaper* City Guide

Fergus Henderson on Black Axe Mangal and the importance of the 5am tequila haze
The restaurant world legend says chefs should act like whales and suck it all in - and he thinks Black Axe Mangal's Lee Tiernan sets a great example!

How Big Mamma turned up the heat (and with it, the love)
It took two French trattoria enthusiasts to work out what makes Italian restaurants great, then recreate it outside Italy

Jonny Ive, Marc Newson and Erin O'Connor join Fabien Baron for the MATCHESFASHION launch party of his new book

INTERVIEW: Adriano Rampazzo on drawing Signature Dishes
The artist behind Signature Dishes describes his route to our new book, via art school and restaurant kitchens

Fabulous Finn Juhl Furniture: The Chieftain Chair
Why did the Danish designer show pictures of African warriors beside this chair when he first unveiled it?

INTERVIEW: Kiki Smith - 'When I was young, being marginalized gave me energy'
Read our interview with the German-born American artist featured in the new book Great Women Artists

The Art of Anatomy - Alain Pol
Our new book Anatomy explains how the photographer makes otherworldly images via a life-saving medical process

Fabien Baron in 6 incredible photographs
You've seen his fashion campaign designs, but have you ever seen the art director’s beautiful landscape photos?

Smart things to say about Signature Dishes: Gelato
Italian ingenuity, French royal patronage and theatrical exaggeration all helped bring this dish to a wider audience

Gwyneth Paltrow celebrates with The Jewish Cookbook
The movie star marked Rosh Hashanah and her first wedding anniversary with dishes from our new book

INTERVIEW: David Dawson on how hard work kept Freud fit
Wild meat, game, gambling and good quality jazz also kept Lucian on his feet all day and every day

Architecture by Women: Mariam Kamara
Find out how one female architect brought religious worship and secular learning together in a remote African village

The life that led to Rolando's Wrinkles
Children starting out on their own journey can hear the life stories of their elders in JR’s new book

The Art of Anatomy - Lennart Nilsson
Discover the murky origins and starry afterlife of this foetal image, as featured in our new book Anatomy

Fabulous Finn Juhl Furniture: the Poet Sofa
Our new book explains how a long-running Danish comic strip christened this modernist classic

When Great Women Artists paint nudes
Strip out the male gaze, and you end up with some fairly remarkable artworks, as our new book makes clear

INTERVIEW: Thomas Schnalke on the beauty of Anatomy
Take a trip from the Renaissance to the AI age with one of the writers of our new book Anatomy

How a riot, an earthquake and a drought shaped LA fashion
Krista Smith on how some pretty apocalyptic events shook-up La La Land and made room for creatives to move in

Smart things to say about Signature Dishes: The Big Mac
It took a while to get the name right - The Aristocrat and Blue Ribbon Burger were early versions - but now it's so popular The Economist uses it to make exchange rate theory understandable

One thing not to miss in Venice
The Olivetti Showroom is one of many highlights in our newly released Wallpaper* City Guide

Deyan Sudjic says John Pawson is a bit like Stanley Kubrick
The Design Museum director says the moviemaker and the architect share a remarkable purity of purpose

INTERVIEW: William Hall on why the future of architecture is set in Stone
The author of the latest book in our Building Materials series believes Stone is hard to beat in a climate emergency

INTERVIEW: Emilia Terragni on The Silver Spoon Classic
Phaidon’s publisher discusses table settings, the necessity of avoiding TV dinners and why she thinks pesto is magic

Bronson van Wyck and the dark arts of party planning
Here’s how a little heavy metal once helped America’s greatest event producer out of a late-night jam

How did Peter Marino discover Théodore Deck?
Which famous fashion figure led The 21st century architect to the work of the 19th century ceramicist?

INTERVIEW: Mitchell Davis on why we love signature dishes
The James Beard expert knows where they came from, what they mean culturally, and which ones not to order

All you need to know about Théodore Deck
Discover the masterful 19th ceramicist whose work Peter Marino has been collecting for the past four decades

The starry rise of magnetic tape
Plundered from the Third Reich, tape enabled Elvis to record his first song - and the Beatles their best-loved album

All you need to know about John Pawson: Anatomy of Minimum
This powerful new monograph showcases the elements and architectural anatomy at the heart of Pawson's work

The real ingredients that go into a great Signature Dish
Mitchell Davis considers how nouvelle cuisine, chef ego and social media fed into a culinary phenomenon

INTERVIEW: David Dawson on Lucian Freud's Famous Friends
Frank Auerbach and Francis Bacon were regular guests - the Director of the Freud Archive recalls their influence

A tasty way to celebrate Mexican Independence Day
Today is Grito de Dolores. Here’s why it matters to Mexico, and what you can make, if you want to mark it

The battle between anatomy, religion and magic
Why did it take us so long to learn about how our bodies work? Thomas Schalke explains how belief held us back

All you need to know about Born to Party, Forced to Work
America’s host with the most, Bronson van Wyck, shares anecdotes, memories and tips on throwing parties that are as much fun to give as they are to go to

The making of Mid-Century Modernism
How did one style of architecture spread right across the globe? Through adaptation, argues Dominic Bradbury

Kate Moss on Fabien Baron
'He senses the future, because he’s there before the rest of us,' Moss writes in her introduction to Baron's book

INTERVIEW: JR’s studio director on his life with the world's coolest artist
Marc Azoulay tells us how he went from investment banking to game-changing art installations - all thanks to JR

All you need to know about Hi-Fi: The History of High-End Audio Design
A very cool look at high-end audio design for audiophiles and design aesthetes alike

Joel Meyerowitz - 'The day I met Robert Frank'
Robert Frank, the Swiss-born, US based photographer and filmmaker died yesterday at the age of 94. In our video another photographic legend, Joel Meyerowitz, recalls how a chance meeting with Frank changed his life

All you need to know about Fabien Baron: Works 1983 – 2019
See the best work by the world’s most sought-after creative director, all in one volume, designed by Baron himself

All you need to know about Anatomy
Enjoy the visual interplay between art and science in a book that focuses on our inner workings

All you need to know about the Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses
Love good living? Then you need the most wide-ranging survey of Mid-Century Modern homes around the world

How JR went global
In our newly expanded edition of JR: Can Art Change the World? we explain why he focused on the flashpoints

All you need to know about Signature Dishes That Matter
You really need this global celebration of the iconic restaurant dishes that defined the course of culinary history

How women architects shape the way we think about building
New book Breaking Ground argues that the theoretical side of the profession can enable women to thrive

Set the perfect Italian dinner table the Silver Spoon way
The Silver Spoon Classic goes beyond recipes - it also tells you how to make your table fit for the most stylish guest

What the Notre Dame fire taught our author about stone
As William Hall watched the Parisian cathedral burn he realised the durability of this ancient building material

So how do you judge what makes a Great Woman Artist?
In our new book, Great Women Artists, editor Rebecca Morrill recalls one key feminist text and its repercussions

All you need to know about JR: Can Art Change the World? (Revised and Expanded Edition)
The most comprehensive monograph on the French artist - newly updated to include his latest works

A kids' guide to Yves Klein’s blue
Think art history is hard? Think again. The Italian painter and illustrator Fausto Gilberti has made it child’s play!

The rise, fall and rise again of Finn Juhl
The designer fell out of fashion towards the end of his life but today his designs are rightly regarded as classics

Art school in North Korea is a little bit different...
Ideology moulds creativity and students study art’s purpose and the social obligation that comes with being a pro

All you need to know about Breaking Ground
Get this pioneering visual manifesto of 200 plus incredible buildings designed by women all over the world

'I’m not frightened in the slightest of death' - Lucian Freud on his final years
Lucian Freud: A Life is an unprecedented look at the private life of Lucian Freud - beginning with childhood snapshots and ending with rarely seen photos taken in his studio in the last weeks of his life

All you need to know about The Lives of Artists
The definitive collection of artist profiles by New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins - from the 1960s right up to today

All you need to know about Stone
Take a tour of some of the world's best buildings - all made from the oldest and most enduring building material

A Jew-ish guide to Jewish food: Potato Latkes
Discover how this New World ingredient changed an Old World recipe and became a firm, seasonal favourite

All you need to know about The Silver Spoon Classic
New photography, table setting suggestions and a tightly curated collection of recipes - our new luxury edition is the best ever version of an unbeatable cookbook

All you need to know about Great Women Artists
Get 500 years of art history, as told through the brilliant work of 400 great female artists

All you need to know about Yves Klein Painted Everything Blue and Wasn’t Sorry
Now kids can delight in the life story of this major artist, thanks to Fausto Gilberti's quirky, picture-book biography

All you need to know about Finn Juhl: Life, Work, World
Get the first-ever comprehensive monograph on the designer who introduced Danish Modernism to America

All you need to know about Lucian Freud A Life
From early family photos to his final portraits our new book takes an intimate look at the private life of the painter

All you need to know about Printed in North Korea
It's a unique glimpse into the art behind the politics and the individual creativity at work beneath the propaganda

All you need to know about The Jewish Cookbook
Leah Koenig's celebration of an inspiring and diverse cuisine features 400 contemporary and traditional recipes

Morten Bo Jensen on how to build an extraordinary house
The architects in Houses: Extraordinary Living explain how they put drama into domestic living

Talking Textiles with Josh Blackwell
How the New Orleans born artist elevates the cultural status of materials that might otherwise be considered garbage

Virgilio Martinez swaps altitude for some great attitude
Peruvian chef's new restaurant will give back to Amazonian community and highlight indigenous produce

Unpicking the Bauhaus’s woven legacy
The Art Institute of Chicago’s new show looks at how the German school changed the course of American textile art

Fredrik Berselius is cooking dinner for Ferran Adrià (and you)
Come and sample the Aska chef recreating the food of el-Bulli legend Ferran Adrià and meet the man himself

Tom Kundig on how to build an extraordinary house
The architects in Houses: Extraordinary Living explain how they put drama into domestic living

The Interiors Monologues - Roger de Cabrol
The greatest designers of the century talk about Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century

Steve McCurry recalls the shells falling in Kashmir
The Magnum photographer remembers his time in the region where tensions are fast rising again

Worried about the planet? Our cookbooks can help!
A new UN report suggests upping plant-based dishes could improve both our own health and the land around us

JR features one thousand New Yorkers in his epic new work
For his Brooklyn Museum show the French artist has created a huge new mural, inspired in part by Diego Rivera

Denise Scott Brown wins Lifetime Achievement Award
She missed out on the Pritzker Prize back in 1991; can a Lisbon Triennale award redress the balance a little?

Here’s where Phaidon authors are going on holiday
From southern France to the Faroe Islands, our creatives are carving out time to kick back this summer

Eight sides of Andy
The Pope of Pop was born 91 years ago today. Here’s how he went from magazine illustrator to art world superstar

The Interiors Monologues - Marc Sadler
The greatest designers of the century talk about Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century

The Baltimore Museum of Art devotes a year to women artists
The museum’s 12-month long 2020 Vision initiative will attempt to redress gender imbalance in the art world

Marc Jacobs to receive MTV’s first Fashion Trailblazer award
The designer will be the inaugural recipient of this new accolade at the Video Music Awards on August 26

Jake Gyllenhaal helps install JR’s latest NYC project
The star pasted up part of the new installation onto the Broadway Theater where he’s currently performing

Lie back and soak up six very different visions of summer
From 19th century New Jersey, to noughties Playboy grotto, these pictures should put you in holiday mode

3 Pools to dive into (and one you might want to avoid)
They look welcoming, though you wouldn’t want to break the surface of every swimming pool in our books. . .

Pipilotti Rist and The New Museum create AR works for Apple
New Museum and tech titan commission augmented reality works from seven contemporary artists

Home with the kids? Here's a day's worth of fun recipes
Our book United Tastes of America is packed with child-friendly summer holiday recipes from across the States

Fergus Henderson on lunch, Martin Parr and our new chef
The chef and friend of Phaidon celebrates his 56th birthday today. Here are his views on photos, food and friends

Did you spot this LA landmark in the new Tarantino film?
Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood features one of LA's best-loved buildings, immortalised by Marvin Rand

Henry Moore's ancient Mayan tribute
On the artist's birthday, we look at why Moore rejected ancient Greek art in favour of Pre-Columbian influences

When Francis Alÿs tried to build a bridge to Europe
A line of kids marching into the sea is all that remains of his attempt to bridge the gap between Europe and Africa

6 Beautiful beach houses to admire this summer
Wherever you end up during your time off we hope it’s as striking as these wonderful waterside retreats

Marc Jacobs recalls his student days in three Eighties IDs
These identity cards capture some of the designer's earliest dramatic personal looks

JR documentary is nominated for an Emmy
His TIME magazine video project on guns in America is on the shortlist for the world’s best-known TV awards

Reclaim long lost New York with Elliott Erwitt
On the photographer’s 91st birthday, we look at his classic NYC street scenes, available as limited edition prints

Want to garden like Andoni Luis Aduriz?
Then you have to travel! The Mugaritz chef is proudly Basque but he isn't afraid to import and plant herbs from Asia

The American realist who made it into Art & Queer Culture
Thomas Eakins was born on this day in 1844. Was he a dispassionate admirer of the male form or a queer pioneer?

Stefan Sagmeister quits the commercial to focus on Beauty
The designer is turning commercial assignments over to partner Jessica Walsh to focus on self-generated projects

Feeling the heat? Try this Simple & Classic ice cream recipe!
Beat the European heatwave with Jane Hornby’s berry ice cream. It tastes great and is really easy to make
