Seriously, is this how the Contra chefs got a Michelin star?
No! It was exceptional yet simple cookery, not cuddling up to The Michelin Man that won over the judges

Debbie Harry and friends talk about posing for Warhol
Andy’s portrait subjects tell the New York Times what it was like being pictured in (and paying for) Andy’s portraits

Putnam & Putnam did Gwyneth Paltrow’s wedding!
The star just married film producer Brad Falchuk, and America’s greatest floral designers were there to help

Want Modernism beside the sea? Go to Fire Island!
This summer resort is home to some of America’s best mid-century architecture, as our new guide explains

Why the Whitney’s Warhol exhibition goes big on the 1970s
Donna De Salvo, curator of the Whitney's retrospective, says Andy’s later decades were among his greatest

Why did Magnus Nilsson put pizza in The Nordic Baking Book?
The Nordic Baking Book author has a slightly controversial but well-reasoned take on pizza's 'Nordic origins'

John Waters thinks our Warhol book is 'Like a detective novel’
The filmmaker, artist and Warhol confidant explains why the new Catalogue Raisonné is his bedtime companion

Where to Drink Beer’s author has got Thanksgiving covered
Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø has added a little seasonal colour to Evil Twin Brewing’s line-up. Praise be!

Prada reissues Verner Panton’s classic blow-up stool
The fashion house loves this innovative transparent cube, the first piece of inflatable furniture

Seriously, were Contra's chefs once enemies?
Sort of, but they overcame their differences to make their joint venture one of New York's most exciting restaurants

Meet Jean-Christian Jury - he's a vegan!
And he's looking good! But it wasn't always this way. On World Vegan Day our author reveals how heart failure made him reassess his diet for the better. Want to give it a go? Vegan: The Cookbook will show you how

WSJ's Alexandra Wolfe is an Animal lover!
The WSJ writer raves over our beautiful new exploration of the zoological world

Phaidon chefs score at Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list
Virgilio Martinez, Enrique Olvera, Rodolfo Guzmán, Alex Atala and Gastón Acurio win big at the 2018 ceremony

Trevor Paglen borrows from On Kawara for his midterm poster
Artist, activist and Nam June Paik award winner takes a conceptual art classic and reworks it for the elections

Seriously, what have Contra’s chefs got against microgreens?
When it comes to teeny-weeny garnishes, Jeremiah Stone and Fabián von Hauske really think less is a bore

Sharon Hayes wants to take Stonewall on the road
The artist wants to put a PA system on a vintage station wagon to commemorate the momentous protest

5 Phaidon books Spencer Bailey really likes
The editor, journalist and incoming Phaidon editor-at-large on his pick of our architecture and design titles

For Halloween, the story behind Warhol's 'classic still life'
The pop pioneer said his Skulls were facist symbols, though the truth seems to be a little more complicated

The sweet (and sour) side of Swedish candy
Magnus Nilsson’s new book boasts some great confectionary recipes and reveals a forgotten candy scandal

Michael Putnam makes a GREAT Frida Kahlo!
The co-founder of New York’s greatest floral design studio is pretty hot when it comes to fancy dress too

Seriously, what’s so special about the wine at Contra?
Quite a lot! Here’s how friendship, open-mindedness and all natural ingredients make for such a good pairing

Was Verner Panton the Bond villain's favourite designer?
From the late 1960s to the early 21st century Bond baddies have enjoyed the designs of the sensual Scandinavian

Olafur Eliasson on social media, Experience and his next show
The author, activist and artist has an idea that smart phones might not be so bad for his next Tate show after all

'Sweet bread mingling with the scent of volcanic activity'- Magnus Nilsson on Icelandic traditional baking techniques
The Nordic Baking Book author definitely knows a natural steam oven from a hole in the ground!

Brae and Faviken are two of WSJ’s Five Restaurants Genuinely Worth Traveling For
Magnus Nilsson and Dan Hunter’s bucolic ventures are both on a small, but perfectly formed, list

'Bitter, almost spicy'- Magnus Nilsson on the surprising, evergreen element in Nordic bread
Axes at the ready! One recipe in The Nordic Baking Book requires both culinary and arboreal skills

Swearing, shopping, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas
It may have only lasted six months, but Sarah Lucas’s ‘90’s retail venture still resonates, a quarter century later

Seriously, Contra began as an ice cream shop?
Here’s how a sweet, icey way to keep one chef in NYC developed into one of the city’s best restaurants

Five great Picasso works in great destinations
On the artist’s birthday, we pick out some of Pablo's finest pieces, courtesy of our new book Destination Art

'Naps with eating' - Magnus Nilsson on Nordic snack breaks
Coffee and snack breaks are known as 'fika' the Nordic Baking Book author says - and they're great for productivity

Raf Simons on why Warhol is a perfect fit for Calvin Klein
Raf says Warhol’s portraits prove he was truly democratic (but he does love the Death and Disaster series too)

Alejandro Aravena’s brutal beach house is for sale
Like to slip off your office gear and gaze into a fire at weekends? Got $1.5m? This place could be right for you

Was Verner Panton the most avant-garde of Danish designers?
The 20th century design visionary took Scandi interiors for a walk on the wild side of industrial production

Sex, Death, Sigmund Freud and Sarah Lucas
Here’s how the controversial artist showed her risqué sculptures in Freud’s historic London house

The war that made Robert Capa
On the Magnum founder’s birthday, we look back at his most famous book, Death in the Making

How Annie Leibovitz caught Richard Nixon's final flight
Leibovitz recalls teaming up with Hunter S. Thompson to document Tricky Dicky’s dishonourable departure

'Exhausting, Exhilarating, Exasperating but Inspiring' - David Dawson at Sotheby's on sitting for Lucian Freud
Long time assistant and Freud Archive Director reveals what it was like to sit for the great painter

How Annie Leibovitz captured Emily Dickinson’s absence
This photograph of the poet’s pressed-flowers album serves as a tribute to not one, but two, writers

5 things we learned on the Brutal Bus tour
Prince Charles called the National Theatre a nuclear power station, The Royal College of Physicians is based on the human body and only 50 people lived in the Barbican when the Barbican was built (none of them architects!)

How to do a wedding Putnam & Putnam style
The only thing that’s monochrome is the dynamic duo's workwear, as you can tell from these stunning displays

'A walking Gallup poll' - the social side of Andy Warhol’s incredible creativity according to Arnold Lehman of Phillips
Warhol may have borrowed some ideas from others but that doesn't mean his work wasn't 100 per cent Andy

Who’s top dog here?
Here’s how we buddied up with NYC’s best four-legged, furry influencers to launch our new book Feed Me

How Annie Leibovitz revealed Kendrick Lamar's inner visions
Having shot Jagger and Lennon, Annie is capturing the musical voice of a new generation for Vanity Fair

What are all these people trying to get a photograph of?
Could this paw-parazzi shot have anything to do with our Feed Me and Pet-tecture launch this morning?

On National Pasta Day, why not try this Middle Eastern take?
These grain-sized pasta shapes are popular across the Middle East, and go great with kale and feta

'To me there’s no argument' – the Whitney’s Donna De Salvo says Andy’s 70s paintings are unquestionably great
The curator of the forthcoming Warhol retrospective says that was the era when Warhol truly engaged with painting

Cool Designs for Cultured Kids – The Eames Elephant
This pint-sized pachyderm was created for Charles and Ray’s offspring but is now available to all cultured kids

'Campbell’s Soup Cans is the real model for the portraits' - Andy Warhol biographer Blake Gopnik on Andy's '70s portraits
'The collapse of the portraits into a single series is Warholian – things in series without individual characteristics'

How Annie Leibovitz showed her mother's honesty
She’s shot everyone from the Queen to Kanye, but she says this picture of her mother is probably her favourite

Did you spot Mark Bradford at the Royal Wedding?
Some work by the artist made a sneak appearance at Princess Eugenie's wedding ceremony a few days ago

“The galleries were scared to show them” Factory studio boss Vincent Fremont on Andy Warhol’s Sex Parts series
Here’s what happened when Andy finally expressed his sexual desires in the late 1970s

Get to know Cape Cod Modernism in Massachusetts
This is what happened when Walter Gropius and co took the summer off and went to the beach

The hidden story in Olafur Eliasson’s new book
Here’s why the world-famous artist hopes Olafur Eliasson: Experience will help him reach a new audience

'He saw hammers and sickles when he went to Italy in the 70s' - Factory studio boss Vincent Fremont on Andy Warhol
How Andy's Skull series and Hammer and Sickle images were inspired by the extreme politics of 1970s Europe
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How Annie Leibovitz saw Nicole Kidman's face light up
Turns out some people are truly photogenic as the legendary photographer explains in her new book

The Nordic Baking Book is a Bible for Bakers says WSJ.
Magnus Nilsson's new book 'captures the heart of baking culture across Scandinavia' the magazine says

Want to catch up with the Harvard Five? Go to New Canaan
The Connecticut village is an architectural gem, says our new Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide

How Annie Leibovitz learned to dance with Mikhail Baryshnikov
Her photos of Baryshnikov’s company are a lesson in the beauty, and difficulty, in photographing dance

Get to know Frank Lloyd Wright in Pleasantville
You’ll never see so much of Wright’s style in a single place than when you tour this small, New York state enclave

Why Sharon Hayes came out as a dyke but lives as a lesbian
On National Coming Out Day, here’s how the artist helped wrench one term from the field of psychiatry

Mario Sorrenti talks Kate Moss and more in New York
Sorrenti tells former W and Barneys Creative Director Dennis Freedman about his love for Kate and conceptual art

Get to know Doo-Wop architecture in Wildwood
The Jersey Shore resort is full of this kitsch take on modernism according to our mid-century East Coast guide

Nan Goldin goes back to the dive bars in The Deuce
The photographer put in a cameo performance on the HBO show beside James Franco, critiquing her early work

Highly unusual homes for highly unusual animals
Got a homeless horse or a hermit crab looking for a crib? Then pick the perfect place from our book Pet-tecture

A very funny man for A Very Serious Cookbook
Comedian Eric Wareheim opens up on why he loves the amazing food and wine at Contra and Wildair

When Jannis Kounellis painted with horses
On the 85th anniversary of the artist's birth, we look back at the time Kounellis coaxed 12 horses into a gallery

Cool Designs for Cultured Kids – Dada Marionettes
Children will love these colourful string puppets - parents will appreciate the marionettes' avant-garde origins

How Annie Leibovitz drew star power from the Rolling Stones
In Annie Leibovitz at Work, she explains how she picked up 'power by association' shooting their 1975 tour

Putnam & Putnam choose the 'It Flowers' of 2018
New York’s hottest floral designers capture this year’s most coveted flowers in their new book, and post some online

Stephen Shore's personal tribute to Andy Warhol
On Stephen Shore's birthday, we look back at his formative relationship with the pop art master

Massimo Bottura is the Pavarotti of Pasta, says 60 Minutes
The show traces his career from a first taste of tortellini under his grandma's table to becoming world’s best chef

Here's a sneak peak of Massimo Bottura on 60 Minutes tonight!
Watch Channel 2 at 7pm tonight to see our Bread is Gold and Skinny Italian Chef author interviewed by Lesley Stahl

What is Sharon Hayes trying to tell us?
Discover how this contemporary artist uses vintage protest to open up new possibilities

Cool Designs for Cultured Kids – The Optischer Farbmischer
Get your pre-schoolers into Goethe and Schopenhauer with this deceptively simple-looking spinning top

How Annie Leibovitz let Patti Smith become herself
In Annie Leibovitz At Work, the photographer looks back at two key portraits of one remarkable singer

Astonishing Animals – The Panda
On World Animal Day we look at the panda's remarkable role in wildlife conservation

These doghouses will make your home look good too
No more ruff sleeping with these beautiful pieces of dog-focused design featured in our new book Pet-tecture

How Annie Leibovitz got Keith Haring to go black and white
In Annie Leibovitz at Work the photographer reveals the fascinating story behind her photo of the great artist

Brutalist buildings you can only see in our new book
The wrecking ball has levelled them but they live on forever in our new Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

Destination Art every kid will love!
Taking a trip with children? Then pick out somewhere from our great new travel guide to art around the world

Cool Designs for Cultured Kids – Montessori Geometric Solids
This early 20th century developmental toy was one of the first design products created specifically for children

How does Annie Leibovitz do it?
On the photographer’s birthday, read the stories behind the images in her new book Annie Leibovitz At Work

Sketch to Skyline - what Luis Barragán’s Las Arboledas development in Mexico looked like on day one
The Pritzker laureate brought nature, order and colour together in this Mexican residential development

How Steve McCurry captured the lives of coffee growers
On International Coffee Day take another look at the photos in From These Hands: A Journey Along The Coffee Trail

These Brutalist buildings look a bit like Jenga blocks
There are plenty of structures in our new Atlas that look just a little bit like the popular wooden building block game

The perfect beer for Nordic Baking
After centuries apart, Evil Twin's Swedish Fika Biscotti Break brings Nordic brewing and baking together again

Elmgreen & Dragset have a tall tale to tell about this pool
Don't believe everything you see and read at their excellent new Whitechapel Gallery show

Instagrammers campaigned to save these Brutalist buildings
...but they didn't always succeed. Luckily, you can still see the ones they couldn't save in Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

Destination Art in the most beautiful settings
Come for the art but stay for the views around these important contemporary artworks from new book Destination Art

How bad cities can kill us (and better cities might cure us)
Cholera no longer infects our water supplies but other threats lurk in our cities - Shaping Cities has a way forward

Putnam & Putnam create an autumn display for Martha Stewart
New York City's greatest floral designers prove there's more to flowers than simple summer blooms

Cool Designs for Cultured Kids – The Giulia Rocking Horse
Can you afford kids and a Maserati? Then try this stylish Italian toy featured in new book Design for Children

These cat homes will make your home look good too
Get your beloved kitty a bit of furniture like this and you’ll soon be feline very house proud . . .

How better cities will save the world
By locking in good habits with infrastructure the mega cities of the future could help us avert ecological disaster

These Brutalist War memorials have very brutal back stories
World War II hit the former Yugoslavia hard and it has many poignant concrete creations to commemorate it

Destination Art you can get to in your lunch break
Are you in a big city? Got an hour to spare? Then get out and see some art from our new book Destination Art

Destination Art that looks like a LOT of fun!
Find art difficult sometimes? Don't fret. Take a look at these works in Destination Art and you'll soon by smiling

Sketch to Skyline - what Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute in La Jolla, California looked like on day one
Did you know Kahn originally planned a garden in the middle of the site? Drawing Architecture takes up the story

Cool Designs for Cultured Kids - Alexander Girard's dolls
Discover how Herman Miller's design director channelled his love of folk art and bright colours into these figures

Great Art in the Great Outdoors
Sometimes it pays to think outside the white-walled box as our new book Destination Art shows
