Astonishing Animals – The Diana Monkey
Jill Greenberg manipulates her hyperrealist photographs to emphasise the connection between us and them
Andy's Athletes - Jack Nicklaus
The stories behind Warhol's encounters with sports stars of the Seventies - as pictured in the Catalogue Raisonné
There's more to German cuisine than Currywurst!
Overlooked and unloved until now, The German Cookbook will totally change your view on this varied cuisine
Francis Alÿs, his fiery football and other artworks
On his 59th birthday we take a look at what makes the Contemporary Artist series artist so hot right now
Astonishing Animals – The Steppe Bison
Painted 17,000 years ago, using sophisticated techniques, there's a lot more to this image than you think
Andy's Athletes - Muhammad Ali
The stories behind Warhol's encounters with sports stars of the Seventies - as pictured in the Catalogue Raisonné
Eero Saarinen's only UK building is still a great one
On the anniversary of his birth read how his proto-brutalist American Embassy broke the modernist mould
Astonishing Animals – Cai Guo-Qiang's Heritage Installation
Spectacular artwork featured in our new book Animal, depicts a scene that could never actually occur in nature
Theaster Gates on the artist representing the US at Venice 2019
Watch Gates interview the acclaimed abstract sculptor Martin Puryear, due to represent the US at the next Biennale
Iggy Pop has just recreated this Warhol burger video
The singer follows Warhol’s actions faithfully, right down to the slightly odd way he applies ketchup to the dish
Alejandro Aravena mixes a bank and a bridge to help the poor
The architect’s new proposal for Buenos Aires Villa 31 neighbourhood will help the city’s poorest cross the tracks
Runners! Our Where to Drink Beer author has a brew for you
Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø’s Evil Twin Brewing has worked with another runner and beverage expert to create Race Day
'I have a duty to preserve it' - Why Tillmans still shoots nightlife
Wolfgang celebrates his 50th today and wants you to see what it was like back in the day - and what it's like now
When Steve McCurry shot the Indian monsoon
A near fatal fall onto rocks, leeches crawling up his back and a wade through water with dead animals all around. On Indian Independence Day Steve McCurry recalls the 'masochism' of his first monsoon trip to India
In Praise of Paul Rand
On the anniversary of his birth take the opportunity to gem up on the undisputed godfather of graphic design
Astonishing Animals – The Lion’s Mane Jellyfish
This beauty has 100 feet long tentacles with thousands of microscopic harpoons that inject a paralysing venom
Thomas Bayrle on Elvis, America and Jacques Tati
Bayrle has much in common with more critical artists, but don't overlook the joy and humour in his pictures
Andy's Athletes - Willie Shoemaker
The stories behind Warhol's encounters with sports stars of the Seventies - as pictured in the Catalogue Raisonné
Astonishing Animals – The Monarch of the Glen
New book Animal is a magnificent menagerie of imagery, documenting animals of all kinds throughout the ages
Zhang Xiaogang reflects on more disquieting memories
The Chinese artist draws on his personal recollections in a new exhibition of emotionally charged pictures
Edmund de Waal brings the émigré experience to LA
The artist and writer’s forthcoming installation at the Schindler House in LA draws on its maker’s Viennese heritage
Annie Leibovitz, Cai Guo-Qiang and a robot get RISD awards
American photographer and Chinese artist joined by artificial presence at Rhode Island School of Design ceremony
It’s OK if you don’t understand Olafur Eliasson’s new show
The artist may be referencing the environment in Beijing, but the show’s title suggests it's all open to interpretation
Can new technology bring back lost art?
Noah Charney on how destroyed artworks - and fake Old Masters - are being remade for today's museums
Could you picture your cat in a place like this?
On International Cat Day, we pick out a few purrfect kitty dwellings from our new book, Pet-tecture
Scholten & Baijings remix IKEA
Dutch design duo's colourful update of IKEA classics will find their way into many design fans’ homes
Erik Kessels swaps 35,000 snaps for a few brass band LPs
The photo editor returns to the Festival Images Vevey biennial with a show focussing on collective creativity
Olafur Eliasson brings gin, cinnamon, ceramics to his pop-up
The artist and his sister source Icelandic produce and culture for their new restaurant, opening this weekend
Is Owen Luder Britain’s most brutal architect?
The creator of Gateshead’s Trinity Square and Portsmouth’s Tricorn Centre celebrates his 90th birthday today
How Thomas Bayrle commodified sex
The German artist saw his country's attitude to sex change and decided to paint it unemotionally
![Feure im Weizen (Herzensbrecher) [Fire in the Wheat (Heartbreakerl)] 1970 by Thomas Bayrle. All images reproduced in our book Thomas Bayrle Playtime](/resource/bayrlesex.jpg)
Three New York City gardens to cool off in this lunchtime
Beat the heat in these chilled public gardens, all of which feature in our new book, Green Escapes
Andy Warhol would have been 90 today
To celebrate we take a look at how Andy's wildly differing self-portraits shaped his public persona and myth
Check out Lauren Greenfield in the New York Times!
Our Generation Wealth photographer is the subject of an insightful profile, tying in with the release of her new film
Wolfgang Tillmans just shot Neneh Cherry
The fine-art photographer created the cover for Neneh Cherry's hard-hitting new migrant crisis single, Kong
A mind-controlled airship is coming to the Design Museum
Want to become a pilot, but skip the pesky training? You can next month, inside this beautiful London building
How not to climb Mount Olympus
Google marks the first conquering of the summit, but our book, Flying too Close to the Sun, recalls another attempt
Heading for the beach? Try this Olafur Eliasson experiment!
The artist is creating compass mobiles in Reykjavik, using objects drawn from Iceland's tide line
Grafton Architects win award for latest London building
Their Marshall Building for the LSE in Lincoln's Inn Fields is another masterclass in sensitive city construction
Could MAD’s building bring big ideas to northern China?
The firm's new conference centre aims to bring bright ideas and brilliant conversation to Yabuli, the Davos of China
What star sign was Yves Saint Laurent?
The designer was born on this day 1 August in 1936, under the same sign as fellow fashion icon Coco Chanel
Stephen Harris and Massimo on the music that made them
New BBC radio documentary looks at the relationship between great chefs, their kitchens and record collections
Theaster Gates harmonizes with Harry Styles
Could the 'Mick Jagger of Social Practice' have found a soul mate in the erstwhile One Direction singer?
Thomas Bayrle’s little people
Some of the best images in the New Museum show are made up of tiny figures. Here's why the artist created them
![Detail from Plitsch-Platsch [Splish Splash] (1983) by Thomas Bayrle. As reproduced in our new book](/resource/swimmers1.jpg)
That's a pretty A-list summer holiday selfie JR!
The artist chills with Bono, Chris Rock, Sacha Baron Cohen, Woody Harrelson and Matthew McComaughey and co.
Europe’s tallest building is 50 per cent higher than The Shard
Gazprom - the world's biggest gas provider - has a very, very energy efficient new headquarters in St. Petersburg
What Anthony Caro learned from Henry Moore
To mark the day the sculptor was born we take look at how Moore influenced his friend and protégé Anthony Caro
Meet the weaver who became the Kraftwerk of German art
Thomas Bayrle's poppy pictures, built up from hundreds of smaller images, drill down deep into our collective desires
![Thomas Bayrle, Bierrakete [Beer Rocket], 1969. Silkscreen print on cardboard, 18 1/8 × 16 1/2 in (46 × 42 cm). Edition of 15. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel](/resource/beerrocket.jpg)
From seaweed to strawberries, Olafur Eliasson is going local
The weather may be foul in Reykjavik, yet Eliasson's new pop-up restaurant is still cooking up great seasonal dishes
These Hamptons dog houses help NY’s rescue mutts
The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons has some architectural homes perfectly suited to your best friend
Dries Van Noten works Verner Panton into his new collection
Belgian designer’s collaboration with Panton estate revives optimistic colours, patterns and spirit of the '60s
Let Elliott Erwitt take you away to Southern France
Celebrate the great photographer’s 90th birthday by bringing a little mid-century joie de vivre into your life
What was JR doing at these Basque Food Awards?
The artist joined a skinny Italian chef and Phaidon's other world-class talents at the Basque Culinary World Prize
Stephen Shore goes back on the road
The photographer is on another summer road-trip in the flyover states, shooting more American Surfaces
Cups and condoms included in new Jenny Holzer Tate show
New exhibition draws together early pieces alongside the artist’s best-known works and her recent projects
Is Thomas Eakins cooling off or heating up?
Eakins - born on this day in 1844 - painted this work to silence his critics, yet it remains open to interpretation. . .
What to expect when Jeremy Fox cooks at Lyle’s in London
The Rustic Canyon chef and Phaidon author promises to bring a slice of California to London next month
What do you get if you cross brutalism with skateboards?
LA architect and designer J. Byron-H's new line of stools draw on concrete buildings and skateboard decks
Want to have a drink with Elmgreen & Dragset?
The European art duo will upset gallery conventions when they stage their retrospective in London this year
Three London gardens to cool off in this lunchtime
Beat the heat in these chilled public gardens, all of which feature in our new book, Green Escapes
Some birthday advice from Alex Katz
The painter celebrates his 91st birthday today - he has some wise words for those a long way behind him
Jonathan Gold on food and California
The acclaimed LA food writer died on Saturday - here’s why he loved the Golden State's singular cuisine so much
What does Rose Wylie love about the Sportsman?
Chef Stephen Harris and the fact that 'it’s the right colour for the edge of the sea' attract the local Vitamin P3 painter
What to expect from the BBC's new Gombrich documentary
Archive recordings, interviews and granddaughter Leonie describe the remarkable life of The Story of Art author
Peter Marino shows us his most personal possessions
The architect, artist and collector on the sensual link between the Mapplethorpe photos and bronzes in his collection
Yayoi Kusama's Narcissus Garden comes to New York
The Japanese artist's 52-year-old work is born again in a derelict train garage in Fort Tilden, Queens
Grace's great photographer Tim Walker gets a V&A show
Described by Coddington as the most English of Englishmen, Walker is the star of a V&A exhibition next year
Britain's new Brutalist gallery looks back at social housing
Sheffield's S1 Artspace, newly opened in the city's Park Hill estate, offers a balanced view of high-rise life
Martin Parr goes around the world for Gucci
The British photographer gives the Italian brand's new watch campaign a distinctly international feel
How was Pharrell when he came to Yardbird in Hong Kong?
Matt Abergel on the stars he’s impressed by and the ones he’s a bit meh about - you may be surprised. . .
Sir Kenneth Grange reshapes the British beer glass
The acclaimed designer combines two distinct drinking vessels into one contemporary, pint-sized classic
Who knew Degas did erotica?
On the artist's birthday, we look at how Degas moved away from Impressionism to pursue a private take on pleasure
The skate artist who branded Hong Kong’s hottest restaurant
Matt Abergel got Evan Hecox to brand Yardbird - and learned an important lesson on how to approach your heroes
Oh dear, Maurizio Cattelan has killed Banksy!
His new work Eternity, sees him fill a Tuscan garden with gravestones for 100 artists - some dead, some alive
An iPhone doesn't make you a filmmaker says Danny Lyon
The veteran photographer, documentary maker and Phaidon author calls unedited phone uploads 'visual pollution'
Kerry James Marshall's 30-foot tribute to black lawyers
'Every brick had to be hand cut to make that form consistent' he says of monument referencing talking drums
How Apple made us all talk 'emoji'
On World Emoji Day, we look at how California’s free-spirited culture gave rise to the new way of communicating
The Brutal Chicago landmark that's always been cool
Born on this day, Bertrand Goldberg combined brutalism with the kind of amenities we now take for granted
Matt Abergel's one thing to make your BBQ better
Is it a sauce, a skewer or simply a way of not setting yourself on fire? Read what our Chicken and Charcoal chef says
This was the best thing René Redzepi ate all year
It's a honey ant and it's popular in many indigenous people’s diets. René says it’s 'seriously amazing'
Buying a Kusama bag? There's a book for that!
Walk the walk and talk the talk with the Kusama x Louis Vuitton bag and our new book at Kith SoHo
Matt Abergel came to London this week!
Our Chicken and Charcoal chef cooked on the roof of Shoreditch House and nearby Lyle's
How The French Revolution influenced the painting of heroes
EH Gombrich explains the work of Jacques-Louis David - ‘official artist’ of Revolutionary France
Barber and Osgerby revisit Ronchamp
We love these shots of Le Corb's Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, taken by the British design duo
What Robert Mapplethorpe's mother called Patti Smith
A touching new interview with the artist's sister sheds light on the photographer's suburban family beginnings
Meet the artist brightening up NYC's hottest restaurants
Lucas Beaufort might be better known in the skater community but he's also turning NYC diners' heads
The sad story behind Modigliani's portrayal of lust
Born on this day 12 July, in 1884 and among the most highly valued artists today he lived a short, wild life in poverty
How Britain changed Breuer (and his Bauhaus buddies)
You might have seen the Blue Plaque go up in London. But did you know how the capital changed Breuer's designs?
Yayoi Kusama is painting again
Look out for flowers and phallic shapes when the artist shows her new work (and some old) this autumn
The Thai comfort food we're all drawing comfort from
Celebrate the Thai cave rescue with a bowl of pad kra pao - the basil-based dish all the boys have been craving
Why Whistler sued Ruskin for libel
On Whistler's birthday, the story of the paintings that became the subject of a court case which bankrupted him
What Aldo Rossi gave to Grafton
How the brilliant Irish practice draw from one of the greats of yesteryear when creating buildings for the future
A glimpse at David Wojnarowicz’s Sex Series
Ahead of the Whitney retrospective, we uncover his great X-rated and oddly liberating photo montages
Ralph Rugoff on what can happen when art meets brutalism
The Hayward Gallery director describes the challenges and opportunities presented by his beautiful, brutal institution
Did you see Mark Bradford at the roller disco?
Here’s how the LA artist drew on club culture and the AIDS epidemic to create one of his most moving works
Viktor, Rolf & Alexandre stun Paris
Fashion designers and stars of our Cover Cover book team up with Alex de Betak for an Immaculate Collection
3 Jerry Seinfeld cafés recommended in Where to Drink Coffee
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee returns today. Here's what our guide thinks of some places Jerry's visited so far
Why did Frida Kahlo cut off her hair?
It was one of her most effective works of self-portraiture - on her birthday we look at its hidden meaning
Where to see Generation Wealth this summer
Lauren Greenfield's award-winning, definitive statement on the influence of affluence is at a cinema near you
What Le Corbusier gave to Grafton
How the brilliant Irish practice draw from one of the greats of yesteryear when creating buildings for the future
Jennifer Lawrence checks out the new JR show
The Red Sparrow star dropped by New York's Perrotin gallery to take in her friend’s show
