Who knew Renoir did erotica?

Is this painting of a girl bathing entirely innocent - or loaded with sexual suggestion?

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Young Girl Bathing, 1892, as reproduced in The Art of the Erotic

Lynda Draper - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Lynda Draper

Anna dello Russo wants teens to buy her haute-couture

The Italian fashion editor hopes the sale of her clothes collection will benefit tomorrow’s catwalk stars

Anna dello Russo. Image courtesy of Anna's Instagram

JR brings his Rio giants to London

The artist restages his monumental 2016 Brazilian Olympics project at new London gallery

One of JR's GIANTS installed at Lazinc Sackville. All images courtesy of JR's Instagram

A great new use for old Panettone from Bread is Gold

Want to know what to do with that one you didn't manage to finish? Massimo Bottura has a wonderful recipe

Panettone cream with grapefruit sorbet, as reproduced in Bread is Gold

Emre Hüner - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Emre Hüner

Could wood be the future of urban architecture?

A new exhibition in London will make a strong case for timber's place amid the skyline of tomorrow

Baobab concept rendering by Michael Green Architects

Virgilio Martinez and Rodolfo Guzmán go head-to-head

Two of Latin America's leading chefs discuss and cook innovative, local food in Santiago de Chile next week

Virgilio Martinez and Rodolfo Guzmán on the flyer for their Ngelemen talk next week

RIP Betty Woodman - the woman who made clay fine art

87-year-old artist and mother of photographer Francesca died in Italy on January 2

Betty Woodman. Photo: Stefano Porcinai, courtesy of Salon 94.

Olafur Eliasson unboxes Bread is Gold

Berlin-based artist and activist instantly recognises the value in Massimo’s extraordinary new book

A still from the Bread is Gold unboxing video Studio Olafur Eliasson posted

How Barber Osgerby pitched their Pacific chair to Jony Ive

Apple’s design guru saw how this 'quiet' piece of furniture suited today's less-formal office environment

Jay Osgerby and Edward Barber

No one did bags like Yves Saint Laurent

He might not have based a collection around a single handbag but Yves still knew how to make remarkable ones

Straw boater, natural-coloured leather gloves and overnight bag, worn with the ‘Just married’ going away suit, Spring/ Summer 2001 haute couture collection. Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent, Paris/All Rights Reserved

Delcy Morelos - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Delcy Morelos

Generation Wealth premieres at Sundance

Lauren Greenfield’s film screens beside Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal movies at 2018’s festival

Christina, 21, a Walmart pharmacy technician, en route to her wedding in Cinderella’s glass coach, drawn by six miniature white ponies and with bewigged coachman, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, 2013.
All photographs by Lauren Greenfield, as reproduced in Generation Wealth

What we learned from Nan Goldin’s first 31 Instagram posts

Nan Goldin might deny her role in the development of social media but she's finally joined in!

Io in camouflage, NYC, 1994 by Nan Goldin, as featured in Eden and After

How Massimo Bottura saw in 2018

The Italian chef may have worked his way into the New Year, but that was no excuse not to party

Massimo Bottura and co. at Osteria Francescana on New Year's Eve

How to find New Year serenity in the Japanese garden

You can find serenity in a Japanese garden even if it's been left bare by winter - Sophie Walker explains how

Ani Jinja (Ani Shrine),  Okayama c.841, Heian Period. As featured in The Japanese Garden

How to have a Sportsman-like Christmas

Here’s how Sportsman head honcho Stephen Harris gets festive at his world-beating British restaurant in Kent

Baked cod with chestnuts, parsley and bacon, as featured in The Sportsman

Jason Lim - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Jason Lim

Who knew Mickalene Thomas did erotica?

In her 2008 painting, Thomas takes a scandalous Balthus work and remakes it in a more loving way

La Leçon d’amour (2008) by Mickalene Thomas

Book of Bones and a Natural History Museum membership – a gift for young naturalists

Know a budding botanist? Then pair our book with membership to one of the world's leading zoological institutions

A spread from Book of Bones

Come visit our library at the Guild in New York

We’ve teamed up with the acclaimed Roman and Williams to bring a carefully curated library to NYC

The Phaidon library at Roman and Williams Guild New York. All photographs by Adrian Gaut

John Pawson's World of Colour: Brown

From African graffiti to an Austrian ski town, Pawson finds beauty and playfulness even at this point in the spectrum

Kitzbühel, Austria. September 2016. All photos by John Pawson, as reproduced in Spectrum

Steven Holl unveils his light-filled Maggie’s Centre for London

The building, located beside St Bart’s in London, is a 'joyful, glowing presence' says the architect


Spectrum and a design museum membership – a gift for creatives

Give inspiration, and let them see the finished products at Cooper Hewitt in NY and the Design Museum in London

The Design Museum, Spectrum, and Cooper Hewitt

Alisa Baremboym - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Alisa Baremboym - photograph by Jesse Cohen

Good Morning America gifts America the Cookbook

America's most popular morning news show just chose America The Cookbook as its only culinary pick for 2017

America the Cookbook featured in Good Morning America's Great Books that Make Great Gifts section for Christmas 2017

Baber Osgerby, Projects and their Olio tableware collection – a gift for design lovers

Their tableware is designed to be appreciated piece-by-piece, making it the perfect gift to pair with our new book


10 things they say about Alex de Betak

Mario Testino, Fabien Baron, Jefferson Hack and Karlie Kloss wrap up the Fellini of the fashion show in words

Karlie Kloss modelling for Anthony Vaccarello, Fall/Winter 2012 Cité de la Mode et du Design, Paris. As reproduced in Betak Fashion Show Revolution

America The Cookbook and a Culinary Institute of America course – a gift for aspiring chefs

Got a lover of American food on your gift list? Then pair our book with a course in American gastronomy

America The Cookbook, and a CIA cookery course - the ideal gifting combination

No one did shoes like Yves Saint Laurent

For the designer, shoes were discreet, complementary details - light final touches to be applied sparingly

Autumn/Winter 1965 haute couture collection. Produced by Vivier from a design by Yves Saint Laurent, these shoes were to become a Saint Laurent classic. They were also worn by Catherine Deneuve in Luis Buñuel’s film Belle de Jour (1967)

Massimo Bottura and Enrique Olvera create kitchen alchemy

Enrique dug into Inca history and the Refettorio’s back yard to make a beautiful and healthy mole verde

Enrique Olvera (left) with Carlos García at Massimo Bottura's Refettorio Ambrosiano. All images from Bread is Gold

John Pawson's World of Colour: Violet

18-3838 Ultra Violet is Pantone's colour for 2018. But did Spectrum author John Pawson discover the colour first?

Jaffa, Israel, March 2016 by John Pawson. As reproduced in Spectrum

Dan McCarthy - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Dan McCarthy - photo by Paula Greiff

Bread is Gold and a Food for Soul donation – a gift for caring cooks

Pair Massimo Bottura's new book with support for his non-profit, and you'll satisfy any kind-hearted gourmand

Bread is Gold, and Refettorio Ambrosiano

No one did hats like Yves Saint Laurent

The masterful designer loved headwear, even if he apparently wasn’t so keen on its bourgeoisie wearers

Pleated lamé turban ornamented with a sequined palm leaf created by Nina Wood, gold braid belt embroidered with pearls (made by Leroux), worn with an Indian-inspired evening outfit, Spring/Summer 1982 haute couture collection. © Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent, Paris/All Rights Reserved

John Pawson's World of Colour: Black

Some say black is the total absence of colour but Pawson's dark shots let us see chromatic shades more acutely

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, August 2015 - John Pawson from Spectrum

The Artist Project: Cecily Brown on a Medieval Madonna

The painter went straight to The Met's medieval sculpture room when asked to choose an artwork that moved her

Cecily Brown, as featured in The Artist Project. Photo by Jackie Neale/Kathryn Hurni © The Met

William Curtis's Le Corb book gets another award!

The International Committee of Architectural Critics honours Ideas and Forms with a Bruno Zevi Award

LE Corbusier: Ideas and Forms by William J R Curtis

Annie Leibovitz and a Vanity Fair subscription – a gift for glamour lovers

Gift the book for a look back at Annie's great work - and a subscription to look forward to the images to come

Portraits 2005-2016 by Annie Leibovitz, and Annie Leibovitz's recent Kate McKinnon cover for Vanity Fair

The perfect Japanese Garden for snow

Cursing the cold snap? Perhaps we should be celebrating snow - The Japanese Garden explains why

The Daigō-ji Shingon temple, Kyoto, as featured in The Japanese Garden

Where to Drink Coffee and a bean-roasters' subscription – a gift for caffeine lovers

Combine these two gifts and the coffee lover in your life need never drink a bad cup again, either at home or away

Where to Drink Coffee, and Stumptown's famous Hair Bender blend

The Artist Project: Catherine Opie on Louis XIV’s bedroom

The fine-art photographer believes the Met’s period room dedicated to the Sun King works as a history portrait

Catherine Opie. Photo by Jackie Neale/Kathryn Hurni © The Met © Catherine Opie, Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin, New York & Hong Kong

The Artist Project and Met Membership – a gift for art lovers

Gift a membership to America's biggest art museum, and have the world’s great artists show your loved-one around

From left: a Met members' event; John Currin beside Ludovico Carracci’s The Lamentation at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Photo by Jackie Neale/Kathryn Hurni © The Met

The Artist Project: Sarah Sze on the Ancient Egyptians

The artist finds unlikely parallels between the Tomb of Perneb and the grave-like aspect of her own work

Sarah Sze beside the Tomb of Perneb at the Metropolitan Museum. Photo by Jackie Neale/Kathryn Hurni © The Met

John Pawson's World of Colour: Green

In his new book Spectrum the architect shows sensitivity towards both built and natural environment

Holland Park, London, September 2015. All photographs by John Pawson and reproduced in Spectrum

Shary Boyle - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Shary Boyle in her studio, 2017. Photograph by Marc Deguerre

Massimo Bottura launches Bread Is Gold in London

'It's all about imagination, knowledge and what one can do with nothing,' chef says at at Refettorio Felix

Massimo Bottura at Refettorio Felix December 2 2017 - photo by James Mason

John Pawson's World of Colour: Red

Israeli porcelain, British pop and Kenyan wildlife all find their way into the red section of Spectrum

Jaffa, Israel, April 2013. All photographs by John Pawson, and reproduced in Spectrum

Massimo Bottura and Joan Roca create kitchen alchemy

Roca’s use of Italian flatbreads was, for Bottura, as smart and ingenious as an elegantly solved maths problem

Joan Roca at work in Refettorio Ambrosiano, as reproduced in Bread is Gold.

Who knew Edward Weston did erotica?

The photographer’s nudes appear abstract but his infamous photo of a pepper packs an unexpected erotic charge

Edward Weston, Pepper No. 30, 1930, as reproduced in The Art of the Erotic

Don't miss this if you're visiting Miami!

Going to Art Basel Miami Beach? Then make sure you take in these towers, featured in Destination Architecture

The Grove at Grand Bay, 2014, 2675 South Bayshore Drive, Miami, FL 33133, by BIG. Photograph by Rasmus Hjortshøj

A Vitamin C guide to Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid

Here's how the 63-year-old Tanzania-born artist utilised old crockery to win the 2017 contemporary art award

Part of Swallow Hard: The Lancaster Dinner Service (2007) by Lubaina Himid.  Courtesy Hollybush Gardens and the artist. Image courtesy Modern Art Oxford. Photo: Ben Westoby.

Marlene Steyn - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Vitamin C artist Marlene Steyn. Image courtesy of the artist

Who knew Bruce Nauman did erotica?

It wasn't quite sex but the artist still warned gallery goers that his Body Pressure work might get ...'erotic!'

Bruce Nauman, Body Pressure (1974) as reproduced in The Art of the Erotic

John Pawson's World of Colour: Yellow

See everything from the Buddhas of Myanmar to the cornfields of England via Pawson’s Spectrum

Al Shahaniya, Qatar. June 2012

Ivan Chermayeff - Death and Taxis

Following the death of the logo legend, we recall the place he did his best work - the back seat of a cab

A selection of designs Chermayeff worked on

Elizabeth Jaeger - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Elizabeth Jaeger

Who knew Henri Matisse did erotica?

Pretty much everyone! Discover how the modernist turned to ancient sex myths to rediscover his wilder impulses

‘… emportés jusqu’aux constellations…’, (1944) by Henri Matisse. As reproduced in The Art of the Erotic

Massimo Bottura - Number ONE in Toronto

The night before his appearance at George Brown chef school, Massimo was hosted by Toronto chef Mark McEwan for Lavazza coffee and cocktails at ONE Restaurant in the Hazelton Hotel

Massimo Bottura photo by Mat Smith

Rose Eken - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Rose Eken - photo by Freya Morales

John Pawson's World of Colour: Blue

How the architect found beautiful blues in the Aegean Sea and the skies over Chipping Norton

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, UK, September 2011, by John Pawson. All images taken from Spectrum

How Yayoi Kusama inspired Donald Judd

If you like Donald's box sculptures you might want to thank Yayoi for helping him come up with them

Untitled (c. 1966) by Yayoi Kusama. A photo collage of the artist reclining on a Accumulation No 2, Infinity Net background, macaroni carpet. As reproduced in our Yayoi Kusama book.

Kobi Benezri talks about his NYC AIDS Memorial Artwork

'The ripple effect granite sculpture suggested a layered struggle and an aspiration to spread and reach far'

NYC AIDS Memorial artwork - Kobi Benezri. Multi green poster with the title integrated into graphic instead of tag line

No one did gloves like Yves Saint Laurent

The designer understood how a pair in the right colour, length and cut were crucially important to an outfit's success

Spring/Summer 1987 haute couture collection. All images taken from Yves Saint Laurent Accessories. Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent, Paris/All Rights Reserved

Stephen Shore's MoMA retrospective in 5 books

Going to the photographer’s Museum of Modern Art show in New York? These are the books you should get

Tel Aviv, June 17, 2010 by Stephen Shore, as reproduced in From Galilee to the Negev

Why Robert Ryman is having a moment right now

The author of our new monograph explains why critics are returning to the painter’s great white body of work

Robert Ryman, Bond, 1982; Enamelac on fiberglass and aluminum honeycomb panel with redwood edge with two aluminum fasteners and four hexagonal bolts, panel: 30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm); overall: 32 × 30 in (81.3 × 76.2 cm); The Greenwich Collection, Ltd. Picture credit: artwork © 2017 Robert Ryman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Photograph by Bill Jacobson for Robert Ryman Archive

Gertrude Jekyll's 5 tips to make any garden look great

The gardener and subject of today's Google Doodle was born on this day in 1843

Munstead Wood

How Stephen Shore's serial pictures changed photography

Why did the MoMA photographer choose to photograph his friend every 30 minutes for a day back in 1969?

Detail from July 22, 1969 by Stephen Shore.

Fäviken launches three pop-ups

Can’t get a table at Magnus’s place? Then try the brigade’s new Japanese restaurant, café and cocktail bar

Magnus Nilsson. Photo by Erik Olsson

The Artist Project: Zhang Xiaogang on El Greco

The Chinese artist admires the inner psychology this expressive Renaissance master set down in his work

Zhang Xiaogang beside The Vision of Saint John (c. 1609–14) by El Greco, as featured in The Artist Project

Jenny Holzer talks about her NYC AIDS Memorial

'I remember the hostility of the Reagan years - pragmatism, resources and mercy were needed then, and now'

Portrait of Jenny Holzer by Nanda Lanfranco

The Brit Awards go red - courtesy of Anish Kapoor

Kapoor – the first sculptor to create the trophy – has reworked the familiar Britannia in his favourite colour

Anish Kapoor's Brit Award; image courtesy of the Brits

Artists Who Make Books: Ed Ruscha

By offering only 'technical data' the artist lets us see something exceptional in pools, gas stations and baby photos

A spread from Twentysix Gasoline Stations (1963) by Ed Ruscha. All images reproduced in Artists Who Make Books

Massimo Bottura and Mark Moriarty create kitchen alchemy

What happened when a young Irish chef came to the Refettorio, updated a classic dish and named it after himself?

Mark Moriarty in Bread is Gold

Why we should think of Robert Ryman as a contemporary artist

The categories of modern vs. contemporary are useful only for bureaucratic purposes and dissolve when we look to art for its full potential to move us, says Vittorio Colaizzi, author of our new Robert Ryman book

Robert Ryman, Spectrum VIII (1984). All images reproduced in our Robert Ryman book

John Pawson talks colour with Michael Craig-Martin at RIBA

...and signs copies of his new photography book Spectrum - shot on his travels around the world

John Pawson at RIBA. Photograph Eddie Royale

7 Thanksgiving leftover tips from America the Cookbook

Plenty of leftovers? Then turn them into one of these great regional dishes from America The Cookbook

Sweet potato biscuits, as featured in America the Cookbook

Tommaso Corvi-Mora - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Tommaso Corvi-Mora

Artists Who Make Books: Taryn Simon

Concerned with the structure of secrecy, this artist's work makes for some very compelling printed matter

A spread from Birds of the West Indies (2013) by Taryn Simon. All images appear in Artists Who Make Books

Don't miss this if you're visiting Paris!

Forget about the Eiffel Tower - Destination Architecture suggests this 2016 reworking of the classical arch

Arches Boulogne, 2016. From Destination Architecture

Decoding John Currin’s spooky Thanksgiving

There’s a ghost at the feast in John Currin’s depiction of the American harvest festival

John Currin, Thanksgiving, 2003

Why you must not call Robert Ryman’s paintings ‘pictures’

Vittorio Colaizzi, author of our Robert Ryman book, schools us in the right way to describe this abstract painter's work

Robert Ryman, Untitled [Background Music], (c.1962) as reproduced in our new Robert Ryman monograph

A history of Ferrari F1 champions in 8 helmets

How the Prancing Horse’s drivers went from old polo helmets to hi-tech, ad-emblazoned, full-face protection

Clockwise from top left: José Froilán González's helmet; Alberto Ascari’s helmet; Phil Hill's helmet; John Surtees' helmet; Michael Schumacher's helmet; Gilles Villeneuve’s helmet; Mike Hawthorn's helmet; Juan Manuel Fangio's helmet. As reproduced in Ferrari Under the Skin

Make some noise Toronto!!!

Massimo Bottura turns up the heat at Bread Is Gold talk at the chef school at George Brown College


Don't miss this if you're visiting Basel!

Forget about the Munster - Destination Architecture suggests this new Herzog & de Meuron aluminium hall instead

Messe, 2013 by Herzog & de Meuron. As featured in Destination Architecture

Katie Cuddon - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Katie Cuddon

Artists Who Make Books: Richard Prince

Here’s how a controversial figure in contemporary American art went from pulp novelist to appropriation artist

A spread from Richard Prince (1988) by Richard Prince, as reproduced in Artists Who Make Books

Camden Arts Centre gets a blast of Vitamin C

Clare Twomey, Emma Hart and Tommaso Corvi-Mora join us for a panel discussion with book editor Louisa Elderton

The panel discussion at Camden Arts Centre

Massimo Bottura and Daniel Patterson create kitchen alchemy

The chef proved adversity is the mother of culinary invention when shown a lacklustre larder at Massimo's Refettorio

Daniel Patterson at Refettorio Ambrosiano, as featured in Bread is Gold

5 Thanksgiving hacks from America the Cookbook

From propane-powered turkey to whiskey-spiked pecan pie, here's how to give thanks flamboyantly

Derby pie, as featured in America the Cookbook

Don't get Robert Ryman? Try viewing his work as sculptures!

That's the advice of Vittorio Colaizzi, author of our Robert Ryman book, though he admits Robert might not like it

Robert Ryman, Versions IV (1992) as reproduced in our new book Robert Ryman

Why Leonardo has always kept us guessing

Last night's $450 million sale may have surprised some but uncertainty was a Da Vinci specialty

Salvator Mundi (c. 1500) by Leonardo da Vinci

5 shows that transformed fashion: Betak and Berluti

The peerless French fashion-show producer took Berluti’s heritage and tailored it to fit modern times

Berluti's Fall/Winter 2012 show, École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, by Alexandre de Betak. Photo by Daniel Beres

10 Things Massimo Bottura told The Arts Club of Chicago

Inspirational soundbites served up with snacks from Alex Atala and Daniel Humm at our Skinny Chef's talk

The Arts Club of Chicago

Who knew JMW Turner did erotica?

We know his ships and seascapes, but Turner also painted this bedroom scene - and may have created others

Nude Swiss Girl and Companion on a Bed, 1802, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) © Tate, London 2017

The Artist Project: John Currin on Ludovico Carracci

The US contemporary artist finds something both dead and alive in Carracci's sixteenth century depiction of Christ

John Currin beside Ludovico Carracci's The Lamentation at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Photo by Jackie Neale/Kathryn (from our book The Artist Project)

Alexandre de Betak talks Fashion Show Revolution with Phaidon's William Norwich in New York

And the special guests included Vogue's Sally Singer and graphic designer Patrick Li

William Norwich and Alexandre de Betak pictured after the talk at Parsons

How Robert Ryman got from jazz to abstract painting

The author of our Robert Ryman book guides us through the artist’s route from the sax to the canvas stretcher

A wall of photographs in Robert Ryman's studio, New York. Photograph by Bill Jacobson

Bill Clinton's Phaidon connection

Bill just bought a couple of Phaidon books, and it's not the first time he's come into contact with one of the authors

Bill Clinton and the covers of the two Phaidon books he bought, Failed It, and The Book of Bones