How Yuri Gagarin inspired Soviet design

56 years ago today the Cosmonaut became the first man in space and launched a new era of Soviet design

USSR Vostok (East) Rocket Tin for Sweets - Moscow Design Museum

How to sound smart when talking about Kanye’s collection

Kim Kardashian's husband goes old skool with new line inspired by the Italian Renaissance

One of the Renaissance-inspired pieces from Kanye West's new Yeezy jewellery collection at yeezysupply.com

How to love, lunch and dream at the Venice Biennale

Here's why the 2017 Venice Art Biennale will be filled with pleasure and leisure (as well as a bit of politics)

(still), Lake Valley, 2016. HD Video, 8:25 min by Rachel Rose. Courtesy of the artist, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London and Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York/Rome.

Why Frieze is bringing The Moon to New York

The art fair will recreate a seminal 1968 Fabio Mauri lunar installation as part of the 2017 event

Fabio Mauri's La Luna (The Moon)

Say hello to your new office snack!

Eating bugs might sound gross but here's what we discovered when Phaidon's finest took the taste test

A grasshopper photographed by Jonathan Gregson
as featured in On Eating Insects

How Matisse was inspired by clutter

A new exhibition traces what role the great painter’s possessions played in the creation of his art

Henri Matisse at home in front of his Egyptian curtain, Villa La Reve, Vence, 1944 © Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos.

A Movement in a Moment: Colour Field Painting

On Kenneth Noland’s birthday we look back at the abstract style that sought to rid art of superfluous rhetoric

Morning Span (1963) by Kenneth Noland

Edmund de Waal channels Giorgio Morandi in Stockholm

Though it's not ceramics that unite the two artists but the encouragement of mindful viewing and contemplation

another hour - Edmund de Waal

Come and visit Phaidon and Moroso in Milan

The Italian furniture company is showing a number of our books at their showroom at Fuori Salone, Milan

Our books on the Moroso stand

Theaster Gates premieres his Black Monks movie

The artist’s jazz-gospel group stars in a new film, opening at Helsinki's IHME Art Festival this week

Theaster Gates & The Black Monks of Mississippi

It's New Beer's Eve! Check out these 5 bars

Feeling thirsty? Well here’s a handful of places to raise a glass to 'remember' the repeal of prohibition

The beer board at the Blind Lady Ale House, Clark Street Ale House, San Diego, California

How Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels link us to the cosmos

This US artist was born 79 years ago today. Discover how her Sun Tunnels connect us with astronomical events

Sun Tunnels (1973) by Nancy Holt. As reproduced in Art & Place: Site-specific Art of the Americas

Phaidon chefs shine at World's 50 Best Restaurants

From Manhattan to Modena, our chefs' restaurants remain among the best places to eat in the world and André Chiang's Restaurant André is the fastest riser among them - moving up 18 places from number 32 to 14

André Chiang of Restaurant André - our fastest riser from number 32 last year to 14 this year - photograph by Edward Ho

Virgilio Martinez wins Chefs Choice Award at 50 Best!

Central chef and author is crowned chefs' favourite at the awards ceremony in Melbourne

Virgilio receives his Chef's Choice Award at the World's 50 Best Restaurants ceremony

Good luck to all our chefs at The World's 50 Best!

Who will win in Melbourne tomorrow? It's not long now until we find out

From left: Dan Hunter of Brae, Virgilio Martinez of Central, Massimo Bottura of Osteria Franciscana

How a young David Hockney sneaked this guy into Britain

To mark the opening of Queer British Art 1861–1967 we look back at the hunk Hockney painted for his diploma

Hockney David Hockney Life Painting for a Diploma 1962Yageo Foundation © Yageo Foundation

Diller Scofidio + Renfro make a roof from jeans

The US architectural practice repurposes 300 pairs of denim strides for 2017's Milan Design Week

 Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Jeans canopy for Palazzo Litta. Image courtesy of DAMN° magazine

It's the Peace symbol's Birthday

How the peace sign, unveiled at a CND march on 4 April 1958, used an old symbol to express a modern message

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 1958 - Gerald Holtom

How JR won over François Hollande

Here’s why the artist, who was once treated like a criminal, was joined by the French president at his opening


Elmgreen & Dragset’s Merman splashes into Warsaw

The copper-green sculpture, He, forms part of a new mermaid themed group exhibition in the city

He (copper green) (2013) by Elmgreen & Dragset. Courtesy of Victoria Miro.

Did Warhol inspire Peter Marino’s biker look?

The leather-clad archistar expresses his admiration for Andy’s fright wig in 60 Minutes interview

Peter Marino at a reception for the Paris Biennale art and antique fair

More photos from the Great Dixter US tour

Aaron Bertelsen continues his journey through America with a talk at the New York Botanical Garden


The pain that fired up Goya but finished off Van Gogh

Both were born on 30 March and both learned to put their inner turmoil into their art - but with very different results

Starry Night (1889) by Vincent Van Gogh, as reproduced in our Van Gogh monograph

Peter Doig meets Albert Camus in Beijing

New show pairs painter’s best-known pictures with quotes from the French Algerian writer

Swamped (1990) by Peter Doig

René Redzepi is cooking ant eggs in Mexico

And those 'white rice looking things' are Mexican caviar - according to new book On Eating Insects


When Magnum went to Italy

Rarely seen photos mark the agency’s 70th birthday show at Turin’s Fondazione Camera

© Erich Lessing/Magnum Photos. ITALY. Cesenatico. 1960

Investigating the deathly side of Guy Bourdin

He turned up at Vogue on a camel and took sleeping pills to elongate his dreams - on the anniversary of the photographer’s death, we take a look at the morbid obsessions that fired his fashion imagery

A 1982-83 campaign image for Roland Pierre by Guy Bourdin. As featured in our Guy Bourdin book

Catch Jeremy Fox on his 2017 tour

The author of On Vegetables will visit five cities in North America next month. Will one of them be yours?

Jeremy Fox

5 things we learned from Magnus Nilsson’s Canadian trip

The chef and author of the Nordic Cookbook talked terroir and stars during his recent jaunt

Magnus Nilsson in Canada, 2017

Anyone got $15 million for this Sottsass Silicon Valley home?

Built for IDEO's David Kelley, the entire dwelling was laid out in an Italian gym; the furniture was built to scale, dissembled, shipped to the US, and rebuilt by Italian craftsmen - sadly, the great book on the table is not included!

Our Sottsass book on the table at 1250 Cañada Road Woodside, also known as the Kelley House, by Ettore Sottsass. All images courtesy of Dreyfus Sotheby's International Realty

Plant wins American Horticultural Society Book Award!

Plant is 'an art exhibit in book form' says one of the judges - and who are we to disagree?

Plant: Exploring the Botanical World

5 great bars for International Whiskey Day

From Glasgow to Louisville, here's a fistful of joints to celebrate, courtesy of Where Bartenders Drink

Multnomah Whiskey Library. Photograph by Dina Avila

A Movement in a Moment: Photo-Secession

On the day of Edward Steichen’s birth we look back at his painterly take on photography

Wind, Fire, Therese Duncan on the Acropolis, Athens (1921) by Edward Steichen

Here's our new fashion book taking shape. . .

Anna Dello Russo is the latest big name fashion star to make a book with us - here's a sneak peak!


Great Dixter goes to South Carolina

The cook and author Aaron Bertelsen spreads his love for English gardening stateside

Aaron Bertelsen and friends in Greenville, South Carolina

Enrique Olvera does healthy local dining

After Cosme comes Atla, where the dishes are just as inventive - and, get this, more affordable!

Atla. Image courtesy of Daniela Soto-Innes' Instagram

When Bartenders Talk - Nico de Soto

The Mace NY owner on why the The Clarified Milk Punch is his favourite cocktail to make and more

Nico de Soto owner of Mace, in New York and co-owner of Danico, in Paris

Paul Cocksedge excavates studio to make furniture

Brick and concrete flooring from his old studio form his new Excavation: Evicted collection

The floor of Paul Cocksedge's studio during the creation of his Excavation: Evicted furniture collection. All photographs by Mark Cocksedge, courtesy of the Friedman Benda gallery

Hong Kong’s trams turned into camera obscuras

Kingsley Ng’s Art Basel Hong Kong work takes daydreaming on public transport to a new level

Twenty Five Minutes Older by Kingsley Ng. Image courtesy of Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Would you cook sous vide in a washing machine?

For steaks choose a synthetics cycle, for peas try the cottons setting says design student

Sous La Vie byIftach Gazit. Image courtesy of gray-design.squarespace.com

A new home for the Hollywood sign?

Hirsuta's winning competition design could rival landmark LA residences by John Lautner and Frank Gehry

Hollywood Home - Hirsuta - image courtesy Hirsuta

A Movement in a Moment: Arte Povera

On Jannis Kounellis’s birthday, we look at the artists who turned low materials into high art

Untitled (The coal bin) (1967) by Jannis Kounellis

When Bartenders Talk - Simone Caporale

The former Langham bartender on cocktail trends, travelling in the Andes and restoring vintage Italian scooters


Hayv Kahraman - Why I Paint

Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3


What links Van Dyck, Lenin and Colonel Sanders?

On the Flemish painter's birthday, an aspect of his portraiture that's resounded through the ages

Anthony Van Dyck - Self-Portrait With a Sunflower (after 1633)

A Phaidon guide to the Fourth Plinth winner

What to say about the Michael Rakowitz sculpture that’s coming to Trafalgar Square soon

Michael Rakowitz - The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist. Photo by James O. Jenkins, courtesy of the artist.

Wow! Will Superflex do this to the Tate?

Did you know that Tate Modern’s latest Turbine Hall artists once flooded a McDonald’s?

Flooded McDonald's film, production still, courtesy of Superflex

When Warhol painted Greta Garbo

Ahead of the US sale of Warhol’s Star print, we look into Andy’s fascination with the actress

The Star (1981) by Andy Warhol. From Myths

When Bartenders Talk - Miguel Fernandez

In our new book Where Bartenders Drink 300 expert drink-makers reveal 750 spots across 60 countries

Miguel Fernandez - Bar Manager Ozone
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong

Danny Lyon remembers Selma

52 years on from those historic marches the photographer recalls how violence led to justice

Crowds along the funeral route of the four girls murdered in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist church, Birmingham, Alabama, September 1963 / Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 1964–62.
All photographs by Danny Lyon, from The Seventh Dog

RIP Trisha Brown, Rauschenberg's dance partner

A look back at Brown's huge influence on Bob, following the choreographer's death on Saturday

Robert Rauschenberg and Trisha Brown, 1983. Photo: © The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.

When Martin Parr went full colour

New Somerset House show contrasts Parr's colour photos with his earlier black-and-white ones

The Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, 1994. From 'Small World'. © Martin Parr, Magnum Photos, Rocket Gallery

Will MAD finally get to build the Lucas Museum?

After attempts in Chicago and San Francisco LA looks likely to play host to the billion dollar building

MAD Architects - Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Massimo Bottura celebrates Osteria Francescana's birthday - with a rice ball

The chef creates a new version of the supplì to honour two important milestones

Massimo Bottura's anniversary supplì or rice ball. Image courtesy of Massimo's Instagram

Alex Olson - Why I Paint

Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3

Alex Olsen - photographed by Brian Forrest

When Bartenders Talk - José Antonio Femenía

Joan Miro and George Orwell could often be found downing cocktails at the atmospheric Boadas in Barcelona, Spain - what does its current bartender have to say about the place where bartenders drink?


What to say when walking round the new Theaster Gates show

Become an instant expert on the artist’s National Gallery exhibition - courtesy of our monograph

Installation view of A Game of My Own, 2017 On view in Theaster Gates: The Minor Arts Courtesy of the artist, White Cube, and Regen Projects National Gallery of Art, Washington

When Olafur Eliasson dyed the rivers green

On St Patrick’s Day we look at how a simple green artwork made us look at our cities anew

Green River Project, 2000, by Olafur Eliasson, uranine and water, dimensions variableStrömmen waterway, Stockholm. As reproduced in Chromaphilia

8,000 early Annie Leibovitz shots to go on show

The Luma Foundation has acquired her archive and plans to show it in Arles

Annie Leibovitz, photographs from the ‘driving’ series. © Annie Leibovitz.

Phaidon chefs up for 2017 James Beard Awards

Jeremy Fox, Virgilio Martínez and Corey Lee are all nominated for this year’s awards

Jeremy Fox author of On Vegetables

A Phaidon guide to the Whitney Biennial

Here’s how the artists in one of 2017's most important shows are described in our books

Installation view of Samara Golden, The Meat Grinder's Iron Clothes, 2017. Whitney Biennial 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 13-June 11, 2017. Photograph by Matthew Carasella.

JR dons toy astronaut helmet to battle storm Stella

'En plain air' takes on a whole new meaning as the French artist scales NY water tower

JR dons a toy helmet to take on Winter Storm Stella. Image courtesy of JR's Instagram

Look who came to our London Uprising launch!

Samantha Cameron, Mario Testino and Natalie Massenet were among the Sotheby's guests last night

Samantha Cameron and Mario Testino at Sotheby's last night

How to get Jeremy Fox’s perfect cheese sandwich

Just because his book On Vegetables is meat-free it doesn’t mean it can’t be indulgent...

Jeremy Fox's grilled cheese sandwich. Photograph by Rick Poon

How to get ahead in the art world by Magnus Resch

Serial entrepreneur's new publication offers the most wide-ranging report on today's art galleries

Magnus Resch at Sotheby's

A great pasta dish for a snowy, stay at home day

Has Stella cut you off from the stores? Then whip up this recipe with a few kitchen staples

Basil and avocado pasta, from The Kitchen Shelf

Maria Taniguchi - Why I Paint

Exploring the creative processes of tomorrow's artists today - as featured in Vitamin P3

Maria Taniguchi - courtesy ICA Singapore

Where is Ai Weiwei showing his new migrant artwork?

The artist is preparing to unveil a monumental new piece inspired by the refugee crisis

Installation view of Law of the Journey (2017) by Ai Weiwei. Image courtesy of Ai Weiwei's Instagram

Our Instagram weekend break at Great Dixter

Missed out when Andrew Montgomery took over our Instagram? Then take a look here

The Larder at Great Dixter by Andrew Montgomery

When Bartenders Talk - Erik Lorincz

Savoy head barman and the man Bond turns to when he wants something more than a Martini shaken, not stirred

Erik Lorenz with Skyfall and Spectre actress Naomi Harris on The Orient Express

Big names turn out for Jimmie Durham opening

Curator of new show ranks Durham among the USA's greatest living sculptors - and she's not alone

Jimmie Durham, 2014, self portrait

Steve McCurry beats Google's doodle

The search giant’s GIF marks the Holi festival but McCurry’s photos show its true colours

Rajasthan, 1996. A crowd carries a man during the Holi festival. Photograph by Steve McCurry

What was it with Mark Rothko and Purple?

When he came to make one final spiritual series there was only one colour to pick. . .

The Rothko Chapel, as reproduced in Chromaphilia

How is BIG’s Lego house coming along?

Pretty well it seems - Bjarke Ingels should have it finished by September!

An aerial photograph of Lego House by BIG. All images courtesy of Lego

Gallery hopping with Stephen Shore

Half a century on from meeting Warhol, the fine-art photographer still knows what’s hot

Sue Williams at 303 Gallery. All photographs courtesy of Stephen Shore's Instagram account, @stephen.shore

Howard Hodgkin 1932 - 2017

The British painter and printmaker died this morning in a London hospital

Howard Hodgkin

The shot Marc Jacobs got Joel Meyerowitz to take

The fashion designer honoured the legendary NY street photographer with his latest collection

Joel Meyerowitz's photograph of Marc Jacobs' autumn/winter 2017 show in New York

Cindy Sherman behind the mask

Or is she? Celebrating the fine-art photographer on International Women's Day


When Lina Bo Bardi built her own home

Celebrating the world's first female brutalist architect on International Women's Day

Casa di Vidro - Lina Bo Bardi

Christie's sets new record for Wolfgang Tillmans

How the photographer set a new high with a type of work that isn't even a 'proper' photo

Freischwimmer 186 (2011) by Wolfgang Tillmans. Image courtesy of Christie's

So, where do Bartenders Drink?

It was conversation then cocktails at our book launch in New York last night

From left: Sother Teague, Meaghan Dorman, Adrienne Stillman, Rachel Ford and Kyle Ford

Fantastic Man remake Wolfgang's EU posters

The publishers adapt Wolfgang Tillmans's anti-Brexit posters for the Netherlands election

Two of Fantastic Man's updated Wolfgang Tillmans posters

Watch Virgilio Martinez's mountain top bake-off

Up in the Andes the world-famous chef picks up local ingredients and ancient techniques

Virgilio Martinez

Can you spot the crack in this Michelangelo?

The Taddei Tondo features in the National Gallery's forthcoming show, despite its tiny flaw

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist ('The Taddei Tondo') Michelangelo  about 1504-1505 © Royal Academy of Arts, London; Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited

How Georgia O'Keeffe's bones link heaven to earth

On the anniversary of her death, we look back at O'Keeffe's near-abstract animal bone paintings

Goat’s Horn with Red (1945) by Georgia O'Keeffe

Magnum in the Metro

Paris hosts huge underground photo show to mark the agency’s 70th birthday

Beijing, China, 1989 © René Burri / Magnum Photos

Want to know why a crocodile has three eyelids?

On World Wildlife Day impress your friends with just one of the fascinating facts in Evolution:A Visual Record

Crocodile eyes are protected with a third eyelid, a membrane that slides across when the reptile submerges, while the eyeballs themselves can be drawn into the eye sockets during an attack.

Grace tells the story behind these paper dresses

Why did Tim Walker and Grace Coddington recreate vintage dresses using rolls of paper?

Maja Salamon, Ola Rudnicka, Codie Young, Esmerelda Seay-Reynolds, Nastya Sten, Sasha Luss, Alexandra Kivimäki, and Alice Cornish in paper dresses and jewelry created by Rhea Thierstein. Hair, Julien d’Ys; makeup, Lucia Pieroni; production design, Rhea Thierstein; London, May 2014. From Grace: The American Vogue Years and Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016

When Bartenders Talk - Monica Berg

In our new book Where Bartenders Drink 300 expert drink-makers reveal 750 spots across 60 countries


The National Trust recreates a 1930s Gay Club

The Caravan club returns to mark the 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality

The Caravan, 1934. Image courtesy of the National Archives and the National Trust

A Stephen Shore shot on Lou Reed's birthday

Lou would have been 75 today: Check out Stephen Shore's photographs of of him back in the day


Why the Pritzker Prize went to a trio

RCR Arquitectes - the first trio to win the prize see collaboration as a way to resist individualism

Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta. Photo by Javier Lorenzo Domínguez. Image courtesy of the Pritzker Prize

What's lurking in Sterling Ruby’s basket?

The artist has filled his ceramics, on show at the Gagosian, with an uneasy set of desires


When Bartenders Talk - Carina Soto Velasquez

In our new book Where Bartenders Drink 300 expert drink-makers reveal 750 spots across 60 countries

Carina Soto Velasquez - photographed by Danielle Rubi-Dentzel ©2016

The Garden of England comes to New York

Britain’s best gastopub chef Stephen Harris brings his Whitstable fare to the stars at The Four Horsemen NY

The Sportsman's Stephen Harris respondent in T. Rex t-shirt at The Four Horsemen, Brooklyn

In Production - Chromaphilia

Senior Editor Diane Fortenberry gives us a sneak peek at a book about to leave our shelves for yours

Chromaphilia: The Story of Colour in Art in the Phaidon Light Room

Why Brazil's street art beats its street parties

It's best known for samba and sequins but its urban landscape is just as vibrant as its carnival

One of Derlon Almeida’s works in Recife, Brazil. As reproduced in our book Brazil

On World Book Day Hug This Book!

Barney Saltzberg and Fred Benaglia have the perfect book for budding bibliophiles

A spread from Hug This Book!

The perfect ingredient for Pancake Day

Get kids into cookery this Shrove Tuesday with an interactive guide to making pancakes

A spread from Pancakes!

When Bartenders Talk - Colin Field

In our new book Where Bartenders Drink 300 expert drink-makers reveal 750 spots across 60 countries

Colin Berg featured in Where Bartenders Drink