Phaidon Press's Blog, page 119

Olafur Eliasson and a French opera of forbidden love

The artist and Phaidon author is overseeing the stage, set and costume design for an opera with Sir Simon Rattle

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

Andys portrait subjects tell the New York Times what it was like being pictured in (and paying for) Andys portraits

Putnam & Putnam did Gwyneth Paltrows wedding!

The star just married film producer Brad Falchuk, and Americas greatest floral designers were there to help

Want Modernism beside the sea Go to Fire Island!

This summer resort is home to some of Americas best mid-century architecture, as our new guide explains

Why the Whitneys Warhol exhibition goes big on the 1970s

Donna De Salvo, curator of the Whitneys retrospective, says Andys 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 pizzas Nordic origins

9 smart moves Annie Leibovitz uses to shoot great pictures

The peerless photographer offers a bit of insight into her practices in our new book Annie Leibovitz At Work

John Waters thinks our Warhol book is Like a detective novel

The filmmaker, artist and Warhol confidant explains why the new Catalogue Raisonn is his bedtime companion

Where to Drink Beers author has got Thanksgiving covered

Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergs has added a little seasonal colour to Evil Twin Brewings line-up Praise be!