Phaidon Press's Blog, page 454

Czech photos balance beauty and documentary

NYCs Czech Center show, You Never Too Close, shows mid-career photographers with a common viewpoint

Ren Redzepi up for two James Beard Awards

The chefs Phaidon book, A Work In Progress is nominated in two categories of the prestigious US culinary awards

Why are these old Spanish men colouring in pigeons

Among the punk and fashion books, Martin Parr and Gerry Badger pick out one on bird racing in the Photobook

Why Mies van der Rohe divided opinion

Genie behind the curtain wall or architect of cold technology Let Detlef Mertins guide you to the answer

Whos who in these Nan Goldin photos

Goldins new book Eden and After features familiar friends with their kids Read on to find out who they are

Daniel Kovalovszkys unearthly landscapes

Hungarian photographer subverts conventional landscape photography with uncannily uniform forest shots

Ruth Roots Painting Abstraction

Chicago born painters work appears to be painted on the wall, not the canvas How does she do that

Martin Parr rewrites photobook history

The photographer tells the Financial Times why he would like to bequeath his incredible collection to the Tate

Have you seen Maurizio Cattelans dinner service

The Italian artist has produced a line of plates, mugs and tablecloths using his distinctive Toilet Paper images

Perrault unveils Austrias tallest building

Dominique Perrault, architect of the French National Library, unveils the first of two towers in Vienna