Phaidon Press's Blog, page 497

The life and death of Agnes Thor

See how this young Swedish photographer tries to capture the transience of life in her images

Steve McCurry on the Afghan Girl, beauty and 9/11

The Magnum photographer describes his working practices and his view of the world in an Italian TV interview

Will this vertical garden take root in Berlin

Agnieszka Preibisz and Peter Sandhaus believe their Green8 scheme could transform the citys Alexanderplatz

From shorts to shaving - a secret history of leg fashion

Colin McDowells Anatomy of Fashion offers thousands of insights into how we dress - heres a few of them

Lady Gaga mimics Marina Abramovi

The singer draws on Warhol, Koons, Botticelli et al to promote her new album

Carlo Scarpa praised by New Yorks Artists

Leading figures in the New York art world praise the architects work, to mark the opening of Scarpas Met show

Ben Marcin photographs the last house standing

German-born US-based photographer looks at single houses that hang on when the neighbours have gone

High praise for The Chinese Art Book

The worlds press seems to agree The Chinese Art Book offers an unrivalled overview of one nations art

Art as Therapy extends to photography

Alain de Botton thinks painful photographs like Eve Arnolds below can be therapeutic

Tomi Ungerers Fog Island is one of The New York Times Best Illustrated Childrens Books of 2013

Tomi Ungerers brilliant childrens book just won a place in the newspapers prestigious annual list