Phaidon Press's Blog, page 88

Phaidon Introductions Grayson Perry on Martin Parr

Kicking off a new series, the artist recalls the first time he was blinded by Parrs flash and decked in saturated colour

Marc Jacobs remembers 2011

It was just eight years ago, so why did one photographer tell Marc hed seen the Seventies flash before my eyes

The wooden sculpture created to show Christs death

At Easter we look at a work of devotional art from our newly updated book 30,000 Years of Art

MetaFlora - Not your Grandmothers Florist

New York dancer turned floral artist Marissa Competello enjoys the moment when flowers stop resembling flowers

Marc Jacobs remembers 2004

John Currin, Rachel Feinstein and Jodie Kidd all feature in Jacobs early noughties recollections

The house where Salvador Dal found peace

This modest fishermans cottage morphed into a work of surrealism, serving as the artists home for half a century

Martin Parr just sent his new book to the queen!

I have the honour to remain your majestys most humble and obedient servant, the photographer writes

Talking Textiles with Anne Wilson

Cloths ubiquity, and its close proximity to bodies, is its great strength and great challenge says this Chicago artist

The Madness at the heart of Elmgreen & Dragsets new show

The Scandinavian art duo have found something perfectly spooky in a Danish painters muted, grey interiors

Vince Alettis trick for keeping his magazine collection fresh

The writer and collector tells the New Yorker how he manages to stay engaged with his voluminous stacks of print