Peter Doig

The U2 bassist describes how his search for a new version of bohemia inspired a passion for the work of Marlene Dumas, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louise Bourgeois and Robert Mapplethorpe

In this interview with Kitty Scott, painter Peter Doig discusses deriving inspiration from films, why he consistently strives to escape his mannerisms, and how living in a number of different locations around the world influenced his work.

Artspace's trusted advisor describes her personal collecting wish-list—from a $2,450 Jenny Holzer to a $15,000 Mariah Robertson.

The celebrated curator and director of White Columns shares his thoughts on his favorite works from Artspace’s exclusive preview of NADA’s upcoming art fair in New York, opening March 2nd.

Love them or hate them, listicles are part of our lives. Here's a few dozen of our favorites published over the past year.

Discover today's best painters for a chance to win $500 on Artspace.

With an intimate perspective, Hoptman reflects on the characters and ideas that brought the medium from critical disdain to its current popularity.

We've chosen some of the youngest and most precocious painters from Vitamin P3, who all prove that the trappings of age and experience don't outweigh a fresh, exciting, and unspoiled eye.

Here's a brief history of the influential Vitamin P series, which has introduced readers to a remarkable array of important painters before they became famous.

Art is precious, and can be a joy forever—unless you ruin it. Follow these rules and you'll keep your artworks safe for generations to come.

The British painter reveals the residence-renderers from Courbet to Ruscha that have inspired his singular style.

These seminal works, excerpted from Phaidon's art history anthologies, represent some of high points of painting over the past 15 years.

Here, the Performa organizer and writer shares his favorite artworks from this year’s edition of NADA Miami Beach.

The New Museum's Associate Director and Director of Exhibitions picks his favorite publications from Phaidon's catalog.

the Brussels-based connoisseur speaks about his dissatisfactions with the current gallery system, and where he thinks contemporary art will be in 2150.

The author of the new Phaidon book Painting Beyond Pollock discusses a few choice pieces that caught his eye on the site.

We spoke to the critic and scholar about the complex condition of painting, the decline of criticism, and what cliche about the medium drives him up the wall.

We spoke to the White Columns director about his role in shaping New York's most artist-directed art fair, and how his curatorial approach arose from the music clubs of the gritty Manchester scene.

We spoke to the eminent contemporary art patron about the philosophy driving her collecting, and her grand ambitions for the city she calls home.

While the blinding numbers tallied by the evening sales get the most attention, we scoured the day sale results for indicators of the direction the market for emerging artists is taking.

From an Israeli master of disguise to a Cherokee art activist, these are a few names you should know from Phaidon's "The Twenty First Century Art Book."

From the storied Städelschule to Beijing's most selective academy, these are the international graduate programs in Fine Arts to know.

In his latest column, Walter Robinson shares what it's like to deal with all the attention one gets from being at the heart of an international art maelstrom.