Maurizio Cattelan

Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrar's surrealist image-making enterprise is now offering bags, water bottles, deck chairs and camping-friendly enamel crockery

The writer, filmmaker and curator chooses works from the Artspace archive by five artists he follows avidly

Take a look at the artworks that double as sturdy, high grade holdalls

The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins describes a handful of unusual encounters with incredible artists

Friends coming over to admire the latest addition to your collection? Here's what to say about the artist's work to visitors

Did the Cattelan banana make you feel simultaneously disappointed and unstable? Check out these artistic bananas of days past.

In these excerpts from Phaidon's newly released "Flying Too Close to the Sun," we examine the influence of ancient mythology on contemporary art.

Can art be funny? We think so! Here’s a shortlist of twelve artists who have laughed their way through contemporary art and how comedy has played an essential role in their practices.

Artspace's affordable gift guide for this holiday season.

Artist-activists Matt Starr and Ellie Sachs discuss hijacking Whole Foods, the importance of bringing art to fringe communities, and their upcoming film project: a senior citizen remake of Annie Hall

The "Relational Aesthetics" artist discusses the importance of breaking out of the art world to engage with society in a politically useful way.

In this excerpt from Phaidon's Maurizio Cattelan monograph published in 2000, the artist speaks coyly with Nancy Spector about his reluctance to take responsibility for his own work.

Who are the next rising wave of curators who will shape what our museums will look like tomorrow? Here we look at seven exciting curators (or curating duos) definitely worth watching in the years to come.

We’ve invited a few of Santa’s elves to take over Steal vs. Splurge, filling it out with twice the usual number of sure-to-impress finds to help you fulfill your holiday duties this year.

The grandson of Alexander Calder and steward of his estate shares his favorite works from this year's edition of the fair.

Perfect for playing drinking games in style while watching this week's political festivities.

The past few years have seen a marked uptick in the number of artworks featuring live animals, even as Seaworld and the Ringling Bros. phase out their critter performers—what gives?

In a time of an ever-more exhausting art market, the Monitor Gallery owner explains what it mean to produce an art fair, Italian style.

In this excerpt from Phaidon's new book Do It Yourself, the Italian artists show us how to source and assemble our own versions of their appropriated zine Permanent Food.

In an interview with Karen Rosenberg, the dealer, curator, and impresario gives Artspace a preview of his collaboration with Larry Gagosian in Miami, the latest iteration of his New York gallery, and other upcoming projects.

On the occasion of his diaristic show "30/130: Thirty Years of Books and Catalogs, etc." at White Columns, the longtime art writer, editor and curator reflects on the fast-changing field of art publishing.

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

In an interview with Artspace deputy editor Karen Rosenberg, the New Museum's associate director and director of exhibitions discusses the appeal of figurative sculpture and the examples that have shaped his unique curatorial approach.

On the occasion of the Pope's visit to the United States, we've compiled a list of some of the most important representations of the clergy from the past six centuries.

In this interview from his Phaidon Contemporary Art Series monograph, the influential German photographer currently exhibiting at David Zwirner discusses his formative influences.

We sat down with the chef behind Italy's most acclaimed restaurant to talk about how contemporary art influences his cooking, and why food belongs in museums.

A look at the extraordinary number of prominent art figures who have worked for d'Offay at one point or another in their careers.

Can you spot the variously plumed varieties of collectors at art fairs and other art-world functions? Here's a handy taxonomy of the species.

In a wide-ranging interview, we spoke to the Venus Over Manhattan proprietor about his gallery, his collecting philosophy, and how he scored one of the biggest auction-market flips in history.

From Rrose Sélavy, Marcel Duchamp's feminine pseudonym, to the mysterious Bernadette Corporation, here's a guide to the personae that artists and dealers have adopted when they go undercover.

As prices at the top soared, with records set by star artists like Francis Bacon and Jeff Koons, lucre remained the art world's bogeyman of choice.