Marcel Duchamp

Taken from Phaidon's new release, "500 Self Portraits," here are 27 surprising self-portraits from some of the most renowned artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

There is a fine line between a priceless piece of art and an art piece that is deemed literally price-less. We looked at the differences between an artwork that is destroyed accidentally, and one that is destroyed to further the conversation of art.

Though you've probably heard of most of the artists on this list, we're here to explain what discovery each artist made, and how they effectively changed the definition of art.

Over the last 60 years, 10 art critics altered the course of art history. Here's who they are, and what they wrote.

Calder built the mobile, but did you know he also made jewelry and designed some of the most important stage sets?

In this interview with the curator and critic Hou Hanru excerpted from Phaidon’s monograph Yin Xiuzhen, the Chinese artis discusses how smog, terrorism, and the pleasures of eating with friends all come to inform her multifaceted approach to art.

Jana Euler, Celia Hempton, and Patrizio Di Massimo are three painters bringing the classical nude into the new millennium.

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 weather is getting colder, but these artists are red-hot this month.

Here’s why this Brillo Box Pouf (after Andy Warhol) is worth sitting on.

Excerpted from Phaidon’s Factory: Andy Warhol, these early shots by the celebrated photographer Stephen Shore give us a glimpse into these heady and hedonistic times.

Artspace editor-in-chief Andrew M. Goldstein spoke to the renowned exhibition-maker about why the ancient art form remains strikingly relevant in the digital era.

These are the classic shows—featuring some of the most famous figures of Modern art—that we'd be willing to dust off the old time machine to go see.

In this comprehensive interview with the famed “supercurator” Hans Ulrich Obrist excerpted from Phaidon’s monograph Ai Weiwei, the artist delves deep into his own stroy, detailing the bumpy road to making art history.

Few 20th-century radical art movements had as much fun thumbing their nose at authority as this group of aesthetic pranksters. Here's a rundown of their achievements.

In this interview excerpted from her eponymous Phaidon’s monograph, the celebrated South African portraitist discusses the strange nuances of life as an artist with her long time friend Barbara Bloom.

The founder of SLP art advisory lends us her expertise when it comes to bringing together the history and concepts behind Minimalism in your own home.

Unlike Trump's PR team, which allegedly includes fake speechwriters and publicists, these artist alter egos are actually clever.

Warhol isn't the only artist to create bold, arresting art that makes commercialism avant garde.

The art historian William C. Agee released Modern Art in America, 1908-1968 via Phaidon Press this spring, upending many long-held tenets of the art world in the process.

From Phaidon's newly updated monograph Paul McCarthy, artist, curator, and historian Kristine Stiles interviews the art world's most provocative showman.

If taking the pulse on the contemporary art world is your idea of a good time, browsing the booths at NADA New York 2016 is an ideal place to start.

The celebrated American artist gives a fascinating and in-depth interview to curator Okwui Enwezor in this excerpt from her just-released Phaidon Contemporary Artist Series monograph.

Artspace editor-in-chief Andrew M. Goldstein spoke to the multivalent art prankster about the serious ideas behind his exuberant work.

Artspace caught up with the Mexican photographer to find out more about his life as an artist, including upcoming projects, political leanings, and love of mezcal.

In this excerpt from Phaidon’s Akademie X, the celebrated conceptual photographer counsels aspiring artists on the subtitles of the profession, from gallery relations to dental hygiene.

In honor of his upcoming retrospective at Mnuchin Gallery, we've excerpted this essay one of the heroes of American art from Phaidon's Defining Contemporary Art.

A new show at the Museum of Modern Art makes us reassess the Belgian artist and critical darling best known for mocking the authority of the art museum.

The origins of outsider artists are often as compelling as the works themselves; here are five fascinating tales from this year's fair.

From Duchamp's readymade "Fountain" to Sarah Lucas's assemblage with a priapic cucumber, these sculptures and installations exploit the arresting presence of the found object.

In this excerpt from Phaidon's new book Do It Yourself, the Californian artist-provocateur shows us how to turn an ordinary bar of soap into a work of art.

Some of the most innovative artworks of the past half-century took the form of magazines. Here are a few you'll want to flip through (only one, alas, is still in print).

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.

We toured the aisles of this year's impressively robust edition of the Midwest fair to bring you the choicest gems around.

What you need to know about Alexander Calder’s sumptuous limited-edition plates with Bernardaud.

These mind-bending pieces show the diverse approaches artists have taken in order to realize their ideas in physical form.

We had an audience with the world’s most expensive living artist during the opening of his survey at the Guggenheim Bilbao, and this is what he said.

In advance of the museum's grand reopening, we spoke to its chief curator about how the new building has given the Whitney a chance to rethink its future—and its past.

From a piece by a rising star that was featured in the last Whitney Biennial to a classic piece of appropriation by a living legend, these are artworks collectors will want to lock down fast.

In an essay excerpted from the new book Akademie X: Lessons in Art + Life, the established installation artist Mark Dion sends his students on an intensive scavenger hunt in New York City.

On the occasion of a new Phaidon book and a pair of shows at New York's Gagosian Gallery, we delved into a range of the ways that artists have depicted the sites of their creativity.

To provide a primer on the philosophical and art historical considerations that gave rise to Minimalism, we looked back on the strategies of four archetypal artists associated with the aesthetic approach.

From a dazzling composition by a downtown legend to a unique piece by one of the most inventive sculptors working today, these are artworks to make the consummate collector hot under the collar.

We spoke to the Canadian-born artist about his current show at David Zwirner Gallery, how he approaches his burgeoning film career, and what draws him to the father of the readymade.

From a world-shattering Cubist visionary to a brainy pasticheuse for the Internet era, these artists are going to be making waves this month.

We toured the third edition of Chicago's contemporary art fair to find some of the most exciting works on offer in the aisles.

From a gravity-defying composition by one of Europe's most protean art duos to a piece by an artist best known for her disappearing act, these are works collectors should pounce on now.6 Artworks to Invest in This September

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."

A musing on the definition of a popularly tossed-around term, plus work by numerous examples of artists who fit the bill.

We surveyed a few galleries from throughout the past century that made revolutionary contributions to art, only to fade away.

When certain writers with access to the innermost circles of the art industry gossip, it goes from tabloid fodder to being the stuff of art history.

Beside Duchamp's major contributions to conceptual thinking in Modern art, the artist's oeuvre also offers some surprising lessons for artists today.

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.

From the collages of the Cubists and the readymades of Duchamp to the assemblage works of today, humble materials have been transformed into stunning works of art throughout the last century.

The idiosyncratic art impresario's highly entertaining memoir spans the six spectacular months he spent running a Surrealist gallery in Beverley Hills in the late 1940s.

In his latest column, Walter Robinson considers the much-debated show from a few angles before honing in to focus on what really matters: the art.

With a critical and highly referential eye toward the entire scope of art history, the British star takes few prisoners in his satirical interrogation of what it means to be an artist.

In his latest column, Walter Robinson delves into the counter-culture urges and complex psychology embedded in the artist's extraordinary retrospective.

Still need a costume (or thinking of one for next year)? Here's a guide to the tell-tale accessories that will transform you in to personages from Hermann NItsch to Marina Abramovic.