DON BROWN
Don Brown, artist, on the new moon. GB Tell me why you chose this. DB I thought for quite a long time about what I find beautiful, I suppose my […]
ALUN ANDERSON
Image constructed from thousands of pictures taken from an orbiter flying around the Moon, so there is tremendous depth of detail in the full size image. The full size image […]
JORDAN ASHLEY
Nan one month after being battered, 1984. Copyright Nan Goldin. Jordan Ashley, founder of Souljourn Yoga, on Nan Goldin’s work, Nan one month after being battered. GB Tell me why […]
MARKUS LUPFER
Markus Lupfer, fashion designer, on his picture of elephants in the Serengeti. GB Tell me why you chose this. ML I’ve chosen this because I went to the Serengeti last […]
ELLEN WINNER
Ellen Winner, Professor of Psychology, on Picasso’s Head of a Woman. GB Tell me why you chose this. EW I love this sculpture because it’s so beautiful. It is also […]
SAUL NASH
Saul Nash, fashion designer and choreographer, on a sculpture by Mark Jenkins GB Tell me why you chose this. SN I like the way the two bodies balance one another. […]
COLIN SELF
Colin Self, artist, on an oak tree in his garden GB Tell me why you chose your oak tree. CS I have a book that I bought off […]
JINNY BLOM
Jinny Blom, landscape designer, on a cliff in France GB Tell me why you chose this. JB I just think it’s the most amazing object because it’s emerged out of […]
MICHELE RAFFERTY
Michele Rafferty, stylist and creative director, on an outsider art painting GB Tell me why you chose this. MR Its the magic of finding a little something, I bought it […]
YAYOI KUSAMA
In celebration of Yayoi Kusama opening her own museum in Tokyo, here’s an interview we did with her in 2013. You travelled alone to New York in 1957. It was […]
THOM YORKE
Thom Yorke, musician, on his picture of a rock formation in Cornwall – ‘An old giant’s backbone buried in the rocks’. GB Tell me why you chose this rock formation: […]
HARI KUNZRU
Hari Kunzru, author, on an image from Robert Longo’s Men in the Cities GB Tell me why you chose this. HK I find it endlessly fascinating to look at those […]
MARK WELSH
Photograph by Martin Crook Mark Welsh on his own work, Anatomy of an Audubon GB Tell me why you chose this. MW I’ve chosen this multi-media collage I made, not […]
NINA MAE FOWLER
Artist, Nina Mae Fowler, on her Royal Doulton sherry decanter GB Tell me why you chose this. NF I chose him because I love searching through antique shops and going […]
DAVID POEPPEL
David Poeppel, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, on Alberto Giacometti’s Chariot GB Tell me why you chose this. DP Although I have seen many pieces by Giacometti and admire […]
PAUL LISS
Paul Liss, fine art dealer, on Colin Gill’s Allegory, 1920 – 21 GB Tell me why you chose this. PL Allegory, the opus magi of Colin Gill, the first artist […]
GILDED BIRDS 