GIDEON ROSEN
Gideon Rosen, philosopher, on Marcel Duchamp’s ‘3 Standard Stoppages’ GB Tell me why you chose this? What was your reaction when you first saw it? GR When I was […]
BISHI
Bishi, musician, artist, performer, on one of Ethel le Rossignol’s psychic paintings GB Tell me why you chose this. BB A friend of mine invited me to see her paintings […]
BEN SANSBURY
Ben Sansbury, artist, on a sculpture called ‘the Starving of Saqqara’. GB Tell me why you chose this. BS At the moment I’m very interested in things that have some […]
CARRIE REICHARDT
Carrie Reichardt, artist and Craftivist on a picture of Serena in the Tigveni Orphanage Romania, September 2000. GB Tell me why you chose this. CR For me this picture represents […]
ANTHONY GOTTLIEB
Anthony Gottlieb, writer and historian of ideas, on Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House GB Tell me why you chose this. AG Not only does the sight of it produce awe and […]
RICHARD WENTWORTH
Richard Wentworth, artist, on his picture, “Manchester, June 2014” GB Tell me why you chose this. RW I think the picture is emblematic. That’s a nice word anyway. One forgets […]
SIMON PERITON
Simon Periton, artist, on the Buzzcocks’ Spiral Scratch EP. GB Tell me why you chose this. SP In some ways I chose it just because a seven-inch single could be […]
CARLOS ROLON / DZINE
Carlos Rolon AKA Dzine, artist, on a wrought iron security fence in Puerto Rico. GB Tell me why you chose this. CR I produced a series of new works for […]
JEANNE-SALOMÉ ROCHAT
Jeanne-Salomé Rochat, magazine publisher, on a Lawrence Weiner painting. GB Tell me why you chose this. JSR I was attracted by a work that seems to have no function except […]
GEORGIE HOPTON
Georgie Hopton, artist, on her postcard of Cézanne’s studio in Aix en Provence. GB Tell me why you chose this. GH I’ve long been obsessed with other people’s studios. Being […]
SEMIR ZEKI
Semir Zeki, Professor of Neuroesthetics, on Michelangelo’s Pietà. GB Why did you choose this work? SZ I fell under the spell of Michelangelo’s Pietà at St. Peter’s Basilica at first […]
VICTOR GAMA
Victor Gama, composer, performer and instrument maker, on a photograph of a child playing his Tipaw instrument. GB Tell me why you chose this image. VG I chose it as […]
CLARE SHILLAND
Clare Shilland, photographer, on a photograph by Annelies Štrba, from her book, Shades of Time. GB Tell me why you chose this. CS I really love this book and it’s […]
G. GABRIELLE STARR
G. Gabrielle Starr, professor of English and author of Feeling Beauty, on a panel from the Migration Series by Jacob Lawrence. GB Tell me why you chose this. GS One […]
HIROSHI FUJIWARA
Hiroshi Fujiwara, ‘godfather of streetwear,’ on his photograph of a snowy scene in Hakkoda, Japan. GB Where is this picture taken? HF That is the place called Hakkoda (Aomori/Japan). GB […]
MANDI LENNARD
Mandi Lennard, of brand consultancy, Mandi’s Basement, on David Hockney’s photo collage, Nude (Theresa Russell)* GB Tell me why you chose this. ML Jonathan Silver who founded Salts Mill in Yorkshire […]
GILDED BIRDS 