
SARAH HEGENBART
Sarah Hegenbart, curator, on Barnett Newman’s Midnight Blue GB Tell me why you’ve chosen this painting. SH I chose a painting that really matters to me and that struck me […]
A snapshot of contemporary ideals of beauty
Sarah Hegenbart, curator, on Barnett Newman’s Midnight Blue GB Tell me why you’ve chosen this painting. SH I chose a painting that really matters to me and that struck me […]
Noah Feldman, author and Professor of Law, on a view of Fowles Point, Maine GB Tell me why you chose this. NF When I’m not in Maine, which is much […]
Alex Ross, music critic, on his photograph of Panamint Valley, California. GB Tell me why you chose this. AR Being a cooped-up city dweller, I have a strong yearning for […]
Simon Keenlyside, baritone, on his Venus figurine pendant. GB Tell me why you chose this. SK I was always fascinated with the earliest artifacts and paintings made by modern humans, […]
Tim Marlow, art historian and Director of Exhibitions at White Cube – on the imprint of his son’s head on a pillow. GB Tell me why you chose this. TM […]
Anna Trevelyan, stylist, on blood. GB Tell me why you’ve chosen blood. AT I’ve chosen blood because to me it’s the beginning and end of everything. It’s pumping through all […]
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: […]
Jim Holt, philosopher, on his miniature replica of the Rietveld chair. GB Tell me why you chose your chair. JH I have the aesthetic of a mathematician, even though I’m […]
Olivier Berggruen, curator and art historian, on a late eighteenth century Italian gilded chair. GB Tell me why you chose the chair. OB Well one is reason is that I […]
Antony Price, designer, on a mannequin in his garden. GB Tell me why you chose your mannequin. AP It has always been my quest in life to make human beings […]
Patrick Barlow, actor, comedian, playwright – on his picture of Jesus from Pasolini’s film, the Gospel of Matthew GB Tell me why you chose this? PB Well the Gospel of […]
Marina Abramovic, Water Study (D) – With Eyes Closed I See Happiness, Photograph 2012 courtesy Marina Abramovic Archive and Sean Kelly Gallery Marina Abramović, artist, on a glass of water GB Tell […]
Isaac Mizrahi, designer, on his new Tomory Dodge painting GB Tell me why you chose the painting. IM Part of my artistic psyche, if you will, is a response to […]
Tom Cairns, director, on a still from the film, Badlands GB Why did you choose this still from Badlands? TC It’s a simple snapshot that represents one of my favourite […]
Solange Azagury-Partridge, jewellery designer, on a bird’s nest that fell from a tree GB Tell me why you chose the nest. SA I don’t think there’s anything more beautiful than […]
Fergus Henderson, chef, on sea urchins GB Tell me why you chose sea urchins. FH Well there are two reasons. They’re these amazing spiky things to look at but they’re […]