
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 […]
A snapshot of contemporary ideals of beauty
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 […]
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, 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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
GB Tell me why you chose this. FWW I think they’re the most beautiful and precious objects that I own. They’re like jewels to me, except that they’re from nature […]
Ram Neta, Philosopher, on James Turrell’s Danae (1983) GB Tell me why you find this beautiful. RN First of all, it feels like magic. I remember walking into the room […]
John Marchant, gallerist, on Jamie Reid’s Beauty is a Birthright GB Tell me why you chose this. JM Jamie and I have been friends for 20 years and we’ve done […]
Ben Ashton, artist, on the heel of his hand GB Tell me why you chose this. BA It’s for practical reasons really, because it allows me to do what I […]
Franko B, artist, on two works by Andrei Molodkin GB Tell me why you chose these. FB One is a homage to Malevich and the other is a punk statement. […]
Verity Standen, composer and performer, on the mantle piece in her family home GB Tell me why you chose this. VS I chose it because it’s home and it’s quite […]
Leo Carlton, fashion artifact and millinery designer, on a brooch he made from a dead baby bird GB Tell me why you chose this. LC I chose the bird because […]
ATM, street artist, on his photograph of Glen Affric in Scotland GB Tell me why you chose this. ATM I just came back from Glen Affric. There are only a […]
Wendy Bevan, musician, artist and photographer, on her violin GB Tell me why you chose your violin. WB I fell in love with the violin when I was seven and […]
Cristina Grajales, gallerist, on her sculpture of a bee. GB Tell me why you chose this. CG We just moved the gallery five weeks ago so when you move you […]