MARTIN O’BRIEN
Martin O’Brien, performance artist, on the Greenland shark. Martin is the Whitechapel Gallery Writer in Residence 2023 GB Tell me why you chose this. MOB When you asked me to […]
DAVID REMFRY
David Remfry, artist, on his bird-shaped gold weight. GB Let’s talk about your birds. Tell me why you chose them. DR Well, it’s twofold. I’ve been interested in birds since […]
NICOLA GREEN
Nicola Green, artist, on her representation of angels of colour. GB Tell me why you chose this. NG When I was growing up, my granny collected cherubs and she had […]
JOHN KEANE
John Keane, artist, on an Owl butterfly. GB Tell me why you’ve chosen the Owl butterfly as your object of beauty JK I first encountered an Owl butterfly or Caligo, when […]
PAUL MENDEZ
Paul Mendez, author, on In the House of My Father by Donald Rodney. GB Tell me why you chose this. PM The first time I ever saw it was in a […]
LADY HALE
Lady Hale, Judge and Lord Temporal, on Barbara Hepworth’s Family of Man in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. GB Tell me why you chose this. BH Well, there are lots of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
FAYE WEI WEI
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
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
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
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 […]
GILDED BIRDS 