ALEXEY TITARENKO
Alexey Titarenko, photographer, on his photograph, Untitled (Woman on the Corner), 1995 GB Tell me why you chose this. AT Firstly, I should explain that for me, art is not […]
GUSTAVO BONEVARDI
Gustavo Bonevardi, artist, on a picture of the now vanished Pier 48 in Manhattan. GILDED BIRDS Tell me why you chose this. GUSTAVO BONEVARDI It took me a long time […]
JULIA BARDSLEY
Julia Bardsley, theatre artist, on a list in her father’s handwriting. GB Tell me why you chose this. JB I’ve chosen it because it’s banal in a way. It’s just […]
CHARLIE CASELY-HAYFORD
Charlie Casely-Hayford, fashion designer, on Jacques-Louis David’s painting, The Oath of the Horatii. GB Tell me why you chose this. CCH It’s a painting I first learned about at the […]
CARMEN GIMÉNEZ
Carmen Giménez, curator, on Van Gogh’s Café Terrace at Night GB Tell me why you chose this. CG I chose this painting because I’ve been working with James Turrell for […]
KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH
Kwame Anthony Appiah, philosopher on El Anatsui’s ‘Red Block’ sculpture. GB Tell me why you chose this. KAA First of all, I love it. It’s part of a sequence of […]
MARCUS KLEINFELD
Marcus Kleinfeld, artist, on one of the first photographs of earth taken from space, by the Apollo 8 Mission in 1968. GB Tell me why you chose this. MK The […]
MICHAEL MORRIS
Michael Morris, philosopher, on Rembrandt’s ‘Return of the Prodigal Son’. GB Tell me why you chose this. MM I think I need to explain exactly what I’ve chosen. It’s not […]
CHARLES AVERY
Charles Avery, artist, on his Wellington boots. GB Tell me why you chose your Wellington boots. CA When asked to select an object of beauty I was on the Isle […]
ANDREW LOGAN
Andrew Logan, artist, on the sun. GB Tell me why you chose the sun. AL I think there are so many beautiful things in the world but the sun gives […]
ALIS PELLESCHI
Alis Pelleschi, designer, photographer, artist – on her picture of her with her mother. GB I love this picture of you and your mum. Tell me when and where you […]
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 […]
TIM MARLOW
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 […]
OLIVIER BERGGRUEN
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 […]
MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ
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 […]
JAMES BALMFORTH
James Balmforth, artist, on sacrificial anodes. GB Why have you chosen these sacrificial anodes? JB I chose these sacrificial anodes because their beauty is of a kind that I find […]
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