Creamier

Phaidon's newest exhibition-in-a-book curates the cream of modern art

“Creamier,” the latest volume in Phaidon‘s acclaimed “Cream” series, takes the pulse and forecasts the future of contemporary art. The book’s 100 featured artists are the culmination of a carefully selected panel’s survey of the most important contributors to the art world over the last five years. This year’s jury includes Debra Singer, director and chief curator of The Kitchen; Catherine Wood, curator of contemporary …

My Cool Caravan

A new book and site champions the glory of retro trailers

In the U.S., owning a trailer—or as they say in the U.K. a caravan—has an unfortunate association with low-income living, hurricane magnets and Arizona retirees. Brits Chris Haddon and Jane Field are attempting to change all that by celebrating the greatness of the retro caravan with their nascent website, book (“An Inspirational Guide to Retro-Style Caravans”) and blog, My Cool Caravan. The caravans, as styled …

The Big Butt Book

An ode to the gluteus maximus in a new coffee table book

I like big butts and I cannot lie. As a female constantly preoccupied with how mine looks in pants combined with my experience living in Brazil—the very land that invented the thong bikini and where baile funk girls become overnight celebs based just on the girth of their behinds—I find Taschen’s fatty tome “The Big Butt Book” fascinating and a must-buy for discerning and refined …