Table of Contents

Jananne Al-Ani * Darren Almond * Hurvin Anderson * Ron Arad * Frank Auerbach * Charles Avery * Fiona Banner * Claire Barclay * Phyllida Barlow * David Batchelor * Tony Bevan * Sir Peter Blake * Pablo Bronstein * Cecily Brown * Angela Bulloch * Varda Caivano * Sir Anthony Caro * Jake and Dinos Chapman * Gordon Cheung * Mat Collishaw * Nigel Cooke * Keith Coventry * Tony Cragg * Michael Craig-Martin * Martin Creed * Dexter Dalwood * Matthew Darbyshire * Enrico David * Shezad Dawood * Richard Deacon * Tacita Dean * Milena Dragicevic * Tracey Emin * Adam Fuss * Anya Gallaccio * Ryan Gander * Gilbert & George * Liam Gillick * Douglas Gordon * Antony Gormley * Paul Graham * Maggi Hambling * Anne Hardy * David Harrison * Mona Hatoum * Susan Hiller * Roger Hiorns * Howard Hodgkin * Thomas Houseago * Shirazeh Houshiary * Richard Hudson * Des Hughes * Gary Hume * Chantal Joffe * Peter Joseph * Isaac Julien * Anish Kapoor * Idris Khan * Rachel Kneebone * Jim Lambie * Michael Landy * Ximena Garrido-Lecca * Edward Lipski * Hew Locke * Sarah Lucas * Peter Macdonald * Goshka Macuga * Helen Marten * Jason Martin * Gustav Metzger * Jonathan Monk * Katy Moran * Polly Morgan * Sarah Morris * David Nash * Adam Neate * Mike Nelson * Tim Noble and Sue Webster * David Noonan * Humphrey Ocean * Cornelia Parker * Simon Periton * Grayson Perry * Ged Quinn * Marc Quinn * Fiona Rae * Paula Rego * Eva Rothschild * Jenny Saville * Hiraki Sawa * Maaike Schoorel * Sean Scully * George Shaw * Raqib Shaw * Conrad Shawcross * Yinka Shonibare * Bob and Roberta Smith * Hannah Starkey * John Stezaker * Juergen Teller * Wolfgang Tillmans * Gavin Turk * Keith Tyson * Phoebe Unwin * Donald Urquhart * Mark Wallinger * Jonathan Wateridge * Gillian Wearing * Richard Wentworth * Nicole Wermers * Rachel Whiteread * Alison Wilding * Lucy Williams * Jane and Louise Wilson * Bill Woodrow * Clare Woods * Richard Wright * Catherine Yass * Jonathan Yeo * Toby Ziegler

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Gives rare and privileged access to the studios and inspirations of nearly 120 of Britain's greatest living artists

About the Author

Hossein Amirsadeghi is a writer, publisher, editor and documentary film maker, and the driving force behind many books, including Sanctuary, Art Studio America, Nordic Contemporary and Contemporary Art Mexico. Maryam Eisler has held executive editorial roles for a number of Thames & Hudson titles, including Unleashed, Art and Patronage, Art Studio America and London Burning.

Reviews

'Fascinating' - The Times
'The first truly necessary compilation book of contemporary artists that I can remember' - Daily Telegraph
'Thames & Hudson has a solid history of excellent, cutting-edge visual arts publishing ... and this is no exception. A fascinating opportunity to peek behind the scenes into the private world of the art professional' - F22 Magazine
'For anyone interested in modern British art, it is a gold mine' - The Art Fund
'Full of insights, revelations and thoughts on the modern art world and contemporary art practice, giving a vivid sense of what it means to be an artist at work today' - artdaily.org