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London’s Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration opens in a bid to draw new audiences to the art form
The world’s biggest space dedicated to illustration has opened in London. Can it help to protect the art amid rising threats from AI?
Culture
Why you have to be quick on the draw to book a place on this graphic-novel course.
Top draw
From Chanel to Dior, luxury brands are rediscovering the power of pen and paper as fashion illustration experiences a renaissance in advertising and design.
Christoph Niemann
The illustrator and artist discusses food in his work, his talent for frying and the German capital’s gentrification – and doodles a quick portrait with the help of some salt and pepper, of course.
Judging a book by its cover
Three designers — Milan's Olimpia Zagnoli, London's David Pearson and New York's John Gall — are quietly redefining what draws readers to books in an age of digital distraction.
Drawing conclusions
Illustrator Jacques de Loustal sketches out the dangers of meeting your heroes over lunch and explains why France is in a league of its own when it comes to cartoons.
Turn up for the books
Bologna’s Children’s Book Fair proves that the business is anything but child’s play.
Ralph Steadman
Gonzo journalism's ink-spattered architect, Ralph Steadman, discusses his inimitable style, life, and collaborations with Hunter S Thompson over a Turkish lunch.
Cinema craft
As a new book of rare vintage posters is published by director Nicolas Winding Refn, he talks to illustrator Steven Chorney about the crucial and colourful art of marketing the movies.
Born to draw
Illustrator Mohammad Nor Khalid, better known as Lat, published his first comic book at 13. Since then, the cartoonist has captured the hearts and minds of children and adults across Malaysia.
