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Studio visits — Artists discuss their work and workplaces

A series of exclusive Christies.com films in which artists invite us into their studios to discuss their work

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The story behind Radiohead’s cover art: meet Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood discuss the works created by Donwood in response to Radiohead's albums Kid A and Amnesiac	Studio visit: Sergio Roger Using tailoring techniques and embroidery, the Barcelona-born artist makes fabric sculptures inspired by bronze and marble works of antiquity
Studio visit: Alexis McGrigg The contemporary artist Alexis McGrigg uses installation, drawings and complex layered paintings to explore questions of Blackness	Aboudia: ‘It’s possible to grow up on the street and become someone’ The Ivorian artist discusses his phantasmagorical canvases and their connection to the graffiti of street children
Studio visit: Sarah Sze As her triptych, Surprise Ending, is offered to benefit the charity Hopeland, the artist explains how her work engages with a digitally overloaded world	Studio visit: Hugo Wilson The British artist discusses the influence of Old Masters on his practice via works offered in Remastered, a sale exploring the dialogue between centuries
Studio visit: Jenny Hata Blumenfield The Los Angeles-based ceramic artist offers insights into the ideas behind her art, and her response to the imperial monochromes from the Alsdorf Collection	Studio visit: Jonathan Prince As the sculptor’s private selling exhibition opens in New York, he explains how his work reflects ‘the duality of perfection versus chaos’
Studio visit: Tadaaki Kuwayama and Rakuko Naito As their separate private selling exhibitions open at Christie’s in New York, husband and wife discuss sharing a working space and their very distinct artistic practices	Studio visit: Olga de Amaral The Colombian artist talks about her emotional relationship with light, colour and space
Studio visit: Sara Shamma In the run-up to her exhibition Modern Slavery, the Syrian artist talks about why she likes to see in double	Studio visit: Rina Banerjee The Indian-born, New York-based artist talks about her work and shows us around her studio space in Brooklyn
Studio Visit: Michael Lau The ‘Godfather of Toy Figures’ invites us into his Hong Kong studio to discuss his upcoming selling exhibition at Christie’s Shanghai, 31 August–12 September	Studio visit: Dylan Lewis The leading contemporary sculptor shows us around his studio and the incredible sculpture park he has created in South Africa
Studio visit: Pablo Atchugarry The Uruguayan sculptor talks Carrara marble and Michelangelo in his adopted home of Lecco on the shores of Lake Como	Izumi Kato: studio visit Inside the Tokyo studio of the artist celebrated for his totemic sculptures and canvases peopled by otherworldly figures
Studio visit: Luc Tuymans Rachel Cooke meets the artist in Antwerp ahead of his new show at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice	Studio visit: Frank Stella The artist entertains us in his vast Hudson Valley studio, reflecting on works in progress as well as others from his own collection being offered at Christie’s
Studio visit: Ma Xinle The Chinese artist, whose painting The Nine Galloping Horses was presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II, reveals how he absorbs influences from both East and West	Akbar Padamsee: ‘Art for me is to express the invisible’ A tribute to one of the great figures of Indian post-war art, whose career was defined by free-thinking and experimentation
The tastemaker: Michael S. Smith The designer and decorator shows us around his Santa Monica HQ, and enthuses over the forthcoming Rooms as Portraits auctions in London and New York	Studio Visit: Hiroshi Sugimoto We visit the artist in Tokyo, where he discusses his celebrated images of old American movie theatres
Studio visit: Wayne Thiebaud An interview with the much-loved artist, who will celebrate his 100th birthday this year	Studio visit: Jin Meyerson In conversation with the Korean-American artist, whose recent painting Evolution of Perception will be offered at Christie’s in Hong Kong on 25 November
Studio Visit: Todd Hido We catch up with the photographer behind the wheel of his car as he seeks to add to his celebrated series, Homes at Night	Studio visit: Hwang Yong-Yop A conversation with the 86-year-old Korean painter, for whom memories of dictatorship and war remain potent sources of inspiration
Studio visit: Chu Chu The Hangzhou-based artist describes how she uses the studio as a space in which to ‘connect with nature’	Studio visit: Wang Jianwei An exclusive tour of the space the Beijing-based Chinese contemporary artist describes as his ‘farm’
Studio visit: Sir Peter Blake A visit to the celebrated British artist’s printmaking studio, in which he discusses the ‘trunk and branches’ of his practice, including some of the works he will be showing at Multiplied 2015	Studio visit: Ryan Mosley Meet the British artist who once worked for the National Gallery in London — where he was disciplined for sketching the art
Studio visit: Nadav Kander The artist, photographer and director takes us inside his London studio	Studio visit: Conrad Shawcross As he unveils a monumental new public sculpture in south London, how the artist ‘envisions the invisible’
Studio visit: Bosco Sodi We visit the artist’s sprawling studio to discuss the therapeutic potential of art made using raw earth and volcanic magma	Studio visit: You Jin Meet the Chinese artist famous for his highly-saturated, mind-bending canvases, whose Daydreaming about the Future is offered in Shanghai on 21 September
Studio visit: Huang Yuxing The Beijing-based artist on the studio as a place of purification, and why he believes ‘fluorescent is the colour of our generation’	Studio visit: Michael Craig-Martin The former Goldsmiths professor remembers the ‘wonderfully exciting’ YBA years — and discusses his own studio practice
Studio visit: Terry O’Neill In 2016 the photographer, who passed away recently, talked to Christie’s about studying for the priesthood, hanging out with Frank Sinatra, and his love of Leica	Studio visit: Atul Dodiya The Indian artist discusses his life and work in Mumbai, the capital of Bollywood
Studio visit: Wang Tiande The Chinese artist who blurs the line between painting and calligraphy discusses his celebrated Hou Shan series	Studio visit: Reza Derakshani The painter who has made music with Madonna on his love of art, and why he chose to reconnect with his Iranian roots
Studio visit: Abolghassem Saidi The 90-year-old Iranian-born artist takes us inside his lofty Paris studio to discuss imagination, composition and harmony	Studio visit: The Singh Twins Liverpool-based sisters the Singh Twins on how classical traditions of Indian art have inspired their own work
Studio visit: Parviz Tanavoli The artist takes us inside his Vancouver studio, discussing lions, locks, and why he has not forgotten his native Iran	Studio visit: Fiona Rae In the second of a series of films ahead of the Goldsmiths Gallery Project auction at Christie’s, artist Fiona Rae talks about her recent change in direction, her influences and the YBAs
Studio visit: Liu Wei A visit to the Beijing studio of artist Liu Wei, whose striking explorations of buildings and cities stem from his belief that they represent the blueprint of human existence	Studio visit: Roger Hiorns The British artist discusses his practice, the Goldsmiths Gallery Project auction and burglar-proof art
Studio visit: Darren Almond The contemporary photographer discusses exposure, light, and capturing a moment, in the studio that has become his window onto a nocturnal world	Studio visit: Qiu Xiaofei A visit to the studio of artist Qiu Xiaofei, whose painting Still Remains is one of the highlights of the inaugural +86 First Open sale
Studio visit: Cathie Pilkington The artist — who is showing works at Multiplied — on rummaging through cupboards, her printmaking process, and the God-like potential of sculpture	Timo Sarpaneva and the art of glass How one of Scandinavia’s most respected designers, Timo Sarpaneva, shaped molten glass into sculptural form

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Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood discuss the works created by Donwood in response to Radiohead's albums Kid A and Amnesiac

Studio visit: Sergio Roger

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Studio visit: Alexis McGrigg

The contemporary artist Alexis McGrigg uses installation, drawings and complex layered paintings to explore questions of Blackness

Aboudia: ‘It’s possible to grow up on the street and become someone’

The Ivorian artist discusses his phantasmagorical canvases and their connection to the graffiti of street children

Studio visit: Sarah Sze

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Studio visit: Hugo Wilson

The British artist discusses the influence of Old Masters on his practice via works offered in Remastered, a sale exploring the dialogue between centuries

Studio visit: Jenny Hata Blumenfield

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Studio visit: Jonathan Prince

As the sculptor’s private selling exhibition opens in New York, he explains how his work reflects ‘the duality of perfection versus chaos’

Studio visit: Tadaaki Kuwayama and Rakuko Naito

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Studio visit: Olga de Amaral

The Colombian artist talks about her emotional relationship with light, colour and space

Studio visit: Sara Shamma

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Studio visit: Rina Banerjee

The Indian-born, New York-based artist talks about her work and shows us around her studio space in Brooklyn

Studio Visit: Michael Lau

The ‘Godfather of Toy Figures’ invites us into his Hong Kong studio to discuss his upcoming selling exhibition at Christie’s Shanghai, 31 August–12 September

Studio visit: Dylan Lewis

The leading contemporary sculptor shows us around his studio and the incredible sculpture park he has created in South Africa

Studio visit: Pablo Atchugarry

The Uruguayan sculptor talks Carrara marble and Michelangelo in his adopted home of Lecco on the shores of Lake Como

Izumi Kato: studio visit

Inside the Tokyo studio of the artist celebrated for his totemic sculptures and canvases peopled by otherworldly figures

Studio visit: Luc Tuymans

Rachel Cooke meets the artist in Antwerp ahead of his new show at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice

Studio visit: Frank Stella

The artist entertains us in his vast Hudson Valley studio, reflecting on works in progress as well as others from his own collection being offered at Christie’s

Studio visit: Ma Xinle

The Chinese artist, whose painting The Nine Galloping Horses was presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II, reveals how he absorbs influences from both East and West

Akbar Padamsee: ‘Art for me is to express the invisible’

A tribute to one of the great figures of Indian post-war art, whose career was defined by free-thinking and experimentation

The tastemaker: Michael S. Smith

​​The designer and decorator shows us around his Santa Monica HQ, and enthuses over the forthcoming Rooms as Portraits auctions in London and New York

Studio Visit: Hiroshi Sugimoto

We visit the artist in Tokyo, where he discusses his celebrated images of old American movie theatres

Studio visit: Wayne Thiebaud

An interview with the much-loved artist, who will celebrate his 100th birthday this year

Studio visit: Jin Meyerson

In conversation with the Korean-American artist, whose recent painting Evolution of Perception will be offered at Christie’s in Hong Kong on 25 November

Studio Visit: Todd Hido

We catch up with the photographer behind the wheel of his car as he seeks to add to his celebrated series, Homes at Night

Studio visit: Hwang Yong-Yop

A conversation with the 86-year-old Korean painter, for whom memories of dictatorship and war remain potent sources of inspiration

Studio visit: Chu Chu

The Hangzhou-based artist describes how she uses the studio as a space in which to ‘connect with nature’

Studio visit: Wang Jianwei

An exclusive tour of the space the Beijing-based Chinese contemporary artist describes as his ‘farm’

Studio visit: Sir Peter Blake

A visit to the celebrated British artist’s printmaking studio, in which he discusses the ‘trunk and branches’ of his practice, including some of the works he will be showing at Multiplied 2015

Studio visit: Ryan Mosley

Meet the British artist who once worked for the National Gallery in London — where he was disciplined for sketching the art

Studio visit: Nadav Kander

The artist, photographer and director takes us inside his London studio

Studio visit: Conrad Shawcross

As he unveils a monumental new public sculpture in south London, how the artist ‘envisions the invisible’

Studio visit: Bosco Sodi

We visit the artist’s sprawling studio to discuss the therapeutic potential of art made using raw earth and volcanic magma

Studio visit: You Jin

Meet the Chinese artist famous for his highly-saturated, mind-bending canvases, whose Daydreaming about the Future is offered in Shanghai on 21 September

Studio visit: Huang Yuxing

The Beijing-based artist on the studio as a place of purification, and why he believes ‘fluorescent is the colour of our generation’

Studio visit: Michael Craig-Martin

The former Goldsmiths professor remembers the ‘wonderfully exciting’ YBA years — and discusses his own studio practice

Studio visit: Terry O’Neill

In 2016 the photographer, who passed away recently, talked to Christie’s about studying for the priesthood, hanging out with Frank Sinatra, and his love of Leica

Studio visit: Atul Dodiya

The Indian artist discusses his life and work in Mumbai, the capital of Bollywood

Studio visit: Wang Tiande

The designer and decorator shows us around his Santa Monica HQ, and enthuses over the forthcoming Rooms as Portraits auctions in London and New York