Through decades of political tumult, Rifat Chadirji built and rebuilt three different regimes' ideals of a modern Baghdad. An exhibition of his photographs, on view now at the Graham Foundation, offer greater insight into his work and understanding of the world. Read about it at Architectural Record.  

Lita Albuquerque explains her extraordinary, extraterrestrial body of work at Artforum. Really, 500 words isn't at all enough. 

A succint illustration of the best and worst of life in L.A. for Wallpaper. 

I think the title needs no more explanation, except that Anish Kapoor is the kindest, most eloquent and elegantly-spoken artist I've ever interviewed. My first story for ArtNews. My first trip to Mother Russia. 

Alongside a series of canvases depicting friends playing cards in his L.A. studio, David Hockney presents a new type of work that he’s dubbed “photographic drawings”—digital collages he describes as having a “3-D effect without the glasses.” Read about it at Architectural Digest. 

"The Group V, 6-11 May," 2014, David Hockney. Photo: Richard Schmidt/© David Hockney/Courtesy of L.A. Louver

Find out more about the eHarmony of architecture at Architectural Record. 

Under the saccharine-sweet sheen of Tom LaDuke's paintings, there are layers of existentialism on top of blurry Old Masters reproductions. Huh? Let me explain at T Magazine. 

Although he's best known for the intensity of his portraits and documentary photos, the artist shows us that he's got a softer alter ego. Read about Ari Marcopoulos's new landscapes at T Magazine. 

There are beautiful parallels between photographer Hélène Binet's and Le Corbusier's work, namely the choreography of structure and light. See them on Architizer.