Lives of the artists lives of the architects A unique opportunity to read about the lives and creativity of the worlds leading artistic figures including David Hockney and Gerhard Richter. Hans Ulrich Obrist has been conducting ongoing conversations with the worlds greatest living artists since he began in Switzerland aged 19 with Fischli and Weiss. Here he chooses nineteen of the greatest figures and presents their conversations offering the reader intimacy with the artists and insight into their creative processes. Inspired by the great Vasari Lives of the Artists explores the meaning of art and artists today their varying approaches to creating and a sense of how their thinking evolves over time. Including David Hockney Gilbert and George Gerhard Richter Michelangelo Pistoletto Marina Abramovic Louise Bourgeois Rem Koolhaas Jeff Koons and Oscar Niemayer this is a wonderful and unique book for those interested in modern art David Hockney Dominique Gonzalez Foerster Elaine Sturtevant Ernest Mancoba Felix Gonzalez Torres Frank Gehry Gerhard Richter Gilbert & George Louise Bourgeois Marina Abramović Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian Nancy Spero Oscar Niemeyer Philippe Parreno Rem Koolhaas Richard Hamilton SANAA Tino Sehgal Zaha Hadid