Sanctuary: British Artists & their Studios" gives a rare & privileged insight to the studios & inspirations of nearly 120 of Britains greatest living artists working today both in Britain & abroad. Sanctuarys stellar cast of artists encompasses many different ways of thinking about & making art. This lavish large-format book brims with specially commissioned photographs portraits images at work places of inspiration & incisive interviews: the artists open their minds as much as their studio doors. The book is full of insights revelations & thoughts on the modern art world & contemporary art practice giving a vivid sense of what it means to be an artist at work today. It features a stellar cast of characters including Frank Auerbach Ron Arad Fiona Banner Peter Blake Jake & Dinos Chapman Martin Creed Tracey Emin Gilbert & George Susan Hiller Howard Hodgkin Polly Morgan Cornelia Parker Grayson Perry Paula Rego Juergen Teller Gavin Turk Keith Tyson Rachel Whiteread & more the list is extraordinary. Iwona Blazwick gives an A-Z of studios with a twist; Richard Corks Studio Visits gives a personal & vivid tour around the studios of Francis Bacon Lucian Freud Bridget Riley & more; Tom Mortons Field Notes on British Art in the Third Millennium is an intelligent sketch of the wider wilder world that all artists now inhabit."