Portraits with empathy

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Clutter-free grandeur How the artist changed her untidy ways to create a stately studio workspace

On a quiet street in Northumberland, in a sun-drenched dining room that now serves as her art studio, Janette Carter leans over her latest collage, paper and paint coming together in layers of texture

OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, ELLE HAS CELEBRATED CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS. HERE, A RANGE OF TODAY’S LEADING ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS SHARE THE RITUALS, ROUTINES AND REALITIES BEHIND THEIR GREATEST WORKS, FROM MIND-BLOWING EXCEL SHEETS TO THE MAGIC OF THE DARK ROOM

Artsy’s editor-in-chief and director of content Casey Lesser on the French artist who finds poetry in the everyday

Avoiding the curse of the figurative