Snapshots of every day

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

Eating your way through the arrondissements

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

There’s nothing expected or dull about this Parisian apartment, whose design takes risks by mixing references with studied panache

Avoiding the curse of the figurative