Ten Things You Might Not Know About Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s legacy is defined as much by the tragedy of doomed genius as it is by his work. The Haitian-American artist’s iconic paintings and drawings – his interpretation of black identity...
View ArticleSeaweed Swatches and Stalactite Stitches with Phoebe English
Fashion designer Phoebe English and photographer Polly Brown first met back at art school but have only just realised their first project together: a photobook documenting English's recently-opened...
View ArticleFive Good Things: Pink on Green to Imaginary Cabins
Plants on pink is our current favourite Insta-follow. Embrace the power of green on pink with their daily photos from around the world.read more »
View ArticleGods and Monsters: A History of Celebrity Portraiture
The notion of celebrity is a complex thing, and one that is intimately connected to the dissemination of a star's image. Nowadays, many celebrities have become the champions of their own image –...
View ArticleAgnès Varda: The Punk-Spirited Grand-Mère Terrible
When, earlier this summer, The Cannes Film Festival honoured French director, writer and artist Agnès Varda, it marked yet another celebration of the 87-year-old’s remarkable career. Last year LACMA...
View ArticleThe Lost City of Tikal
Where on Earth? Petén, GuatemalaGPS Coordinates: 17°22′N 89°62′W It’s dawn high above the rainforest, and from the canopy level below us comes the primordial sound of the forest waking up. We’re...
View ArticleInside the Chanel Couture Atelier
It’s the day before Chanel’s haute couture autumn/winter 2015 collection is shown and in the eves of the company’s famous Rue Cambon headquarters, with its black, beige and mirrored interior, is a...
View ArticleA Softer Side of Nobuyoshi Araki
Who: Age has not made Nobuyoshi Araki less perverse, but it’s definitely softened the edges. At 75, the Japanese photographer still loves a good phallic symbol, but look further and there’s a...
View ArticlePoolside in Florida
It’s another hot day in July, and there’s one photograph that has captured our imaginations (and scooped the Loves vote) this week – Joel Meyerowitz’s Florida Pool, chosen by Giulia Mutti, regular...
View ArticleFrom Innocence to Experience: Raf Simons at Dior Couture
The Garden of Earthly Delights, a triptych painted by Hieronymus Bosch between 1590 and 1610, was the starting point for Raf Simons’ present Christian Dior Haute Couture Collection for Autumn-Winter...
View ArticleWhat to make of Galliano’s Low-Tech Margiela?
In recent years, the haute couture season has not been the most low-key event on the fashion calendar. This week alone, Chanel installed an entire working casino in the Grand Palais and an all-star...
View ArticleInto the Woods with Charlotte Rampling
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? We all are, it seems. Despite being hunted to extinction in the wilds of the UK, and becoming increasingly rare around the world, the wolf remains a fearful cultural...
View ArticleFive Good Things: Green on Pink to Imaginary Cabins
Plants on pink is our current favourite Insta-follow. Embrace the power of green on pink with their daily photos from around the world.read more »
View ArticleFashion Dogs
This Happy Monday renowned photographer and AnOther’s long time collaborator Erwan Frotin introduces us to the canines behind some of fashion’s biggest names. While they’re not as familiar with life in...
View ArticleThe Memory of Time
Who? A new show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC has brought together the work of 26 contemporary photographers from around the world – amongst them Mikhael Subotzky, Moyra Davey and...
View ArticleLessons We Can Learn from Kandinsky
The career of Wassily Kandinsky ranged from theorising colour and geometric forms in completely new ways to painting some of the first abstract paintings as well as writing books on completely new...
View ArticleDuvet Day: The Best of Feather Filled Fashion
Last week, McQ released their new campaign (which features a semi-shirted man lounging on a wonderfully inviting bed) and John Galliano showed his second Artisanal collection for Maison Margiela...
View ArticleStrongwoman Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton
Who? Five-foot-1, 115-pound blonde Abbye "Pudgy" Evile Stockton was an American professional strongwoman who became renowned through her involvement with Santa Monica's infamous Muscle Beach in the...
View ArticleBarber's Gym: London's Chicest Place to Work Out?
Sometimes it's good to strip it back. Certainly, in our chaotic, modern lives, it's refreshing to be clean, clear and honest. Barber's Gym is the antithesis to the commercial, glossy gym. Instead of...
View ArticleRun it Out
Who? In the spring of 2013, Tara Darby, a photographer, filmmaker and AnOther Magazine collaborator, set about filming her first feature length documentary. Titled Run it Out, the film tells the story...
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