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Chloë Sevigny on the Life and Style of Robert Mapplethorpe
For Chloë Sevigny, Robert Mapplethorpe is not only the trailblazing artist who made taboo subjects beautiful in the 80s with his controversial images of leather boys, bondage and naked flesh, or the...
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The Cinematic Landmarks of Chantal Akerman
Who? The late Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman often said that seeing Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le Fou as a teenager fuelled her decision to become a director. Yet her visual style and narrative...
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Camille Bidault-Waddington's Digital Fashion Postcards
Scrolling through Camille Bidault-Waddington's Instagram feed is like flicking through the ultimate fashion scrapbook, charting everything from 70s psychedelia to contemporary Japanese design; dream...
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When Op Art and Classical Sculpture Collide
Dino and Raffaello Tomasso seem to flow against the tidal consensus of old master galleries – in a sea of dealers diversifying their artistic portfolios, they steadfastly stick to their guns, or more...
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Sensational Images of Divine by Antonio Lopez
When, in 2011, Roger and Mauricio Padilha first uncovered the Antonio Lopez archives housed by artist Paul Caranicas, it was like excavating a treasure trove of 70s legends. "It was amazing – literally...
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Five Marvellous Modern Taxidermy Artists
With examples dating as far back as Ancient Egypt, during which time cats, dogs and other animals were routinely mummified, taxidermy is not a new art. Its embrace by contemporary artists, however,...
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The Secret Stories of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg
So well-documented is the love affair between Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, that to picture it retrospectively is to watch a flickering series of film stills in one’s mind. Enter the young British...
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Cult Bookshop Claire de Rouen Celebrates Ten Years
Perched atop a rudimentary betting shop on Soho’s Charing Cross road, sits Claire de Rouen – a small but mighty independent bookshop that boasts a rare and exceptionally well curated edit of fashion,...
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How James Turrell Lit Up the Art World
Who? James Turrell is an American artist whose groundbreaking works exploring space and light in the 1960s earned him a cult following, critical acclaim and the prominence of being one of the most...
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Lessons We Can Learn From Amarcord
Federico Fellini's Amarcord (Italian for "I remember") is a masterful cultural commentary on the everyday life of 1930s Fascist Italy. With humour, grace and a typically surreal Fellini-esque style...
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Poison Ivy: The Queen of Psychobilly Punk
“Poison Ivy, a golden harem sphinx, a sheen of perspiration over her alabaster body. Sweat streaks her guitar as she plays keen bloodnotes. The songs are of decapitations, transmogrifications, psycho...
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A Love Letter to Beautiful Bathrooms
Those who treat their bathing rituals as an inconvenient interruption to their daily existence, one to be hurried rather than luxuriated over, are ostensibly missing one of the finest hedonistic acts...
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The Interstellar Art of Noémie Goudal
A mysterious, circular moon hangs against a deserted landscape in Southern Light Stations, Noémie Goudal's new exhibition at London's Photographers' Gallery, arresting the visitor's gaze. On second...
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The Bizarre and Beautiful Collages of Bryan Olson
Crowds of anonymous onlookers gazing awe-struck at a nearby galaxy; classic marble sculptures poised against a mountainous backdrop; legs without a body perched on a floral windowseat; Bryan Olson’s...
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The Ramones As You've Never Seen Them Before
By 2014 all of the original members of The Ramones had died, but it’s safe to say their spirit still remains: haunting old music venues that are now luxury flats, and making sure drainpipe jeans...
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The Intrepid Appeal of Paloma Picasso
It’s not enough to be the progeny of one of the most important artists of the 20th century – the course of Paloma Picasso’s life proves that you must put your name to good use, too. With a career that...
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How to Collect Contemporary Art Now
Contemporary art consultant and curator Niamh White lives, like many of her generation, in a one-bed flat on an ex-council estate slap-bang in the centre of east London. Unlike most, however, her...
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The Style of Bauhaus
Germany’s Bauhaus art school, which was founded in 1919 by German architect Walter Gropius, and ran until 1932, was something of a prototype for the art school as we know it today, where parties and a...
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The Rare Beauty of Efflorescent Deserts
Where on Earth?Atacama Desert / Death ValleyFollowing a year of unusually heavy rains, some of the driest places are earth are set to bloom with millions upon millions of wildflowers. Already, in the...
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Retro Reflections: Considering the Glass Block Wall
Glass blocks, or glass bricks, have been around for about 100 years. Originally used in factories to provide natural light to the workers, they are now mostly used in residential and small commercial...
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