The Surrealist Legacy of Claude Lalanne
Who? Born in Paris in 1925, 92-year-old Claude Lalanne is one of the art world's longest standing surrealist pioneers. She initially studied architecture before a pivotal encounter with the painter...
View ArticleInside Tun Mustapha: A New Sanctuary for Rare Marine Life
Where on Earth?Tun Mustapha Marine ParkGPS Coordinates: 7°2'N 116°56'E After over a decade of planning, Malaysia has unveiled a massive new Marine Protected Area at the northern tip of Borneo. Located...
View ArticleJimmy Moffat: Nurturing the Next Generation of Artists
For any struggling artist on the way up, having Jimmy Moffat in your corner would be a game-changer. The fashion world pioneer, who co-founded one of the world’s most renowned agencies, has a track...
View ArticleBrilliant Things To Do in June
Helmut Newton: A Retrospective at Foam Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland: June 16 - September 4“My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain,” Helmut Newton once quipped, and the...
View ArticleObsidian Tear: A Dance of Myth, Modernity and Masculinity
Forays into unexplored cultural terrain have come to be expected of Wayne McGregor, the UK’s most forward-thinking choreographer and dance director. His latest extraordinary production for the Royal...
View ArticleZebra Katz: The Music That Made Me
"I don’t like going in the same direction as everyone else," says Ojay Morgan, whose on-stage alias, Zebra Katz, first emerged in 2012 after designer Rick Owens chose the brooding, ballroom...
View ArticleConsidering the Cultural Connotations of Pearls
A jewellery designer-turned-photographer making images about jewellery, it follows that Maisie Broadhead is fascinated by historical objects – particularly portraits in which kings and queens stand...
View ArticleCelebrating Ernest 'Stella' Boulton: Victorian Drag Pioneer
On the 28 April 1870, two middle-class men, dressed in full drag, were arrested outside the Royal Strand Theatre in London, where they had attended a show and (cue: gasps) used the ladies' bathroom....
View ArticleAmazing Spaces at the Venice Architecture Biennale
The Venice Architecture Biennale is back for its 15th edition, boasting 61 national pavilions – predominantly located in the verdant Giardini della Biennale and the Arsenale, a vast pre-industrial...
View ArticleThe Politically Charged Performance Art of Jörg Immendorff
Jörg Immendorff is one of the most important artists to emerge in post-war Germany, so it is unsurprising that his influence – that of a revolutionary and an activist – continues to resonate today,...
View ArticleFamily Matters: Fashion's 21st Century Dynasties
Family businesses have always been in fashion – in every sense of the word. One only has to walk down a European street to see institutions of all kinds that are still standing due to their dynastic...
View ArticleWhat to See at Sundance Film Festival London
Can you imagine Utah-founded film festival Sundance without the snowdrifts and sub-zero temperatures native to its US base? To our delight the festival crosses the Atlantic this weekend, bringing with...
View ArticleWhat AnOther Loves This Week: Chic Bags & Bejewelled Bosoms
It may look like a bubblegum pink envelope but this leather clutch by Dries Van Noten – although we're sure it would be very gratefully received – is certainly not for posting. Not only is it opulently...
View ArticleWanderlust Comes Courtesy of These Radiant Instagram Feeds
If you're reading this article in an office with strident strip lighting and white-washed walls, then we urge you to take a moment to transport yourself to altogether more exotic locale via these...
View ArticleSnapshots of a Life Spent Holidaying in the Sun
In Jacques Henri Lartigue’s beautiful photographs the sun is always shining, the flowers are always in full bloom, and long nails are always perfectly manicured and ready for a close-up. Whether this...
View ArticleStrength in Numbers: Collective Creativity at Dior Cruise
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View ArticleTen of the Best Photographs from Magnum's New Print Sale
Henri Cartier-Bresson’s contribution to his medium is immeasurable. From his determinedly humanist approach to capturing a scene, to a profound advancement of street photography, the French image-maker...
View ArticleAlexander Wang: The Music That Made Me
Growing up in San Francisco in the late 1990s, the soundtrack to Alexander Wang’s formative years consisted of rap and R&B. Back then, the fashion pioneer couldn’t have predicted that some of the...
View ArticleThe Feminist Heroines of 1970s Giallo Movies
“It’s lurid, lewd, sexy, dark, mysterious, dreamlike, full of red herrings … and it's sort of nonsensical,” explains independent film programmer Josh Saco, when tasked with describing the bizarre world...
View ArticleMummy Issues: Harry Pontefract's Suburban Fashion Fetish
Spread across the table in front of Harry Pontefract is a selection of photographs of middle-aged women, each varying in size and disposition and erotically posing nude in an assortment of beige living...
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