After Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’ first menswear show, OMA AMO’s Giulio Margheri discusses the whimsical complexities behind its set design – a narrative of time and texture.
SUSTAIN by Dilys Williams
An essay by Professor Dilys Williams on positive evolution and a new collective conscience in the fashion industry, originally published inside A Magazine Curated By Lucie and Luke Meier, 2020.
FRESQUE ft. (La)Horde, Marseille
Inspired by Italian frescos and riviera sunsets, Francois Quillacq and Axell Katomba paint a moving portrait of the avant-garde dancers of the National Ballet of Marseille.
TENANT OF CULTURE
Tracing the death and fossilisation of fashion with the Dutch artist Tenant of Culture’s eponymous art book.
India on strike, as seen by Bharat Sikka
Across India, 250 million people are protesting for farmers rights. Indian photographer Bharat Sikka shares his story on the ground from this historical event.
Tek Hod: The Embroidered Wrestlers of the North
A new book by British photographer David Ellison explores a centuries-old wrestling community that sees outdoor displays of brute strength meet the fragile art of cross-stitch embroidered costumes.
Object & Thing at the Noyes House, New Canaan, Connecticut
Handicrafts and contemporary works live side-by-side in a radically modern house (turned art & design fair) in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Casa Iolas — Citofonare Vezzoli
In an elegant apartment-turned-gallery in the centre of Milan, the late Greek gallerist Alexander Iolas is celebrated in a dense, decorative exhibition curated by Francesco Vezzoli.
Gus Van Sant’s Gucci odyssey
A#16 curator Alessandro Michele and American director Gus Van Sant discuss their 7-part series ‘Ouverture Of Something That Never Ended’ before the premiere of GucciFest, a landmark online film festival created by Gucci debuting November 16 – 22, 2020.
Black Pink — Kei Ninomiya’s polar practice
In Tokyo, the Noir by Kei Ninomiya collection for SS21 bristled with botanical textures, crystals, and bows in a subversively feminine exercise of extreme surfaces.
‘L’Amour’ SS 2021 by Simon Porte Jacquemus
An intimate look at the Jacquemus SS 2021 runway collection, photographed by Julien Boudet in Us, Val d’Oise, France.
‘Untitled’ (Fortune Cookie Corner) by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, 1990
A Magazine Curated By presents 1 of 1000 off-site installations of ‘Untitled’ (Fortune Cookie Corner) by Felix Gonzalez-Torres in Paris, France.
S for Sue
‘I always wanted Lucian to paint me with my clothes on.’ An interview with Sue Tilley, muse of Lucian Freud and close friend of Leigh Bowery, from inside A Magazine N°19 Curated By Kim Jones.
L for LEIGH: Where’s The Poison? Ft. Baillie Walsh & Cerith Wyn Evans
Artist Cerith Wyn Evans and director Baillie Walsh met Leigh Bowery on the London club scene. To both, he became a collaborator and a close friend – a subject to film, a designer to call on for incredible garments, an artist to admire, a conspirator to talk with for endless hours on the phone.
A for AFRICA: Naomi Campbell in conversation with Kim Jones
Opening Kim Jones’ abecedarium, an intimate chat with international supermodel and advocate Naomi Campbell on their mutual love of the African continent and the intricacies of its political and creative landscape.