What intimate and secret bonds can develop between an artist and a patron-collector? Two disparate projects presented in Greece this summer by the DESTE Foundation touch upon this complex question from alternate angles.
DESTE 2022 Vol I: A posthumous tribute to Kaari Upson in Athens
What intimate and secret bonds can develop between an artist and a patron-collector? Two disparate projects presented in Greece this summer by the DESTE Foundation touch upon this complex question from alternate angles.
The Sky Within Each of Us
Designed as a timeless calendar, FUTURA PROXIMA CURATED FOR GUCCI begins with a poignant essay by the Italian philosopher and author Emanuele Coccia.
Object Mythology
An excerpt from the catalogue of a most important sale by auction of the Splendid Rare Private Collection of Oddities and Treasures of Mr Francesco Risso, in two sessions on Saturday morning at seven o’clock sharp and on the following Tuesday evening after sunset.
Saint Laurent in Morocco: Anthony Vaccarello’s ode to The Sheltering Sky
At sunset in the Agafay desert, a subversive ode to Yves Saint Laurent evolved into a spectacular symbiosis of fashion, technology, and mother nature’s wild beauty.
Tanagras: from Picasso to Alaïa
In a passage of artistic references from Ancient Greece to contemporary fashion via Pablo Picasso, Pieter Mulier’s jacquard dresses for the maison Alaïa inspired by the terracotta tanagras figurines create new dialogues with Classical Antiquity and the Spanish master.
Delfina Delettrez’s OBJETSDEVIE
A#14 curator Delfina Delettrez Fendi explores beauty in the banal, with a new line of precious yet utilitarian objets d’art for the home.
Martin Margiela, Self-Portraits
The Belgian fashion designer turned artist and A Magazine N°1 curator posits the discipline of self-portraiture to be as open-ended as the man, the myth and the legend himself, in the series Self-Portraits on display at Eenwerk Gallery, Amsterdam.
Berlinde de Bruyckere’s ‘Plunder | Ekphrasis’
The Flemish artist and A Magazine N°3 Curated By Haider Ackermann contributor muses on the seminal body of work featured in a new monographic exhibition, currently on show at MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain.
Backstage in Paris, Spring Summer 2023
An exclusive portfolio of behind-the-scenes images from the SS2023 menswear collections in Paris, photographed by Adam Katz Sinding.
Francesco Risso’s Show-and-Tell
A look into the 23rd issue curated by the Italian designer at the helm of Marni, whose whimsical perforations, peepholes and pages challenges conventional notions of materiality.
An evening in Florence with Grace Wales Bonner
An evening at Harry’s Bar Firenze in honour of A#22 curator Grace Wales Bonner, celebrating the designer’s Spring Summer 2023 collection for Pitti Uomo N°102.
Simone Rocha curates ‘Girls Girls Girls’ at Lismore Castle Arts, Ireland
An audience with Irish fashion designer and A#18 curator Simone Rocha, as she delves into the assemblage of female artists participating in her group show, currently on exhibition at a 10th century castle in the Irish countryside.
Alessandro Michele’s Cosmogony
Cosmogony (cos·mog·o·ny) – 1: a theory of the origin of the universe, 2: the creation or origin of the world or universe.
In Paris and at the Venice Biennale, the sex-positive universe of Tom of Finland
Diesel and The Community present the first international public exhibition of the legendary figure’s permanent collection, charting the evolution of an infamous career in homoerotic art and the free-wheeling liberty of generations of his successors.
Valentino, The Narratives II
Pierpaolo Piccioli invites 17 diverse authors to present their literary offerings in Valentino’s latest campaign, united under the theme of love.
A MAGAZINE CURATED BY FRANCESCO RISSO
Issue No.23 documents Marni creative director Francesco Risso’s boundless imagination, with a playful yet profound view of materiality, nature and the human spirit. Across its pages, visual portfolios created in Los Angeles, London, Milan, New York and beyond emphasise a celebration of individuality with a child-like yearning to explore.
Elmgreen & Dragset ‘Useless Bodies?’
The Berlin-based duo muse on their current exhibition spanning the entire Fondazione Prada in Milan, an ambitious body of work that examines the state of the human body and its utility, or the lack thereof.