An excerpt of the interview between Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys and James Righton of The Klaxons, featured within A Magazine N0.24 Curated By Erdem.
cc-tapis — An Encounter with Charlotte Perriand
6 unpublished colour studies for a series of woven panneaux ouvrants or ‘opening panels’ have laid untouched for half a century, now brought to life for the first time as a collection of hand-knotted rugs by the Italian studio, presented on the occasion of Paris Design Week 2023 in an exhibition celebrating Perriand’s unpublished archives and her mastery of colour.
Lost Spring by Seán McGirr
Irish photographer and menswear designer Seán McGirr offers a deeply personal take on the JW Anderson Men’s Spring Summer 2023 collection, documenting family and fellow colleagues wearing pieces from the British label.
Erykah Badu on ‘Unboxing Valentino’
The queen of neo-soul discusses her collaboration with A#20 curator and Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli, on the soundtrack for the Spring Summer 2023 collection ‘Unboxing Valentino.’
Picasso on Mushrooms — Love Letters & Light
Sublimating the height of Picasso’s Surrealist period, a collection of candles and a new exhibition in Paris curated by Diana W. Picasso unveil an unlikely exploration of fragrance, femininity and mycology.
Patrick Procktor’s ‘A View From A Window’
The monographic exhibition at the Palazzo Bentivoglio in Bologna, Italy, is dedicated to the largely forgotten works of the British artist featured inside A Magazine Curated By Erdem.
Sunnei’s Unexpected ‘Oggetti’
The Milanese duo have spent years honing their colourful design language – one that transfers with ease from ready-to-wear and accessories into the artisanal realm of object design.
Embodying Pasolini, Tilda Swinton & Olivier Saillard
Embodying Pasolini at the Festival D’Automne in Paris is the latest performance in a succession of quiet triumphs by the British actress and French curator, a spellbinding show that takes the costumes of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s films by Danilo Donati as the vehicles for a singular exploration of Cinecittà history.
Patrick Carroll in Fujiyoshida, Japan
American textile artist Patrick Carroll has created an otherworld synthesising queer poetry, philosophy and knitting at his first exhibition for Fuji Textile Week 2022.
Celebrating Erdem at Sessions Arts Club, London
A Magazine Curated By celebrated the launch of our 24th issue curated by Erdem Moralioglu MBE over a candlelit dinner on Thursday, November 26th at Sessions Arts Club, London.
Come Stai? Bottega Veneta & Gaetano Pesce at Design Miami
Part of an immersive environment for the Bottega Veneta SS2023 show by Matthieu Blazy, the Italian design pioneer Gaetano Pesce created a collection of whimsical chairs entitled Come Stai? that explore diversity, individuality and the plastic arts.
A MAGAZINE CURATED BY ERDEM
Issue No.24 is a cross-cultural, time-travelling exploration of the British-Turkish designer Erdem Moralioglu’s diverse range of sociological and aesthetic references that centres upon the disruptive figures of crucial periods in our collective history.
‘Recycling Beauty’ at Fondazione Prada, Milan
Recycling Beauty, a new exhibition at the Fondazione Prada in the southern reaches of Milan, conjures inertia and posits its contents as a contemporary cipher with which to decode the wonders of a distant past.
Seeing Red with Valentino
Passed down from the namesake founder Valentino Garavani to current creative director and A#20 curator Pierpaolo Piccioli, the colour red is a testament to both the reverence of history and visionary interpretation of Valentino codes imbued by each designer.
Backstage in Paris, Spring Summer 2023 Vol. 2
An exclusive portfolio of behind-the-scenes images from the Spring Summer 2023 collections in Paris, photographed by Adam Katz Sinding.
Personing
Inside A Magazine No.23 Curated By Francesco Risso, the renowned choreographer Michele Rizzo applies his knowledge of the human form into sculpting the curator himself. Bringing questions of human existence to the fore, the Italian cultural practitioner examines the textures of legacy that remain in memory and in nature.
Shaniqwa Jarvis ‘Sleep to Dream’
Treading the line between dream-state and reality, the American photographer and A#21 contributor’s solo exhibition in New York is an ethereal exploration of our earthly existence, contemplating the duality between mother nature and human nature.
Backstage in Paris, Spring Summer 2023 Vol. 1
An exclusive portfolio of behind-the-scenes images from the Spring Summer 2023 collections in Paris, photographed by Adam Katz Sinding.