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.
TAMBOURINE DREAMS
A conversation with Dior milliner and A#12 curator Stephen Jones, as he puts the finishing touch upon Kim Jones’ Dior Fall 2021 Men’s collection with artist Kenny Scharf.
Deciphering Coco Chanel, Through Her Clothes
Unveiling the new Palais Galliera in Paris, ‘Gabrielle Chanel. Manifeste de mode’ is an encyclopaedic look at Chanel through the designs of its illustrious founder.
Fashion Furniture: An Ambient Vessel for Brand Identity
From Marine Serre to Balenciaga and Rick Owens, fashion designers today are looking at new ways to project their brand identity into our lives and homes. Read more, as Madeleine Holth explores a recent history of ‘fashion furniture’.
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.
Faded Memories
A narration of still life photography at its most personal: objects from the collection of NY-based stylist Haidee Findlay-Levin photographed by Magda Kmiecik.
Undercover’s Sixth Sense
Jun Takahashi presents his Undercover SS 2021 collection as a six-part narrative, from Picasso’s Blue Period to Patti Smith.
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.
Bustes De Femmes at Gagosian, Paris
‘Bustes De Femmes’ examines female portraiture throughout history for the 10th anniversary of Gagosian’s Paris gallery.
Nip / Tuck
A look at the methodology of styling itself, in a visual portfolio by Paris-based stylist Imruh Asha photographed by long-time collaborator Carlijn Jacobs.
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.
Nakashima
Inside A#21, the 3rd generation Japanese-American furniture maker Mira Nakashima discusses her father’s vital legacy – nowhere more present than on their family compound in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
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.
‘Self, Son and Simone’ by Kerry J Dean
A new photography zine showcases Simone Rocha’s AW 2020 collection in the British countryside.
Rei Kawakubo’s ‘Dissonance’
Reflections from Tokyo: a closer look at the Comme Des Garçons SS21 collection shown at the brand’s Japanese HQ.