Art + Culture Kehinde Wiley’s New Exhibition Is a Chapel of Mourning Mar. 16, 2023 “An Archaeology of Silence” opens in San Francisco, after a string of police killings of Black men. Along with powerful art, it offers a respite room to those needing a break. »
Art + Culture Meet Yoann Bourgeois, The Choreographer Who Taught Harry Styles How to Move Mar. 2, 2023 The dancer became famous for his evocative, fluid choreography. Now, he's bringing the distinctive style to the Grammys, music videos, and beyond. »
Art + Culture Heaven’s Gate Feb. 10, 2023 Video artist Marco Brambilla unpicks the Hollywood spectacle in a surreal installation satirizing the history of cinema. »
Art + Culture Yoann Bourgeois In conversation with Gilda Bruno Feb. 6, 2023 Talks about finding freedom and joy in adult life, art as a form of resistance to the challenges of our time »
Art + Culture Friedrich Kunath Imagines Impossible Landscapes Jan. 17, 2023 In “I Don't Know The Place, But I Know How To Get There” at Blum & Poe Los Angeles, the artist churns majesty and the mundane together into candy-colored dreamworlds that reflect on personal longing and our eternal, ill-fated quest for contentment. »
Art + Culture In Pictures: the Musée d’Orsay Presents Kehinde Wiley’s Fallen Figures Alongside the Historic Sculptures That Inspired Them Dec. 22, 2022 The display, on view through January 8, is an extension of the artist's ongoing "DOWN" series. »
Art + Culture Paul Chan, Tavares Strachan, and Amanda Williams Are Among the Artists Awarded 2022 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants Oct. 12, 2022 This year, the fellows will receive $800,000 over the course of five years. »
Art + Culture An ornithologist, a cellist and a human rights activist: the 2022 MacArthur Fellows Oct. 12, 2022 This year's 25 MacArthur Fellows will each receive $800,000, a "no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential," according to the MacArthur Foundation. »
Art + Culture Mutina unveils new HQ by Patricia Urquiola Sep. 26, 2022 Mutina unveils its new HQ in Fiorano, featuring its tile collections, art initiatives and editions by the likes of Vincent Van Duysen, Patricia Urquiola and more »
Art + Culture Artist Wes Lang Lends a Gothic, Graphic Hand to Amiri’s Fall 2022 Collection Sep. 22, 2022 The L.A. artist adds a compellingly grim twist (and lots of skulls) to Amiri's new drop. »
Art + Culture Nan Goldin on Handing Over the Camera to Laura Poitras for a Golden Lion-Winning Documentary About Her Life Sep. 14, 2022 The film, which focuses both on Goldin's career and her fight against the Sacklers, debuts in New York next month. »
Art + Culture Francisco Costa on using fermentation to synthetically produce natural ingredients Jul. 22, 2022 The founder of pioneering brand Costa Brazil talks to Wallpaper* about how he’s complementing fair-trade practices with cutting-edge biotechnology »
Art + Culture Kehinde Wiley’s Mesmerizing Exhibition in Venice Offers an Elegy for Global Victims of Colonialism Jul. 20, 2022 The ancient Hellenistic marble the Dying Gaul is among the most famous—and unusual—sculptures from classical history. The tenderly wrought work, now in Rome’s Capitoline Museum, depicts a Celtic warrior dying heroically in defeat, following a battle against the forces of Attalus I, the King of Pergamon, who commissioned the piece. The sculpture is renowned for its depiction of an enemy combatant as a heroic and empathetic figure, and it comes to mind as an important precedent for Kehinde Wiley’s “An Archaeology of Silence,” a mesmerizing exhibition of paintings and sculptures on view through July 24 at Venice’s Fondazione Giorgio Cini. »
Art + Culture Artist Kehinde Wiley’s New Clothing Collection is a Visual Masterpiece Jan. 3, 2022 World-renowned visual artist Kehinde Wiley—best known for his vibrant portrayals of contemporary African-American and African-diasporic individuals that subvert the hierarchies and conventions of European and American portraiture—has launched a diverse collection of clothing and signature items. The collection features the artist’s personal favorite compositions from his archive and offers a new opportunity to engage with his bold and beautiful oeuvres. »