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 »
Photography + Film Uniquely Religious And Uniquely Human: David LaChapelle’s “Make Believe” Sep. 22, 2022 The show spans LaChapelle’s career up to this point and marks the first time the museum has devoted its entire exhibition space to one artist »
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. »
Style + Design Swivel by Sabine Marcelis is a rotating stone chair installation at London Design Festival Sep. 19, 2022 For this year's London Design Festival, designer Sabine Marcelis has installed several rotating chairs made with stones from Dutch material brand SolidNature to help visitors interact with each other. »
Photography + Film Mariah Carey and Chopard Debut a Flutter of Diamond Butterflies Sep. 16, 2022 On the 25th anniversary of the release of Butterfly, Carey and Chopard introduce two jewelry ranges that evoke the elusive chanteuse’s whimsy, wit, and love of all things lepidoptera. »
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. »
Photography + Film Inside the Daily’s 9th Annual Fashion Media Awards Sep. 11, 2022 David LaChapelle presented to Doja Cat, who wore Viktor and Rolf to the show. »
Photography + Film In A Landmark Retrospective, Photographer David LaChapelle’s Make Believe Opens At Fotografiska Sep. 9, 2022 David LaChapelle’s work is not inspired by the zeitgeist, it is the zeitgeist. The photographer’s images defined pop culture through the 90s and aughts and are a cultural commentary on the excesses of capitalism and the reverence of celebrity told through a style defined by rich saturation of color, setups of hyper-surreality, veneration of the human form, and an unfiltered influence from Christianity. »
Photography + Film ‘I Want to Make Pictures That Mean Something’: David LaChapelle on Turning Away From Celebrity Portraits to Create More Enigmatic Images Sep. 9, 2022 The photographer's largest retrospective ever is on view at Fotografiska New York. »
Photography + Film How David LaChapelle Makes Everyone Look Like a God Sep. 8, 2022 The singular photographer takes us through shooting Kanye as Jesus, being mentored by Warhol, and what it takes to make a legendary image. »
Photography + Film David LaChapelle: ‘I’ve never seen what I do as objectification’ Sep. 6, 2022 Photographer David LaChapelle – best known for his hyperreal, surrealistic portraits of pop stars – has come full circle. Running away from the bullying he received as a queer teenager in his native Connecticut, LaChapelle found an artistic path forward in 80s New York City, becoming an acolyte of Andy Warhol. »
Photography + Film At Francois Halard’s house, master of interior and architectural photography Jul. 26, 2022 He has photographed the most beautiful artists’ studios and homes in the world. Now the French photographer has chosen to go back to working first and foremost for himself. We met him in his home-studio in Arles. »
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. »
Style + Design Ikea and Sabine Marcelis Offer First Look At Luminous New Collection Jun. 10, 2022 At the Ikea Festival during Milan Design Week 2022, Ikea and Sabine Marcelis offer a sneak peek of the much-anticipated ‘Varmblixt’ collection, with conceptual lights that ‘bounce off the wall’ »
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. »
